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The midday madness is still upon the world. Editor Influence of the war on art Your article of Wednesday under this head is timely and interesting. You say rightly what has been generally said [[strikethrough]] that the effect of [[/strikethrough]] about influence it is too early [[strikethrough]] to yet [[/strikethrough]] to estimate a strong effect [[insertion]] that [[/insertion]] the war is going to have art. Nevertheless it is not too early, to observe that the war has already furnished direct inspiration to many American artists and already resulted in at least one significant exhibition. [[strikethrough]] has of such work has been held. [[/strikethrough]] Unfortunately this exhibition [[strikethrough]] was of such private [[/strikethrough]] though held in one of the most prominent New York Galleries was of semi-private character, and [[strikethrough]] therefore [[/strikethrough]] received less critical attention than would have been the case had it been announced with the usual cymbal and drum [[strikethrough]] accompaniment. fanfare by the [[strikethrough]] Thereby as a matter of record I should like to say a word about this exhibition. [[strikethrough]] which I had the pleasure of planning with clever Mrs Albert Sternes [[/strikethrough]] at the Knoedler Gallery. where the work of forty living American artists was selected and with Malden Coll. L Allegro C h Davis blue sky white clouds blue pool hilly green ldsc. rather summery W E Martin Fish Market Dieppe large full of figures weak. Benson The Hilltop girl in white gainst sky wooden [[end page]] [[start page]] 113 Gaudner Symons winter picture river flowing between snow clad banks "Hop Smith "The Kaiser-Tracht-Dordrecht" watercolor ominous table Adolf Gogg the Old Photographer interior by Evert Pieters Colossal landsc by Didier Pouget "Le Matin. Brugues en fleurs." Sunny seems to continue technical germs from which spring Nesbit & Motray & Griffen [[image: sketch of portrait of man in uniform]] Gerard Picton Copley Malden Library mod coat golden buff collar & front epaulet on right shoulder only ruddy yellow face brown hair bg. of golden brown twilled canvas 27 X 26 [[weaksar?]] paint dragged on thing looks like a Phillips under [[hauroine?]] influence modelling weak & fuzzy [[underline]] not Copley [[/underline]] I feel sure. No wonder Vose doesn't have photo yet. x x boy & dog touch of blue water Doughty "Cliffs" & sea common W. Homer oil ldsc. dark Boy whittling sitting on log.