DOI issue:
Nr. 195 (Mai 1913)
DOI article:Brinton, Christian: Current art, native and foreign
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INTERNATIONAL
• STUDIO
VOL. XLIX. No. 195 Copyright, 1913, by John Lane Company MAY, 1913
URRENT ART, NATIVE AND
FOREIGN
BY CHRISTIAN BRINTON
NATIVE
I. The Spring Academy. It is small wonder
that every one, in consequence of the phenomenal
success of the recent Armory exhibition, should
have been eager to learn what response the Acad-
emy would make to the challenge of the younger
organization. The studiously pacific attitude
adopted in their various statements to press and
public by the Association of American Painters
and Sculptors in no way mitigated against the
inherent militancy of their programme. They
deliberately set about to achieve something novel
and progressive, the effect of which was bound
either to stiffen the Academy in its congenital
conservatism and self-sufficiency or exercise a
liberalizing influence. In point of fact, however,
time was too short to admit of any definite, spe-
cific readjustment to newer conditions. Even had
they been willing to chance it, the members were
unable so quickly to react to outside stimulus.
The pictures intended for exhibition at the Spring
Academy had already been painted when the
doors of the Armory swung open to admit the
seething mass of curious, avid spectators. The
only thing that could be done was a change of
spirit, a rejuvenation of general outlook, and this
was happily manifest on all sides.
While the material to choose from was substan-
tially-the same as on previous occasions there was
a distinctly fresher, more individual note to many
of the canvases which finally found place upon
the gallery walls. Officialism and professional
fatigue were less in evidence than usual. The
prize-giving was, alas, even more flagrantly par-
tial than has often been the case, but the hang-
ing revealed a marked advance upon anything
attempted in recent years. As a whole, the dis-
play was chiefly notable for the auspicious showing
made by the woman exhibitors, who in certain
instances clearly outclassed the men. We do not
look for woman to achieve significant results in
the more abstract field of pure landscape, yet in
the province of genre and portraiture she is quite
capable of holding her own, and this she unmis-
Calholic Club Exhibition, 1913 Courtesy of the Previati Society
THE ANNUNCIATION BY GAETANO PREVIATI
LI
• STUDIO
VOL. XLIX. No. 195 Copyright, 1913, by John Lane Company MAY, 1913
URRENT ART, NATIVE AND
FOREIGN
BY CHRISTIAN BRINTON
NATIVE
I. The Spring Academy. It is small wonder
that every one, in consequence of the phenomenal
success of the recent Armory exhibition, should
have been eager to learn what response the Acad-
emy would make to the challenge of the younger
organization. The studiously pacific attitude
adopted in their various statements to press and
public by the Association of American Painters
and Sculptors in no way mitigated against the
inherent militancy of their programme. They
deliberately set about to achieve something novel
and progressive, the effect of which was bound
either to stiffen the Academy in its congenital
conservatism and self-sufficiency or exercise a
liberalizing influence. In point of fact, however,
time was too short to admit of any definite, spe-
cific readjustment to newer conditions. Even had
they been willing to chance it, the members were
unable so quickly to react to outside stimulus.
The pictures intended for exhibition at the Spring
Academy had already been painted when the
doors of the Armory swung open to admit the
seething mass of curious, avid spectators. The
only thing that could be done was a change of
spirit, a rejuvenation of general outlook, and this
was happily manifest on all sides.
While the material to choose from was substan-
tially-the same as on previous occasions there was
a distinctly fresher, more individual note to many
of the canvases which finally found place upon
the gallery walls. Officialism and professional
fatigue were less in evidence than usual. The
prize-giving was, alas, even more flagrantly par-
tial than has often been the case, but the hang-
ing revealed a marked advance upon anything
attempted in recent years. As a whole, the dis-
play was chiefly notable for the auspicious showing
made by the woman exhibitors, who in certain
instances clearly outclassed the men. We do not
look for woman to achieve significant results in
the more abstract field of pure landscape, yet in
the province of genre and portraiture she is quite
capable of holding her own, and this she unmis-
Calholic Club Exhibition, 1913 Courtesy of the Previati Society
THE ANNUNCIATION BY GAETANO PREVIATI
LI