New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-05
The EESrEE COLLECTION.

..,.i,,,. x. find the artists purpose set forth rs
e. eu,,rsyor to note ths changing moods ol na1nro'
q. o,served in our own land. and to express SOME
49,, ~ the sentiment which distinguishes our land
.c.ne from all Others This It might be SAID ~
the keynote OF Mr. McEntec's artistic purpose He IS
p.inaer Of American Landscapes Ills pictures are
~ of the soil He has not found It necessary to
,,.rcb through rural France for his subjects, when
here we're the mountains. forests, streams meadows
s.d woodlands of this state and of New England
mar AZ hand Artists have become citizens OF tho
vssssf in our time, bat there Is surely much TO De
std for the loyal study Of home subjects ~hieh TO
sulks In intimate knoviedge of characteristic forms
and distinctive effects Of light and atmosphere III
them vcre othcr the truthful iccA Color
Of Mr. McEntee's work would en'itie 1t to Tho re-
spcssful consideration always due to sincerity ana
Adenty
In his treatment Of the hcme themes to which ne
has been uniformly loyal Mr.. McEnce's personality
A.s alwsys made Itself strunsiy felt Nearly or'y
wears have passed since he began the sSpdy Oh arr
under Mr. +. l.. Church Most OK the painiorS "''H
vhsw Mr. NcEntee Was associated rep'esen'e" 'i0
.ocallea Hudson River school. which WAY Vo41
hrrlv q school Of digestive record lhat H. 'ne
usual aim of the artists was to set GOWN 'no 'oP"
rr.pbtc.l facts and detsis of impressive scenes ana
a ,.n, ,heuse,ves with q record conventional
>. aorn These were earlier influences surroond-
Tag Mr. Isness and Dir. wyam as well US MI. NC
Entse IL rs pleasant to dwell upon the grca1 ao-
vance In our laadsc ape art within tho last rev years.
and tho evidences OF closer study Of Hight and OF
.tmos src effects, but Il Is well to Keep In ninu
the work of men who, beginning with smaller ao-
va,sarcs succeeded IN overcoming depressing fni'o-
- .ns asserting their artistic Individuality The
s,.meut OF personality has made itself frn IN MT
HcEntee's work from the frst 1t was impossAOie
for him to become . purely topogr~phieai pain'er'
And his pictures have long born Recognizes" W our
,sbuc as intcrpret ations OF moods OF nature "nen
tho Artist has felt sincerely. Many OF os sss1ia'e
the artist with the melancholy feeling OF late antah
vh,eb q expr-ssrd here In the dull browns and
veuoxs the barren stretches, and the bleak gray
skies OF November landscapes. This phase OF na'"'
Aas seen studied perhaps With especial sympathy
hut there have been many other phases which naVe
naturally appealed to an artist so sensitive do M
Mryntr. The variety OF this collection IS hkeiy 10
su-pris> even those who have accounted themselves
conrersani with Mr. McEntees worn
For example, thsre arc his studies tn nevada
pitched in a high KY. and reproducing the Intense
Bghfing and sharp definition OF that clear e'eh'
stmesphere ~By the Sea- Ne IA, and A Dutch
FARMHOUSE No. 81. aiso show readiness TO deai
With sunlight effects and sharp dnfinhion As "ci ~
nth half tones and sofened outline. Her. and there
% came upon little studies Of woodland orookfeS
uitA their cool depths. sparkling waterfalls, messy
rocks and the play OF light and shade upon the leaves
enough 20 be whipped by the most ambitious fisher
man Snch are some OF the scenes which Mr. DC
Rn,re has pictured In Nos. 80, CT, 10 IS and osher
smaller stne.tes. Ono Of his Larger painting. the
CuG IN the Catshns" No 80, shows strong nsht
Inc AS well as truth OF form ana stinoiufs i"fOo-
This il striking picture OF gfeai n2kcd cfas' stan
ing out ON ths mountains upper slope, with the
Iowcr country hezy In the distGnco- In the Autumn
Fields No. So, the artists usual simplicity arr
ynoa tasta in composition are very well illustrated
Tnis Is study Of pale grays and vellowS, repr sent
ing one spect of autumRsl scenery, when y D''cr
worth preserving than the most violent chrphaic
eFects But Mr. Me Entee his never cared 10 pam
Autumn for the sake Of famboyant eoioring. The
Suulaoas IN Autumn" with It's corn stacks AMI
pumpkins Is characteristic American scene NO
e. with rs subdued brown and yellow hill slopes
and gray sky: No 20, a quiet truthful November
scenc and No. % a more " portant' autumn study
ere noted examples of sincere sympathy VII"
NATURE without extravaganza in expression DAT MI
Rnsee his illustrated the earlier S well az the aAer
phases OF autumn, tho mingled greens and yei""s
Of September the intense hucs of October the dreamy
.z.e ot the Indian simmer, and the sad coloring oil
late November.
Yet this exhibition alone might readily lead
stranger 70 classify the artist painter OF winter
sfpcc several pictures. which emhody ambitious pnr
uO~e sad results of much distinction represent "h'r
xxnas The Eastern sky AZ sunset No 81, when
rs 49,
81 The nei interesting sf M Nc Enees recent paint
n- H. xsnoxarasc srca.ment favored by many
,.s,<,rs O, tho ssasr GENERATION would have been
.y 81 NJ nc EnLees feeling Tor pict0rih qnalty
~ asn 70 su<r-ss rEhsr than 70 obrude tho 10
szsis II sAe lsz,dsxsps 70 snphs1c Only Inc larger
pSaenz and nsnas- the pronounced coi0r'hs OF ~
sss.trr1 Without shenee or discssd In his large
ssastoEa-w.nfe-.- No Sc thc artist has srp tn>
xrs .f-Ite toward bis work and IT. 'npreSsiveness
.. ..s-st.ped ~ ME reserve and sBggcs rsEess Tie
ssuxna ia Winter No "a, With ts debate gTays
and yellow, and suggestions Of blue, has VI, ere'
a q fesh study of effect which stands by Itself
% clearly a. the study Of The binisr r'ay shadows
ssnening the outlines Of the village roofs On d
.,nx-y Christmas Eve. THIS is one Of the many
v,osurus that show thai the artist is NOT nero
nsnnerisi. indeed, might Infer from this aud one
~ two other instances that he has not been indier
ant To new departures even b. those who arc &C
coupted radicals The Winter sunset after a storm,
No 90. Is another picture to DO noted but we must
have to our readers other examples OF SENSITIVE
ness to natural effects and sympathetic interpre-
,stion which combines imaginative feeling and tact
In expression One picture remains the Funeral
al a veteran No. II. which will present the artist
In a now phase to many visitors although his land
sexpes have shown the same power OF feeling with
on, the clement of human interest which Is here In
trodhiced In the foreground Is snowy plain swept
sy the bitter wind. and partly In shadow, White In
lie background, arc the houses OF village In the
ssla sunlight of the late afternoon and distant hs
Aeasast shs bleak background there Is pictured
fiis funeral procession struggling against tho vino
whfch sweeps the plain. II Is tho mineral OF
\ veteran. and the members OF his Grand Army posi-
~ The way pathetic handful OF windswept ngDres
Ffese and three four Carriages make up the
nssfe cortrgr. There has been attempt AZ eH-
eeeV-sfed effects bat the very simplicity and truth
Mirsss II the artists stu'y are aher al tls most
uGsoffve.
TIA. collection Will be npon exhibition at the
Haa Avenue Gallery only until "Wednesday The
tzie will DO held on wednesday evening.