New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-08

lngs which compose the second annual exhibition now
open at the clubhouse, the majority new and
admirable. The landscapes particularly have con
tgibuted some striking works. Mr. Alden Weir. who
sworved suddenly from stlle and portrait painting
year or so ago and devoted himself TO the study Of
outdoor atmospheric effects sends two able impression
stc landscapes. They have the charm Of representing
season of the that Is commonly avoided by the
professcd pein air. painter. To that individual. i'm
prossionism has come to mean almost exclusively the
painting of bright sunlight, but Mr., Weir has rightly
understood it TO mean specific way Of painting any
thng whether cold or warm. In "a Frosty Morning.
he is content to depict cherries sc.ee having little
attraction for the eve yet he has endowed ii with in
terest by his acute analysis and prcsenmen Of clear
chill atmosphere In An October Day. the presence
OF one or two iame-ke autumn trees has given him
opportunity to produce work of richer and varied
colorfstic beauty. Mr. c. A. Plat has a panoramic
Winter Landscape hanging appropriately next Mr..
weir's Frosty Morning. II indicates a less intimate
Is strong in the bringing Of distant planes into close.
yet not TOO close relations with the foreground thus
pleasure also that Mr. Plat has been seduccd into
sa Ma noS too blue tone ss Mr. d N w ny M. IN
and Mr.: Platt show, how much there is that remains
paintable in the bleakest and barest period Of the
these the materials out Of which he has CONSTRUCTED
picture. The silence as OF deserted plain, which Is
suggested In this picture, is suggested again in Mr.
by a thcket and dimly lighted by fading sky. In
another Evening here, by Mr. A. II. Wyant, the
tender elegiac mood is put aside and Rousseaunk
arran cement OF dark trees against bright SHY obtains
a bold brilliant effect
The special merit Of Mr.. Beckwith's Lady with
Gray Fur which Is among the most conspicuous OF
te Inquire pieces Is that 10 has been carried TO finish
without the slips which often dsgure his extremely
vivacions and skllful work. The feeling OF elasticity
which Is hinted in the pretty models pose Is dfused
through the entire picture The brush work is swift
and expressive the lively spirit Of the picture is well
sustained IL Is a painting that might have been
executed AT sitting judging from the freshness and
evenness of execution which 1t possesses. Mr. Wes's
two pictures, Picking and Choosing and An Ar
rangement In Light Tones" both celebrate the fashion
able girl OF the period as the Lady with Gray Fur
does and In both there Is the same clever sketchy
treatment Of costume which distinguishes that picture
because he finds the medium used In H. pastel.
favorable to def decisive handling. His oil study is
equally "amusng" but has not quite the snap OF his
pastel. Mr.. &. ". Maynard is in somewhat the same
situation Mr. Wiles. His water-cOlOr OF Sea
Nymph' Is remarkably crisp In execution, but his
oil painting Of girl standing against wall and
listening to the sea music" OF a shell to have
Mr.: shirlaw and Mr.. Low send each a nude study,
unimpmtant but cleverly painted Mr. Church I'm his
Head OF Woman for fOrgets 10 be imaginative.
and Is simply graceful Mr.. FaXOn exhibits a costume
study agreeable I'm color and Mr. Remington has among
the eight or ten waercOlOIS OF his realistic Western
Sketches ulllength portrait, small scale, Of
cavalry sergeant. The general average Of the
ibi0n, which is set by the pictures mentioned Is Of
pleasing character. This average has only to be
for them TO rank aong the popular events OF the art