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 VOL. XVIII. No. 16 Entered as second ;class mail matter, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 7, 1920 SINGLE COPE,1 ET

FINE ARTS BUILDING BURNED though many suggestions as to a place for the THE PARIS INDEPENDENTS CHICAGO'S ARTISTS' SHOW
exhibition were made and informally dis The 24th annual exhibition by "Artists of
The Associated Press cables fromChicago
Paris
Just after the ART NEWS went to press cussed.
last The places suggested which appeared Jan. 30 that the annual "Salon des Independand Vicinity" is now on at the Art
week, Jan. 30, and with an advance notice to
ofmeet with the most favor.were the Ander Institute until March 3. There has never been
ents" is now on at the Grand Palace with some
son Galleries at Park Ave. and 59th Street,
the annual exhibition of the American Archi an art display there concerning which so wide
6,000 paintings on exhibition and large crowds
tectural League of N. Y., which was to open and, if possible, the Metropolitan Museum. a diversity of opinion existed. Opinions range
in attendance. It is only of late yearsfrom
that the "very best" to the "very worst" ex
Chicago was heard from, and the suggestion
last Sunday, following a lapse of the exhibi the "Independents" have gained a place in the
was made that as the Academy calls itself
tion last season, owing to post-war conditions, Grand Palais. hibition ever staged by the society and there
National, it might not be unwise for it to jus
a sudden and fierce conflagration broke out are as many and as competent judges on the
One of the notable pictures of the present
about 10 o'clock on the morning of Jan. 30,
tify its name and hold its Spring Show in the one side as on the other. It is, however, a
exhibition is the "Splendors of the Trench,"
Art Institute of the "Windy City."
and in a few minutes the noted Vanderbilt by Albert Morerau, which connoisseurs good average exhibition and fairly divided be
be the radical and the more conservative
Gallery, with all its architectural exhibits, was lieved should find a place in the Luxembourg. tween
completely destroyed, while the Centre Gal types of modern art. It is a less uniform ex
"The Bathing Girls," by Andre Favory, also than that of last season and offers
hibition
lery was badly injured and water damaged the LACHMAN SELLS TO SINGER
attracts marked attention. The "cubists"
moreareand sharper contrasts. Some of the
South Gallery. The comparatively early hour strongly represented.
of the fire and the consequent fact that there
Harry B. Lachman sold his "Notre DameAuthorities in charge of the Salon removed "radical" offerings make one wonder how they
were few persons in the building, probably Springtime," recently shown at the Reinhardt ever passed the jury, there must be something
prevented serious loss of life. As it was,Galleries here, from a preceding similar Brancusi's
ex copper "Bust of a Princess"wrong
from with a picture which even the majority
the building, fearing it might "shock" Andre
no lives were lost, but some firemen were hibition of his works at the Reinhardt Gal of trained artists confess themselves unable
injured. Defective insulation caused the fire Honnorat, Minister of Public Instruction,
lery in Chicago. The artist intends to devote towho
understand.
and the inflammable contents of the build the cheque .for $2,000 that Miss Garden opened
or the Salon. It is notable that all of the prize winners
ing made its destruction swift and sure. dered sent him for the canvas by the Chicago When the sculptor arrived at the Salon are heamong the "sane" pictures, which would
The loss, not only to the architects andOpera Co., to a fund which he hopes found to seem a triumph for the views of such as hold
his exhibit missing, and, surmising it
artists exhibiting in the Architectural Show.
raise .for the. maintenance of a furnished that a picture cannot be better than it looks.
which is detailed below, but to the art world had been stolen, he denounced the officials
Two in of the younger set carried off the first
Studio, with two beds, which he has leased
of N. Y., is a great and serious one. The in Paris,. and which is now shut up, so that charge
it and second Logan Medals, to the complete
for neglect. Later, when he discovered
fire not only may prevent an Architecturalmay serve as. a workshop and home for the at truth, he declared he had exhibited satisfaction
it in of many who have sensed their
Show this season but will presumably make least two American art. students in Paris, pref careers from the first, and to the dismay of
N. Y. without exciting any adverse criticism.
it necessary for the Spring Academy. sched erably "doughboys," who since the closing of others, who have learned to revere the ma
uled for mid-March, to be held elsewhere. the Atelier for American soldier art studentsAfter discussion, the bust was replaced, turebutand finished abilities of some favorite'
Models Flee, Scantily Clad M. Honnbrat had meaniwhile passed through
at Bellevue have no place to work and live in among the older element of long-established
Paris.
The fire was extinguished before it reached that section of the Salon. reputation. An anonymous letter of com
the class rooms of the Art Students' League, plaint on this point has been sent to all mem
on the upper floors of the 57th St. section of bers of the jury and even to the prize win-.
the building. Several models who had been ners themselves, by one who claims to be a
posing in "life" classes were forced to make member of the Chicago Society of Artists.
hurried exits in rather scanty draperies.
Prize Winning Pictures
"Drizzly Day," which won first honors for
,There was no possible chance to save any Paul Bartlett is a distinguished performance,
of the exhibits. The flames filled the open tonal and temperamental, realistic yet with an
spaces of the galleries in an incredibly short imaginative quality. "Banks of the Gascon
time, and by half-past ten o'clock all that was ade," with which Carl R. Krafft carried off
left was a mass of charred, -blackened and the second Logan Medal, is also an imagina
cracked pieces of sculpture. tive picture which yet does not offend against
Mr. Whitehead, chairman of the Catalog fundamental verities. It is romantic and
and Press Committee, said that the loss could dreamy with poetic purple mists and allurin
be placed at a minimum of a million dollars. distances and all the witching loveliness of the
Arthur Crisp, vice-Dresident of the League, land of the artists' fancy.
said that the total damage might run as high "The Sunny South," by Pauline Palmer was
as a million and a half. "Of course," he awarded the Edward B. Butler purchase fund
added, ''the art objects could not be replaced prize and this week will be presented to the
for afly amount of money." Public Schools of Chicago. Pictures receiving
Among the losers by the fire were Daniel this honor are selected by the Art Committee
C. French. who had two sculptures in the of the Art Institute and it is therefore a cov
galleries, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who eted distinction. Mrs. Palmer ably sustains
lost two fountain groups; H. A. McNeil, A. her reputation in this and in her other entries
Stirlinz Calder, Edmond T. Quinn. Attilio which are, for the most part, reminiscent of
Piccirelli. Janet Scudder, Leo Lentelli, F. W. her recent sojourn in Dixieland. The "Sunny
Ruckstull, Isidore Konti, Augustus Lukeman, South" is really full of sun as she paints it.
Paul W. Bartlett. Albert Jaegue, John Greg The Mrs. Julius Rosenwald uurchase fund
ory and Paul Manship. will be expended for the purchase of Marie
Mr. Konti's work was a fountain designed Blanke's "Arranging Flowers." This honor is
to be placed in New Orleans, and Mr. Bartlett also conferred on pictures selected by the Art
lost the model of a soldiers' monument to .Committee of the Institute, for presentation
have gone to Duluth. Minn. to the public schools. So decorative, colorful
Miss Lipzinger (Miss Thompson) lost four and cheerful a picture as this one is well
decorative panels, and Arthur Covey a large suited for the purpose.
mural. A sketch by John S. Sargent was de The Mrs. Joseph N. Eisendrath prize, be
stroyed. Maxwell Armfield lost three panels - ~~~To The Rescue stowed only upon works by artists who have
and other losses by well-known artists in not exhibited for more than five years, was
clude: Leon V. Solon, a largei ceramic foun (25-30) WINSLOW HOMER conferred upon Jonas Sileika - for . his study
tain; E. H. Blashfield, design for a memorial Sold to Mr. William T. Cresmer of Chicago by a N. Y. of Dealer
an old woman reading, entitled "Zemaite
fountain. with small model of same; Clara Lithuanian Writer," a frank, ingenuous pre
Elsene Peck, photographs and mural panels; . PRECIOUS -OLD MSS. FOUND sentation of a sturdy tyne of old ave amid
0Guy Van Evern, four small panels; W. T. ANOTHER HOMER SOLD An Associated Press cable from Paris homely surroundings. "The Young Hostess,"
Feb.
Benda two doors encrtusted with gold; J. Scott "To 'the Rescue,", a characteristic. example. by Karl A. Buehr would seem to have been
Williams. group of designs for the Bush of the late Winslow Homer and one of . his 1 says many mss., stolen recently from a car
entitled to a more important honor than the
Terminal Building: Eugene Savage, two Maine coast series, whose "Wild Geese in
on the railway line between Dijon and Meaux,
Harry A. Frank prize which it received for
panels; Robert K. Rvland and Bertram Hart Flight" brought $28,000 from Mr. Wesley R.including the two volumes of -the famous it involves the solution of technical problems
man, panels; also five tapestries from the Childs through the Macbeth Galleries at poem,
the "Roman de. la Rose," have been recov
whose difficulties only artists may appreciate.
Herter looms and designs of Batik wall hang recent Mrs'. Roland Lincoln picture sale and ered and are now safely deposited-with the
Cornelius Botke won the Clyde M. C*arr Prize
ings by Hartman, Falls, Myer, Slussner repro.duced
and on this page. -has been sold by court.
a registrar at Chatillon-sur-Seine.. The with one of his landscape decorations, "The
Crisp. N. -.Y. dealer to a. prominent N. Y. collector poem.was the-first work of modern French
Last Snow," a little picture. hung by itself.
for a large sum. literature to blossom out of the language of. and the award was evidently made on qual
~Arthur Crisp, vice-president of the league. *The picture tells.its.own.story. Eliminating the Middle Ages.
lost a large mural decoration of Diana and ity only.
three archers hunting, and a painting of a all unnecessary details,' the artist's eye soughtWorkmen found a large volume of the poemJessie Arms Botke carried off one of the
galleon. A group of wrought iron work by in his garden, separated from the. railway
only.,the big, telling.masses of .form -and. clor, Mulnicipal Art League -prizes, that of Mrs.
Samuel Yellin was lost and Oscar Bach lost and with the practiced hand. of the accom track by a hedge, but attached no importance W7illiam 0. Thompson. with her study of
a metal and marble table done in Spanish plished draughtsman, he swiftly xecorded, .to
with the find- until he read of the loss of "Ro
geese. "The Break in the Fence." Her style
polychrome. man de..a. Rose." He then made. a search should
unlab.ored effect, the salient lines of. the mov of be familiar to New Yorkers from her
ing figures and the heaving powerful march. the . neighborhood and, found two cases"Pelican" of pictures in the last Academy show.
The fire was arrested just in time to save mss. in a clump of- trees a short. distance from
of the Atlantic surge, on the. iron bound coast.
the mss. and books in possession of the book Hon. mention was accorded C. Raymond
The canvas is an inspiring one, and -the the tracks and another volume of the poem. Tohnson for "Silent Spaces," a snow and ser
committee of the Art War Relief. Among selling dealer andc.the collector who was for They had suffered somewhat from humidity,
these wvere autographed copies of the picture nied cliffs picture.
tunate enough to obtain the work from them, but were not seriously damaged. The wooden Gilbert P. Riswold is the only sculptor who
"Allies' Day." by Childe Hassam; mss. from are both to be congratulated. cases in which the mss. were found previously
President Wilson, Theodore* Roosevelt, John has thus far won a prize in this exhibition,
had been used for preserved food, and itthe is Mrs. John C. Shaffer award having been
Galsworthv, Alfred Noyes, Lord Bnrce, believed the robbers who took them from bestowed the
D'Annunzio, Viscount Ishii, Cardinal Gib GIVES CUP TO CAMBRIDGE upon his child group entitled "W7ar
A special cable to The N. Y. Sun from car presumed they were stealing food. Orrnhans."
bons and Myron T. Herrick. The Childe Has
sam picture cannot be duplicated. London says "Mr. J. P. Morgan has pre The Englewood Woman's Club prize, the
It is estimated also that the work of the sented a $25.000 Steeple cup to Christ Col Mrs. Flora I. Schoenfeld prize for the most
firemen in beating the flames back from the lege, Cambridge, which is described as the BEAUX ARTS TO GIVE BALL popular p)icture awarded bry vote of the vis
main part of the Fine Arts Building saved finest contribution to the magnificent silver The Beaux Arts Institute of Design of itors, and the Silver Medal of the Chicago So
Paintings, art objects and other decorations gilt plate collection received by the college ciety of Artists are yet to be given.
and accessories worth nearly $2,000,000. in two centuries. The cup is of the period this city, formerly known as the Society
of James I., silver gilt, twenty-one incher of Beaux Arts Architects, is to give a ball DR. S:ACHS TO TOUR EUROPE
Academy Not Decided high, with cover hallmarked 1511, and March ini 11, at the Hotel Astor, "A Pageant Prof. P. J. Sachs. assistant director of the
The Council of the National Academy met tialed T. Y. I. of Ancient France." This society gave, the Fogz museum, has left Cambridge for an ex
Mfonday evening to discuss plans for the com On the bowl the stem base design is re "Venetian Fete" and "Ball of the Gods" tensive- tour of the museums of Europe to
ing Spring exhibition, which it is thought can peated. the cover being surmounted by-the in 1913 and 1915, two gorgeous spectacles. collect srt specimens for the Museum collec
not possibly be held in the Fine Arts building. figure of an Amazon with shield and, ban Lloyd Warren is chairman of the ball com tions. Most of Prof. Sachs' time abroad will
There were many absentees throu?h illness. ner. The cup was a -'wedding gift of the mittee. The proceeds. will be devoted be to spent in France and Ttaly, where he will
notably Harry Watrous. Ballard WVilliams and Merchant Taylors Guild to John Plomei the education of art students unable to stay several months. He will retulrn next
Loulis Betts, and nothing was decided, at in 1860. It was sold for -?4,500." pay their own tuition. September.

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 2 AMER ICAN ART NEWS

Messrs. E. &f A. M1c

DIIRAN4D-RUEL
27 RUE DE BERRI HIGH CLASS

cordially invites you to visit Ais new American brancA AMERICAN PAINTINGS
New York- 12 East 57th at
Stree
8 EAST 57th STREET
-Paris 16 Rue Laffitte 108 West 57th Street
NEW YORK NText to tAc Lotos. Cub
Second Door from Fifth Avenue

OBJETS D'ART TABLEAUX DE MAITRES

SCULPTURES MEUBLES DE PERIODES
TAPISSERIES TEXTILES
PRIMITIFS IVOIRES
E. GIMPEL & WILDENSTEIN
Sangiorgi Gallery
. fine lrt A[ntique 3eoratwu
All antiques of guaranteed autAenticity
HIGH CLASS New York Studio: 55 E. 56th St.
I _ M E: BOR SG E 8 E P A L A C E J:

OLD PAINTINGS Helen M. Turner

Speicher and Others atat Knoedler's
Frank K. M. Rehn's
NETHERLANDS
TAPESTRIES The group of oils
Aside from the unusual
shown at the which
Impressionist Paintings
by Helen M. Turner,
display ofnowFrench
Rehn Galleries, 6occupy
West 50th GALLERY (Walter J. Abraha
the
WORKS OF ART large main gallery St.,
at
Ave., and which includes
through Feb. 28, make a display 556
Knoedler's,
quality, and is onefine
of the bestexamples
of high Fifth
showings yet
Pictures by the ancient Dutch,
of
made by Pissarro,
a woman painter in America. It Flemish
Sis and Early English Masters.
* Eighteenth Century Renoir, Monet, Manet,
coxitprises some 17 canvases,
Courbet,
all notable for
ley, Courbet, Degas and Cottet, there are now
FURNITURE harmony
on there three other of color, good drawing exhibits
interesting
personal arrangement. The
and intimate,
The artistdisplay
has evi
1 of
1 a, King Street, St. James's, Lon
works by American artists. of
dently put by
portraits and landscapes the bestEugene
of herself into her work
Speicher,
his first "one man" with
show, no thought
is of fame. Hers are not attrac
especially W. LAWSON
PEACOCK & C
647 Fifth Avenue, New YorkSpeicher, like works
tive. othermarked by quicknesspainters-,
able and dash, but has
they have been
experimented and during dreamed
the out, thought
past few over, years ANCIENT and MODERN
Paris: 57 Rue La Boetie and loved. She
his work has undergone paints from a refined
various
nine viewpoint,
til in the present show he one
femi
changes, PI-CT-URES
un
that men paintersevidences
frankly natural
lv do not possess, And
the influence of Renoir. and her art has,
yet therefore, 48, Duke Street, London,
the per
individual charm.
sonal quality is apparent in statement and exCab es: Collectit,, S.. Jam s', I ondo
One of the Portrait"
pression. "Young Girl's best works shown is "Coral,"
is aa thor
Picture, Studio oughlyand good piece of
limpid in color, and
young painting,
girl in a remarkably well-painted
gown,betraying
ably
adorned with a coral necklace.
a depth
white
The
drawn,
of
Gallery Lighting knowledge and long study
scintillant of character.
color, personal technique, and the
WM. B. PATERSON
EXPER 7 A D VICE "Paulette" is equally sweet womanly expression of the
interesting andsitter's face,
"Russian
Girl" and "The Gold aboveShawl"
a body that livesareand breathes, the
presented Pictures by Old'Masters
A I. P. FRINK, Inc. drawing and modeling
with remarkable ability. of the shapely shoul
"Mountain Land
24th St. anl 10th Ave., New York scape" is strong andders against
freely a good background,
painted; in itself a "FallChinese Pottery and Paintings J
rhythmic harmony, wouldboth
Landscape" and "Landscape," be a credit tostrongly
any
painter. "The Dreamer"
reminiscent of the French master, is another striking
are decid
5 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON,, I
work, with beautiful blues,
edly well done, as are also "Landscape After greens and grays

Frank K. M. Rehn
Rain'" and "Old Brick
pieces are beautifully
Stephen
House."
framing a youthful,
is a decorative,
Millett (ThaliaGeorge
His
attractive face.
portrait of the little daughter
and
"Betty"9 flower
of Mrs.
"Novem
Millett),, and is Harris,
a
Specialist in
ber Landscape," loaned by Mr.

S.T.SMITH&SON
charming rendition of
is poetical and imaginative. In childhood.
"Italian"Autumn" Girl,"
| AMERICAN PAINTINGS however, presents a young girl,
the artist appears to clad in rich autumnhis in
express
dividual temperament coloring, yet it is simply offered
regardless of andany
has deli leader
6 West 55th Street NEW YORK and in this work he cacy and grace. "A Long
excels. ItTime isAgo" a ex remark
able achievement, withhales the sentiment
ply applied, expressinga girl in
in
broad of a bygone
an old-fashioned
subtlegown
period with
surfaces,
amid appro
language
sim
both
OLD MASTERS
Life and character. priate
It surroundings.
has, moreover, The artist's landscapes, beauty
PASTELS
Knoedler & Co. like her figure work, have and
Df color, poise and deliberation
)ersonal appeal.
Under the directioncanvases
of at the Corcoran
Mrs.
the sentiment
which permeates all her work. Of her three
withal a
Gallery in Washing
Albert Sterner,37 Duke Street, -t. Janres's, Lo
Announce mn the fifth floor at ton Knoedler's,
ng exhibitions are Duncan
last month, two were purchased
on. Phillips,
Clagett
two
"Morning," a large
by Mr.
interest
canvas,
Wilson, re
AN EXHIBITION ently returned from
For nearly two years
andFrance,
"For One of Our where
knitting.
with The third
the
Boys," showinghe
was sold
a girl fought ESTABLISHED 1790
to a collector
American Ma
OF PAINTINGS, rines, was wounded after
)n recovering was made
at its
Mr. Rehn
return here.
Chateau-Thierry,
aide-de-camp
strikes rather a new and needed to Gen.
and

By EUGENE 'SPEICHER Wendell C. Neville, note and later

At their Galleries, 556 Fifth Ave.;
seasr 46th Street.
FeI,ruary 2nd-14tL inclusive.
[~Where you can find Rare Paintings
from the 13th to the 20th Centuries. inderstand what war meant to the soldier,
IWESTON GALLERIES;ucceeded
L622 LEXINGTON AVE. NEW YORK
Telephone Plaza 4028l
TOUCHSTONE GALLERIESl
Rhythm Visualization1
Stella Bloch, Bernart Gussow, Zoltan ;
White
Hecht, Rosa P. Hecht, Martha Ryter nen" are some of thePope," is homely
Drawing., Pastels, Watercolors
and Embroideries
EXHIBITIONS NOW ON
Franks T. Hutchens at Howard Young's
in the field went
of American Art, in thatwithhis the
kmerican army of business
occupation to Germany.
is distinctly that of advisory expert.
rhe 26 pastels he offers in his
There is a high standard show
set in those quiet com ARTHUR- GREATOREX
)rise subjects connected
rooms of his,with
a standard as the war. Such Fine Art Dealer-
rigidly maintained
:ompositions as "Flower of as
for the novitiate Death"
for the seasoned(the
collector. burst
Lng of a heavy shell),Of course the ultimate worth
"Shell Hole of any suchStuff," IPubEisher of Modern Original E
'Rosalie, Rosalie"' (a French
standard bayonet),
is entirely dependent upon the "Hos
)ital," "Symphony of Terror,"
knowledge "Encounter
and ability of the one who sets it. in
:he Darkness," "Dance In Mr. Rehn's case, of time aloneDeath"
can answer and and Meizotinlte.
'Front Line Stuff" this,
are but rendered
he has already won hiswith spurs and weird 14 Grafton St., London, W.
Frankness but are neither
his antecedents brutal
and experience norshouldrepulsive.
stand
Zefined color, good drawing
him in good stead in his enterprise.
cnowledge of composition make the observer
and a good TELIETRGALLERIES
Leicester Square - - LONDON II
)erhaps better than any artist has thus ERNEST far BROWN AND PHILLIPS, Proprietor :
in doing.
Antonio Barone at Babcock's I Etchings by Whistler, Zorn, Meryon and other .I
At these galleries Antonio
Caroline
Barone is holding Locke
an exhibition of (Mrs.
IMast rs. Fine Drawigs-Old and Modem
16 figure
resse Albert Locke) is also worksholding
at the Babcock Galleries, 19
an exhibi Eshit.itions of the Best Modern Art
:ion of portraits andEastflower
49th St., through Feb. 14. Thesedone
pieces include in an
ndividual manner. Her flower pieces, are of
the fine portrait of a woman standing at full
,special interest, thelength,
blooms
)eautiful in color. "White
"The Little Muff,"
alive,
Iris,"
face gracefully turned
a back view
fresh
toward the"White
with
observer,
and
Aza J O HN G;L EN
eas," "Pink Roses," the figure in a black velvet gown "Pink
"Carnations," of well DEALER
and I- w OLD PICTURES ..
painted texture.
Flox," "Pansies," and "Portrait
"Whiteof Charles F.Cycla of the '
a good character work, with well
subjects she EnIglsh, Fren
ippears to love andmodeled
render flesh and dignity.
with "Portrait of Mrs.
remarkable and Italian Schools.
Henry Noyes" iswhich
;ympathy. Her portraits, another good character
include work. 3, Bennett Street, St. James's, Lond
pre
While someand
3entments of children of the artist's
young subjects aregirls,
aca are Dealers incited to inspect >;
idmirably painted with
demic in conception
fine and character
lackoriginality, they and ex
?ression. all have serious purpose..
Agents for "ART IN AMERICA" .
BROMHEAD, CU.TTS & CO., Ltd.
The PRIVATE GALLERIES of Dealers in.

FRA-NK K. M.: REHElN

PICTURES, PRINTS and DRAWINGS,
Frank Townsend Hutchens, "painter of sun .-PUBLL5HERS, AGNS ad VALUERS.
lighit," is holding an exhibition of his recent 18 CORIC STREETs, LONDON, W. 1.
work at the Howard Young Galleries, 620 Will be open to the public during February Tcleframs: Bromcutte, Rca. London. TelepLaon.: Gerrard 8637
Fifth Ave., through Feb. 14. The works he S P E C I A L I S T S
submits are delightful in color harmony and
decorat-ive qualities. "New Canaan Hills'" is Some Recent Paintings IN WORKIS BY
an interesting composition, -rendered *with
sureness and directness. "Larkspur" has
B Y Murphy
HassamInness
Wveir 1.LE'NNIE D AVIS .
lovely light and color and "Twilight in Pic
ardy"- is poetic. "Summer" is a well-lit can HELEN M. TURNER Twashtman Wyant
Pictures~ by Old Masters .
va-s, good- in design; "Wild Flowers" strikes a
personal note,-and "October Day," "Spring in
NOW ON VIEW Dewing Martin 7 Place Vendome - - Paris '
CDQnn.,"- recently shown at-the -Corcoran, and 6 West 50th Street and others
"T;ittle Boy Blue"; gre al1 noteworthy,
4S
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 AMERICAN ART NEWS3

Gaston Lachaise at Bourgeois'

Samuel A. Weiss at Arlington However the art public may view the ex.
Important Examples of Samuel A. Weiss is showing thirty-five oils, hibition of drawings and sculptures by Gas.
OLD five pastels and ten drawings at the Arling ton Lachaise, on at the Bourgeois Galleries, 660
Fifth Ave., through Feb. 21, whether or nol
The Gorham Foundries
CHINESE PORCELAIN
ton Galleries, 274 Madison Ave., through Feb.
14. The artist, who is a facile craftsman in it comprehends his reasons for drawing ancgive to the casting of life size,
from
modeling only obese, middle-aged womencolossal ancd small statuary
GORER OF LONDON both mediums, has found his subjects, for the
most part, along the marshy and sandy lower seated, standing and reclining, it musithat painstaking and sympa
on Exhibition at acknowledge the strength of his line and hiM
Jersey east coast, especially in and around thetic handIling which alone in
Parish, \Watson & Co.,Tuckerton
Inc. and Tom's River, and paints with execution. There is nothing uncertain in hiM
sures the most successful result.
American RfiSresentat,ves sympathetic interest the low-lying shores, and statements, and his eye and hand are sure
560 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK His heroic statue group, "Love," is an un
the picturesque fishing craft and old huts,
Entrance as hitherto through Dreicer & Co. q Particular attention is being
usual virile conception, inspired by imagina.
houses and wharves of those localities. He given to the patining of
has a fine sense of color and atmosphere and tive thought and done by a man who thor.
of "the open," and is, withal, a strong oughly understands human anatomy. The statuettes.
LONDON LETTER draughtsman. His versatility is evidenced by man stands firmly erect, demanding, calming
London, Jan. 19, 1920. a large portrayal of New York at night, as the woman he clasps in his arms, who pro. j The Gorham Galleries are a
London is at present face to faceseen with
from the Plaza Hotel-a work tender in testing, is yielding to his guidance. The symcontinual exposition of every
t'he possibility of being deprived of itstone
two and full of mystery-which has found bolic idea is aptly expressed, and the model. thing new in contemporaneous
finest exhibition galleries, namely the Gros
a discriminating purchaser in Mr. Louis Mann, ing and drawing-of the figures shows a massculptures.
venor and the Grafton, for I hear that the actor,
the and another sunny outdoors with ter hand. "Elevation" is a realistic figure ol
a heavy woman, yet, seen from. the artist's Correspondence Solicited
scheme for raising the necessary funds figures,
forwhich is owned by Clara Littman, the
viewpoint, graceful and refined. There is ar
the retention of the former (I referred
the ma.tter in a recent letter) has not
actressto(Mrs. Louis Mann).
admirable head in "Portrait," a strong pre THE GORHAM CO.
met with sufficient support, while in Mr.the
Weiss has not shown as much in pub sentment of a man, and two bust portraitsFIFTH AVENUE and 36th STREET
lic as his work merits, and the present display
case of the Grafton Galleries, the building are also remarkable in execution. "Diver," a NEW- YORK
will surprise even those who know his work
has. lately changed hands and a decision small bronze figure has fine action, anc
has not yet been arrived at as to theforpur
its strength and feeling, while it will be "Rhythm," "External Force" and "Hautaine'
poses to which the new owners will a revelation
put to those who are not familiar are interesting emotional conceptions. A dis
with it.
it. Picture galleries of this type naturally play to be reckoned with. PARIS LETTER
demand extensive space, and now that Paris, Jan. 22, 1920
ground values in good districts command
exorbitant prices, it is hardly surprising In the days gone by Paris picture gal
that more remunerative ways of utilizing leries were, for the most part, around the
an advantageous site should present them
MW\ Hotel Drouot auction rooms and between
selves. Meanwhile art lovers are awaiting the Rue Laffitte and the Madeleine one
with some anxiety the ultimate decision still finds the Galeries Durand-Ruel, Vol
as to the fate of these two fine galleries. lard, Georges Petit, Chaine and Simonson,
An "exhibition of representative art" now Bernheim, Druet and Blot among others.
on at the Grafton, although hardly living Nowadays many art firms have followed
up to its name, since there are a number the big dress designers' lead and are in
of latter day schools totally unrepresented stalled in the Rue St. Honore .and the
among the exhibits, there is much to in Boulevard Malesherbes and the Rue La
terest the spectator. One of the most Boetie-perhaps the street containing the
pleasing of the exhibits is Harold Speed's greatest number-which leads into the
"Road to Italy," which shows considerably Champs Elysees. Among those installed
more vigor than is usual with this artist, in or near that famous avenue is the Gal
while another picture that deserves men erie Mouninou in the Rue Marbeuf. Other
tion is'Cha'r'les Sims''"Vase," in which his art dealers have crossed the river, and the
fantasy -plays with the idea of two sculp left bank, which formerly housed only
tured children, turned by magic into living booksellers and antiquaires, now shelters
flesh. A special interest attaches to Aubrey dealers in the ultra-modern. The two prin
Beardsley's oil', "Caprice," depicting a lady cipal galleries on the left bank are behind
and a black boy, while on the back of the the Institut in the Rue de Seine; one, the
canvas appears another painting of a Galerie Marseille, the other the Galerie
masked woman. A curious fact in. connec m 'K Vildrac. M. Marseille is the impresario
tion with. -this is; that the picture on the of a team of "young geniuses," most of
fact of the canvas has hitherto been un them posthumous disciples of Cezanne, like
recorded, although that on the back was re Jean Marchand, Dunoyer de Segenzac, and
corded by Aymer Vallance in his Icono Othen Friesz. Charles Guerin, Valtat and
graphy. The explanation would seem to Luce, are also here, not to speak of a
lie 'in: the picture having been placed in celebrity in the person of M. Signac, presi
Beardsley's studio wvith its face to the wall,
dent of the Societe des Independents, with
so that only the -drawing on the- back was whom this firm is about to sign a contract.
noted.' Some brilliant flower pieces by M. Signac's work used to be exploited ex
clusively by M. Bernheim.
W. B. Rankin, a clever study of a nude
by Howard Somerville and two classical M. Vildrac's "team" of artists is less
themes by Glyn 'Philpot add to the merit homogeneous but full of varied talent. M.
of the show. Picard Le Doux, and Camoin are his prin
The Pastellists cipal figure and Vlaminck and Ottmann
Who is it, I wonder, who invests in his landscape painters. For the moment he
modern pastels, and why do they do it? has a charming Gauguin, dated 1888, when
The answer is not suggested by the exhibi the painter was still under the influence of
tion of the Pastel Society at the Royal Pissaro.
Institute Galleries, for the majority of the A- little further on, the publishers -G.
pastels shown there, would appear to defy Cres & Co., have arranged- a large art gal
all those canons on which the art of the lery at 21, Rue Mautefeuille. A retrospec
crayon- should base its charm. One looks tive show now on here comprising work
for li'ghtness and gaiety, and one finds of painters who became known through the
heaviness and dullness, for sparkcling color Salon des Independants and who were ori
and finds deadness of tone. Anna Airy is ginally treated as "revolutionaries," and
as successful as any in her "Ballerina," in are now almost classics, has a didactic
which she depart's from the ordinary "pret value of exceptional interest. Another pub
ty-pretty". style, affected by those who ex "JUST HOME FROM 'OVER THERE"' lisher, M. Bernouard, also holds occasional
periment in this medium, and gives strength Eben P. Comins exhibitions at "La Belle Edition," 7-1, Rue
in place of mere- sweetness. The most In National Gallery-Washington, D. C. des Saints Peres-generally etchings and
promising work is not to be found in con engravings illustrating the books issued by
nection with portraiture pure and simple, I Pen and Brush Club. Show Miller, Davis and Frieseke at Macbeth'shis firm. Lastly, there is the little gallery,
but with themes which give scope for im "A l'Artisan," in the Rue St. B enoit, No.
The Pen and Brush Club is holding a show
agination and skillful composition. There A fine group of six examples of Charles
)f oils by its members. Amongthemorenota
is a tendency among exhibitors to extend H. Davis, and five each of Richard Miller 22,
andunder the shadow of -Saint Germain
des Pr6s, and whichl recently showed re
F. C. Frieseke, fills the walls of the inner
the functions of the crayon beyondble works shown are: Helen Watson Phelps'
those markable
usually assigned to it, and in some "Portrait
in Miss Anne Wynn O'Ryan," the Gallery at 450 Fifth Ave., through Feb. 21 black and white work by A. Max
stances greater success has awaited actress,
these sister of Gen. O'Ryan; Katharine A. next. The combination is a happy one andimilien
the Vex, well engraved by Marie-Ariel.
Lovell's M. Vex blends the style and spirit of the
ventures than in the case of the more con charming landscapes; Anna G. effect of the display delightful.
18th century with modern forms of ex
ventionally treated themes. Price's "The Old Red Barn;" Susan R. The six latndscapes by Charles H. Davis,
pression
Knox's two captivating children's portraits; four large and two small, are all joyous in in the happiest mannex.
"Call of the Sea," by Lorna F. Reid; two feeling, delicately atmospheric and pearly and
interesting canvases by Adele Watson, "In soft in color. The artist is a true Nature poet,
Hellas," and "Grove of the Muses ;" M. A. and in these, as in all his work of the past
Doull's "Gateway at Bar Harbor;" Ida A. few years, his truthful and tender skies are

a 1OWAPDD Stone's "Birches;" Isabel Cohen's landscape;

Jane Peterson's "Azaleas ;" "A Young Girl,"
by Harriet W. Titlow; Agnes Symmers' de
features. The "Great Oak in Summer" is per
haps the best of the examples now shown.
The art of Richard Miller and F. C. Fries
LAI-YUAN & CO. I.
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lightful "Winter," and "Sunset;" "The Bath eke is too well known to need description.
ers" and "Flowers from My Garden," by The former's strength of drawing, rich color
Fanny Drittler; Felicia W. Howells' "Evening palette and fine expression contrasts strongly

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-Return from Work-" Martha B. Coman's
"Winter Morning;" Mrs. Tallman's "Over the
Hills;" Kate A. Williams' charming land
M CJnlportaTLt Exanles byM scape; Cornelia B. Faraday's still life studio
AMEP2ICAN accessories; Emma Rudd's group of pink
roofed houses, and Gertrude C. Fosdick's ma
iFOIZLIGN rine, and Clara Fairfield Perry's "Winter
Silence."
MYASTERS
with the pretty decorative work of the latter
-whose pale anaemic blondes float in a mist
of delicate, almost diaphanous color. Miller's Exhibition of
women are of flesh and blood. Especially
notable are the cleverly painted still life de Genuine Ancient
tails in Miller's canvases. His "Coral Ear
rings" is a virile figure work with a harbor
vista.
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at lNew York Post Office under the Act, ing its 53rd exhibition at the National The
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Publishers ever be a monument to those whose enlightWalker. Howard Giles is represented byfrom the collections of the late Capt.
selected
15-17 East 40th Street ened sympathy recognized that the best way tc Joseph De Lamar, were sold by the Amer
several- coast scenes, reminiscent of Sargent
T'el. 7180 Murray Hill foster art is to encourage the work of th4in their handling. Works that arrest
can Art Association, with Mr. Thomas E.
JAMES B. TOWNS.E.ND, President and Treasurer atten
living-at least to the extent of allowing it tc tion among the 315 shown are Frank Hazen's
15-17 East 40th Street be -appropriately exhibited. Kirby as 'auctioneer, in the Plaza ballroom
REGINALD TOWNSEND, Secretary. the of
"Golden Glade," a decorative arrangement evening of Tan. 29 last. While Capt. D
15-17 East 40th Street Lamar was an industriou's' and energetic co
Mr. Butler then states that the Acadcadmium and purple; Olaf Olsen's "Portrait
SUSCRIPTION RATES of a Fisherman;" Chauncey F. Ryder's lector
"Theduring his last years, he had not ha
YEAR, IN ADVANCE . ..................... $3.01 emy and the other Art Societies have the the
Old Saw Mill," excellent in tone; three of opportunity of study-in his earlier years
Canada ..................................... 3.3 not the funds to provide their own
Foreign Countries .......... ................. 3.7' Thames series by the late J. Alden and Weir;did- not succeed in -acquiring that tas
Single Copies ..11 building out of their treasuries and the which keeps other collectors from many p
"Chrysanthemums," by Elizabeth Ankerman;
WHJERE ART NEWS MAY BE pockets of their members, but that theyGifford Beal's "Path of Gold;" "A Wagon falls. H-is
in pictures, while they numbered som
OB'TAIN4ED IN NEW YORK few of - good to 'high quality, were 'not, 'as
a Wood" by Matilda Brown, and an excellent
can render. a great service in providing
Brentano's - - Fiith Ave. anrd 27th St group by Anna Fisher whose dock scenes rule, well authenticated, especially those given
D. H. and A. C. Friedrichs, Co. 169 W. 57th St the costs of maintenance of a new and to, the early English and French schools, of
would be a strong note in any exhibition.
Hayley Lever brings veritable life to
adequate building without.. calling- for which
rocks; he had many, bought "not wis'ely nor
WASHINGTON well." of
These naturally did not bring out an
outside aid, and this he believes they Charles B. King has an imaginative painting
Brentano's - - - - F and 12th Street: especial competition and the sale only dre
special merit, with a Goya-like foreground,
BOSTON can do. entitled "No Applause," and Ernest D.for like reasons, a fair audience, and made a'
Roth,
Vendome News Co. - 261 Dartmouth St total of $55,435. The "Painted Ladies,"' as the
shows a Roman street with excellent texture.
MONTREAL With this reasoning of Mr. Butler's "On Travers Island," by W. H. de attributed
B. Nel early English and French canvases
Milloy's Bookstore, 241 St. CatherineweSt.
areWin hearty accord. It is* passing were
son, is pleasing in color and composition; dubbed, sold for very low figures as-de
John
Chapman -190 Peel St strange that not one of the very wealthy orative works-but then "the Captain" did not
Scott Williams shows a large composition,
LONDON American art collectors or patrons has "The Truck Farmer," decorative and pay large:
rich in sums for them' when :he bough
them,
color, the- features of -the man somewhat for the most part 'at auction, and s
over
Art News.Office - 17 Old Burlington St
not bequeathed, or, if living, does not no one
Bottom, News Agent, emphasized, however. The Quarry series bywas injured.
32 Duke St., St. James, S. W funds to provide the Metropolis
give the Childe Hassam, although less interesting
The' in
list of pictures sold, with artists
PARIS with what it should really have-a great subject-matter than last year when names,
he took titles, sizes, buyers and prices foilows
the Hudnut prize, is finely constructed, solidly
,Artist Titl-e ' Size B.uyer Price
Chaine & Simonson - 19 Rue Caumartim and beautiful structure, such as the painted, and technically beyond criticism. It A., "The Toast" (13Y2x19Y4),' Du
1i Perez,
Vol. XVIII FEBRUARY 7. 1920 No. 16 Grand Palais of Paris, and in a more ac is a pity that the galleries are not better densing ... - -$180
2.' Frere, C. Th., "Vue du C
cessible locality than the burned Fine adapted to exhibition purposes. 24), Robt.. Hyman ....
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Arts Building, which should have been Mr. Alexander M. Hudnut Prize of $2003. Slheppard, W., "Venetian' C
was
erected on or withi i a block of Fifth awarded to Horatio Walker for "Swine and 24), Win. Bernet..
When a change of address is requested, Swineherd" 4. Zier, Ed., "Tete de Jeune F
both the. new and old address should Ave.
be either way, when it was first 19?2), 'H. Brassley .......... 140
5. Leisten, J., "Cardinal Richelieu's. Fete
given. Two weeks' notice is required for
planned. If Mr. Frick has left the best Day" (18x30), H. D. & G. Rohlfs 2
caanging an address. Mary Kremelberg at Schwartz's 6. Ernst, R., "Oriental Interior 'with Figure"
possible monument to himself in his be (24x19), H. C.: Fairchild . .... 1
Mary Kremelberg's (of Baltimore) exhibi 7. Rondel, H., "The Titian Hair" (24x20)
ART AND BOOK SALE CATA quest of his beautiful house and its art tion of oils at the Schwartz Galleries, 14 East Beaumeister . .102
LOGS-The American Art News, contents
in to the city, why should not such 46th St., to March 1, is an unusual display of 8. Kavel, M., "Girl with Tam
21 Y2), J. T. Detmer . .130
a generous and wealthy art patron, as
connection with its Bureau of Exper a woman's talent. Done mainly with a pa 9. Vanseverdonck, M.- "Stable with Sheep"
former Senator Clark, for example, leave lette knife they betray none of the coarseness (20Xx27), H. C. Fairchl d. . 90
tising and Valuation, can furnish cata usually looked for in such technique, but are 10. Japy, L. A., "Landscape and Cattle" (22
a still higher and better self-monument, x27?2), V. Winters' 170
logs of all important art and book by giving the Metropolis an Art Palace
brilliant in color and refined in execution. 11. Perret, A., "La Vanneuse". (29x24),
sales, with names of buyers and prices, Her portraits are so adroitly handled that the land Galleries . . 240
which will adequately fill the needs and flesh has all the skin quality necessary and 12. Brunery, F., "Chess" (24x29
at small charge for time and laborrepresent
of the art centre of America, yet the canvases have the moving impression 13. Rondel, II., "Femme Blond
writing up and cost of catalog -when istic effect of knife work. Her portrait of "A W. Butler ...'.'; .325
14. Verboeckhoven, "Sheep and
which New.York has now become? Young Girl" however, is entirely brush work (23 5x29), Holland Galleries. 560
such are de luxe and illustrated. 15. Guillame, A', "L'Entracte" (25z 232),
and shows technical versatility, is broadly Arlington- Galleries . .150
painted and fine in color and expression. 16. Monchablon, "Gathering the Harve
APPRAISALS."EXPERTISING" Silver, Jewelled Bookbindings at the Grolier "Esther," a full-length majestic figure of a x22), H. D. G. Rohlfs. . 370
The "Art News" is not a dealer in woman clad in the costume -of a Goddess, with 17. Alma-Taderma, "Love's Missile" ' (23yzx
17?2), Park, Agt ............ , 3,100
art or literary property, but deals withAt the Grolier Club, 47 East 60 Street, there a brilliant emerald green drapery, balanced by 18. Bonheur, Rosa, "Monarch of the -Forest"
the dealer and to the advantage of bothis now on view a unique series of metal and corresponding hues, is a work of dignity and (29x24), Rohlfs 1,525
embroidered bindings. The present exhibit strength; "Mia Bambina," strongly painted, 19. VWn Marcke, "A Spring Day"
owner and dealer. Our Bureau of "Ex loses nothing of sentiment in the vigor that Bernet, Agt. ........ : . 400
falls roughly under three heads: metal bind 20. Detti, C., "La Visite a L'Artist
pertising and Appraisal" has conducted
ings of the middle ages, silver bindings of the predominates the composition. "Portrait of 32), Park, Agt 250
XVII and XVIII centuries, and embroidered Mrs. Kay" is forceful in presentment, yet 21. Grolleron, P., "Recreat
some most important appraisals. x3 1), G. La Branche . . 325
bindings of the same period. womanly and refined in expression. 22. Beraud, J., "Les Halles" (25?x32),
At these galleries there is also an unusually land Galleries 400
THE LOST ART GALLERIES The first section includes some of the great attractive display now of Monotypes in Color, 23. Roybet, F., "The Caval
est examples in the world such as the cele Agt. .......... .. 875
Under this heading, Howard Russell by Marion Gray Traver. As a colorist the 24. Brunery, F., "Mu
brated Ashburnham Gospels with their won artist may hold a high place, and for compo -Park, Agt 675
Butler, Vice-President of the Nationalderful VIIlth century enamels and the great 25. Brunery, F., "Car
sition, refined choice of subject and delicate
Academy of Design and President of the
binding with the arms of Emperor Charles V. handling, her work in general commands rec 36), T; Russell 725
26. Richet, L., "On the Ro
National Academy Association, and whoOther monastic bindings are inlaid with ognition. "Twilight" is an appealing design, (23x32), Bernet, Agt . .250
Mosan and Limoges enamels, decorated with tender in expression and lovely in color, "In 27. Hart, J. M., "Cattle at the River
was largely responsible for the Fine Artsivory plaques or studded with rock-crystal 34), G. Parker. 3252
Building, in W. 57th St., regrettably and the Woods," broadly handled, is also an at 28. Van Boskerck, R. M., "S
cabochons. tractive work, and "Village Street" has deli scape" (20x30), H. Schulteis. 425
unfortunately half destroyed by fire last cate touch, sentiment and charm. 29. Soulacroix, J. F. C., "The Ladies Have
The large series of openwork silver bind Their Jest" (39x30), Dr. Ovary .. 32
week, and directly responsible for theings is unique and comprises the pick of sev 30. Gerome, J. L., "La- Mort de Candaule"
ruined Vanderbilt Gallery in the build eral great private collections. William Carrigan at the Ferargil (26X/x39), Rudert, Agt..1,050
ing, inasmuch as he influenced the late 31. K(night, Ridgway, "Water Carrier" (36?/
x29), Park, Agt 1,500
From the Netherlands also come the quaint William Carrigan is a native-born American,
George Vanderbilt to donate the funds tortoise-shell covers. A group of early Greek
32. Madrazo, R. de,. "The Lett
who went to Ireland, the home of his parents, Rionda 540
for said gallery, discusses in a published
and Armenian bindings have charm and there while still an infant, returned to this coun 33. Vibert. J. G.
letter the question of an adequate buildis a beautif ul specimen of workmanship as try some years later, studied art under J. Al Rohlfs..3,80
cribed to Benvenuto Cellini, or his pupil 34. Menzler, W
ing, to replace the one now temporarily den Weir and Emil Carlsen, and still later 25?), H. Brassler..175
Manno, made for Cardinal Farnese. returned to Europe and completed his art 35. Ouderrat P., "Roman Interior wit
at least out of commission, to house the education in Paris and on the Continent. He ures"~ (36x44), Holland Galler
art societies of the Metropolis. 36. Perrault, L. B., "Italian Girl Resting
is, therefore, .little known in America, and 29?2),X L. Owsley. 300
Mr. Butler truthfully says: makes his bow at the Ferargil Galleries, 607 3 7. Comerre, L. F., "Une Danseuse Ori-i
Fifth Ave., through Feb. 21, with a group of entale" (48x305. Holland Galleries 300
"For years the Fine Arts Building, (main Max Kuehne at Kingore Gallery paintings, all painted with the eye of a true 38. Gerome, L. F., "Tigers Drinking" (27z
building and galleries) has been overcrowded. poet who sees Nature in her tenderest, most
39), Iiolland Galleriess.1,175
Ever since the sale, in 1896, of the old AcadFor the first time in several years Max 39. Laissement, H., "The Three Brothers"
Kuehne presents his work to the N. Y. pub alluring phases. A remarkable colorist, and (33x40?2), Howard Youngg.475
emy Building on Fourth Avenue and 23rd a skilled draughtsman he presents his subj ects 40. Signorini, G., "President of the Council
lic, this time with an exhilarating exhibition
St. the Academy and the younger art societies in lyrical tones that sing of summer skies, of Ten" (watercolor) (49?2x29?2), Park
have been packed within it. The Academy hasof landscapes and coast scenes, at the new Agt 175
winter nights, fruits, foliage and flowers. Dis 41. Bierstadt, A
been compelled to hold two exhibitions eachKingore Galleries, 668 Fifth Ave., through tinctly personal are his technical qualities, and H. Fairchild.150
Feb. 14. During the years in which Ameri
year and yet the walls have had to be unduly he presents his themes with honesty and sin 42. Leloir, A. L., "Temlptation o
crowded. Many of our ablest artists havecan art patrons heard but little- of him, he thony" (285/x39x/), W. C. Thomp
was painting in Europe, and traveled through
cerity and with knowledge gained by years 43. Ernst. R., "captured Tiger" (28x35
hesitated to have their works seen under such of application and sacrifice. Holland Galleries..150
conditions and so the exhibitions have suf England, where he spent some time on the In tender tone he depicts his home in Ire 44. Ernst, R., "Oriental Interior" (29z4
fered in quality. Cornish Coast, and later in Spain, where he Holland Galleries ..175
land "Carrigancool," with rare feeling. "The 45. Kahler, C .... "His Highness" (3i5/x47
"Effort after effort has been made by theremained for three years. During his ab Village Winter" has soft falling snow and the W. C. Thompson..250
Academy, and recently by the National Acad sence he made great strides in his art. His atmosphere is of wintry winds. "Mountain 46. Klahler, C. "Artists Studio at Melbour
earlier work was then lower in key than his
emy Association (a union of ten societies led (37xr53'/i), R. Hyman..260:
recent canvases, which have good color and Farm," -"March Sky," "Charlie Smith's House" 47. Ziem, "Venice" (24~x32), Holland G
by the Academy), to secure the building which and "Persimmons and Silver," the latter a leries..1,225
is so urgently needed. Time and again the light. Although some of the dealers exploited 48. Breton, J., "T
delightful still life, are some of the best oils. Howard Young..2,250
vision seemed about to materialize, only to his English and Spanish pictures, notably The artist's water colors are not less interest
fade away and disappear. Daniel, who encourages the work of talented 49. Schreyer, A., "Moorish Shei
young painters, the present display comprises
ing, "Soleil D'Or Rose," "The Alps at La 34x495/), H. Fairchild..2,500
"So we heartily indorse the conclusion that Lauteret," "Hills at Sappey" and "Landscape 50. Moran, Thos., "Dream of the Orient"
the time has come when the art societies entirely American subjects, and shows no Study" are among these remarkably interest (33x50), Capt. McMillin..3,700
should be adequately housed. The men ofEuropeanl influence, but rather that of the 51. Beraud, Jean, "Casino at Monte Carlo"
ing works. (38?;x49?/), Holladn Galleries..
American, Paul Dougherty. "Gloucester Har
talent to whom the city and country look for 52. Lawrence, Sir Th. (attributed to), "Por
bor" is a fine, spontaneous work, lovely in
inspiration in the domain of beauty have fully OBITUARY trait of a Man" (iSx12), F. H. Russel
color, an interesting composition, with well
established their claim for that much recogni Frederick Gillam 53. French School, "Louise Elizabeth de
tion. The benefit to the city would be im painted water and a harmonious arrangement Bourbon" (33x27) Baumeister..9
mense. We have seen, and have been glad of boats. "Off Beauchamp Point" has 54.asTournieres,
Frederick Victor Gillam, widely known a R. lt.. (attributed to),
"Madame de Colande" (35x26), Baum
good color, "Summer Afternoon, Rockport,
to see, millions go into museums and millions eister "otat170
cartoonist, died Jan. 29 last at a hospital. Vic
more expended for old masters and foreign Maine," is a pleasing composition, brilliant in tor Gillam, as he was best known, was 55. for English School, "otatof a Lady" (34
twenty years with "Judge" as a cartoonist, 28), Warren Smadbeck..70
works. But when, we ask, will the turn comecolor and having good light with well-painted 56. Tournieres. R. L., "Port of Madame Pel
for our own native art? water in the foreground. "In the Harbor," and was a member of the N. Y. Press and licot" (35x28), Belsheim..150
"In Penobscot Bay" and "The Broken Ledge"
"Here is the golden opportunity for some Lotus clubs. In earlier days he had been em
are strong and interesting works and "Light
one, for many, or for all who care for art, and ployed on The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3 5
Den ? 2 ) , s B e l s h e i m . 10
58. Pether, A., "Mo nlight on the Thames"
who have a pride in the city, to come forwardon the Sea"~ is an unusual achievement in ver Times, N. Y. World, and N. Y. Globe. (30x4 ),Fairchild-3
and provide the means of proper exhibition light. Globe. (Continued on 130 ) -
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WILLIAM MACBETH.
Incorporated PAAINTINGS IMPORTANT works of the
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found in our galleries at all
Aew York Chicago Pariu times. Notable and rare ex
amples are constantly bein
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by us. Paintings
THIJRBER ART GALLERIES purcbased from us are alway
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exchangeable at the full
purchase price.
American and Henry E. Huntington Book
Brown Sister' Sale
Furniture Sale
Foreign Paintings At first session of a At the
salefirst of
oftwo duplicates
sessions of a sale of and
English Literature selections from
old and modern furniture, and the library
furnishings
75 EAST WASHINGTON STREET of Mr. Henry E. Huntington
owned by Mmes. Stephen and atJames theBrown,Ander
son Galleries, Jan. 28 afternoon
daughters of the artist, the late last,
Arthur Quarta total
CHICAGO, ILL. of $3,112.75 was obtained.
$95, was paid for No. last,162,
The
ley, at the American
a total of the
top
Art galleries, Jan.price,
$11,682.50"Poly-Olbion"
29-30
was obtained. Di
or
Bonaventure Gallerie
by Michael Draytona, a paid
Salvo brothers "Geographical
the top price of $400 for 601 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK
De
scription of Tracts, a set of XVIII century American
Mountains, beechwood
Forests and near 48th Street
other parts of this chairs renowned Isle
and also $300 for a French walnutof writ Great
:A N DER SO N Britain," etc., with engraved
the Prince of Wales, Mrs.
plate maps, two volumes
ing desk.
and S. J. Arend
double
title, portrait of
gave $190 page
in one
pair of Italian mirrors;
for No. 89,copper
folio
Mrs. Jameson
a
secured with
ART GALLERIES full blue levant morocco No. 110, a pairbinding,
of Italian side tables, first
for $320; BOOKS - - ENGRAVINGS
com
plete and rare first editiont-London J. M. Woodward bought No. 112,1612-1622, a pair of
426 S. Michigan Ave.. CHICAGOC
rare. French card tables, for $260; H. Martin gave DRAWINGS - FURNITURE
$230 for No. 135, a set of Italian painted
At the second session Jan. 29, a total of
chairs and settee; W. J. Clarke bought No. ART OBJECTS - PAINTINGS
$7,264.25, was obtained. The top price, or
:A?IC PAINTINGS $2,000, was paid by Mr. John F. Drake for
No. 328, the first part of an extremely rare
143, a pair of oak side tables, for $200,
J. Farr gave $310 for No. 185, a pair of ma
hogany twin beds.
and

play by Thomas Kyd, first and rare edition, At the second session, Jan. 30, an excellent
only four copies extant, no copy sold at auc reproduction of a XVIth century French cab
tion in years-the:, Roxburgh-Kemble-Devon

EXHI.BITION
,-LONDON PARIS FLORENCE ROME shire copy with title page note by Kemble inet was sold to H. H. Parke, agent, for $3,
London, Tlhomas Panyer, 1605. The same 200. Mr. Parke also gave $1,100 for No. 237,
buyer paid $1,000 for No. 360, ten rare plays two pairs of Gothic portieres. Mr. W. R.
;Hudson Forwarding & Shipping Co. Hearst bought No. 244, set of antique velvet
Custom House Brokers
and Forwarding Agents
by Thomas Middleton entitled "Your Five
Gallants," first -and rare edition-London,
hangings, for $2,600; No. 250, set of Italian
velvet lambrequins, and No. 328, a Flemish
GLACKENS
:WA24 STATE STREET NEW YORK. U'. S. bought
A.
Richard Bonian, 1608. Mr. George D. Smith triptych. The Lans Company gave $1,400. for H E N R I
TELEPHONE BOWLING GREEN 6696-5697-5698
several rare editions, including a 1671
edition of Milton's "Paradise Regained." No. 258, Flemish tapestry panel, and $420 for .L A W S O N
We specialize in clearing through r' toms No. 256, XVIIth century tapestry. E. C. PRENDERGAST
ANTIQUES, WORKS OF ART. PAINTINGS, ic. The third and- concluding session Jan, 30 Diecherhoff paid $1,575 for No. 287 antique
aft., brought a total of $2,875.75, which made Persian rug, and $420 for No. 285, dark blue
DANIEL GALLERY
W HAVE- EXCELLENT FACILITIES FOR HANDLING
a granid
SHIPMENTS TO OR FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD total. for the sale of $13,252.75. The Persian rug. Miss Julia Ryle gave $660 for
top, price or $127.50 was paid for No. 512, a No. 370, Italian chest of drawers; $350 for

DE LAMAR PICTURE SALE

first edition, of Sheridan's "Clio's Protest" or
"The Picture," with- other-poems, 8vo, uncut,
No. 275, Chinese rug, and $650 for No. 225,
eight strips of early French embroidery. L_2 WEST 47th STREET
London. Richard Arnold, 1819. Maurice Freeman paid $510 for No. 259, an
(Continued from Page 4) antique silver standing cup. George H. Stev
* 59t Tournieres, R. L. (attributed), "Mlle. enson bought No. 277, a Chinese rug, for
Jeanne Desfriches" (41x35), Rudert, $390; No. 278, a Caucasian rug, for $450, and
Agt ~................................ 6
Agt.......160 Boland Print Sale No. 279, a Caucasian, for $460. A. C. Croc
60. Gainsborough (attributed), "Portrait of a
Lady" (49x40), Mrs. Abbott . ...... 250 The first half of an interesting collection ker paid $310 for No. 282, a Persian rug, and METROPOLITAN ART SCHOOL
MICHAEL JACOBS, Director
61. -Van Loo, Carle (attributed), "Portrait of of prints owned by John Boland was sold i. L. Goodwin gave $390 for No. 284, a Per LEN W. LENTELLI, Sculptor
Princess de Polignac" (50x40), Baum sian rug. PAUL W. BARLETT, Superuisor
eister . .90 AMIon. eve., Feb. 2- last, in the American Art The total for theof session was $44,145.50, C L A S S E S (Morning and Evening)
62. Romney (attributed), Galler-ies. This half contained a large group
"Portrait Mrs.
making a grand total of $55,828..
Henshaw" (51x40), Baumeister ...... 130 of etchings by Felix Buhot. Mr. F. Meder In Color Mixing Color Juxtaposition
63; Vestier, A., "Portrait of Comtesse D'Es
trades" (50x39), J. Ferguson . ...... 320 gave $125 for Buhot's "Falaise;" J. M. Wood Color Harmonies Color Contrasts
64 Nattier, J. M., "Portrait of Comtesse de ward $170 for No. 57, Buhot's "Westminster Adams et al Tapestry Sale For life, portrait, landscape, poster and costume designs.
Parebere" (53x39'A), Belsheim ....... 1,350 Palace,"* and $155 for No. 49, Buhot's "Les Old tapestries from different collectors were Classes in modeling from life. Sketch classes
65.. Lely (attributed), "Portrait of a Lady"
(50x40), Baumeister ................. 80 Voisins de Campagne." Mr. Meder bought
from life, 5-7 P. M.
sold, with furniture, miniatures, etc., belong
66. Rigaud, H., "Portrait of Duch-esse de No. 70, D. Y. Cameron's -"Doorway of a ing to the Thatcher M. Adams estate, at the Special Daylight Lighting for Evening Classes

67- Hoppner (attributed to), "Portrait of

Mosque," for $330, and No. 71, the same
: Noailles" ( 58x37), Belsheim .................... 275 American Art Galleries aft. of Jan. 31. A Sherwood Studios, 58 West 5 7th- St.
etcher's "Chimera of Amiens," for $160. Mr.
L Iady Chambers" (50xc40), F. M. Price 130 Flemish XVIIth century tapestry, "Deer
68.- Gainsborough, "Mary, Countess of Salis Ackerman paid $220 for No. 69, Cameron's Hunting," went to F. Kaufman for the top
bury (50'/Axx4O), Smadbeckk.120
"Beauvais"; Knoedler & Co. secured No. 117, price $2,025; M. L. Jellineck paid $1,450 for
69.- Natoire, C. J, "Portrait of a Lady" (56
- x44), W. Taylor .. 390 Hedley Fitton's "London Bridge," for $200,
andPiazza,
No. 109, Fitton's "Rue de l'Hotel de
a XVIth century French tapestry, "Paris and WANTED
70. C:ampo, F. del, "The Venice"~ the Wife of Menelaus;" a- decorative XVIIth
(29x47), Holland Galleries..600 Ville," for $155, and Kennedy & Co. gave $165 century Flemish tapestry, "Fruits of the Lay figure, female, with wig.
71. Blaas. E., "Victim of Coquetry" (37x50), for
Rudert, A gt 725
No. 112, Fitton's the "Two Mills," and Earth and Other Good Things," lake and in good condition. Natura
72. Giachi, E., "'Chant $105 for No. 130, also (35x51),
D'Amour by Fitton, the "St. landscape, with many figures, fruit and flower Address: A. Von Begst, 211 Highland Ave.,
H. C. Fairchild 225 Etienne du Mont." border, went to A. W. Morse for $2,650, and
-73. Madrazo, R. de, "Sortie du Bal"j. (2702x two other tapestries of the same set, "Hay
46), John BossertThe....................2,000
result of the second and concluding ses
74. Burne-Jones, "Legend of St.
sion Tuesday George
eve. made a grand totaland
of $14, Making" and "Gathering the Grapes," went to
the Dragon," Episode IV (42V4x36g4),
541. The top price, or $725, wds paid by the same buyer for respectively $2,300 and
-Robert McCormick .................. 1,000 $2,600. Some 30 oils by the late William
Albert
75. KRnaus. L., "Bavarian Rouillier for No. (4bx534),
Holiday" 168. Mr. A. Swan as A French XVIth century tapestry, "Solo ton, now shown at the Vose Galle
Schulteis ................... 2,500 agent paid $475 for No. 156; Mr. Rouillier, happy surprise of the New Year.
76. Vibert, J. G., "Departure of His Emi
$400 for No. 166, and $210 for No. 277. C. mon and the Queen of Sheba," went to
nence (39xS5). Parker, Agt . . ................. 2,700 Hughes Murray for $650. A richly colored are marines, ranging from a sma
77.--Bouguereau, "L'Aurore" (82x42'4), H. C. \V. Kraushaar gave $170 for No; 298, $130 size suitable for a museum. One ts
Fairchild ....................1,875 for No. 275. Mr. J. M. Woodward paid $150 Gobelin XVIIth century went to Baumeister
78. Berne-Bellecour, "The Embarkment" (54 for $1,200, and a French XVIth century tap the high and even quality of this ar
for No. 188; Mr. F. Meder, $165 for No. 163,
x79), H. P. G. Rohlfs . . ................. 700 A short history of Mr. Norton's ar
estry, "Helen and Paris," to the same buyer,
79. Nicol,J;. W., "Court-Martial of Roband Mr. Frederick "George" $140 for No. 274.
Roy" for $900. To Murray went a decorative issued by the Messrs. Vose, states t
-(46I/2x72), Rudert, Agt . . ................. 160 early childhood he manifested a des
80. Mathieu, J. C., "En Gare de Garche, XVIth century French tapestry, "Paris and
S. & 0." (52x79), Belsheim.180 Aenone," a hunting nymph, with Paris and a ships and later on in life, in order
81: Baratti, F.. "Franklin at the Court -of companion in warrior dress,. trees and wild his craving made many voyages as a
Versailles" (38x55), D. Callo & Son .................. 180 Newman Print Sale sailor. The large "Trade Winds,"
82; l)idier.Pouget, "lField of Heather" (41x geese. The total was $41,357.
,:69), H. A. Prosser ................... 250 Part I of a collection of drawings by Amer square-rigged vessel before the win
83. Weeks, E. L., "Procession of Shah Je ican and Foreign Artists, formed by Mr. V. the statement that few Americ
han" (80x118), Rohlfs ................... 975WNinthrop Newman, was sold at the Ander BOSTON painters ever rivaled Norton in pai
84. Wheatley, F. (attributed)1 "Portrait of a
- Lady"- (96x64), Baumeister ................... 110son Galleries, Park Ave. and 59th St., Mon
Once more there is ample proofat
of sea.
the
85. Van Loo, Carle, "Louis XV in State day and Tuesday evenings last, Feb. 2-3, for willingness of Mr. Pepper and the Boston
Of especial interest, in view of th
Robes" (83x57), Rohlfs ................... 475 a grand total of $13,438. The attendance was Art Club to go more than half way in
celebration of the landing of the p
86. Gainsborough (attributed), "Portrait of a giving Boston the opportunity ofthe
seeing
exhibition of 30 marines by G.
Lady" (96x60), Belsheim ................... 280small and the bidding weak. The total of the the best work of modern American artists,
87. ,Dvorak, F., "At the Spa" (74x108), D. two sessions were respectively $7,838 and son at the Sprague-Hathaway Gal
88 Callo & Son ................... 150 anld this proof is the exhibition ofBoylston
48 oils St. The most important
88>Low, W. H., "The Nations in Music"~ by contemporary N. Y. artists, including
"The Voyage of the Mayflower."
(a series of mural paintings, represent.
ing America, England, Egypt, France, An original- drawing by the French master landscapes and portraits now in the gal
Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungar, Ruet topped the prices Tuesday, going to the lery of the Club through February 18 next.Paxton Wins Popular Prize
-Ireland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Scotland
Fighteenth
Spain), R. C. & N. M. Vose~-................ 575 Century Shop for $500. The sub It is an interesting if not a great display
ject was " Going to Market." The same The second honor to come to
and one finds among the list of artists
Total .$55,435
buyers gave $300 for No. 259, " Les Cadeaux," represented such names as: Robertfroma
Henri, the recent seventh biennial
by Greuze. Miss Lily Lawlor paid $235 for a at the Corcoran Gallery, Washingto
Jonas Lie, Hayley Lever, Richard Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. William Meyerowitzdrawing
(The by Ingres; E. Boughton gave $200 for "Popular Prize of $200," award
Chauncey F. Ryder, Sidney E. Dickinson,
resa F. Bernstein) of 39 West 67 St.,a are re by Lorraine; A. C. Goodyear got
landscape liam M. Paxton for his "Girl Sew
Daniel Garber, Gardner -Symons, Maurice
a head by Ingres for $335, and C. V. Van
ceiving the congratulations of their friends Fromkes, Paul Dougherty, John award
F. Carl was decided by the vote o
Anda paid $200 for Oudry's " Swan Pursued by to the Gallery, during the week of
son, Charles W. Hawthorne and many
Spon the birth of a daughter, named Isadora and the canvas received 228 vote
G. R. Mother and child are doing well.la Dog." others as prominent.

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12. Art Association held its
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meeting Jan. 22 last, when Dr. F.
Water Color Society, to Feb. 27. Old English Furniture-Old
J. Shepherd
N. Y. Public Library, Fifth Ave.was re-elected
and 42d St.president, and English Pottery-Old Eng
Print Gallery (Room 321),vacancies
Turner'son the board Stu
"Liber -caused by the lish Glass-Old English Sil
SCHWARTZ Galleries
April 1 5.
diorum," to Feb' 29. death
Mielatz Memorial, consisting ofofetched
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plates, to and the re
tirement of Mr. R. B. Van Horne, were
ver-Old English Pewter.
filled by the appointment of Francis Mc Original Examples.
14 East 46th Street ETCHINGS Pratt Institute, Ryerson St., Brooklyn-Paintings
and Illustrations, by. N. C. Wyeth, Feb. 11-Mar. 1. New York. 10, 12, 14 E. 45th Street
Opp. Ritz-Carlton ENGRAINGS
Rehn1Gallery, 6 W. 50th St.-Recent Paintings, by Lennan, and R. W. Reford. London. W. 217 Piccadlly Ur
NEW YORK E AVINGReinhardt
Helen M. Turner, through Feb.
Gallery, 565 Fifth Ave.-National Society
; The number of free visitors during 1919
was 28,722, as compared with 10,283 in
of Portrait Painters, to Feb. 28. 1914. While paying visitors during the
Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave.-Exhibition of Mem
bers Work, to be followed by. the Annual Auc year were 31,444, nearly seven times as
tion Sale, to Feb. 13. many as in any year prior to 1919. The
ARLINGTON GALLERIES
Schwartz Galleries, 14 E. 46th St.-Paintings, by
Mary Kremelberg, to Feb. 21. Monotypes in color,
money collected, however, was for war
274 Madison Avenue, bet. 39th & 40th Streets by Marion Gray Traver, for the same period.
Touchstone Gallery, 11 W. 47th St.-Group of nine
charities.
Among the donations during the year BourgeoDis Galler
TMPORTANT artists, to Feb. 9. were Danbigny's "Le Retour du Troupean,"
Whitney Studio Club, 147 W. 4th St.-Photographp.
AMERICAN and FOREIGN of American Indians, taken by E. L. Curtis and the gift of Lady Drummond, in memory
Old' and.
of, her husband, in whose collection it
PAINTIN GS belonging to Mrs. Whitney, to Feb. 15.
556 Fifth Ave.-Paintings by Claude Monet, to Feb. formerly was; Corot's "L'Ile Heureuse,"
10. . Paintings, by Claggett Wilson and Caroline
Locke, to Feb. 14. presented by the family in memory of Ar M"odern Masters
Howard Young Galleries7 620 Fifth Avenue--Frank thur L. Drummond, and Capt. Guy Drum
Phone, Wabash ,115 Townsend Hutchens, to Feb. 16. mond; William Maris' "The Happy Fam
Mletropolitan *Art School, 58 W; 57th St.-Students
Work in New Color Teaching, Drawing and' ily," from Mrs. E. B. Greenshields in mein 668 Fifth Avenue New York.
GERDA AHLM M-odeling, to Feb. 7. ory of her husband and William Brym
ner's "Feeding the Chickens," and St. Jean
RE,STO.RER OF PAINTINGS de l'Ile," the gift of several friends.
from the Royal Old Plnakothek at Munich, Telephone Btyant 6739 Established. 1875
Doee Eoery,Kind of Restoring Work on Paintings
ART AND LITERARY AUCTION SALES There were eight exhibitions in the
ALSO CLEANING OF COLLECTONS
1706 Auditorium Tower
Anderson Galleries, 489 Park Ave.-English, French
Chicago
and Anierican Literature, in original Mss., first
course of last year: those- of British naval
photographs; Major P. E. Nobb's war D. CALO &-SONS
editions, handsome bindings and standard sets. sketches; the 36th annual spring show; the
From the libraries of Roland R. Conklin, Hunting
Tom Thomson exhibition;. the Robert Har Amercan and Foreign PainboDgs '
ton, L. I.; Mrs. Mary E. Plummer, N. Y., and Artistic Picture- Frames'
Hon. Henry H. Peck, Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 9 ris memorial exhibition; F. W. Hutchi
CALENDAR 10, afts. and eves., and Feb. 11 aft. Books, son's oils; Sir Edmund Walker's Japanese
pamphlets and Broadsides, relating to California..
Feb. 19 aft. Association Books from the Library prints, and the more recent war memorials. 107 West 46th Street Ne_ York
NOTICE TO GALLERIES
of John Greenleaf Whittier with Mss. and Auto At present Frederick Villier's original war
graph letters of Whittier and his friends with ad drawings made at the front are on view.
CH. P O'T'T1''IERE R
Changes in the copy of advertisements and calen
ditions.' Feb. 24-25 afts.
dar must reach the office not later than Wednesday
of each week. American Art Association, 6 E. 23d St.-Japanese
Coior Prints from the Arthur Davison Fiske collections George Biddle at Milch's
Feb. !0-11. afts. and eves. There is considerable "style" in the oils, Parker of Works of Art
ARTISTS' CALENDAR Kouchakii Freres Stcck.
Antique Persian Faience and Lustre, Greek and watercolors, pastels and drawings offered by Shipping Agent
Society of Independent Artists, Inc., 1947 Broadway.
Roman Glass, Persian Miniatures, Greek and Ro George Biddle, of Phila., at the;Milch Gal
No jury-No Prizes-Fourth Annual Exhibition, man Jewelry, Gothic Carvings, Embroideries and
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N. Y., Mar. 11-April Textiles
1. leries, 108 West 57- St., through Feb. 14. Al P AR,I S 14 Rue Gaillon
and 16-17 Century Rugs. Feb. 13-14, afts. (Av. de l'Opera)
Membership List closes April 1. Pictures received though frankly influenced by the modern
March 8-9. French school, his work reflects especially
SPECIAL NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM'S FREE ART LECTURES his admiration for Richard Miller, but there
is, in all of his work, a distinctly personal
ings by Samuel A. Weiss, to Feb. 14.
Free lectures to be given at the Metropolitan Mu
Arlington Gallery, 274 Madison Ave.-Recent Paint
seum will be as follows:
Feb. 14, 4 p. m.-The Development of Italian Gar
message. Having studied for only six years,
his progress is remarkable and the work
The MAX KUEH
Art Alliance of America, 10 E. 47th St.-Textiles,
dens in the RenaiEsance, with a Study of Certain
E XHIB ITION . s
which bears every stamp of the professional,
poster and cover designss, Yugo-Slav embroiderive6Examples.-James S. Pray. N()W ON AT P
to Feb. 18. is highly creditable. A natural colorist, he
Art Salon of the Hotel Majestic, Central Park W. at
72d St.-Under the Direction of Dr. Fred Hovey
Allen-Selected Paintings by Eminent Artists, to
COMPETITION
has evidently worked and sacrificed to attain
the quality and firmness of line noted in his J?inAore Galle
Feb. 16. drawing.
Art Alliance of America, 10 E. 47th St.-Fourth An This is especially apparent in his 66f8 5th AVENUJE AT 53rd STR
Ainslie Gallery, 615 Fifth Ave.-Paintings by George monotypes. His oils are mainly high-keyed
nual Albert Blum Competition for Hand-Decorated
Fabrics. Fabric suitable for costume purposes.
Inness. 1st prize, $150; 2d, $100. Fabric considered and joyous, yet delicate and refined in color
most
Arden Gallery, 599 Fifth Ave.-Ancient Embroideries beautiful for interior decoration. 1st prize, and composition.
$150;
under th1e Auspices of the Needle and Bobbin Club,
to Feb. 14.
Babcock Gallery, 19 E. 49th St.-Recent oils, by
2d, $100. For conspicuous merit, two prizesAmong
of the oils shown are "Bryant Park,
$50 each. At the discretion of the judges,Snowstorm,"
will be awarded in several prizes. Last day
$150
of with fine atmospheric qualities FDerargil Galler
Antonio Barone, to Feb. 14. and picturesque
delivery, Feb. 18. Trade view, Mar. 5. Exhibition, quality. "The Invalid," 607 5th Avenue, at 49th Street
Mar. 6-27. loaned by the Penna. Academy, an interesting,
Bourgeois Gallery, 668 Fifth Ave.-Sculptures and
Drawvings by Gaston Lachaise, to Feb. 21.
Brooklyn- Museum, -Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
well-painted figure, adroitly toned against
subtle white pillows, is a well thought-out
American Paintin
Mlemorial exhibition of sculpture by Helen Farns T. H. Russell F. N. Price
worth, Mears, to Feb. 15. Recent Accessions in work, and "Fishes of Bermuda" is a har
the Print Galleries.
Camera Club, 121 W. 68th St.-Photographs by
NEW HAVEN monious bit of color and good design. When
Floyd Vail, F.R.P.S. the show closes here, it will naturally go to
Daniel Gallery, 2 W. 47th St.-Paintings by John The second exhibition of "Little Picthe home of the Biddles, and later to
Phila.,
Noble Feb. 9-23. tures" of the New Haven Paint andChicago.
Clay
Durand-:Ruel Gallery, 12 E. 57th St.-Paintings by
Renoir, to Feb. 21. Club was on at the Public Library to Jan. Museum'of French
De Zayas Gallery, 549 Fifth Ave.-Oils, Watercolors 26. Some 170 pictures were hung. The Edmund
jury W. Greacen is doing distinctive French Institute in the United
and Aquatints, by Arthur B. Davies, to Feb. 14. work in his studio at No. 42 E. 18th St.
consisted of George L. Berg, Theodore
Ehrich Gallery, 707 Fifth Ave.-Paintings of Merit Dicdricksen, Charles D. Hubbard,"The picture that does not stimulate the
Eliza 599 FIFTH AVENUE (48tb St.) k
by Lesser Known Masters.
imagination will not live," he says. Most in
beth K. Luquiens, Ethel Bennett Schiffer,
Ferargil Gallery, 607 Fifth Ave.-Painltings by Wil
liam L. Carrigan, to Feb. 21. Edith F. Schwab, Herman Soderstenteresting
and to him is the quality of mystery, THIRD OFFICIAL LOAN
Grolier Club, 47 E. 60th St.-Silver, Jewelled and
Embroidered Bookbindings, to March 6. John D. Whiting. and this one recognizes in his lately exhibited
"Peggy," It is also very pronounced in his EXHIBITI
Folsom Gallery, 560 Fifth Ave.-American Paintings.
Kennedy & Co., 613 Fifth Ave.-Fine Prints by A limit of 16 by 20 in. (including frame) "portrait gardens."
Modern Masters, through Feb.. was put on the entries, but within these THE' DIRECTOIRE AND .
Kingore Gallery, 668 Fifth Ave.-Paintings by Max
Kuehne, to Feb. 14.
limits there was quite a variety of dimen
At her Carnegie Hall studio, Heppie En EMPIRE PER
Knloediler Gallery, 556 Fif?h Ave.-Paintings by sions
Eu so that the result was less monoton
Earl Wicks is painting the portrait of Miss
Open daily. 10 A. M. t
gene Speicher, to Feb. 14. ous than the ordinary "thumb-box" show.
De Vere Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sundays, from 1 to 6
Macbeth Gallery, 450 Fifth Ave.-Paintings by Among 'the exhiibitors were George FredP.L. Porter. Her picture, "The Par
Frieseke, Miller & Davis, to Feb. 21. Ennis. William Starkweather, Herman JAN. 22nd to FEB. 1
Metropolitan Museum, Central Park at E. 82d St. thenon Column at Sunset," was recently
Open daily from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M., SaturdaySodersten, Isabella St. Leger, John H.
purchased by a N. Y. collector and her
"Lake Champlain,"
until 6 P. M., Sunday, 1 P. M. to 5 P. M. Ad Neimeyer, Charles D. Hubbard, G. Albert with its view of Ver
mission Monday and Friday, 25c-free other days.
Toiles de Jouy and English Chintzes through Feb. Thompson, Charles Kaeselau, mont Karlin the distance, also found a buyer. *AGENTS WANT
Chinese Portraits lent by Samuel T. Peters, toSchmidt, Whitney M. Hubbard, Charles By the ART COLLECTORS'.
March 1. A.- Aiken, Chauncey Ryder, W. Lester G. Laurence Nelson's portraits in oil of 12a, Waterloo Place, L
Milch Galleries, 108 W. 57th St.-Paintings, Etch Stevens, Sergeant Kendall, Mary- Nichothe late Mr. and Mrs. William Belden
ings and MIonotypes, by George Biddle, to Feb.lena MacCord, George L. Berg, William *London, S. W. 1
14. Reed have just been placed by the Carmel who HAVE FOR DIS
Montross Gallery, 500 Fifth Ave.-Cezanne Water R. Derrick, Adelaide Deming, -Oscar An Union, Carmel, N. Y., in the beau
Literary
colors, Feb. 10-21. derson, Cullen Yates, Leon Bonnet, Marion
tiful Memorial Library presented to Carmel SEVERAL FINE COLLECTI
Municipal Art Gallery, 40 Irving Place-Seventh An Boyd Allen, Will J. Quinlan, John by D.
Will supply pliolographsPr
nual Art Exhibition by the Association for Cul the couple. Mr. Nelson is now at works
ture, extended to March 1. Whiting and Edwin C. Taylor. upon a commission-portrait of a small boy * free of charge*. .

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