New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

fourth. For it he has obtained fourscore and mor.
q the large Official exhibitions 81 the year. but sS q
which the greater number do not strike one h the
ae r pssesens ng Ms snS two pie
better things because they show such a distinct 3D.
vance. No. 49,, "A Dutch Interior" shows a gain
ing OF the artists vision In the management OF tia
light the uncatalogued study OF n mother and Child
ciarcd itself heretofore in Miss McChesney's wow
and both pictures show fner grasp. easier command
tonaity peculiar to Holland and its ma sers. W. We
hope Miss McChesney will remember how very national
The style is ~ which tic sS + s%hy y and not
the Dutch method and key Mr.. Lafarge could hardly
paint an unsatisfactory picture Il he tried, ana hi,
subject for this. "Grls Sliding Down ' the FALL SfS
Is Of srnnaenes and % u Si sHSt q
the two figures down the narrow, swiftly fowins
delcaie marine by MT. H. D. Smell No. 20 "V Fog on
the River" and landscapes by Me Ranger Rosan
berg Murphy, shurtea. Harry Eaton and De Hav Sr
blrchcs by Miss Bridges, and picture OF the .Madi
Square Tower Mt Night by Mrs. f.. L. Coffin which
fancy was exhibited last winter are glad to prais "e
The exhibition lasts until December 17th.
1t is surprising that after having produced atmos
Mr George Hitchcock should have failed, signay
us he has, to do the same thing In the 4" Notes cf
Gallery There arc thirty OF the notes and We
have sought in them narrowly, but In van for the COM
Yncng expression OF Open-alr atmospheric effect,
which he has accustomed his critics to expect. Pea
slb!y his transition from the North 10 the south An
explanation Of his change, rather that Transition
sulccs to show how difficult, II not impossible II n
for him to change. For the truth Is liz appears 10
us to be making pastes of a warm country a. though
Inc were still under cold and gray sky. lie remains
~ original styllst evor rs brilliant coIorst az
thorough techncian; but he remains, alas North
crner, ard Spain through the eyes OF NOrtherner
unless the scales have fallen from those eyes is-weu
IL IS not IL very moving thing on canvas paper
We would not regard Mr.. HltchcOck's sin Of omi,.
sion seriously II the atmospheric note not
the very last tO b. missed In painting Spain. and
Il it, absence from his sketches were not made tho
more irritating by ID" high quality OF the latter in
other directions. In those other directions Of
the Notes" really beautiful. No. 10. "Co-dOva"
No. -. "Twilight" No. %, :" A Palace Garden No.
9. "A Monastery Garden: No. T. Tho. Sierra Ne
vada Sunset" and No. 4, 'Thc Alhambra"-al these
exquisite pieces OF color. II indeed Mr. Hitch.
cock has INDUCED in any sin OF commission II has
been In leaning too much toward the color scheme,
for its sake, In getting away from nature 10
the temptations Of his medium. No. Is, Rabda,'
study of the convent which once gave refuge 10
Columbus No. 80. Goat Herd Valley Of the Taguss
and No. IS, COrdova Bridge" pleasing AZ
pastes that they scarcely interest as pictures Yet
these are only three and It Is their pictorial side
that most Of Mr. Iitchcock's Notes" happen TO have
an express purpose. He has been 10 riOs. seville,
Granada Cordova. and do not suppose that It
would I've bringing patriotism into art unduy to find his
sketches OF those places very apropos at this time.