, 1875-04-10

Co1or 6oc!tHy III new 4ork tltR year or last.
though Of course much e,nallcr,-tll,y oxel
numbering siE or eight hundred pictur s,~and
destitute Il any pictures Of very largo size.
Water-c;'lor paintings have ilorotoiorn bcou 80
sato ut tia' West that wo bays Ind very 1ittlo OPP
rortunity TO gain Al understanding Or apprcc.a-
tiou OF til mi. 1t iu generally beloved, oven
among T'esi iona with ct,Bidota5lo suowledge Of
oli-p!cturct', that water.coloriny ia Il choap and
inferor art yaipfy aspiring to reach the qualities
Which oil n1TGasses enBlly aud batter. and good
only 80 far as IL succeeds Ia aplroxsmating these
qualities. II this wcre tho place for systo-
matio explanation Of wator-coloring, 1t
would DO ensy to show historically that
NRtcr-color III Homo form--freHco, liatcmper, or
cartoon-waa the principal medium Of all tho
carly maalct. uf painting, ami, indeed, that oil
coors wero nnknown until tho nll,1d!c period OF
italian art iii oreorer TINT watcr.coorb, contrary
to tho gt,usral imrrcasiou pnasess certain
qualities in thir mtnera, comaon,tion and free-
dom iron, hl,nal oil, which rotdcr thcm {proba-
bly) morn rer;na.len aud less liable to change
than oil. H. lit:o picture In tho proxont e1hibi-
ton hung 4 N ong tho oils In tho northeast room,
"a Scene Gil the CoIas uf France" (No. 1G9},
goes litt3o way towards illustrating tlle perna.
nency Of " ater-co!or, having been patutel ln
1880, and ri timing its freshness perfectly.
Wn.er-col,r, it oush. to bo understood, aims At
quito dinere Mt qualities from oil and exccfs oil as
much u It's ocular beauties ns oil celia it Ii, some
o1er dnocf;fone. For example. an accoalniiJArt
artist will Aaiiy attasn Certain ae,!al qualities In
paitlsing hli us with water-ta>fors which It would
DO. il not In ,possbe, oxcoeun: difficult, to effect
with ois. It may uvo.1 bo doubted whether 1t
IL within tho 1ango Of oi-painting to produce
such m effGct ol atmo8rllsr0 ~ we uot uncon.
Mon1y SGD LII waser-cotots. On the other hand,
Tor intensity mud doptl, Of color on q largo eca1o
oil pteserLh advantages which wntor-co1or
reaclcA on1' EaLorio.sly, il at ul!. tllungh sotua
Cf me- Ej1 m h11. ri IN
this, using lacr colors in tho manner OF oil s:lA
maintaining their auueriorty for all purpoEcg.
A picture Ut Til7auy'B ~ Wood Interior" no.
d60), franld without tho usual wl1ito border,
ILLUSTRATORS Waist watar-color cnn do III coupe;tioa
with oil IT'S rospects weight Of eoloring,
and intens ,tr Of light and shadc mud
,,oss :, not tail Daaly H. the eompas,s.on
tory in quality. Whouover peculiar transparency
and purity ,5f quality arc desirable. III tn tho
a.ioa OF lantlscapcB. delicate compilations in por
uaser-colog Is tho natural aud auitabIe acont for
Representing aud expressing nature. Ihcro IL
no prop1icT in comparing water-colorS NTH oil
rssures, or 10 Judging thonl by tho same rules:
orgiaytngs.e va notlcn TINT ti,s catslozue IL
heasled s'iyatcr-Color u Drawings" For con-
b!ssoncys e,.ke the catalogue OF tho ross OF the
gallery ought TO bo headed oil.Color drawings.
Ti,aro Is af; much drawing about ons Al the
othcr.
It il to bs hoped that tho timo will poon come
when It will not be ntceasary to make this kind If
apology for 'Hate1-eolars. ALREADY they rank With
inquire the ralue Of Home Of them iits!b pcturHa
vii! tcol hts respect for them aeusby increaaud.
1t maY not be L aupcraaoua HuCgcation to par
aons yalt!na: tho gallery to tak~ caie not to Wea-
ry t!,olr eye's by spead!ag lonz time upon tho
more garinir aud heavy oll-colora before e1amih.
lug tho watucoloss, ace thu ':.orit Of the xtter il
usually in tim intr a1slatse Qualities Of deicAcy,
correctness, and reinsmont.
Tim presa.,t exhibition contains oxamp!ea at
al Tue bost recognized schools, tito Ereit!,,
Italian, Frnuch aud American. II the last cnn bs
| cI'lod Hchc,o1 whero ever, body does as ho
pIcAst1. ...
Tu1s NoMAS Or ITALIAN KoHouI,
Which las , .leciod Mkpner Of its own. Ia rap-
resontcd by . half = dozen examples uume
s '% IL. nass psssi sssi1s pa,e ,a Vp' ii Ss
claBa IL s'1'hc Luncheon" Of SIroni
mo. d7a): representing Indy apparently
dozlnE. ialy loanins upon a table whore heF
Indicates tim: tho Roman school might, II it
would, compute With tho French in thor spc.
cialty Of tne clothes. Cloae By this picture
hanga \ copy After Wi!lemr. BY Niay. Of Paris a
tina e.ainpla. Of French dsspery pniuliug
among the OIL .picturoa. THO rest ut thu loman
pictures are III tho strange, skutcny, unfinished
ratnos than in.isatiyo Of nAtnre, and uoglsctlul
Of aerial ctfcc; " Wa.el,iug the Baloan" {No.
$40, hung a'uong tle olls) IL rather an eztroms
example, Of tI1iu sort.
W g.t,11an p1c7uayn
thern sre two las,dG:apra Of lieys. which. de-
syts their evi,arl,ces uf cobscisntlnua iahos aro
staong tile eaat Batlsfacsory pictures In tho Gull
| tar7; two OF threa Of Itowbothan,'n hi1n.culorad
Lrclt-al,a2eti III oslseapos, which wonld DO p!oas-
| inE II toy xers mt 10 abundant; an excellent
ssil ratAoE larG., "Strest bccne III ltouon" Ut pb-
dIn, ndmlrnhle vt lts solt, aud gotue oth0r pic
| ttyea or lGts importance. .On tho whoio, tho
show Of Eng,sll pictures IL rather .nsagro. The
| bcst examples ut Whit lA commonly known ~ the
Gugl'si, lnethod. palntlng In 'opa1no co.nrs In.
ssend Of tfanhps rent waahss, arc TIC pictures Of
Tiffany and Bell ,wb though both thes" artists
| Rfc Americans, Tl1eny HeIdA tho wood kcona
snoutionc: above. anh leluwa fonr small rio-
tnrca, "Iho SeA,'ans." IeIlowH is tho l'roaldeiat
Of tho New Yort Water Color sociosy, aud p.ints
a!ways nilh Admirable taste In cootine and cons
position. l!ka all accomplished gsntlsnan, but It
Is no injustice to ssy that hs Picturea bear tho
masks of culture, rather thu. ot genius. The:
cloun to nd fau!l with taon. but they tsll abort
III forcu mud suGC' ss:ty1neaa.
Among tlc othtl.
AM.iEloAN rlcTuRE',
tho aha-atdo HCenaa OF l}rchef nnd aiEss DtIdEDR,
thu latter il1ek 81 Lrds upon Band-,,i!I. Gu.
t;.lsu "Hunla3 torusn,, Heryico OH tho Beach. "
| arn examples Ut lin effective Yankee 1uothod OF
taa!nE advantage Of tho INT of thu gray paper
for the prnYail!ng color OF tho picture, tho t9a-
| eand, aud Working bath whys from It, laAt and
| dArk, NTH great ooouomf Of lahor aud color.
| 10th OF thcae u eats aro dGaatyolfy pr0aeefols
ot late, and, Judging from thoso plc.uren, It Is
their tntol!igauc'a esen moro than thor iabnri-
ousneas fur Which tl.oy are paid. Winslow
Honor haH = HOT OF AmeEscan bclool OF hla own
Akin TO tue Aom uu.. lie apparently acorns I'm
lah. aua sseIeh,sa his hgAroa With desperate
yigor agatnbt siIupio backgrounds Ia u1annes
| which !tavcs The, Dbsusvar divided between tho
two opinions whs lthor most 70 admire the ablaty
ot tho d,nwlng, or to condemn the lack ol
rolief. PaihApa it may bo pronounced happy
| asyle OF sketchiDH, but defective stylo tnr
palnsinf,. tbs !ireo wAtnr-eolots do not Justly
iopresent him, hoinx niuch bolpw his usual
slaudhsd OF tlsastIns, but MI gil picture INC. VI
Of three boys A4sing on the sall grass Of ai
old Gastnor. who III shouting to them from dis
tsncn, IL buu 7oc,men OF bis .aashol Of tall
iug lilo wl,ulo st,,ry W ths simplest ueaus. No
wasse hato! Tt'c mnn that could paint tbs pte-
turo Ut III could paint It III ! few hours.
Two uslg!ua pictures by Wrst moonlight
aeents deserve u. passing lnontlou. aud, Doiate
leaving Lbs Anu; rican artists, attentioa might
h4vo bsen called 10 T. Aoad by Matt Morgan, sha
| uusuceeesful tiy,Gl og Mat iH carirature.