Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly (1912 (Heft 38))

PHOTO-SECESSION NOTES

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY MARSDEN HARTLEY
FROM February seventh to February twenty-sixth the rooms of the
Little Galleries at 291 Fifth Avenue were devoted to an exhibition of
paintings by Marsden Hartley, this being the second occasion on which
the public was invited to view a one-man show of this young artist. The first
exhibition, held in connection with the work of other American artists, was
reviewed in Camera Work, Number XX. Comparison of the work shown at
an interval of two years shows that without aping the style of any of the modern
men whose work has been shown at “291” he has been stimulated into fol-
lowing a new line of endeavor, and his work has gained much in the way of
construction and solidity. Hartley is planning to spend a year in Paris, and
his friends will watch with interest the effect on his work of his association
with the pioneers of modern art.

EXHIBITION OF PASTELS BY ARTHUR G. DOVE
From February twenty-seventh to March twelfth, following the ex-
hibition of paintings by Hartley, experiments in pastel of decorative designs
by Arthur Dove were hung on the wall at “291.” Mr. Dove, who has made
an enviable reputation for himself as an illustrator, has given all of his time
in the last few years to less remunerative experiments in decorative designs
based on pure line, form, and color. Although Mr. Dove’s experiments have
not as yet been carried far enough to enable us to judge of the full possibilities
of the field he is working out, he is working along very personal and independent
lines and may reveal himself as an innovator of no little value in decorative
designs. sculptures by henri matisse

For three weeks following the exhibition of pastels by Arthur G. Dove,
sculptures and recent drawings by Henri Matisse were shown at the Little
Galleries. When Matisse was first introduced to America in March, 1908, with
an exhibition of water-colors, drawings and lithographs, and one oil-painting,
a full review was published in Camera Work Number XXII. An exhibition
of Matisse drawings was also held in the Little Galleries in 1910 and reviewed
in Camera Work Number XXX. The sculptures forming the present col-
lection were selected by Matisse, assisted by Eduard J. Steichen, for the Photo-
Secession. Although few in number, they are carefully chosen and typical
examples of the principal steps of Matisse’s evolution as a sculptor.
The same care was taken in the selection of the drawings by Pablo
Picasso shown last spring, when Messrs. Marius de Zayas, Frank Haviland
and Eduard J. Steichen cooperated with Picasso in so choosing the limited
number of drawings which could be accommodated in the Little Galleries that
they should adequately represent the different stages leading to his latest
productions. Indeed we may here state that this method of presentation and
its underlying purpose is characteristic of all the Little Galleries’Exhibitions.
They are essentially demonstrations of development, rather than either ex-
hibitions of final accomplishment or <<shows,, in the popular sense.
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