The sun., 1892-02-13
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pictures in oil by members OF the salmagundi
Club now on exhibition In the clubs eossy
gallery at 10 West Twenty second street. and
perhaps the last exhibition that the club will
be able to make In It's present house. from
which It Is understood Il may be Obliged 10
move in the spring. None OF the pictures hiss
been shown in public before.
Tho collection as whole Is a interesting
one. and In It are included some works OF
especial charm or oleverness. In fact there
are very few unworthy pictures here. and peY-
haps but one that calls for any expression OF
downright disapprovaL 1t is Mr.. Francis Day
who has done this thing. and he has not done
himself credit. He isquite capable Of painting
very charmingly. but In his "A Pastoral"
while he may have achieved . technical sue.
| cess in showing what tone he can get with
moss Of boiled spinach. he has produced moi.
ther beautiful nor a reasonable picture In
the foreground is full-length nude neuro Of
woman standing at the edge Of pool Of water.
Back OF her stretches a field. while just above
the sky line rises reddish moon. whose faint
light outlines one side OF the figure Of the In.
expllcable young woman. who appears to bS
neither clothed nor in her right mind.
One OF the most striking. as It is one Of the
| most beautiful pictures In tho gallery. 10 Mr.
Bruce Cranes Western Sky" the scheme Of
color OF which IL similar to that In his smaller
picture. called Ending Day" Tho broken
masses Of clouds are gilded BY the light Of ths
setting sun. whose direct rays are screened
from the landscape by an opaque bank OF
clouds close to the horizon. and there is a
broad space Of clear sky that Is presented In
an indescribable Greenish blue or blush
green that is very beautiful. Nearby hangs .
fne picture by ]. Francis Murphy. which hs
calls Morning" and which quite realizes tho
| soft and lovely dnts Of the early daylight. Mr.
| r NJ. Shurtleff has two characteristic Adiron.
dack forest views about which opinions may
differ as to tho more satisfactory. One. tho
smaller. Sunny Days." represents sunlt
| break In the autumn forest, the soft
harmonious browns OF the dead leaves
gilded in the central clearing The other pic.
ture by Mr. Shurtleff. Autumn Forest" IL
beautifully lighted. and the CLINT OF sunshine
here and there reveals the depths OF the woods.
into which one seems to be able to see long
way. Mr.. Bolton Jones's November" repre.
senting rolling clearing on the edge OF a
wood. Is painted with all OF his characteristic
skill and finish. and Is very attractive in color
Among other interesting work by the land.
scape painters in the club are H. p Smiths
mill Pond" in which are numbers Of verv
charming bits. but which is. perhaps. marred
by Photographic detail and over pretty finish:
Thomas Moran's "sanpalbo Beach. Florida"
quite OUT Oh MS IAmlllAr manner ana his
watering Place." Garden OF the Musee
Cluny." by Carl J. Blenner. picture quito in
the manner OF some OF Mr.. Chase's
little scenes in Central Park. and
quite worthy to be olassed with them:
Robert c. Minors's Evening" and "Old
Pasture. near Niantic. Conn. :" Tho Lily
Pond" Henry r. Mills: Mr. Burr r. Nichols
Country Lane" full OF sunshine and tho
atmosphere Of the country: and the EARLY
Autumn" OF c. E. Proctor.
Among the figure pictures 10 q bright and
catching painting by Francis G. Jones. OF a
young woman in light and loose gown sitting
on the arm Of a great chair and looking up
from the pages Of paper book. It Is called
An Interruption" Mr.. F. R, Green calls his
picture Of young woman gazing into hand
glass Vanity" She may he vain, but It IL not
with apparent reason.
THE Mothers" by Elliot Dangerfsld. 10 one
OF the important pictures In tho exhibition IN
size. and perhaps in quality too. No doubt
with the name Of Millet signed to the canvas
it would provoke much applause. The SUBJ
ject is not quite original. The sun 10 setting
across the fields. and In the gathering dark
ness mother walks. leading her little child
and carrying lambkin. A eve follows st
the woman's skirts. looking up with mater
nal anxiety at her little one. "A Mornips
Stroll F" is picture by c. r. Grant. in which the
figure OF n young woman. quito In shadow.
is very we'll painted. as Is the old barn In tho
background OF the meadow in which she
walks. 1t is doubtful II the grass will strike
the everyday eye as being grass-Rreen: but,
then. there seem to be no two painters who
agree as to the color OF this most common
field growth.
Mr.. Walter NJ Palmer who Is best known By
his pictures OF snow-covered fields and woods,
appears here in new light and credltably
too. His Boats from Chioggia." with their
spreading yellow sails. stand out in the sun
light with flne color effect. and the smooth
surface OF the sunlit sea fades away
very ceverly. as does the luminous
sky overhead. to distant horizon.
Two other marines In the exhibition
are noteworthy: one. Morning Glitter" a
number OF Dutch fishing boats floating on a
surface in which Is repeated with much vivacty
the cloud-feeced sky above. and the other.
After Storm" being a study OF foam and
froth and breakers in sunlight and sea-green
Both are by Carlton Chapman,
There Is q decorative but poorly drawn biz
picture by George W. Maynard called "Po-
mona" in which the flesh OF the breast OF the
bearer OF fruits is delicately painted. though
the face OF the young woman is insipd. Tn.
effect OF the whole. however. is very pleasing
In color. DR.. Scott Evans. who has shown
some considerable skill in the treatment OF
still-life subjects. presents hero Portrait OF
the Artists Mother" which gains very much
IN interest from lack OF those catching quail.
ties OF sheen and glister which fix the atten.
tion In the pictures that he paints to
Sell. In this portrait the artists mother
sits reading her newspaper with an entire
~ natural attention fixed upon that duty. not
disturbed by the consciousness that she is
sitting for her portrait The face in proHlei 10