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A Exhthitisn OF Unussni Attraetavsusss ~
the Academy OF Desiss.
The annual water color show IL always bright
and fetching in its way. IL opens with the
tistic gathering Of the year. when everybody
who Is anybody In our little world Of art sees all
his fellows and the Academy is filled with
friendly smoke and decorous hIlsrity. Consld-
cred from simply popular point OF view, this
present exhibition ought to be very successful,
for IL Is full Of salable pictures, some $4,000
worth OF which are disposed Of already. There
10 lot Of clever, attractive, picturesque mate
rial here that is suggestively commercial and
commercially taking.
To Offset this, are many works OF more than
ordinary merit from the painter point of view.
Mr.. SHELLS striking Arctic scene, No. 25S, has
been mentioned already. II Is a work OF art IL
has place OF honor in the South gallery. and is
ianked by two very worthy works; one, Back
from the Highway" No 255. by j. Francis Muir
ply. the unusual size of which is It's one draw
back. and the other by Mr.. Ranger. one Of the
best things he has yet done, Low Tide ON Isle
Aux Gruc," No. 200, in which the general gray
tone of the picture is accentuated by bit OF In
tense sunlight on the distant sky line of the sea.
Mr.. Murphy. 1t NAV be said, has two or three
smaller drawings quite as attractive in color as
his large picture and, as in tho case of his
"Sundown." No. 215, for example, much more
CnhTmlnR III sentiment wear ny IL MT SuuTt-
lefr's Mountain Road" No. PAS, an unusual
but admirable treatment of Adirondack ma
torisl, but perhaps not fine in quality as his
"winter," No. 122. in the East gallery. in which
his snow is OF the cold, wintry snow that Is apt
to prevail at this season, snow that is not
touched with carmine or bluing, but Is really
cold.
Snow is not Mr. Shurtleff's speciality. notwith-
standing his eminently successful treatment of
this natural phenomenon, but the snow painters
are out in force. Mr.. Bruce Crane makes very
delightful, IL artificial, effects in blush snow
fields with violet skies and orange sunbursts;
Mr.. Walter Palmer continues to do his photo
graphic pictures, excepting his Evans prize pic
ture, which has in It a certain sentiment not
commonly looked for in his work. and Mr..
Charles Warren Eaton, Mr.. l.. +. Van Gorder,
Mr.. c. Parsons, and few others have contrib
uted various treatments .of cold d-weather land
scapes
There are two little pictures signed by unfa-
milisr names that are interesting. One is the
"Andromeda," No. $40. by Mr.. +. s. Hamilton,
nu exquisite drawing both in the lines of the
nude figure and tone and color. Hid somewhat
away in a corner. 1t s still one of the charming
things Of the show. The other is figure of q
young woman singing. "Cantrix," No. 226. by
Mr. Livingston Platt, the face cleverly lighted
and the whole figure treated with cleverness
and certain sentiment
Mr.. w. II. Drake. who has heretofore been
known rs q facile draughtsman, shows in the
fruits of recent visit to San Francisco's China
town and to Southern California distinct and
most credtable advances in his methods. The
Chinese bits are charming in their fresh color
and crisp sunlight and in La Fiesta de Guada-
lupe," No. 293. he has managed his process
sion OF white-robed priests and group of on
look ers with great SKILL tho color being broadly
applied and well broken in the masses without
any impairment of the harmonious strength Of
the composition.
Among the cattle and sheep paintings. which
as q group by themselves are remarkably inter-
esting. are two works by Horatio Walker,
"Spring Pastoral" No. 249. and Spring" No.
o53. that are charming in the gray green quail
ity, beloved of the tonalists. Mr.. Carleton Wig
gins shows fine Holstein Cow" No. 30S; Mr..
Morgan McIlhenny contributes a Summer
Morning" No. ILL., in which the feature of the
landscape is finely characterized white COW. and
a sheep picture, "Gray Twilight" No. $40. and
there is "A Gray Day" No. l, by Mr.. Thomas b.
Craig. in which the sheep are well considered.
Mr.. Frank Russell Green has also essayed cattle,
and there is especially good quality in his
Toll" No. 1872.
Mr.. II. NJ. Rosenberg and Mr.. A. b. Davies
may be coupled for the sake of noting the
charming color sense displayed in their works.
perhaps more especially in those OF Mr.. Davies,
which are delightful chords. Mr..
Davies doesn't appear to care anything for
drawing. however, which is to bo deprecated
the more because his work is evidently 80 sin
cere in intent. Mr.. Rosenberg's "A Friend in
Need" No. 239. is on the other hand very good
in drawing and not at all deficient in tone. 1t
has. moreover. the charm of mystery, which Is
not in the least dspelled by the inapt title In
the vague background shadowy figure OF
man sits while the pretty young woman is per-
haps mending something for him.
Mr.. w. T. Smedey and Mr.. C. s. Reinhart, well
known illustrators OF the first rank. and each
one in his way especially skilful of hand. do not
shine as colorists and. in fact, their drawings
appear to have been done primarily for repro
ducton. Mr.. Smediey appears to the best ad-
vantage in that he displays much acute obser-
walton Of character.
Among the 500 more drawings many
more that might worthily be singled out for
particular mention, but it must suffice to say
that they represent the familiar and admirable
characteristics of such artists as Childe Hassam,
Irving Miles. c. Y. Turner. j. ii. Witt, Leonard
Ochtman, Hopkinson Smith. Carlton Chapman.
F. X. NJ. REIN, W. j. Whittemore, Jules Guerin,
George Maynard. +. S. Church, A. T. Van Laer,
Kruseman Van Elton, II. =. Smith, and j. G.
Brown. not by any means to attempt an ex-
haustive list.