. International studio. s, while in Mis. four eighty-four SEPTEMBER 9 2 2 lOriAL Winic the folk arts were built around anobject (the secondary thing), in Chanlers sym-bolism everything is based on the force oi thatobject (the primary thing). Outstanding achieve-ments nl his symbolism are the llmeate murals forthe Colony Club, tin- beautiful panels for studio, the mural decorations oi thehouses of W. K. Cue and Walter Lewisohn, hispreviously mentioned screens and panels, and hiso w n house, t h eHouse of Fantasy, at14- East NineteenthStreet, New York. We can concludethis condensed
. International studio. s, while in Mis. four eighty-four SEPTEMBER 9 2 2 lOriAL Winic the folk arts were built around anobject (the secondary thing), in Chanlers sym-bolism everything is based on the force oi thatobject (the primary thing). Outstanding achieve-ments nl his symbolism are the llmeate murals forthe Colony Club, tin- beautiful panels for studio, the mural decorations oi thehouses of W. K. Cue and Walter Lewisohn, hispreviously mentioned screens and panels, and hiso w n house, t h eHouse of Fantasy, at14- East NineteenthStreet, New York. We can concludethis condensed re-view of Chanlerssymbolism w 11 hChristian Brintonsbiographical resume: The successivesteps by w h1c hRobert WinthropChanler has attainedto his present posi-tion are as pictur-esque as they are sig-nificant. A boyhoodpassed in almost feu-dal seclusion atRokeby, the familyestate in DutchessCounty, New York,was followed by ascore of years spent in Europe,travelling, studying, and paintingin various continental capitals,. Benozzo < lozzoli in the Palazzo Riccardi, Flon and kindred triumphs ol Renaissance taste andinvention. Convinced that he hail started on thewrong pathway, he returned to Paris in ordei tobegin his artistic career afresh. lie set to workwith the ardor ol a true proselyte, lie was nothandicapped In timidity. The result of hisinitial effort was the Peacock Room, a suite oflour shimmering red and gold panels, the central motif being Ins fav-orite bird w 1 t hproudly distended tail. I his was com-pleted in 1000. T e c h n 1 c a Iterminology cannothowever, adequatelyindicate the spirit olChanlers art, a spiritthat lies deepl yrooted in the mansemotional from the cus-tomary Anglo-Saxonheritage which theaverage Americanshares, there are cer-tain picturesque ele-ments that must bereckoned with. Anextended sojourn inthe southwest lamil- MARCHING MARTIANS A SCREEN BY ROBERT WINTHROP CHANLER iarized Chanler withthe sure decorative instinct of theIndian, w
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