New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-12

bcaut, 4, though with some unreal midnight charm.
lie IA, chosen 10 introduce dry into the background
the h0mely lines OF Ncw-England farmhouse h"i
he d-~ardcd this motive and substituted the nuns oil
cla Sc building the work might possibly have pro
Vcl cha.gc ~ aTtlra'ity, but the analogy Det"e'"
it and Of Corots Italian studies would nave D'e''
instantly recognized The trees not Italian. the
hour IS not one for which Corot had fondhe's
aid Nr. och mans ,tyle Of execution j. ni'
own Bat the feeling the Imaginative quality inc
suggestion Of some remote sylvan theatre p:cs"cu
over By a genius half myhOloyicali half humah "o'h'
in th, Connecticut landscape even rs L. even "i''
the discOrlant gable, II WORKS IN paintings .oS
Corot There is the same luminosity In NO. D. Inc
Rising Moon and there is fully sympathetic treat
ment Of the solemnlty Of night. but there Is shahe
les, of poetry the sleeping cnttle and the farmhouse
with IL, l-htcd windows bringing perhaps lttc more
Of everyday life into the picture than Is observed II
The Nqhtn Nevertheless. Mr. Ocltman is II compe-
tent master and Interpreter 0f his ha'er'h III 'n'.
This being 80 it is curious ard DISAPPOINTING 10 hhu
him carving far less conviction In two other hoOh-
light scenes. No. 6. Moonlight Night in Spring and
40. 5. - Moonl Lane In these he has attempted
10 rcproduce the softly unnatiye gray white moon
light which sometimes transforms night very nearly mo
day. bringing out the same strong 'iauo", ieNe''e
distant objects with almost the same vlVidh'~N' ara
enabling the wayfarcr not only TO ma MS way easily
but ~ the ~ayIng GOES. to reld print rs hc "s"''
The effect is fascinating and is cuch OF "eiu ioNci
nc,, f. of the sort - whirh Mr.. Ocitman WOMB rat
uqaly respond Ills effort = deal with IL has bccn
sincere but the pictures ar, rot persuasive q ti'
Others are They have subtle feeling, but not TINS
time. subtle science the unreal erect iHN haV' -
due failure to grasp the actual cheini'al S2rr'' :"
moonlight to say. net to The predOnihaU'c VI az
imaginative spirit The light affects the landscape
rather pretily. yet il doe, not in either OF the TWO
picture, bear an mmistakablc resemblance 10 that OF
1efic
Deficiency on the side OF analysis i, seldom observed
in Mr. Ochtman's work only once again docs 1t
nolccably defect his purpose In 40. Golden Fields
one Of The landscapes in which he has tired 10 90 most
vet after III fallen short Til, picture has good color
in the yellow harvest which the farmers arc caring
away but the sky /, forTlcss and PANTY and the
atmosphere which I'm picture Of the sort is Of prime
importance. IS indetorminac. Elsewhere Mr. Ochtman
+, uniformly accurate in his rendering Of light and
color effects and unilng in hi, 'cn,yencss to land
scope sentiment. no I, Along the Mianu' River,
which Is not unlike his largo watercolor nj the Acad-
envy IN compositions No. II. " Evening in the woods
q somewhat ,ubdued sunset study; No. a. Morning
which il, full Of the cool air Of the dawn: No. ..
Winter" which Is fr>tratc reminder OF the artists
versatility and daytime studies Of pastures and high
way, in autumn and summer all pleasing rs TO
style and satisfying ~ TO fidelity to nature. The
kIe, are everywhere tender and beautiful Mr.. cent
man doe, not make d. play Of technique nor o. effects
that could properly be called brilliant: he has few
accents few emphatic passages Instead he restricts
himself to Il moderate" minor key that VIII MAKE us
way very quietly, but no less surely.
Downstairs In the Firth Avenue Art ualleleS' are
rIo paints The sea with respectable ability. lie is
much better In few " bis paintings, such rs No. -,
D.. Repairing The Cable: No. II. Faancf by the
Trades" both night ,tudic~ and No. %. O'cr Nunh'n
Iodco-." breezy picture done under bright hghi;
ihan I'm the majority OF them. lie does Rigging wen
and has made som" realistic picture, Of our large
modern sailing vessels and racing yachts. IL" mas
exercised hi taste FOR picture luen"-~ In going n ia
back In his studies of shipping 10 the gal"OnS ara
galley which afoat I'm European waters centuries
ago. The splendid state large, % the EeneilahS mp
pear I'm No. IS. The Departure Of the Dog" q
hclly painted oil that +, Kind of echo OF Monticello;
a warllr Northern craft f. pictured in NO %. Morse
men," and there ships Of equally ancient lin'~ III
so T.. The FIRST American Shpwrack" and 90 -,
Clc Crusaders" he latter wntercOiOr Inc SEA
serpent Ggur.o I'm Of Mr.. Tyler pictures. Il
wondrpis creature. There /, study OF boys bathing.
so. -. "Amphlbians," that does the artist credit
evening.