New-York tribune., 1879-02-01
THE luEGIc4N UATfR coLoR SOCIETY.
TWELFTH ANxCAL ExHlrIrnN.

vle.SI bodily tnai cfItisil i l"i III 'lD' w
ing rut to sleep, yet We think v may SaieF h'
90 ,le rrr,rnt display q American society
- roy in advance OF any pre- yious exhibition The ad-
pce TOO j, positive not negative. II Is not merely that
4h,re are fewer poor drawings, there are great many
moro good ones than there have ever been before pro
rro.s shows itself aon- the whole line some af'ts
Owe # d. trc AZ sisndsu though these are lew, but
,v far the greater number grow ne either develop
ING in directions they feel themselves strong oI
strkine cut paths. II s not a'"Ie I'D 'n coo''-
aud IN the subject OF these drawings tha "teeI-u' yum
inc ont Of the wet and wintIy street with IT, mud
and melting snow-thst spring Is nctr; there lS
that m the spirit OF the collection whole Wh'"h
cberrs and anmaies like the first authentic breath Ot
striug, that shows the wear has turned We 10 ho'
reievc that this impression Will away. For one
thing IL i, not produced by exhibition Of fireworks,
nor be il admitted. by any production OF signal power.
II felt in one room much another, and seems
70 be an horcst efuson from a multitude Of sk-fnl
svmrathcuc dealings with nature IL her eyeIy-day
mood
IN, more conventional works Of Bellows Bricher T.W
Wood smile and the here, and IN" new
men the uresslonIsts the imported breed and some
of our own forcing. but between these lies the bulk oi
the exaibon where STE the real tendencies OF our
tune and take steady reckoning. IL j. nOuctdbIe
tat .by some other there seems TO nave been
aroused among the artists more lively and generous
Interest m tie society than shown last year though
II is easy be deceived in tuis-perhaps because We
fnd here the works Of men who have been missed
o. late nom the walls.
I'm he Norm Room Nj A. T. Bellows holds as usual.
The place of honor on the north wall, exhibiting draw
iuc Ike al Its predecessors tnat II seems as It
II might have been hanging there since last time.
Eui. beside that many people take great pleasure III
Nj Bolows's pictures, no one VIII grudge this couIt-
1aeut uald to artist who knows his own mind, and
what l., more. hs own limitations, Who Away doe, nl,
best treats part OF the public with respect and Wo
really counts fur not little the growth o. TASTE for
vateI-color among US
Opposite Mr.. Bellows the south wall, rs the large
and slovy drawing expect from Mr L.u, e.
Tiffany Market Day in Geneva" where, thca-l Tie
stock Of individuality, Of artistic treatment. and exeou-
tou With when the artist has started of III his career
lerer posing than that OF Mr Bellows, yet
NJ -ii,uy 40 than The other has progressed or
rhang-1. fad MN here painting he las always
painted. making all places look alike. determined on
l.in- pic, l~esque at all hazards, and in love with
tlc Last iat he makes the srocco blow IN tAe very
streets Of Calviu's Geneva.
Mr. Henry FaIrer. who last carried of he D. -
Of the E.iubaon with hs quiet P0ol,' caI hardly oe
SAID TO p.s trumps tins time lie has sent generous
coLtrIhU hui no one piece OF marked excellence
rather all excepting the large SUM, cts Of uniform
dehcacy and finish. but not Of much force Nj swain
clifford la, several pieces in which he maintains the well
known character work. but in spite OF the greater
variety q hs talent do not hud that
his actual progress. as shown here. Is much
greater than tnat Of Mr. Tiffany stI Mr.
Oxford cannot De. as yet, accused OF man
nedsm We cannot tel him round a corner lie
seems 10 ~, 20 nd IN eaeh subject he choose5 what
there peculiar in II, what IT, meaning she has not
la, landscape thai he rigs NJ III studio properties
Mr. ~attcriee gets on slowly and painfully, but he
gets on ana this year better than last year, as last
wear va. better than tnc year before. HIS "Co&
Ceuc-, i- not badly composed ard colorcd, and ia
the drawing u tue West Room the expression ia the
Iaavs face u she leans forward PICK the rote in
fhr,uu. c-ncok Is vely nicely caught We wish We
could say GOOD word for Nj symiugton, but, re- y.
his h1,r, are TOO wooden. Why canuot he succeed u
cetrsn- .,uc hie into them} Even air Of having
steel srir-- concealed their hodcs would be some
tiIl H might not De- rea,surns hut II would be III
t,rest.lg What Mr Symmgtan wants is, 10 throw IA
drawing ana his color to the winds and for year al
least ty, hY every conceivable oevce 10 expires
human beings. cats dogs, horses. everything tat Las
breath ~ motion At present, hr does not seem to have
The least notion how TO DO II. Yet there Is something
~ nAlu-J " iuguess TO depend smp clty. an hcrc-t
stragn.r iu the way ne goes at his subject
tnatl.aAc, good foundation TO work upon.
Mr. = HoPgInson smuh has some clever studies of
trees u the West Room aud Mr.. McGrath a number oI
small landscapes thataFr bright outoidooIs, ana sunny
Nj Pr TOO sends several subjects thai show much deli
cate vorkmaushipoO delicate, IN fact Tor a. three fee,
Of the drawing, disappear THIS cannot be said o. MI
Charrs VI pr whose work this wear has taken new
direction. nc hs French models OF heretofore a"d
sanng ahead under suf breeze from Munich
HIS frame of drawings the Corridor-s wrong way.
this Of treating dTawincs-four III frame together
Is much hurt hv ueighboThOod with Mr. Curriers'
aCroJatc performances OF this gentleman. more anon
hut the visitor must DC warned that the place 10
look at E, drawings Is far away thc planning II
the building Wiu permit blm to get seen at such dl>-
tances they found have purpose, and to he very
ricverv manipulated further aid 10 getting ~ iIe
artists meaning l. 70 look at them with the eye han
smut. and the twilight hour Is best. whether a thS
aplarau, well Is another matter. some might prefer
M. WvluCs way. iu which the charm Of the moTnIt-
sky s. brought to without effort part on NJ.
J e. Nlcoi's quiet touch.
" Whtn the gre, Ao0dcd Even
Like sad yotaust raueI'- weed
hose IRON the hudmost wheel OF Ph"7u- Wau.'
might find eKharato OF repose enough ID several
q be small and sweey, vigorously panied landscapes
with which the exhibition abounG.. Bat Mr. Curriers'
hehod m he useful alter al, ~ spite Of it, apparent
aheca'ou, anything useful IN our prc,-
ent stage that shows how little importance the
means are, - long the aim desired Is attained.
Nj WnSloW Homer u welcome back again, and We |
greet hls @its OF drawings Joking their heads !
Np everywhere ike dandcOns III Spring
meadow. Nothing t. make Mr.. Homer |
known. Il We did not know him but plenty to remind
u Of the DAYS when first knew HIM Every ont OF
theso drawings good for sonehng-bcs of them all,
or most telling OF them all, the Little BOPecp Of
Tie Nurth T. ,oiB
The North Room. too shows Mr John La Fargo at !
ma very best IA rich square OF eye-dellghting color
ef"Sing o. roses IN Chinese jar. which TO our eyes -
the crown Of the whole exhibition. Another beautiful
drawing hy the same artist is ia the West Room
" NoOunse over snow small but very precious (;
Otautiul IN color ana IL sentiment
These only few Of tue subjects noted in the time
Srs our nor do we wish to trench uI9n the