New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-17
CHRISTMAS PUBLICATIONS.
AOUARELLES.


rAcsMLEs or A %S]s FL Fssy 81 Moran Ham
ton Gibson Maud Humphrey j. T. ' eamee
Ferris, H. W. Mcyickar J. N, Ds wth Portraits
- mn sps,s and Half Engrayinss Of baI Tx
and.Whitc sketches by Them c, mlts G. Srother
Ripley Hitchcock Frederick A. ''Onos q sho,rr
moro handful of sketches modestN SHOWN
screcn in the New-York Crystal Palace
rShih;tion of 1853, which attracted ou.
r,,Ie nublc notice. represented the beginning Oh
A,c.rican interest in water color painting III
,aso the American Water Color Society, ac-
ent;nc only half the pictures submitted by arus's
6Jled all the five galleries of the National Academy
with some seven hundred water coiors, ana pun
lie interest in the art was proved py saes IN
ceeding $4,000. These figures bear an eloquent
testimony TO the merit and fertility Oh our
wafer color work. and to the consequent deVeiop-
ment of the taste for this most graceiui oranou
of art on the part of the public "A disuhc"S
American school of water color painting has
sprung up which. paradoXicai though the reniarN
NAV appear displays its nationalsm by us cos
mopoltan nature. Nothing can be more charm-
ing than the American water colors OF to-day
which combine the English eXacttude regarding
texture detail and finish, with the airy grace ana
spontaneity of the French aquarele, ana which
display much of the sparkling suggestlveness oil
Fortuny, of the tender grays of Holland ana OF
the daintincss of the school known as the Franco
Spanish.
few well-chosen examples of this newly
orsated American school Of water color painting
have been included in Fac-Similes Of Aquarelles
nv American Artists" a publication just issued
nv Frederick A. Stokes & Brother of this city
The delicate finish of the plates is such as entirely
IN disarn the old-timc prejudice against chrome
litbooraphy In the course of his clever intro
duction to the work. Mr.. Ripley Hitchcock gives
n rapid vet graphic sketch of the origin anu
growth of water-color painting in this country
and does not omit to pay tribute TO the Engllsh
and continental sources from which our wafer
color artists appear, metaphorically speaking 10
have skinned the cream.
The pictures which appear in this volume arc
by men who are familiar figures at our eNhlpi-
,ions There is a Landscape by Mr.. Gibson,
naturalist and author well rs artist. whose zeal
in the field Of water color is attested by the cana
locnes Of the society during the last ten years
There is figure study by Mr.. Symington. whose
carefully studied work is constant feature OF
the Socicty's exhibitions. The Moran family
is represented 10y two members Percy and Paul
in exquistcy finished paintings entitled Dorothy
and Cancellation" In his picture At thc
Stilc" Mr.. Ferris turns from Oriental themes 10
illustrate charming type of Occidental civiliza-
tion. and in "Vain Regrets" Mr.. McVickar, whose
social satires have gained for their author dis
tinct place among our illustrators. offers us n
marc of unsatirzcd sentiment The Old-Timc
Merchantmen" takes us back to time when the
rrimy snokestack had not banshed white sails
from the sea And there is n pretty study OF
children by Miss Humphrey.
4 dainty Book Of Old Ballads illustrated
bv the clever English artist. Miss Alice llavcrs.
has inst been published by llildesheimcr d
Faulkner. of London &C.. c. Whitney. Worcester
Miss Yavcrss delcatcly tinted drawings have
been admirably reproduced in Autograph. Among
the most successful of her plates is that which
accompanies the cver-deghtful Sally i'll Our
Alley"
The same firm also Issue large number OF
books and booklets containing one poem or more,
and illustrated in monotint OF i'll brilliant color
These arc much more substantial souvenirs than
the fimsy Christmas cards, which are losing their
former popularity.
The Art Litbographc Publishing Company
Munich and New-York, have produced col
lection of uncommonly attractive booklets aad
calendars The poems illustrated are mostly
favoritcs by the best authors, and the pictures
in color are exceedingly well printed.
One of the most engaging of the new calendars
is Mrs j. y. Sunters. issued by f. a. Stokes d
Brother. On each leaflet saucy little girl
exhibits herself in various amusements becoming
the successive months. The Authors Calendar"
arranged 10 hang beside the writing table, is
in excellent taste so far the artists work
is concerned. A little less cathocity in the
selections would have been desirable The
Little Peoples Calendar" White ~ Allen is full
of bright pictures.
Miss Kate SanbOTns Rainbow Calendar"
(Houghton. Mflin Il Coz is handsome volume
full of gay and inspiriting selections in prose
and verse. There is not frown in the whole
book.