New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-20
CLOSE or The ARTISTS FUND EXHE


Society will close on Thursday the 10th inst 1t has been
much better exhibition than that of last year. and enjoys
tho distinction Of having offered TO public the first op
porapv IL has ever cnjoyed Of seeing good collection
Of wa,crcolor drawings We hope that now beginning
has been made in this matter II will not be suffered 70
drop but that everything viii be done 70 interest our PEG
Die in thismoSt delightful branch Of art We want to be
convinced that water-coors can do everything that
asks 10 be done in color and drawing and that Its
re,is are a. permanent in their beauty and effect as those
of oil-painting. The English have long known these
things 70 be true and have pctced the art with enthus
asm these many years and il now IN It's glory All the
beat painting OF Europe for centuries was done with
wateTcolors and when panel was employed 70 WORK upon
the cOOrs arc fresh to-day as they probably ever We're
Our grandchildren will ony know Turner through his
watercOOr drawings His pictures began 20 crack ana
change color IN his lifetime and every year makes them
The waterc9!os. on the other hand are as good
to-day as ever
Henry Farrers Flowers remarkable for the con-
trast in thcm-one showing man escaping from
method. and consciously unconscously carrying MS
principles into field Of work the other showing an
equally strong character but with very different powers
developing itself IN the same way m which the hrst began
but with difference enough in that sameness TO promise an
individual growth. Mr. Henry Fauers work is conspicu-
Gus for s extreme delicacy Of finish, combined with
remarkable strength II impossible to say as yet how
much there IL in him: but we shall be surprised II ne
does not soon get away from flowers into subjects
calling for more thought and purpose What most IN
egcnt critic meant by saying that Henry Farrcrs work
is ghasy" that the strength aud will displayed IN
IL better 20 have begun with the theme too humble than
10 have wasted oneself theme too high and there are
subjects enough under The heaven 10 tax al the power mat
the painter OF these remarkable flowers may nave.
Mr. Henry K Newman sends subject that puzzles us at
first but a little looking dlspels the doubt, and
shows that the artist has been IN japan this summer
There the shelf before the door of acquered cabinet
be saw this JapOnea in green bowl standing on tray
with bamboo rm and the color pleased hun so that he
sat down saightway, and painted IT, And very dell
cstey and truly he has done It, too, and We have the
pleasure of knowing that with renewed health aud spirits
ho is rapidly perfectng himself his art by patient study
and hard work. and adding new name aud one oil real
promise to the catalogue OF new men,
Miss Mcdonald too, is a new man! aud II il were any
praise 10 say her work is manly" would say H. but
think better praise to say that she IS plainly working
for truth and has thus far shown no sign OF faterng
Her portrait in leadpenc we have already spoken OF as
work Of great promise We know very few Of our men
who could have done IL better when az her stage OF study
Her Landscape excellent in tho sky and Clouds but
are well pleased with the trees; the color is NOT
true, as It seems TO u.s. they are 100 niue
influenced by the light in the sky. IL would
neither leave them green nor so Opaque We
should have been glad TO some more OF the l work
father and sonbut suppose we never shall n they
can help It, John Henry HIPS beautiful sketch OF Mount
Washington which be aferward painted in oil, Is here
and how beautiful IL isl The mountains are very satisfy
ing and if his theory had only allowed HIM TO put ite
something moro into his foreground! j w Hnls Rocks
AZ Mount Desert Is strong truthful SKETCH interesting
alike to the artist and to the man of science AsassH
could lecture to class with this drawing as an illustration
and yet can take pleasure IN II quite apaftom any
scientific interest i may have.
m we should say that the drawings by Roset the
first that have ever been exhibited IN public Oh either side
the water believe it would be true statement and
little singular either These are are the property Of
Mr. Norton of Cambridge, whom we have 10 thank also
for the pleasure Of seeing genuine bit OF tuners WORK
sure however 10 dsappOlnt all whose minds hutkln mas
filed with the overflow of his enthusiasm. This
is only rose petal from garden OF roses 70
those who have the garden itself, enough
10 recall its splend0r, It's periume-but only
tanalzng TO those who have but read Of the garden
Neither do the Rosettis do Rossett nstee-bu the Be
fore the Battle noble in color and sentiment and must
give delight 20 many. Mrs. Elizabeth Murray surprises
us with an unexpected strength and skill There is some
beautiful painting in "a Mlk-s,a in Seville. We can
like the great ubbery boy asleep in bed but the rest
of her work makes amends for this piece OF weakness We
wish Miss Oakeys work could get little stronger she
shows much real cleveness that u seems pity she
should not add more ceverness 10 IT,
Great interest has been felt to see picture by Mr.
Whistler the American natumlzed IN England whose
works have been much talked about Of late Nor will
the specimen these walls dsappont any one VINO mao
carefully read has been written about MN oy goOu
critics. This is an early work and not one that shows ms
power of coor-one Of his strong points-to advantage
but il is picture does not easily get away rom IL
full OF force and truth and character, aud there Is no
trianp in either To-day is in IT, and the evil Of today
We cannot mention even with word the remaining inter-
esng pictures on these walls. The Ason already des'
crbed in these columns, spaatro OF the VISION o ine
Bloody Hand here and portraits by Stuart and Copey
and Stanfeld and Linton; two beautiful drawings by
Samuel Prout, and large drawings not beautiful Oy
Mr.. Nash. Then there are several very hhe foreign
pictures notably one by Balse Des COTE which IS an
astonishing piece Of realism by famous artist whose WORK
is now seen for the first time in America thanks to NJ
Knoeder lannon's Ma Soeur n'yest pas, and CaoaneIs
Poetic Florentin, ought TO be looked at oiten iney
are copies with variations of the original pictures Encn
have made the artists so many friends. Nor must we ior
get Charles Moores lovely Cntskl whose truth 70 ma
ure and beauty Of color have at last conquered oPPo
ton and compelled admiration. THIS little picture snaIes
with MIR Whistler the honor of making il worth whie 10
go into the S-uth Room. But when you get there,
reader look Mays portraits OF Laboulaye and OaspaI
They are the best works May has ever sent u.s. ana en-
ts him 10 our respect They strong manly pictures,
and look as If they must be good likenesses
Now that the Artists Fund has had one really good et
bbtion We trust il will keep in the good path Its
this year have deserved well of tho public and
Wa none their cxcheauer estfes to the public gratitude