The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-26
UfTH EUROPEAN Arr.
Pic ure- Contributed ny Norway, Sweden
and Horrnd to the wo,Ih's Fair.

Pie ure- Contributed by Norway, Sweden,
and HottNnd to the wotIhs Fair.
When one enters the corridor OF the Fine
Arts building in West Fifty -sevcnth street he
is among the rich and low-toned and ntmos-
pheric water colors Of Holland. The impress
sion is agreeable. The drawings are sober
and restful. AZ tho visitor enters the south
gallery, which is devoted 10 the oil paintings
OF tho Dutchmen and stands for moment at
the entrance he is blinded by n sense OF Gar-
ing light shining through the middle gallery
from the centre OF the north wall OF the largo
Vanderbilt gallery. That Is Xorn's portrait OF
Mrs. Potter Palmer.
Thnre are in the several galleries nearly 300
paintings and water colors. being the works
exhibited by the Swedish. Norwegian. and
Dutch painters at Chicago. Some few oil those
that were sold are missing from the collections
some few others might be absent with advan-
tage. On the whole. the impression OF the
scandinavian painters is one of ruggedness
and coarse strength. There Is not much sem
timent but good deal OF vigorous realism
Iorn Is the star performer and as such. has
the centre OF the stage. the chief wall
Of the Vanderbilt gallery being given to
his big canVases. The life-si2e portrait
OF Mrs. Palmer hangs in tho centre. 1t ia
dnshing and effective work, broadly painted
almost to the limits of Hlap-hnsh. but what
may be called stunning. Mr.. Zorn Is a gallant
painter. too. and people will be please ed TO see
how young and how beautiful the cares OF
Worlds Fair direction have left the President
OF tho Board OF Lady Managers Sargents
style Ia suggested by tho brilliance Of the ex-
ecutiou OF this portrait and the treatment OF
satin textures. The head is perhaps u trine
woodeny and the flesh cold and I'm palritating.
In "A Toast Of Idun." loaned by the Idun
Club OF Stockholm. picture that has been
etched by the painter with splendid skill. Zorn
il seen at his best. The ull-bearded gentle
man who stands with glass In one hand and
cigar In the other is distinctly fine In drawing
and horid color Tho Ball" owned by Mr..
George w. Vanderbilt. is full OF clever charac-
terzation. The scene is a half-lighted ante
room into which a sentimental couple
has waited for more intimate conf
dences from the brilliantly lighted ball
room. OF which there is glimpse Just
beyond the portere The Omnibus"
belonging to Mrs. John T. Gardner OF Boston,
scene in a Paris stage. is n strong and inter-
esting piece OF realism and character. but.
like all Of Iorns canvases cold and dull in
color This Is n good example Of what may be
properly called impressionism. not tho i'm
pressionism OF yellow and violet lights but
rather OF the quick glance and retentive
memory.
1t will disappoint the expectations OF the I'M
familiar visitor to discover how little there is
of the violet shadows and orange lights OF 30
called impressionism in these works OF the
Scandinavinns. whose understanding OF i'm
pressonism is exemplined rather in the
broadly painted suggestion OF what may have
been an impression than in the juRglery OF de-
composed lights and problems OF the spec
trum in nature. which have affected the wits OF
some OF the eccentrics Of Paris and their young
American mitators.
Among Mr.. Xorns compatriots are some very
strong painters. in whose canvases Is a GER
tain sense OF manliness md directness, IL not
OF poetry. ii. Il. II. Prince EuGen OF Sweden
and Norway. a pupil OF Xorn. has made a GER
tain dash at poetic effect in his The Temple"
an unreasonable sort OF picture; but in :" The
Forest" there ia the distinct merit Of orig
inality in composition and expression. Bruno
LilleIor's animal pictures are interesting In
detail and in conception. Foxes" is a large
canvas. in which the landscape il perhaps
better than the animals. The Hawks Nest
is wonderful work. Among tho swedish
landscapists two of the three paintings by
SchultIberg, THE First Snowfall" and The
Last Sunbeam" are quite the most charming.
for they are tho work Of an artist who paints
sunshine as it really shines across the gray
snow covered plain and hill.
Tho Norwegian exhibit appears to be much
less interesting than that Ot Sweden. 1t in
cludcs good deal of wild and wintry and
rocky scenery. and some ngure pictures that
are i'm pressIve in a hard and cheerless way.
The Dutch paintings aud water colors that
MI the wall spaces in the corridor and south
gallery have not the novelty, OF the Scandi-
navian pictures; but. including several large
pictures by Israels. notably his pathetic
Alone in the World" a picture entitled to he
called great. and works by such masters as
Mesdag. Tholen. Bommers. Ter Meuleni,
Koekkoek. Mauve. WysmulIer. and others. It |
will be regarded easily first in interest by all
lovers OF art works. dividing attention alone
with tho original and foreeful paintings by
Anders Iorn.
The exhibition will remain at the galleries
OF the Fine Arts Society till toward the end OF
February.