International studio (51.1913/1914)

In the Galleries


THE SEA

BY KATHERINE S. DREIER

IN THE GALLERIES
It cannot be said of New York as once
Salvator Rosa querulously sang:

‘Of the rich, noble, vulgar herd
Few estimate and few require
The painter’s zeal . . . ’

i New Yorkers have ceased to be a “ vulgar herd ”
i in the sense of being blindly and blandly indiffer-

■■ ent where art is concerned, and each revolving

season produces more enthusiasm in art circles.
Homebound liners are still returning us art dealers
and collectors from their forays abroad and at this
* time of writing it can hardly be affirmed that the
art season has really commenced. A few exhibi-
tions are on, it is true, but in most cases well-

known galleries have merely hung up old friends
with a scattering of new canvases, more to conceal
bare walls than with the idea of exhibiting.
The first exhibition of paintings was held at the
Macbeth Galleries, with a one-man show, in this
case a lady. From the 14th October to the 27th
were seen the paintings of Katherine S. Dreier, of
whose work we show two reproductions. Al-
though this artist has held many successful exhi-
bitions, notably at the Salon des Beaux Arts,
Paris, and in London and Germany, this is the
first time that she has appeared in a New York

gallery. Miss Dreier, a native of Brooklyn, has
only been a few years at the easel. She was three
years under Walter Shirlaw, after which she stud-
ied in Paris and London. Good color schemes,
great grasp of atmosphere, with bold rendition,


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