New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
TIE AUTUMN ACADEMY EXHIBITION
SECOND NOTICE.

SECOND NOTICE,
Nothing much in the way of new performance
future promise viii be- the general verdict upon the
autumn exhibition at the Academy. The harvest Of win
ter wheat and tares rcaped last May and the summer
crop garnered both of In the present
exhibition space upon the first line has been ac-
corded outsiders and attention paid to grouping
the pictures by subjects Nor the latter policy produc
tive OF the happiest results There several flower
pieces in the corridor which fairly routed by their
pushing neighbOrs, like the Hydrangca above Miss En-
NETS painting Mr. Lppncotts landscape on the left
And TO continue examples, I'm the south gallery we find
Mr Percy Morans pretty little study The Two Friends
quite done death by the electric lights Of the dazzling
landscape No 252. These dlscOmforts not easily
avoided any large collection Of pictures have had
sad occasion 10 learn. And since It ia yet impossible
for the commercial side of exhibition to be ignored the
Hanging Committee deserve well Of the public for having
exercised much severity Is shown by
the large proportion Of reflections. But what
could those rejected works have beeni Per-
hap last years graduates from the art schools advanced
army with banners to storm the Academy and were
prom pity cast forth into outer darkness OF their works
no knoweth the sepuchre nor indeed, after Novem-
Der IT, will any know the tomb Of the majority Of
paintings in the present exhibition They play their brief
part upon the Academy stage and disappear utterly like
their thousands of predecessors As in every other col
lection, only pitfully small number OF pictures will be
remembered as identified with this exhibition.
OF the number, however, will be Miss ROsna Emmets
Autumn" which is worth more mention than we could
in the hasty notice Of the private view This pic
tlre marks the most ambitious flight yet essayed by
artist whose promise Ia seldom disappointing in certain
class OF subjects Miss Emmets brush has found its most
frequent occupation in setting forth the beauties OF porce
ans and Bcnares brass flowers Japanese screens sump
hangings and all the variety Of brc-a-brac which
goes make up stllife sketches and studies Of ars
interiors In this picture it has apparently been Miss
Emmct's aim to collect upon the subjects in
which she has been peculiarly successful. There IS
human figure TO be sure, but the figure s quito subOrd
nate TO the jar Of glowing flowers and the rich cus
ter OF Virginia Creeper. Then there the figured
screen the somewhat awry armchair and the folds OF
dark velvet TO distract attention from the face Yet
Miss Emmett has succeeded in keeping the screen
from unduly coming forward" Notwithstanding the
luminosity of It's coorng and she has sought TO make the
face acccutuatcd centre by the light which falls
rihe harshly upon the dark gold OF the haI This paint
Ing is called Autumn" fit intended to be taken
simply as an imaginative work, like the interesting sym
bosm Of the same subject which Mr. Bashheld showed
us year two since, surely the flowers alone are all
that s necessary for o full simple and beautiful express
sion Of the artists meaning, and the figure with all due
respect the fair subject, Is quite without significance
r. on the other hand, 10 look upon this painting
portrait forced to that the figure Is killed by
the brightness Of the flowers. But It ia the fashion
forget the play in the gorgeosness OF the scenic effects
and stage upholstery. Miss Emmett has given Us n some
what bewdcrng embarrassment Of riches like the artists
| who design highly ornamental illustrations for serial
novels in better class weekly periodicals Yet the
overloaded appearance Of her canvas cannot hide the
triumphant beauty her flower painting the
OF assured touch based upon rapidly developing
| power. We cannot admire the taste of Miss Emmets
plan Of composition some minor points as for ex
ample the rigidity Of the arm stretched Ike bar
across the middle OF the picture; but taking
any part by itself. there is not much 70 quarrel
with I'm the way Of execution Happily effective and sym
pathetic flower painting ia longer unknown I'm our ex-
hbltons In this class of subjects there has been note
10 mind bakers dozen OF artists whose flower pieces
things 10y %heGetI they may gs pc anG dt Nun M
"Mab0" with its curious lack OF modelling In the figure,
its extraordinarily high lights on the face and its ban
ished uTd background the only examples OF portrait
nre which find time To note in the south gallery Mr.
Vnton depicts nsouciant prosperous young gentleman
with a cleany outlined, solldy modelled head which
forward so forciby ms to suggest that the subject
had undergone doubling up" process Evidently the
right half of the blond musache had been hercey ugged
out OF drawing else the owners pride In this sweeping
appendage led him 10 insist upon its full Insertion There
Is something OF sicky yellowish in the complexion
but this the purest pink and white by the side Of the
25 Very good after their fashion which twenty years
ago would have been known the Dusseldorf school are
Mr.. Gayers " FriaTs Meditation, No. 262 and 6 The
Speculative Fiddler" No; d29, both charac
tfscd ,sH careful bdo detail to w65 R56ors emph4
Much in the same line is Mr.. Koehlers Lunch Time"
man il not to be taken with ali the bald teralism Of Mr.
Gayers pictures There is suggestive quality In the
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artist since the appearance OF his last Academy work In
letters of vanished light which he who runs can read
Mr. j. O. Brown tells us that he has secured an old model
and attred him In the most dlapdated garments pOss
BILE Every patch and hole Is obtusvey forced upon u.s.
just called upon 10 see that the artist has
omitted not single wrinkle from the face Mr Brown
has literally transferred all that he 10 But
with all his technical ability he has not made picture
| Mr. JOness " Near Annisquam." marred by Its weak
pastel sy, and Mr. Thomas MOrans Long Island scene,
which the artist evidently began with good Intentions
after all less interesting than the charming little
the coast Of Holland No, 2l2, by s. H. CrOne
picture full OF delicate feeling and deserving better
place In the gallery. And Mr. Julian RiX continues to
Show that he looks beneath the surface In his two land
scapes Nos 276 and 279 So the exhibition reveals
signs OF individual gain.