The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-19
rHs AcADxxr or DESIGN
SECOND NOTICE.


A first view OF tho 500 paintings now hang.
ing in the galleries Of the Academy OF Design
IL not sure to reveal to one e som owhat scnttcr-
ing and distracted gaze all the pictures OF note
in the collection. There are certain can.
vases there that. unlike tho Official por-
traits and some OF tho Impressions I"
In blue and yellow. make no instant
claim upon ones attention. but modestly
reveal their beauties to the leisurely
student. Such one. for instance. Is Mr.. T.
". Dewings charming Girl in Blue" No.
1927. which digniflcs the Zine" In the south
gallery. It is a thoroughly good painting.
But there are others the utter badness OF
which one does not discover until he begins to
wonder what they arc. These are the comic
pictures: some Of Thorn avowedly comic. and
others unconsciously So Mr.. William II.
Beard. for example. has painted his bears and
Reeso and Rigs in the forest with frank and
vulgar bufYoonery. while Miss Sargeant-Flor-
ence's Loves Baubles" is perpetrated in the
deadliest earnest but In fashion that appeals
only to sense OF the ridiculous.
Mr.. Boards three contributions are dis
tinctly undigniflcd and out Of place In n seri-
Gus collection OF works OF art. Nothing but
the n. A. after his name It must DO assumed.
permits him thus boldly to nffront the respect
full and intelligent observer. What could DO
less edifying or moro feebly drawn or less we'll
painted than Around and Round They Went"
No. 382. in which clown benr is chasing the
logs OF hunter around a big troep "Who
Killed Mother Goose ?" No. 450. is even more
unworthy its place In the gallery. while No.
All. give Up That Egg" in which an indic.
nant and outraged goose is demanding Of q
bear cub the surrender Of the egg he has
stolen. ia not without drollery In conceit and
would not fail OF a measure Of success as
black In comic paper.
The well-meRnt but misdirected efforts in
art that have found their way into the gal
leries are not necessary tn DO considered se-
riously. however. For the most pnrt thcy are
unobtrusive and harmless. except in SO far as
they may be mistaken for evidences Of the art
progress OF the year. They do not belong
properly in an exhibition OF tho National
Academy. it is true: but one need not dwell
upon them.
There arc dozen snow scenes in the Acad.
envy that are interesting evidences Of sincere
and faithful out-of-door work during the past
season. and among these that which seems to
possess most interest is Mr.. Stephen Parrisli's
Winter Sunset-Cape Cod" No. II. in which
the broad stretch OF frozen stream and snow
covered ground Is lighted UP near the distant
sky line with wonderful touch Of sunlight
that Is full Of suggestiveness. Walter Palmer
has two Of his accustomed snow scenes. one.
No. So. an avenue between rows Of bare tree
trunks. and No. 10. Under tho Fines" In
which the spangles OF sunlight on tho snow
are very we'll painted. Leonard Ochtman's
Winter" No. IA. is simple in composition
and fine in feeling. Lockwood dc Forests
Winter Twilight" is as bad as a colored pho
tograph. Bruce Cranes Winter" No. Is. with
its field and wood ana clouded sky. through
which tho light OF the sun pepetratcs but
feebly. is painted with his usual feeling for de-
tail. but withal finely while Bolton Joncs's "A
Winter Evening" No. 200. Is one OF the loveliest
pictures Of its kind that this painter has
shown. Tho sky Is rich In illuminated clouds.
which are reproduced again in the reflection
OF tho placid stream that lies between snow
covered banks In tho wood. EARLY Snow
Adirondacks." No. 432. by Joseph Lyman. may
be commended for its truthful expression OF
q mood in nature. Charles Warren Eaton in
03. Evening In Winter" cold and cheerloss
farm view. and j. l. G. Ferris in his Christ
mas Eve" No. II. also contribute reminis--
cences Of winter scenes
OF marines in the exhibition there are no
very notable examples. Edward Moran. In No.
4. "A Northeastern on Minots LEDGE" has
painted wild shower Of sea foam and spray
rather gayy: Mr.. Bricher's Low Tide" No.
1.-The Voice Of the Sea-" No. 50. by Carlton T.
Chapman: SO. THE sea." by Will y. Robinson.
and SO. Hauling the Net" by the same artist
are examples Of high-keyed studies OF sea and
sky. not lacking In sentiment and cleverness.
but in which the emerald greens and bright
blues and yellows into which the Initiative plein
diristes have decomposed their sunlight, are
not sufficiently harmonized to avoid q sug-
Restion Of a freshly set pnlette. F. X. NJ. Rehn's
Crescent Beach," No. SO. Is like others OF his
pictures OF tho surf. which has been better
painted by Howard Russell Butler In 400. Mr..
Nicoll has "A Glimpse Of Block Island" No.
433 and "Will 1t Rain Tomorrow No. 40.
in which the sun is descending with splendid
display behind lesden clouds on the horizon.
]. Foxcroft Coles "Annis1uam River. Mass"
No. 120. though the stream seems surcharged
with blueing. is yet fine picture. in which the
atmosphere Of fine day Is indicated with feel
ing. NJ. +. H. de Haas has n breezy picture.
Running Before the Wind on Boone Island"
No. 115. Francis C. Jones's The Last to
Leave" No. 458. is large and too dramatic
work. representing q shpwreck on the rocks.
The froth and ather OF the angry sea are we'll
enough represented. but the composition Is
STACEY
Mr.. Earle's Spring Day on tho Passaic."
No. "a: Mr.. Henrys clever Characterization Of
rural types In Proving His Age" No. 41S.
in which an old man Is looking at a horses
teeth. while woman In an astonishing bonnet
sits In a wagon. and W. St. John Harper's
decorative monochrome fancy In russell. called
Autumn" No. 43O. may be mentioned also as
among the pictures worth looking at
To Masquerade to MInne.polls.
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