. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. ;of Edward , repre-sented here by awinter landscape,called December, afrankly realisticrendering of na-ture, executed witha fine knowledge ofatmosphere, lightand air; of WillardL. Metcalf, whosepainting, c ailedTrembling Leaves,was a most delight-ful and straight-torward mterpre- portrait of washburn tation of a sequestered nook in nature; ofChilde Hassam, whose Leda, The Aspens andhis large Aphrodite were all remarkable fortheir rendering of sunlight; of Twachtman, whosetwo canvases were among the m
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. ;of Edward , repre-sented here by awinter landscape,called December, afrankly realisticrendering of na-ture, executed witha fine knowledge ofatmosphere, lightand air; of WillardL. Metcalf, whosepainting, c ailedTrembling Leaves,was a most delight-ful and straight-torward mterpre- portrait of washburn tation of a sequestered nook in nature; ofChilde Hassam, whose Leda, The Aspens andhis large Aphrodite were all remarkable fortheir rendering of sunlight; of Twachtman, whosetwo canvases were among the most delicatelypoetic interpretations of nature in the exhibition;of George Elmer Browne, of Jonas Lie, of CharlesMorris Young—the work of all these is so far abovethe general average of landscape painting as tomake comparisons seem futile. We miss, how-ever, Dabos poetic adumbrations of nature,Steichens weird and mysterious evocations andthe calm and somewhat somber outlook of Robert-son K. Mygatt. On the whole, this exhibitionwas refreshingly sane and i BY WM. M. CHASE XXXVI Current Art Events T HE NATIONAL SOCIETY OFCRAFTSMEN The exhibition held by the NationalSociety of Craftsmen, of 119 East Nine-teenth Street, New York, in the Galleries of theNational Arts Club, on Gramercy Park, in theearly part of December, seems to have arouseda fresh interest in the public for the work of thesociety. Many more visitors have come to thestudio, and the sales during the months of Decem-ber and January reached a most satisfactoryfigure. Many orders for work were taken by thecraftsmen during the December exhibition, andthey have been spending so much time in fillingthem that little of interest has been sent to thepermanent exhibition, still maintained at thesocietys studio. Arrangements are being made by a group ofbookbinders of the club to enlarge their exhibitionof well-bound books, and to include in it the kin-dred art of illumination. Cases to hold the booksare now being
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