The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-16
NEW YORK WATER COLOR CLUE.
washington Artists Whose Work Figures

! Washington Artists Whose Work Figures
in the First Annual Exhibition.
The current of public demand, which of late
years has been setting away from etchngs and
engravngs toward oils and aquarelles, is the
principal reason assigned for the establishment
of a second water-color exhibit in New York
Art dealers have found the handling of paint
lngs on commission an increasing source of
profit. One of the objects of the New York
Water Color Club, which was organized last
May with Childe 1assam as president, is to re-
tain for the artists themselves the profits arising
from the sale of their work, by bringing artist
and buyer into direct communication.
The Water Color Club is in no way antago-
nistic to the American Water Color Society, a
number of whose members are identified with
the younger association; on the contrary, tits be-
lieved that the establishment of fall exhibition
will in measure relieve the pressure upon the
spring Academy, which is invariably so great
as to preclude the admission of much mertori-
Gus work.
The first annual exhibition of the Water
Color Club opened on Friday of last week at
the American Art Galleries, and will continue
until December 8. Over 400 water colors (about
third of which are contributed by members of
the association) are hung filling four of the
| five galleries. The fifth gallery is given up to
n curious collection of paintings by Baron
Harden Hickey, illustrating twelve parallel
scenes in the lives of Christ and Buddha, n
pictorial expression of the theory that the
| Christian religion was derived from the Bud
dhist faith.
The attendance at the exhibition, am told,
has been very gratifying, considering the
counter attractions offered by the reception to
Stanley at the Metropolitan Opera House and
the horse show at the Madison Square Garden.
The general opinion regarding the artistic
excellence of the paintings exhibited seems to
be that while there are no works of extraordi-
nary merit the average attained is good.
Among the contributors are George Wharton
Edwards, Charles Warren Eaton, w. Hamilton
Gibson, Childe Hassam, Hamilton Hamilton
Rhoda Holmes Nichols, and other well-known
artists, but some OF the best work has been
done by those whose names are not SO familiar
to the public. Nearly one-half of the paintings
exhibited are the work of women.
The exhibition is by no means confined to
local talent, however, pictures having been re-
ceiyed from New England and from Southern
and Western cities as far removed as Louis
vile, KY, and Detroit, Mich. One or two
have even come from the other side Washing
ton is represented by nine entries, the work of
De Lancey Gill, James Henry Moser, Hobart
Nichols, NJ. Tiers, and Bertha f. Perrie.
Mr.. Gill, who possesses the happy faculty
of endowing the most ordinary subjects
with an artistic glamour contributes two
sn@ sntrv Ss first ine
these, an exquisite little picture, which
believe was exhibited in Washington at the
Cosmos Club, is attracting considerable atten-
tion. 1t was soon purchased, and am in
formed that several offers have since been made
for it. The New York Herald in mentioning
these pictures says of Mr.. Gill: "He paints with
an artistic spirit and dainty detail that recalls
the work of Pokitinoy."
Mr. Moser is represented by but one contr-
button, "Ihe Road Back from the Beach at
Cape May Point,n This is pastel-one of the
few admitted to the exhibition.
Mr. Nichols exhibits three meritorious pic
lures, San Old Spring, Arlington Heights"