THE SUN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF ART
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PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM CATON BY TILLY KETTLE
In the Knoedler exhibition of English portraits.
T ' wishes were norscs nei:i.rars
Imltrht rldti unit lust ntgfal for
oik- wilil taut at uiiilutuiit 1
wished myself Helnrlch Heine.
I had picked up Schois'iihauer's es
tay dma fit "Mttiili -.! of Art"
partly to refresh myself after a liUKjf
day in the picture galleries, and
parti) since I always confess ev ery -thing,
partly, us a preparation tr a
stmly nf the new works of Mr.
Stephen Hawels, in the gallery ,f the
Merlin Photographic I' pany; w hen
wiih. nit wariitug l chanced upon the
followlug passage!
"II Is to In- unserved that . npier
plates ami monochromes answer to
mure noble and elevated taste thnii
chromoaraphs ami water colore; while
the latter mv preferred by persons
r little culture."
MlK'h u statement I hav lottbt
W'OUllI Upset the eipianttuity Of even
11m Annie Nathan M.vit; ami of
course it ipilte illil for lue. After thut
I could seareely eouiuiaml the proper
seriousness, ami I fear smiled at
everything. Kveti the no doubt Kb
eiitlliinllv exact "reason why wax fi
ures produce no teethetk Impression,
ami therefore are not In the esthetic
M-nse works, of art ut all." seemed
to me to be tUlged with the comic;
so. too, the opinion that "painting
equally with sculpture give the form
alone,' for by the unavoidable sup
pression of the parallax f our two
eyes a picture always makes thiiiK
appear In the way a one eyed perttou
would Hee them."
It is a sin to laueb ut such thine,
ami especially 1 it u sin Upon my
parti whose one aim in life It Is to
Induce others than artists to look at
and think about works of art. 1
HhOUld he in the seventh heaven, for
instance, if our ureatest living phil
osopher (his address, by the way,
would be thankfully received by The
Si n art chronicler) could he induced
to recount his personal urt experi
ences; or if President Wilson would
but consider It part of his duty to
visit our Academy annually. The
danger of such eminent persons fall-
Ing into erroneous opinion and thus
heltu: held us Instruments In the dis
semination of false doctrines will be
more than offset by the examples they
irlve of actually contemplating works
of urt! 1 feel so strongly Uxn this
point that I declare we shall never
really have an art life here worthy
of the name until our Presidents,
Wall Street uiiitfiiates. typists and
athletes shall Ik- Compelled to go to
art shows merely to he in the awlm.
Hut In the meantime great phll
mtiiphers are sometimes droll when
they take up art. are they nut?
I flung my gchopeuhauer at my hast
of I'm- ami raced to my hook shelves
for my Heine. It seemed to me thai
Heine upon such metaphysics of an
would he delicious, hut to my intense
liaagtill there wgs never a word
HoW can ,ou account tor that? It is
thalers to ifeunlgs, loUbt, that
Heine considered the greul pessimist
mi fur beneath him in the literary
scale as to he quite unworthy of such
nd vert isemeni as mockery would
bring. Heine himself, of course, In
vartahl) spoke Impeccable art Jargon
N'jcl BScllc. too. is always to the
inillllier horn. It remained for him
io Utah RclHtsnhuuer in the one
vulnornhlc spot. "The sight of henuty
in Ills case, he wrote, "noted a a
kind of disengaging Irrltani iisn the
main power of his nature I the power
of reflection ami Intenslted eye), so
that this siwer then exploded and, all
of a HUddeu, gntued the upper band in
consciousness." That Is Ulte us
amusing as anything Heine could
have said, so we may safely consider
that Schopenhauer as an art critic
cot his. It serves him right, Did he
not Ml) once that critics were women 1
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of the works of Stephen Hawels, 1
find mvm'lf limp with wenkness nun
four. Lord Macon nnd "the dear
Klliel'sou" have ntlllC opposite lews
of the work of Mr. llawcls. it sis-ins.
It was hnii' past :i o'clts'k in the morn
ing, us ncnrl as one may make out.
when Hnmlet exclaimed, "h. MITSed
spite that I was horn to set It rlKht.
and hi little difficulty was nothina
In comparison to this entanclement ;
..i it,., I,. iv tin. Hiime.
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i.oni Hneon Is ngnlnsi motion in
plituies, hut Mr. Hawels thinks he!
has that theory completely parui
lailMll. BtmngWI enough Kmcrson
Is for It. Hut listen to the philos
ophers ; first the two Kngllshtnen aim
.,,r,l Hut .,ii : "In ISSlUty that "f
favor Is more than thai of color and j
that of decent and araclous nmllon
nor ill in that of favor. That Is the 1
l t pai l of IssiUiy which a picture I
i .innot evpress."
Mr Hawels; "Ihlllnrtely culling
the line of certain trees In a pU-tUFe.
for example, and Mint Inning thelu III j
i... i.i.i. i. i I iv i;lvs me a I
sene of moving lllsiUl hefore them."
itaiph Waldo Kmeraon i "I'lcture
and sculpture arc the cclehratlon and
festivities of form, nnt true an iw
never lixstl, Isjl always flowing.
Now. truly. H seems to ine thai
eltbet lsnl llncoii is rlgki or Itulpji
Waldo Is Wrong. Hill even If llalph
Waldo lit proved Wrong may he still
i,e heal as iigreeliut perfectly WlIB
Mr HaweisV
Scarcely.
What pUKSles me personally is why
Mr lintels weiri In Polynesia Wh)
tin all the young I pie Co to Tahiti J
lie s.ik his t'lillilli I s glance fell
Hiss ti SO I'lJIan relics sent
from Hie island by his great-grand'
papa, who was a missionary, and that
the Impression so iniined stayed with
him. Hut there must lie usire to It
peiuied U a hirae dearee gm the
SjcUlMrty sbs..HK'iit canvas that he
iised. and into which the diluted
colors sunk much In the style of dyes
Upon fahrlcs or water colors !''
piper It Is a matter of some com
ment that all of the works so painted
have lasted well and seem quite as
fresh as when Hrst isilnted.
The one of Mr. Alexanders dec
oratlve works that aroused most dls
russion In ifs day. the Hot of Basil,
Is not Included in the show There
are many, however, that have Its
flow ini; lUies.
The exhibition lotitlnues until Ue-
ceuiber 16.
The prints division of the Public
Mhmr) ha not often nrningeil an ex
hlbltlon In which the subject matter
Is of such paramount Interest as In
the show lust iqiened, nevoten to
"IHirtmlls of Women.' ihe ersons
iM.niMMsi strike a doinlnanl mile
More the artistic quality asserts
Itself. The miljortty of ih'Isoiis in
this giillery or siriralis have played
a certain role in the history of man
kind In Its various phase of activity.
Queens Rt)d royal favorites, urtlsts
and musicians, dancers and actresses,
writers ant) social leaders pass lieforc
the e.ve In a profusion and vnrietv
somewhat kaleidoscopic In that their
more or less related units merge into
a highly Interesting picture of womon
h I. Not in the matter of costume
nnljr, hut In the disclosure of char
acter and attitude toward life, these
portraits help t.. lllllslMIe I lie silrlt
of Kiicccsslve i-'e nibrtis ami ..t ,iif
feretil nnvs of nations and Ihe)
suc-'esi a Weulth of relevant detail
The few port m Its shown which
represent ladles unknown to fame al
IamsI lllnatmta ehiinttlllU tahioiis and
costume, and methods of portraiture,
for after all the artistic Interest Is
there and Strongly In evidence thouKb
playing obbllgalo, uh H were, to the
hut
Edward I. Far
,1 . si !Vfjtb9t N w ork
InvitH itteatkst to
Interesting Collection
of
Ming Pottery ami
Hlanc il Chine I igurei
of thr Min Knh-i ml Ktcn Lunj
Ptriotb tofttSer with othr ImpBrttnl
Chines c
Art Treasures
Arlington Galleries
Annual Exhibition of
The A -s) c i a ' Ion Of
Wornen Painters. & Sulpion
Small Paintings
Sketches & Sculptures
Particularly Dcsnablc
As Christmas (Ufts
AT VERY MODEST PRICES
Exhibition Free to ih Iib!ir
274 Madison Avenue
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY (PASTEL) BY DANIEL GARDNER
In exhibition of English portrait at Knoetiler't.
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UlltS! Engravings
Photogravures
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Fine Art Booki
ROOKWOOD POTTERY
58 W. 45th St. '
The Antique Shop
6 West isih St., Ne.ir litili Vvs
UV an t ml
Period Furniture ol nil ih old
Schools, Bric-a-lir.u . (Ilil BohvmiSfl
and I niilish Cn'StuI tilUSS, l ire "Id
chiiui, line iiuirons and I Ire Sen,
Old Duti h and I nulish Silt , i Mut
field plate. (Imk Sel llriinirt,
Prints and Paintings, Mirmrs, I ,u
1 quer Furniture and Screens, old
Silks and Tapestries
Fur 77.. II I ' i . i I
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In
A MODEL. BY ROBERT HENRI,
a recent Macdowell Club group exhibition.
MONTROSS GALLERY
Exhibition of PU iur I ,
Childe Hasbam
I i. Ill lit , ml- r nth
EARLY ( HINKI MIT
550 Filth Avenue above I5lh Si.
than that. Mnuriee steme'K great'
grninlisinn rna not it inlsslonsryi nor
whs (laUgtltn'S, There lUUSt he snine
IblUg lisyebologleal In these irriMt
world moveus?nia lu which Mich un
like iliiiraeters .1"!". Mr. Sterne isn't
at nil like Mr. Hiiwela, and Oauguin
wns less like a missionary than either
of hem.
oh, ilnuguln was far from being
nilsslouary '
Have you ever read ' Nua-Xna"?
Mr. Hawels writes well too, He Is
more serious when he wrltea than
when he paints, When be pultltl he
pleasing, hui light.
If Maurice Kterne niual he hailed
as die ililiou of the recent Tubltlan
ehool of isiinlers Mr. Hawels can be
iktIiiIuusI its halltidlit.
HILL AND SEA. BY LEON KROLL.
In a recent Macdowell Club group exhibition.
s Hi'hos'nbuuer
woman hater that
lie COUlllllllU'lll W.H
was the
ever Vl
uieunl.
onl) real '
,1 he sure
THE BAHAMAS 1915, BY STEPHEN HAWEIS.
On exhibition in the Berlin Photographic Company' Gallery.
Winn chloH) pussies me is Rmerson's
diftlt'iilt) ith Hiiiliiture. "I cannot
hide front mys'lf," he wrote, "thai
ii is MeisMiie, list, who bnres the there i a certain appearance of pal
fundumeutul error of Hchopeuhuner trluess, as of toys and Ihe trumpery
when in S tonkins' f Kiiut he says! i of the theatre, in sculpture." Kuier-
' i.ike nil pbiiosophers, Instead t np I sou wheu he wrote this inni already
nronelilng the problem nf av.thetlc I been hi Itmne, hut out suaiax'ts his
frnlil the eXperiOUCea nf Ihe art Ut I clcerollU must have heeu llirnin
1 the creator), he meditated over art powers, The imisissthllity nf going
ami beauty merely from the stand- us "nobly mini" over the "OreeS
polnl f the 'spectator' and so unite . slave" nf Powers, which wua then
uucoust'lousl) got the 'sneetutor hint I tuir hist wort) in sculpture, as one
self Into his concept of beauty," mlghl over a Hum: "beautiful
"All philosophers" is cruel; mil In woman.'' must have been the single
say unjust, I ihl uoi Isinl lliHsui example from wiileh Binanun Ken
write. "There is mi excellent beauty ernllxed.
that hath lint some Strangeness in the Kineisnn's detlllltloll nf genlUSi that
prolsililoil," 11 remark so profound It was the power "in generullW from
that an entire essay might he written a Mingle example" Is simply eorklng,
around It, utal was there not Heluellhul it must he confessed that our
Heine was eeriainiy u philosopher nf I philosopher did nm generalise wen
a sort, yet he was never nnnsensleal I nver sculpltirt. It WUS unlike him.
annul pictures. However, "the denr too, in gluuee list narrowly at hla own
Bmerson," as vVull Whitman culls I environment. "A siHllar novel, a
him. iihi say some iuoer things In bit I theatre nr a Imllnsmi makes us fii
essay on "Art." anil everyhody re- Hmt we are nil hauliers lu the alms-
nieialiers the hehavlor nf Thomas 1 house of this world, without illmiity.
without skill or Industry. Art Is as
Hior anil low," lie wrote. As a rule
Kmeraon escaped inure easily from
his own epoch, ami was as free from
"the to-day" as Nietzsche boasted be
was.
Jane look him to the
Carlylo when
opera
Kmersoiii however was an
well as a phlliisnpher anil
a
artist
wrote
like an artist In part or his essay.
VllUllg geniuses even of in tiny may
lake profit ami im harm from a
nerusnl of it. for our annhlstleated
In spite of all this preparation, now
Mai iiu
MNiple know where til skip. 1 1 tint the moment arrives for the sud
Ti xhlliltlon of works by the lata
John V. Aloxuuder lu the Arden Ual'
lerles is lu the nature nf a memorial,
The custom ,it naviug suen snows is;
,,r.. mi!, .ut iii Kit rout ami we are hi
UlUlllUU to Innk USIl this uet Of jus-
tlee for all urtlsts who have achieved
emini'iire as uecessiiry.
These memorials should even be of
llelai. In Purls they are usually held
at Ihe lleUUX-Al'ts, Which is easily 1
aieessiiiie. The Uetropolltan would
ha si itreely the hantlon for such an
exhibit Ion here; it is still too much)
from ihe lsuteii irack and still re
o ui res a sasiul Joiirue) upon Ihe part
'of innst HtUlleilts. lialleries lu the
Public l.lhraf) Itulldlug. eouM they
lift obtained for Ihe purssie, would
he more sultahly placed; easily avail
able and yel Isoluteil, As part of
MIU'll an immense ami vttrlisl iHilleC"
lion as our xiei ii.pniitan boasts of a!
memorial exhlbltlou would Iw lout
Mr. Alexander suffered less than
most artists from the modern system
that swiftly lihles popular wmk nwuv
in private galleries, for his ntyle w as
slugulurl) even and his laltl eon-:
trlhutlous in the public exhibitions
lli.iill reiiresentatlve. The
present public has therefore hud up
(SirtUUlty I" uriive at an estimate nf
hlii (lowers, riven with this consld
oration in luludi howeveri Ihe me ,
morlal exhibition brings forward oua
work wllhoul which it would be quite
unfair til ludgu the artist- the sir
trait of Joe Jefferson us "Bob Acroa."
aii of Mr. Alexander's work is
characterised by refinement, out tii i
"Hob Ai res" Is bis most finished pro-1
rluctlou. It Is worthy monument
to both artist ami actor ami none
may look UISM1 It without a slh for
the iiootl oil days that It conjures up.
The majority of the pictures are In
the manner that was almost Mr.
Alexander's own- a mauuer that de-
mutn melody. All the pnrtraits
shown are etchings, engravings, or
lithographs, sometimes reprialuctlonj
nf paintings, sometimes original etch
ing's or lithographs, always by capable
craftsmen and In many cases by
artist of great repute.
If we approach the exhibition fmro
the stanilHiint of the urtisl and nf
processes of engraving then- i ipiite
as much diversity as there is 111 the
suhjects portrayed. To mention
a few, there are line engruvlliti
Pnlthorne, ll. and -i Wlerlv, I'
Jode, as well as modern artist
1 brave showing of llrltlsli eluhtl1
i century me..m inlet s. .1 ll
I the Watsons, Jones and tin
mialern messotiuts in colors
Arlent Bdwnnls nnd others;
engravings by Cole and even
Iributed to Marie ie Mtnlicl
graphs by Cuvurlul, llrevedi
Krlehuber.
Ami the range "f painters
Exhibition of Paintings
Us
works are rciirtslueed is iHillillly
Titian. Van I'.v . k. Pollaluolt
Microvolt. Holbein and lleym
These prints take 'i- thn
wi.ie rauge of varyina use 1
cesses In styles rellcelltlg a 1
ahie diversity lu arsongl
vtewpoiut in the tut both
ami of engraver The
ranged In chrouobmlcal or
hut
hy
ile
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Stall h.
rest ;
by S.
wood
me at-
litlm-
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vv lii.se
vv i,e
and
Ids.
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f pro
ini rk
and racial
nf iniinter
prints are
ler by stih
VAN GOGH
l:i(l III M l.t I' M
Modern Gallery
500 Fifth Ave., Cor 42 St Room IW
D.B. Butler &
i m Exhibition a not .. 1
of Mi BfolilltS rli 11 '
Arlent 1.1 .v arils ui .1 '
ers. Kraine- of .1
(ni Madison A- (IT Si.)
EDWARD G. GETZ
ANCIENT ( HIM s
WORKS Ol A K
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jeets, thus hiiuuliiu reproductions in
color messotiuts 1 1) Kdwurds of ds
Vinci's "Hello 1'erroiiuiere" next t
0 inoileru Kreuch Hue eugraviug nf
the same suhject ami the wood en
urnvlna hy Cole of Mrs. Klddona, after
llalustsirough, near .1 it Hmith's re
production of the same ls.rtralt.
If the result, from the artistic
standjsiiut, is a mixture that may tic
a trifle dtscoiicertlug at tirst siKht, (t
also emphasises the national ami in
dividual viewpoints already referred
p. as well as the characteristics of
the various processes of producing
prints b) Ihe very force of strons
contrasts
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