New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16

energy, an animation and force which can be
attributed to both artists without confusion Of
their Municipalities. Miss Beaux recalls her
brilliant contemporary because, like him. she Is
intensely modern and alert and reflects In her
art a lively intelligence hand flexible and
swift to follow the promptings Of clever mind.
1t is praise which might be given in some meas
ure to many artists, but where Miss Beaux de-
serves II with particular emphasis Is In preseTv-
ing with her bravura a certain finesse, a GER
tain elegance which Is lever common and, In
association with style ike hers, Is quite
unique.
We have IN Miss Beaux, then, painter whose
technical ability is assured. whose brushwork Is
firm supple and rich. and at the same time col
ored by ar originality which Is Itself delightful.
Her color IS always In good taste, harmonious
and truthful; 1t is generally refined and trans
parent. and though II sometimes reveals the
undue haste to which We have alluded, 1t leaves
on the whole an impression Of warmth complhed
with discretion. The canvas IS often prliiiaht'
but 1t IS never too fiord, and runs from the cool
tints Of flesh to the vivid or deep tones OF pct-
uresque costume with no hint OF uncertainty
with no subsistence from the refinement when pre-
sides over all the relations Of this artists work.
II IS to that refinement in its most subtle eie-
ments that IL is necessary to turn for an est-
mate Of the central significance of her portraits.
She kas given abundant pleasure by the beauty
of her decorative effects. by the originality and
unconventional charm IF her designs. In those
pictures which reproduce the effect Is largely
due to the strength Of composition displayed
But the first and last source Of their Interest
Is a psychological one. and what you feel most
persuasively is the tenderness. the Imagination
with which the artist has grasped the spirit or
her subject. Her women are exquistely con-
ceived. and still more authoritatively are her
children placed upon the canvas When this lat
Ter fact was first realized N New-Y"rk the plct-
ures which she sent TO our exhibitions were
chiefly praised for their purely panterlike at
fractions Artists found her technique excep-
tional and stimulating. There was much talk
about her deftness IN the handling Of textures.
her simplicity Of manner. her clever drawing
and 50 on through a list Of merits which are
indeed impressive and could not well be omitted
from any enumeration OF her claims TO pubic
attention. But to apprehend that portrait OF
child walking with It's nurse. which Is given in
one Of our cuts. Is to feel somewhat as you feel
In studying Mr. Sargen,'s full-length Of little
Miss Goeet. The technique Is remarkable but
the spirit Of the thing 10 enchantment itself and
from the artists sympathy there has passed into
the workmanship wave OF hat atmosphere
which mirimizes the material elements OF ma
terial side If art. 1t would be hard to praise
Miss Beaux too cordially for this fragile lowell
ness witch she imparts to her portraits. 1t Is
very rare Not only have few painters. as we
have pointed out above. specialized their work
I'm portraiture. but painters Of children. whether
particularly enamoured Of such subjects or not
have been astonshingly few. or course. thou
sands Of canvases have been adorned with fam
boyant images Of adolescence gorifled by frou-
f,ou. one Of ihe commonest episodes In the
average exhibition IS that Of small child. be-
rufled and beribboned beyond all reason. and