Evening star., 1937-11-20

ever painted, very characteristic anC
with a touch of serene beauty. The
House on the Crau" is also much finer
and more sympathetic than usual
Night Cafe lent by Stephen C
Clark. is a famous and very char
acterlstlc canvas, typical of restless
confusion on the part Of the painter
but also of his extraordinary ability
to represent commonplace things with
startling reality 1t is to be regretted
that none of Van Gogh's portraits of
his friends. such as The Woman of
Aries and The PoStman. could have
been included in this group.
Georges Seurat is represented by
three examples of which Sunday a la
Grande Jatte' is most famous. but
Side Show LA Parade"D is per-
hapS more engaging. The former. lent
by Adolph LeWlsohn, was a study
for the painting by the same title
now IN the Chicago Art Institute. pur-
chased by Mr. Bartlett for the Birch
Bartlett collection for few thousand
dollars. The Louvre has asked the
privilege of acquiring it at a cost of
half million dollars, and been re-
fused. Both this and the Side Show
are painted with little dots of color,
IN accordance with the French i'm
preSslonlStS school. which give atmes-
phere but destroy surface texture.
FINALLY We come to Cezanne, the
supreme lumlnary. according TO
present report of the group which has
iauded to the highest pinnacle the
French modernists and their works.
Cezanne VAS the only painter, of all
ume, given an entire gallery in the
Century OF Progress Exhibition, held
IN Chicago in recent years. BY GER
tam critical writer's he has been ac-
claimed the greatest artist of the 18th
century but none was ever clumsIer
than he; none, in their own estima-
tlon, ever more unsuccessful
Strangely. under these conditions
there has grown up around Cezanne
myth which seems impossible to brush
aside or to understand. His idea was
to attain solidlty of expression through
the manipulation of color, but he con-
tlnuously fumbled and failed. His
drawing is poor. his expression in
adequate, If not ignorant. No one
doubts his sincerity, but sincerity. un-
backed by talent and skill is not suf-
hclent. Il shall never realize" he ex-
Ia
despair referring to his ideal-and
yet on his failures have been built his
great reputation. In this collection.
La Femme Accoudee" C'Woman
Leaning on Her Elbow lent by the
Museum OF Modern Art. and The
Card Players" from Mr.. Stephen
Clark's collection. represented Cezanne
at his best; The Bather" and Pines
and Rocks both from the Lille Bliss
collection of the Museum of Modern
Art. al his worst, extensively coarse
and crude. Laudation of such works
S lncomprehenslble.
This exhibition Will continue for
fortnight longer-thae is. through De-
1ember ). The gallery will be open
from II 80 to $50 on week days, eX-
cept Monday, and on Sunday after
noon from 2 TO q o'clock An admis-
SION fee of 25 cents will be charged,
except Saturday and Sunday.
Charming Water Colors by Mrs.
Stone IN CorcOran Gallery.
THE water colors of Maine and
Mexico by Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone now on exhibition in the Cor
,oran Gallery of Art have great charm
md charm all their own. Painted in
'road washes of clear, delicate color,
hey convey i'll the simplest OF terms
IN impression of reality and beauty.
What is more, they carry" effectively.
md gain in significance when seen at
reasonable distance, and with pro-
onged inspection.
Mrs. Stone turns to painting as an
vocation, but her work is disciplined
md seriously studied. No one could
ZEE it and doubt the artistic sensitive
less and perception of the painter.
Her paintings of the Maine coast can
lot fail to have special appeal for
hose whose summers have been spent
here. Not only has Mrs. Stone tram
'crlbed veraciously the elements of
he coastal land and waterscape. but
given them subtle significance, as of
mood and hour. In such paintings as
East Wind" Fog Blown" The East
ern Ear, Isle-au-Haut, Maine" and
After the Storm" this quality is par
evident.
The Mexican subjects are more
as regards composition,
out no less engaging. Mexico fur
llshed the painter with more pic
themes; the challenge of
Which she has met with no less eoua-
llmlty. Especially skillfull in render
ng are Acapulco Road" 'Iztac-
,ihuatl at Twilight and The Little
Church, Cuernavaca.
All of Mrs. Stones paintings are
'eticent in handing She makes no
'eSort to bravado so common TODAY.
she gives no suggestion of haste In
execution nor desire to display tech
lical cleverness. Apparently her paint
ng has been done for the best reason
n the world, the sheer joy of the
1oing, for which reason it imparts
pleasure to the onlooker. The exhibl-
Ion will continue through Decem-
oer 5.
Dill Paintings BY Students
N American Colleges.
The exhibition of oil paintings by
students in colleges and profess