New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-22
FINE ATS.
THE wATER-coLoR SOCIETY.

6rnc ana superauous yesterday than water-coor exn
klion with water ahaundng everywhere and In every
snape-now and slush ice and rain fog and steaming
sxnaatons from man and beasts the trees cased in Ice
ma As every blast Of fhs roaring wind playing the
kaisa ana hufing showers OF hastones over the lack
Aess pedestrian, YhIe the shy was full OF the
nfxxntie cob-webs OF the telegraph wires,
strung, In parody Of dsvy summer mornings
mifh malicious psafissatafaets OF rain pouring nom
sbe long lines Of caves and lakes OF melting snow hiding
,very crossing anlledeep out Of sght-why on such
nav sally ous nom shelter Of homo to plunge into an
kxhibltfon OF watercolprsl
But once safely housed again in tho exhibition
rooms, 1t was easy to snrR to prodt the
Experience gained IN our vanderinss TO and
krp soaking rest cor the sole OF our foot. Study
ms perforce the broken lights in ice and pool the shat
k1rsd reflections the general absence of all outline
Ana the merging OF substance into shadow, the con-
fusion Of form with formlessness-we were able
b sympathiEe more generously with the
Curriers' and Freers, the Blums and Muhrmans
hhs Deweys, the Morsns the Mliers and Murphys;
lhcug by same reasoning were less able 90 see
she truth Of certain drawings that hold the mirror MP TO
nature not 60 given to the melting mood.
tits curious study to note with what rapidly the
new school has gained groundj the men who paint In
ahe hard precise way IN favor short time as 1--WE
years AGO. sre In the minority, and their
work locks as Il Il belonged past generation Mr. T.
W. Wood the President Of the Society," Is the most Inn
portant survivor Of the old school, and he stands
strongly BY his eoofs and 1t s not easy TO do him the
Justice be deserves. 50 much is the eve influenced
and the mind BY tho wholly opposite character OF the
greater part Of the drawings In the midst OF which these
oaroful lsborious earnest but archaic works set
OF course Mr.. Wood lie not entirely alone, but even
artists IKE Bellows, symington, Colman, are seen
here and ,there wayerng little in their
mind. and looking wissfuiiy ut the apples
on the tree OF knowledge that hang so
fhick about them For Mr. Believe, cannot promise
ltia a muf terror
tat what she takes for tureyfnght play strange
fricksis IN the artists old vein of realism. but Mr.
Bynington dgure here woman sitting, with her
hands loosely lying her lap that only the flesh were
hess the color Of clay would be we'll on the road TO give
pleasure; ana Mr. Colnan. though his large Venice
IN the North Room the same drOpseene picture we
know &c we'll yet he has other drawings that show him
alive 70 the feeling OF the hour and that tits not
Tor sothang he has studied long the magic web with
colrs gay the orisntals weave for ua
sttli Il dScuit to what there IL In common be-
tween the man who belong the dtspensaton and
fose who are still work In the old Held There IL
break, as between Wordsworth and Keats. though we
use this comparison Without by any means, implying
that the older asts school good as Words
worth or thar the new ones a. good as Keats.
Ony you cannot evolve Keats ont Of Wordsworth aud
you cannot evolve Blum Garner outof ". Richards
ana Samuel COlman. The younger men have been 10 a
new world and brought home the fruits strange and
provoking, that they found there What wonder s by
the side Of all this daring freadshness, and unaecus-
TONED the stad performances OF the older
MOO with their feet planted the firm earth, aud their
outls urterng truths the reasonablensss OF which
patent 50 everybody. should seem little dry and ted
Gus Co generation that spends its time in nothing
else but either 20 tell or to hear something new.
Yet tits only two years ago. as we remember,
that Mr. Carriers Hreworks dazzling and puzzlug
cur whole population, ana clever in the unbeevng
studios were winning bets the proposition that they
could mske six Curriers' In an hour. undisungushabe
by dsvDtees frcsn the real while from the talk
would have been gathered that Currier and ali his
works were to be held Anatbema Maranatha Yet here
ne is again as IKE himself peas others
with him as bad a. himself and little bird from
one OF fs pretty brass cages IN the corridor; that
The exhibitions seemed 50 pl without him. Mr.. Currer
WAS expressly invited TO back and be wicked and
reckless some more Here are eight hundred and odd
drawings ana all the best Of them show distinctly the
Influence OF For4nny Whiser and French impression
iss Munich havng Of course. held tue door while the
resl sipped In aud BEGAN beguling the youngsters.
oso, course xA. ''s some are are e'sT oss sDs
sirSe mr. casries Miller, for instance cannot be reck
@ S Ssd sb n Sr
seem e have prevented Ms Masrs sesRnT ana Era ne
Ga ths oshsr hand Who mas , real talent would
stie ana NOT msine everything clearly. There
Is mnshabused word. Invented BY Mr. Ruskln we be-
psse "a iass dps1ns ia sIs North Room 70 which
have gone 50 much fh0aeht aud study. would certainty
s eess sSsp Hs sss sr rs g ma oas Il L ' ~ ~
NJ. cufr.ss,. hoEsye. Z az, the model We would
vnst RAPID satsey We have boon able 70 make Of hrs
drawings fhiS year 70 have sueceeasd m making bis
sSsseD IN Dotse thsy show deiermInssn soseparate
directly they left 70 themselves There has not been
sbe growth we mad rant 90 txtec, Apd how explain
Eressf Whlch is naster and Which 10 puplt Mr. Blum
sss ) shsSos q hi@ arc k,s Venice; Blu. here
same pair q 1nsse airy tary Venice: q Blums
week sxc Onee Mr.. Bian1's signature looked 90 like
Foftuny's and now we should not De surprised
t. sorsF q enc e. sss yoans Anecsns
AfRwinEs Mr. Mafphy q, next % Nj Blum tne land
csptst that peases us tnonga are many
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