New York's Latest Sensation in Art—Emil Ganso

An Artist Who, Despite a Humble Beginning, Has Achieved Success in Four Mediums

THE present season in the New York art galleries has been full of surprises. The Foujita show, in which the works of a Franco-Japanese were first seen in America, created something of a sensation only a month ago. Another, and later, sensation was caused by the exhibition of Emil Ganso's work, in four mediums. And here was a remarkable story indeed. Ganso had had practically no instruction. Three weeks at the Academy Night School had marked the limit of his tuition. For twelve years, in actual poverty, he had studied alone and at night, after his hard day's work as a baker in Cushman's Bakery. Although only twenty-nine years old, he has gained extraordinary proficiency in pastel, oils, etching, lithographs, water colours and drawing. His first exhibted canvas was at the Independent Show at the Waldorf. His point of view, as an artist, is singularly naive and direct. The critics and public alike have declared that, notwithstanding his limited hours of self instruction, he is already a thoroughly competent painter and master of an impressive technique