New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19
TIE UATER-COLOR EXHIBITION.
SECOND NOTICE.

No vater-color exhibition has shown the
differences in technical methods strongly the pres
emf These differences are emphasized with fully AS
much force the dyergenccs In the paths OF the various
schools which find representation. Ten years ago
TRANSPARENT color ruled Now there Is determined al
yocacy OF Opaque body color, and chinese whi'e
makes yearly a wider impression the walls Of tho
Academy find the majority OF the pictures sun
painted IN transparent color. The controversy l. very
old one and somewhat frutlcss discussion
is beneficial yet It is amusing to SEQ the hrhcss win
which the champions either side maintain their
ground One artist proclaims in his Work that Srohs
effects OF light as seen for example In Clouds or upon
white wall can only be secured by Opaque color, WHO
bl neghbor relies upon paper itself for his light us
inc fat an Hillary washes and transparent color through
out So far a. division be made, the older men rep
resented in this exhibition adhere 10 transparent color
and the Younger TO Opaque The older men, TOO appel"
to be more chaTy OF the use OF water dampenhg ter
paper only at the back, while others have wet their
paper thoroughly and where Opaque coors are not used
have literally flooded II with washes. Then come the
traces OF the use Of sponge and which lend the
water color something OF the methods and effect Of the
1nonotype And we find occasionally that "a bit OF the
paper has cut out or scrapcd down 10 secure Sonic
effect IA Leon Moran has for the head OF the figure
I'm his Apple Blossoms" No. 22s. Yet this common
enough device has always seemed TO us the resort OF
careless workman We have no quarrel with methods,
bowever Much that is admirable has been accom-
nsbed In both transparent and Opaque color both have
direct and permanent value and 1t appears to IA that
no artist watcrcolors afford to rely solely upon ono
and exclude the other Then there are the gradAohs OF
sem-tra1 sparent and semopaque coors and the nap
pjeat results may be obtained from union OF all There
IA a slipshod way OF using washes which We cannot
consider workmanlke Take for example the sketch or
n lady and dogs by Miss Eleanor GreatoreX' which
hangs In the corridor Here the colorng OF the trees
has settled into blur that OF the ladys hat has
run upon the sky, and the black or the drcss ~
curously patches and dauby about the out
lines or rather there outlines. We read OF
paned horses dogs which have been caught In the
rain with surprising results but In this picture lady,
dogs and the bit OF landscape appear to have all nduge
I'm the free of pigments and then TO have been placed
underneath showerbath. OF the more successful use
NJ WISHES very good example is afforded by Miss X. H.
Creatorcx's "ChrysanthemmDs," No. $50, in which
transparent color has been made to yield snsnlary rich
and strong effects something be learned, too, from
tho clever methods OF Messs Blum and Lnngren Both
leave much the paper and to their washes but their
work cannot be called sloyeny, although we must con
s,dor q misapplicd. Mr.. Lungren's watching tho
No 90 with It's fiat surfaces and thin lines shows
that much can be accomplished by very simple means
There ia sometimes tendency to load the paper with
psint when Opaque color is used which becomes shcer
exaggeration Nothing OF this is SHOWN however i'll the
most mastery specimen OF the employment OF OPAQUE
color Ia this eIhibition-the picture Dy "o'Sr' '"o'
and Parsons in the south gallery.
This ia worth careful study. 1t Is matter TOT
concentration that our studios can produce
such excellent work II turn from technique
10 subject We find 1t consists only OF bit OF Ehslsh
landscape with two girls on the bank OF a stream III
the direct foreground eheraurde se of reeds ana
PUSHES as guard the fish against the attack OF ther
fair foes or perchance keep these dainty damses from
th dangers OF the slippery edge On the left the sur
face of the water, dark where the light breaks
through the trees and shows almost clear white In
the centre are the two figures The one dark haired
with brown half msohievous eyes, IN white save Tor
the bue and white kerchef at her throat and the glimpse
~ a black and red skirt. stands nrhy poised. her
ounded left arm extended along her rod her ght mana
inc ,ts butt lust about search the quiet waters
a,,h her hook Her companion, asunny-haired' white'
ROBBED girl sits busted with some neede-work against
.ta tnk of an old willow tree Above tue stream the