The herald., 1895-03-07
ART EXHIBITION

Mr.. Frederic G. Torrey opened his an
nual display of pictures in the parlors OF
the Westminster Hotel yesterday morn
ing. The collection consists of water
colors, etchings engravings and fine
line of art photographs. The latter are the
Hollyer carbon reproductions of paint
ings by Watts, Burne. Jones and other
modern masters, as we'll as NEUROLOGICAL
and allegorical subjects; they equal. and
in some respects, surpass the famous
Braun reproductions, and are wonderful
examples of the perfection that has been
attained by modern Photographic art.
The etchings are from plates by James
Mcneil Whistler, Seymour Haden, josef
Israels, Charles Jacques, Zorn, Lalanne,
Rembrandt, Corot, Albert Durer Joseph
Pennell, Otto Bacher, Van Granesande,
Frank Short, Wyllie, Schilling, Charles j.
Watson and other well-known English,
French and American masters of the
etchers' art, and will be spoken of more
fully and in detail at another time.
OF the water colors, Mr. Torrey has with
him this year some by men who are quite
new here, and others, and fine examples
of such artists as Marjoribanks Hay, the
English water colorist some OF whose
beautiful landscapes were bought by Los
Angeles art connoi sesurs last year. The
strongest one in this exhibition, called
Pier at Pittenween, is mastery piece OF
work technically, and shows stone pier
jutting out of the central foreground into
flashing waters, with low gray clouds
scuddiIg across the threatening sky The
values and strong action are wonderfully
preserved, and the picture as whole is
a masterpiece. ~
Another, the Aud Brig O'Ayr,. is in
quite different key, but is kept as faith
fully harmonious, and represents red
dish brown arched bridge in the middle
foreground with the smoke of a city in
the background rising laZily against an
other gray sky. In this picture the feel
ing is one of quiet and the genersal tone
is much warmer. There are several other
landscapes by this same artist that are
more conventional in subject and treat
ment but none the less admirable, and
all are the work of very superior master.
J. M. Barnsley, a Canadian artist, is
represented by charming landscape, and
a very interesting little scene bearing the
date of 1880 is from the brush of L. G.
Dibdin, one of the early members OF the
English water color society. Two power
full landscapes from an American who is
just coming into prominence, ii. }.
Breuer, are desert scene in the early
morning light, and vista between hills
on one side and foliage on the other with
pond of water in the foreground. In
both of these pictures the color is strong
ly and finely handled, and in the latter
particularly the treatment is reminiscent
of Diaz, Jules Dupre and others of the
great Barbizon school. They both COM
mand respect and attention for their
technical excellence, and the artistic feel
ing which pervades them. A delicious
little marine with che waters lazily lap
ping the wet beach, which reflects the
coloring of sky and clouds is by E. M.
Bicknell, an American artist of some
note and another marine by the English
artist Albert is also delightful in compo-
sition and treatment showing wide view
of restless sea- dotted with whitecaps and
various craft.
These are not all the really fine water
colors in this display; there are many
large and small of varying degrees of in
terest and excellence, and as Mr.. Torrey
of next there will be time for all lovers of
good art to enjoy them not only once but
several times.