New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-12

sensuoss effects he hes always pat medltAti,, !. U
Of feeling into MS work. and has alwsys sr..,s.sc
persona Ilas. and from the earliest az h. ,s~.f
In this exhibition until the latest there a a. ~.
which lie falls TO charm. and to charm BY y,,,.. :
being hlnself This u the case with any sr,,., =
strength Ind gifts. Among the seven ple,n,.. y
Mr.. Homer there Is one Camp Fire." nIsb, 49,
which must date from some years back. ~, :. A
no less OF the individually Of the ar,,a
than the picture OF The Great Gale.' whca -
dated 1893. Eight landscapes by Mr. Wya,t -.
seven by NJ. TryOD, represent artists wbo' -
dke Mr.. Inne,s and Mr.. Homer, skilled techn,,,s.
but pre- emine,tly interpreters Of nature. ana -,
whom the poht OF view Is everything I,,7w-
American depar ment at Chicago there are M, NO.
to be found -four artists stronger than these ara -
their several WHY'S With the hndscape, BY srss
veterans as Mr.. 'nness and Mr. WANT tbo.n 4, -
hibited the well known p!ctur', Silence, bv winS
Bliss Baker. This and or two other n,c,u,". -
the same artist nearly everybody knows by mi, -
Yet whenever IT rappears ir-bnngs a new se,.. =
what an exceptionally promising career was en-, ~,
when Its author died.
Mr. Charles Warren Eaton IL a versatile .,,,..
and one who paints understand ngly, comprebe,N.t
more than lies on the surface Of both his medium 49,
his subject. Yet he has not penetrated very d..,,s
into the mysteries OF either oils or landscape. ana =
he escapes the charge Of superGcialy or thipn.
Is not to deserve the praise awarded to L,dsc.ps
are on exhibition at tiie Avery Gallery. rhey sSsS
that his range Is not limited narrowly. lie y.
painted midsummer nights and days and the ~
autumn, and snow-covered helds under bright .ss
shine and In colder light. Every one OF his nc,urs
evinces observation, study, and Is up 10 a cers.,s
point persuasive. In bright particular ins,aSos
In No. 3, "A Midsummer Night" river scene IN.
iastlcally lit by frcfiies, there Is Suggestion !,
genuine sympathy But actual sympathy the imagina,iya
insight Of the iandscapist 10 wnom art Is ssurssT
with emotion-all this is absent from Mr.. EatcSi;
snsanry So for there really c oa SoS ws
In i and the handling is not at all constrained. TX
sage. Is the manifestation OF an individuality vita
no peculiar magnetic power-that 1t has. In a voS
PS ys m m%er rails SS S sS vein Ike @
the test by which work Of art viii stand or fall
There Is comparatively little plastic art m the La.
Exhibition, but what there Is OF IL Is Of q hIch chss
scter. The exhibit illustrates In group Of seven.
teen terra cOttas the delicate and mmrvellously -
pressivc modelling the inmitable animation and H.
fine artistic and poetic feeling Of the Greek artists d
relief the sensitive. spiritual art Of the Italian
Renaissance; in a considerable number Of represens
tive pieces the powerful realism Of Barge. and In
our own country at the present time M
Frenchs Republic cannot be really appreciated until
!se Basin put in the Its great d'' tos ps ss5s;
buildings there It, scale win be adjusted to sympalhe
proportion to the gallery In which It now stands 10
a model that i Itself enormous. II still reveals A
conception OF remarkable staeliness and serenity AM
II shows that Mr. French can treat peculiarly impA
design large scale, in actual masses and obtsiS
severity without obtanlng badness. The Republic ,
is an incarnation Of the spirit Of power and dignity
which should preside over the Fair It embodiss
worthlly a noble inspiration. and the model il
the Lean Exhibition should provoke lively cud
osy to the effect OF the completed statue h
Its proper place.
We have received from Messrs Tirknor 4 n
Of Boston, portrait OF the late Bishop Brooks. Il
Is etched by Mr.. Charles A. Walker from photographs
and represents Bishop Brooks he appeared shortly
before his death. A, an etching the plate Is AL
piece Of work, but has no qualities to M II into
notice. As portrait II Is excellent. though Il
misses the kindly expression which distinguished
Phillips Brooks and makes him almost stern man.
It is nevertheless t'ful 10 the broad Character.
scs OF his phySiocnony and will recall him readily
to the memory OF those who knew him In his o1ciaI
capacity