New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-25

small hedges to look at her charge III
his wagon and a ray of sunlight strikes across her
path illuminating her figure and the baDy-
wagon as well, and leaving the rest OF the scene IN
shadow or nearly SO. A subject ike this has i'.io
value unless minutely studied 10 secure IN 'iio
gradations of light and shade, and all the accidents
of illumination and IL is mere scenic effect II ron
ance IL placed upon or two startling lhclueh'S'
as is done here. Mr.. Hobbs is more at home IN q
subject like Wading on the Sand-Bar." when Is q
very pretty picture
Mr.. L. Birge Harrison has an attractive sn'yec'
in his "First Communion" No 13; his model Is
well chosen, and the small subject Is paiil'eu
with much seriousness of purpose ana
wi,h careful study. telling effect
produced by the picture not being con-
fined to the main figure. but opening mp q
SLIGHT view of the further interior of the chu,ch,
and showing another young COMMUNICATE kneeIllg
at her PRAYING chair or the other side. lhe cool
space the silence, the dIifusad llght, give IN M
prcSSvcncSs to the subject which Is II NertnclesS
cheerful accord with the sentiment of the scene anu
make picture OF what might otheTwIS9 nav Doa'
only model posing Mr. l.. Birge Harrison. now
ever is bitten with the Philadcphia madness Ior
big pictures and must needs try to I'LL large Ge
vas with these same communlcahts PuiiIIS
flowers in the field on the way home from chuItn.
The figure of one OF the girls fills up me grtd''L
part OF The canvas, and in the distance are ser n
companions There is a great deaI; o 49, Tho
work all through this picture, but besides t"a! t'e
prernnderauce of hite in the dresses OF the g
moi agreeable il is not much the white as the
tone Of The white that is to be complained OF INC
subject itself is not one chat bears being lealou on
so rye o scale,
1t was to be hoped that when IT came time to meet
Mr. Frank NJ. BogsS again, il would he with picture
nj least rs interesting as his Street in Pans
shown at tine gallery OF American Arrests IN New
York. He is here as forcihie rs then puI WIN
big picture, for which one strives IN VAN 10 cure
A fishing boat has come in, AMI at low
tide IL dischargng her cargo OF crdp'
and Holsters while a crowd of hshWoneh ne-
sci e the men unloading ana bld for tIr lot@ Iolc
ogan aDpearS the same cleverncsS that i found IN 80
many of Americas studying-abroad Young men, nut
one cannot he interested in such dull present
of what must be a ivelicr scene The boat j l2V
much with u.s. aud the people are InrIe pnpP.s.
seems pity TO have expended ali TINS muscular
painting on so weak subject, ~, ,r,;st,. Notbcr
an Arrangement in GRAY and Black rs
however, !uer and emPPtleT lar Ina Inan ba.
Boggs's picture: Mr' "h Scris,,y WSoa-ms
and the composition is no doubt familiar TO
the reader of THE TRIBUNE. II seems to have niue
IN redeem il from the charge of dulness Whithci III
execution or in treatment. II il not inharnonons'
bnt whether harmony be worth having Mt Inc price
of sacrificing al other qualities IS question: Gus,
10 answer lie head of tho subject lor lhsI9hSc,
surely oug e. in prOfcsscd portrait. to 6tand LOT
l.sometbinC Bnt il Is the least slgnlhcant point
IL il fiat il is fNss, II IL destitute ot al modrlhg
and thc eve keeps running away from II 10 tine ven
naintcd etching or engraving IN ITS narrow biich
frame and white mat that hangs on the wall lllere
is door curtain with design cOled rom one "a
kind familiar japanese grapes out II 10 ny
suta BILE where it is, and makes "a spotty elect uaI
Mis- Posina Fmmett's Under tho Palm has
one or two excellent bits of painting IN II, mi
the whole is sacrificed most unreeniingly TO the
big brass howl. almost "a ball. on a siahd ol
" Touchr iron which holds the dwarf palm IN
der v,hose branches n lady is sitting. Inc Iady
is naUght, and the palm - hdishl' an" nc NJ
cessorits are uaught hut there l. not ilng DttiCr
in he gallery than this brass hall; ~ rch'ciS
the lady and all the room N when shc Is, SIT
TING and il does il as well as II need be done
not finely and with microscopic accuracy as
the same feat is performed nv Van Eyck In tlIc
famous example in the National Gallery the pres
cnt painting does not eau Tor such treatment nu'
there is an easy swing in this painting OF Miss En-
nett which shows she Is really meant Tor painter
| Who however. "a 20 teach her proportion ana the
meaning Of compOsfiOnf She ought 10 be abe 10
see for herself the want Of proportion that allows
polished brass hall to take up al the spectator a.
truton and make bun utterly tufsrt Tue lh' " 10
sits close by IT. II is true the lady might a. ven DC
doll fo all the sense of lie there Is IN hcE race OF
in her figure The canvas il too low, moreover for
her TO stand M IL she should wish ", ana thS ought
not 10 be the effect Of hings whether II be- really SO
or not. Altogether II i an uncomfortable p'csuIr
III spite oi much uuduubtcd ClcycrncSs.
The picture that seems To me the finest IN the *
hiJiton he best conceived and the best painted IS
the " Portraits Of Three Children" By Mrs S'rah
W. Whitman. his - "a vigorous plceo OF work
as | have seen Tor q long tune from home easel,
but there a. much real III II a. there Is
strength here rst-ratc drawing ana noble color
Mrs hitminH art has grown NieAlliy since Hiit
first cyan to exhibit and u ~ hard To say "hat $40
cannot do in the line Ol portraiturr ana decorative
flower painting after what size mas already SHOWN
To the public. IL ~ a. be h"pG inc pI1',H' P'' A,
will be seen in NeW-ioTk. IL deserves To be more
widely kn Iwn aud undoubtedly II would meet WIN
rorta appreciation II IL could be exhibited III the
Newly Ork Acauemy. ,., 10
noticed, but enough for to-day.
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