New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-26
THE PRIZE FUND EXHIBITION.

The lesson that there IS Insult lent material Tor
three strong oil exhibitions at one True IS taught again
by tho fifth Prize Fund, exhibition at the American
Art Galleries. Over 300 paintings have beey SC
cepted, often very easy terms. and all the galleries
are filed with curious assembage Of good, bad and
Indifferent work, the Indifferent predominauna. IL
the exhibition has any special character. II Is th&
which IS derived from recent French influences. but
oven generalization Of this kind Is hardly possible
There many pictures which are simply oeraSas
of In maturity and there are others when sno" r
getfulness OF nature devotion to paint, due rather
to reliance upon school formula than to the ac-
compshed craftsmans delight in the exercise OF his
art. Nevertheless there many Interesting things
which will reward the patient visitor, and there ara
a few pictures like those Of Messrs Poore Horaiio
Walker. simmons, Twachtman and Ross Turner whcn
deserve careful consideration. One picture Is ID be
purchased for the Buffalo Academy OF Fine Arts, and
Is may be conjectred that the choice will lie be7
tween the paintings Of Messrs. Poorc and Walker.
Among other paintings which we have noted IL
an excellent twilight study upon the Harlem by Mr.
Arthur Parton. artist who Is making good use OF
the material offered at hand. Mr. Brush has
painted ambitious picture Of Indians In canoe
upon mountain lake pursuing a moose, which
swims with head outstretched cOnceang nothing OF
It's native uginess Of countenance. An Indian stands
above with spear appraised, bis nude figure relieved
against the mountain side. The picture, as usual
shows conscientious effort and no mean ski IN
design, but there Is an Inadequate expression
Of action. there is differentiation of textures ami
the dryness and metallic hardness of the painting arc
serious blemishes. Mr.. DC Haven sends an evening
among the sand dunes the freshest most dencae
picture which he has shown In our exhibitions, anu
Mr. PAUL. has contributed a landscape of much conse-
quence. a study Of water waving grass ana tres
dsrkened by the approach OF black storm clouds ms
Is more conventional than Of the pictures when
Mr. PAUL. has shown. but its vgor and general trnt-
fnness are undenabe. Messrs. Tryon Minor, Rich-
arls Cay c. W. Eaton, &. ii. Eaton. Dewey, Biabe-
lock and Bauer among the other painters OF lanu,
scape. Mr. Tyler tells something OF the sea, ana
Messrs. Halsal and Norton among other marin"
painters represented. MIR. klnth continues his re-
markedly accurate reports of facts Mr.: Weir offers
another harmonious picture OF dogs before the ie,
Mr. Chase another finely expressed park scene ana A.
T. Davies exhibits little sketch fine In atmospheric
and suggestive quality. There several large paint
ings BY Miss Julia Dunn, Mr.. Churchill and half .
dozen Others but size in itself counts for little. Mt
Poore's D0rirecht canal and Donkey sheaTing
two excellent little genres; some waterscapes oy Mr..
Coke and Mr. Bogerts earnest, II heec tua efforts TO
paint the beauty of the night may be recorded as
There is but Important example OF sculpture
and that obtains importance only through It's
size Mr. Keyser exhibits the figure OF an angel,
which IS almost travesty from the beetling brow.
thick lips, eXpressonless and falsely modelled face,
down to the stiff. ugly draperies and faulty limbs. \
figure like this indicates the absence of feeling for
beauty as we'll a lack Of ability 70 model the fig
llre Yet the catalogue informs us that this sorry
work is designed for the tomb OF ex President Arthur
II II were possible, Mr.. Arthur himself would be
the first think. protest against this innction.