Show Pennell Turning More to Water WaterColor WaterColor Color and and Paints At Sixty-five Sixty Artist Turns His Attention to N New w Endea Endeavors vors NEW YORK Jan 3 Sixty five y ars old old old-an an age when most successful successful suc sue men are forward to retiring retiring Joseph Joseph Pennell illustrator and author is working hard harder r than ever His fondness ss for pen pen- pen inks inks ind-inks and etchings which made him famous still holds fast hut but he Is turning more to water col colors ors and paintings The latter attracted favorable comment comment com com- ment meat at his in the Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson galleries here Teaching has become another of hI his hiS' hobbles and he never loses an opportunity to all attention to what he believes Is one of or Americas America's weaknesses too weaknesses too much sped specialization and not enough general education To rem remedy dy this he would have hare more practical art and craft schools I am making my students be begin begin begin be- be gin at the very beginning he saidI saidI said I r am teaching them the chemistry chemistry chemistry chemis chemis- try of colors and taking them step by step up the stairway of art Not only must they know how to print their etchings but hut they must be educated In all the other branches branche Unless we follow the same polIcy policy polleY pol pol- icy leY In educating our students in 11 craft or skilled trades we ve shall have another influx of foreigners to do our work of or this nature Pennell's latest book bool The Adventures Adventures Adventures Ad Ad- ventures of an Illustrator published published published pub pub- by Little Brown Co re relates relates relates re- re lates his experiences with Whistler Sargent John Hay Play Bernard Shaw John Van Dl Dyke e. e William Dean n Howells George W. W Cable Henry James Anton Lang F. F Marlon Mitrion Crawford Craw Craw- ford Aubrey Beardsley and many others other in his visits to all parts of the world Only a few of his originals are possessed b by Pennell When he left London rAndon during the war val to return to this countr country he stored his coll col- col l When he went back for it four years later the illustrator found that water had destroyed most of the pieces |