The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-22
FINE ARTS.

THE ARTISTS FUND ExHIBIrIoN-THE PRIVATE
VIEW LAST EvENIxG-sEcoSD NOTICE OF THE
PICTURES.
One of the peasantest events of the art season is
the private view OF the annual exhibition OF the
Artists Fund Society. That informal gathering OF
artists amateurs, dealers and art critics took place
at the Leavt Art Galleries last evening. The attend
ance was large one and there present nearly
all the prominent persons in the city who are
interested in art matters. The discussion Of
the pictures, was followed by much more
savage attack excellent supper. furnished
by that caterer the first three letters of whose
name show that for artistic gathering. the choice
was fit one. The name in connection with supper
has drawing properties peculiarly its own. On q
second tour around the galleries. taking rs before
the pictures as they are catalogucd and will be sod
we find first John d. Burrows "Sunset Lake. no.
iceable chiefly for the sky and for the facility which
the artist displays in treating certain class of
foliage. "Rural Felicity is of f. G. Darley's
felcitous water color drawings. Color has gone
mad and glares xedly at US in J. T. Cropseys "War
wick Woodlands and in his "The Mellow Au-
tumn Time" Herbert McCord's "rhe Hunters
Moon" is a poor example OF his skill, being
in his large canvas, "rhe Homestead" NO. S9)-
painting which does him credit. Homer Martins
q
are in "a Frontier Landscape" An exceedingly
picturesque motive. strong sky full OF movement
found in Arthur Parton's "At Milford on the Della
ware" When George Ii. Story can do as well as he
eyes are however rather large-we have no patience
with hlm for painting such pictures as "a Coney
Island Filtration. The Estsr Ap by ,, John l.
marvellously well drawn tree. j. W. Castelar, is as
tender usual. in color and Light effects. in his
" Lake George"
The pictures Of William L. Sonntag are generally
very pleasing and well drawn though chalky in color
prominent in his Under the Trees, in which the
almost square outline formed by the Of trees in
foreground is grave fault IN composition. In this
connection 1t may be well to inform Mr.. Guy what
meant by saying yesterday that his picture. che
Sailed Away at Break ri Day." poor in compost
should be upright; for triangle drawn through the
head and elbows OF the girl who looks toward US, as
and therefore, demands in this upright field.
il the painting is to be arstically symmetrical In
the second, the amount Of canvas devoted to the
size quarter length figure. The form of the little
girl who is yawning in the early Hours" Of Will
lam Morning is well modelled and the action is good.
The flesh tones are. however. too pink. If pic
turesque motive and technical skill can make good
picture John +. Weir's is one. The rainbow is
much too tangible, however. Ernest PartoH's "a
Summer Day in England which was at the Acad-
envy last year. is recognized with pleasure. care
fully modelled and pretty face is owned by A. Law
ric's Girl in Costume of Louis XIV" In ''Souve-
mir of Block Island" we find one OF A. g. Howlands
Clmlnutlve ana cuarnllllb lttle canVaScS w. NJ
Shurteff is again creditably represented on sep
TENDER Morning." second, j. G. Brown, with
good sunlight and q well posed figure is called Il
Sec Dad"
The picture of a sunrise over the mountains Dor
dering lake. which is the principal contribution of
Sandtord H. Clifford, is in his happiest vein. There
is nothing PANTY there no INDIGESTION OF effect and
coarse brush work: simply beautiful and Aoeting
phase OF in the solitudes fixed canvas.
The little boys ugging away valiantly at the load
of hay in William Morgan's IA stubborn Fact
finely painted, and the sunlight and shade we'll
managed. The female figure in the house door has
relief and is not naturally posed. ]. b. Bristols
second picturea good lake scene, with rather fiat
clouds-has been written of before An advance
is noted on his previous pictures in j. c. Wig
gins Gathering Seaweed' In speaking OF Hum
phrey Moores IAN Arab Soldier we have said that
its chief fault is crudity in color This defect il also
TO be found in his "a Moorish Mountain Chief"
The facie handling displayed In both pictures is
markable George q. Lambdin's "a Bevy OF Roses.
are fresh enough to gather 1.-The Chimney Corner"
is careful example of d. NJ Armstrong and fine
little subject Edward Gays canvas Groen Fields
is good his picture written about yesterday.
ciump OF trees in the middle distance mako black
spot in the composition.
In addition to the artists already mentioned. who
have sent i'll two and even three examples.
there represented Louis Lang I. A. richards, ID.
NJ Carter Vincent Colyer John Pope, j. M. Falconcr,
John Williamson, John Carlin, II. Fuechse and Karl
Muller. The collection is open to the public free
from this morning until the sale.