New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-09
PICTURES At TIE UNION LEAGUE CLUE.
THE MONTHLY EXHIBITION.

THE MONTHLY EXHIBITION.
While we cannot remember to have
seen a better exhibition Of pictures at the
Union League than that Of last night, VIC
can remember distinctly TO have seen many a
worse one But, considering how large Held the Art
Committee have gather from in the houses Of tie
members Of this wealthy institution we must confess that
we never attend the monthly exl 3itoE with the hope
of seeing any thing particularly worth while. Last night
expectation was reused by the hope Of seeing Mr..
william " Chases just-nnishcd portrait OF our distin-
gnsned townsman, Joseph IL. Choate, but expectation
cannot often have been erieyousy disappointed Mr.
Choates friends cannot, sure, accept this a. an
adequate likeness nor will the artists accept Mr..
Chase's performance az in any WAY worthy CT his well
known powers In the portrait Of Mr. Peter Cooper ex-
hibited lat Tuesday evening at the Art Students
League the very inefficient rendering Of the face and
head OF the subject was in measure made up for by the
clever painting and modelling OF the hands. In the
portrait o. ChOate there is not we regret to say any
compensation in the painting OF any one part for the bad
painting o. the rest The face is the worst part but
The drawing of the figure and Of the hands strives 10y
ally To keen the face company good portrait OF Mr.
Choatc would give pleasure TO great many people, but
only M Choates enemies, should ne have any, can
take any pleasure in picture Ike this.
The best piece Of painting IN the exhibition and the
most iltl resting picture w. @ Orchardsons "roo Good
10 he True The subject is simple one the keeper OF
fruit and vegetable stall surprises two poor little girls
by the offer real China orange and they cannot as
vet believe he means it. The beautiful painting OF the
pied-up vegetables and frut perhaps draws away the
specta tors attention much from the figures but they
An their tarn are well worthyhis stldy Mr. Orchardson
Is one of the favOre painters Of England today but
have seldom had the chance Of seeing any OF his work
this side OF the water.
Michel il represented here in name, but the picture
does not do Justice TO his peculiar genius Hardly an
other man among the reatobscure OF our own time
often dsappoiuts those who having heard his seek
10 know by his works what manner OF man he Pow
erty would seem 10 have driven him 10 paint for bread
hundred pictures that he might find time to paint
the one picture that no one would buy
The Michel owned by Mr. Williams OF this city, is the
only picture have in which the artist Of Mont
artre showed all his power Vast as nature and solemn
"a life this canvas encloses reality and more
smagnation than often found in art But the pres
ent specimen, like many another by the same hand
might have been painted by anybody
The sketch attributed TO Constable should not have
been exposed 10 public that in the nature of things
know nothing Of the artist, and that Will wish TO
know nothing IL he painted many things like this There
IA a good specimen by y. j: Ciays and STUDY OF
gIees by Diaz which does him more Justice than the
VERY crude Fathers" the same wall: Mr.. George
Fuers Landscape with Figures Is word iGr WORD the
same story this really able artist has been singing ever
sinoe his reappearance, and we confess to finding 1t
esrsom Why forever repeating o9e nsnsI oS a
Mr.. Huntington sends portrait OF the lste lnonas
man who looked ike tSs could ever have been power
among men, and surely portrait ought 70 explain
the character of suseca least ought not to belle
Mr.. W. Thompsons pretty "The Boat Landing" praised
by The TRIBUNE when somewhere else; Mr.
VI. T. Richards's "The shores Of Bude, q most
elaborate and and scientific sn rendering Of part
able seen close to the eye, ineffective and unim
Yressve at short distance OF Ricos Venetian
Richardss pictures Mr. A. p RIDERS Phantom saip,S
in which the ship Is impertneno but the weird effect
of the rising moon cloud and water is POLITICALLY
giventhese are all that we find word for in this
months display