New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-20
NEW EXHIBITIONS.
THE FIRST DISPLAY OF PICTURES AT THE
MANHATTAN CLUB.

C.
rbirtv-fourh-st. was leased by the Manhattan Club
!, was taken for granted by great many people that
their last chance of ever seeing the famous gal
lazy was gone. Club life Is rigidly exclusive and
univ a comparatively small section of the public
could hope to the stately chamber in which Mr.
s,ewsr,'s pictures had been gathered together To-
day. however. and tomorrow. as many and
women as have friends In the club or can obtain
members card may enjoy the privilege of beholdns
the room at last: and. what Is more with so fine
collection Of paintings in 1t that they may reckon
with /; more or less the duplicate OF itself as II
existed in the time of the original owner For the
first time in its history the Manhattan Club has
organized an exhibition Of paintings The members
are not among those most frequently contributing
10 loan collections and the walls have been hung
therefore. with pictures In many unfamiliar.
The seventy-seyen paintings maintain high aver
age and here and there 1t is possible to find work
Of remarkable character The spacious gallery is
admirably proportional and is well lighted from
above that even in yesterdays gloom the pictures
were effectively displayed.
Whether the Manhattan Club will give another
hibtion this year next Is as yet unknown, but
apparently it has been decided ,ha; for the first
occasion all Of the good things available would be
hung IT is not from school or from one country
that the pictures have been drawn They illustrate
many men and methods. The show thoroughly
miscellaneous. Yet 1t is none the less admirable and
entertaining. From Gerome 10 Corot, and from the
late George Inness 10 II. Sddons Mowbray. the men
represented nearly all strong and In most cases
adequately shown. Imaginative art and anecdotic
craftsmanship are both presented In the first cate
cory II the claims of this school that TO be
weighed in comparison. IT is gratifying to note that
an American gives the lover OF Continental art
provocation analyse the latter all over again. and
see whether it is really pre-emnent or not There Is
keen interest in the juxtapositon of Inness and
Coro, each at their finest At end of the gallery
oil, of
painting murmurous with the poetry Of earth and
sky II ever painting Certainly the goddess
might hold her sway In this deep. unfathomaoe
glade if anywhere 1t Is in paintings like this that
the poetry and the art In Corot seem to meet and in
.ermingle with such subtlety such tenderness that
4, Is impossible tell where the one begins and the
other leaves OFF. And as the eye sees into this
DIANA" sees into the felicity. the completeness OF
the work. one Is convinced that no one ever inter-
preted nature as Corot did. But now turn to the
three masterpieces OF lnness. turn TO "A sunny
Autumn Day" with Its glamour OF iridescent Tone
note the splendid though vaporous chromancs OF
After a Summer Shower" and the luxurious quahty
~ the END of the Rain Is not nature herself I'M
manen. in these landscapes? Her very de"s anu
sounds her uncapturabe strains OF sweetest music
arc felt in these dreamy studies Neither Ooio' ho'
lnness Is really hurt by comparison OF heir "orhs'
But II is always interesting 10 fnd an American
paiater member OF the youngest school In history
s,anainp beside a great European equal terms
The old superstition about the superiority OF the
French in art, though the name OF faris were
something talismanic and conveyed DreVel VI I'M
mortality Is not dead yet; and for those who sun
lean toward II show like that at the Mahh"''an
Cub Is calculated TO be beneficial
Inness is not the on.y brilliant American Iep.e
sen,ed There are three superb examples OF MI
Homer's Individual art. The dramatic STUDY u sea
coast adventure. The Life Line, reappears ai'c'
q long secusion. and imposes once more upo" '''e
- har
IN lines and coiors OF lasting beauty. Near d! Is
.rhe Gale" the familiar canvas IN "nich MI
Homer seems 20 point out the lines OF ureeh NO.
hl,ty .u the figure OF an American woman S''i'''e
along the shore with her child, ahXlous's 'h''"e
O. her sailor husband. In his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS u
Maine" there is, Finally, the beauty Oh the ee"'
pure and simple. unconnected with any human ','
,.-sst which IS perhaps, Mr.. Homers most az
sorbing and most alphabetically hahdied '"e"'e'
From Mr. Tryon's poetic brush theIe are ~
charming landscapes. The late A H. "yaH. IL "e''
ranresented In one Of the two pictures u! MN
which are shown, No. 8, Mountain ana LAKE. anu
-, 20 cood na,ntiigs by Mr.. c. H. Davis and MI
,v,ni,n, C;ednev Bunce. The latter. VINO Is moi
ot,e, seen here In any examples IS very 'aie'!
10 be studied in a picture 80 me as Inc ,,
n, Venice" shown at the club. TINS Is p'oio"''
hoau,,f,,, york full OF color and Imagination Inc
Americana devoted to the figure exclusNe'! are no.
co consnicuous IN this collection as the IahuscaPe
nan,ers Mr. Mowbray is delightful IN MS L"s'
Favori,e" and there e most engaging se"' ~.
IN the little panel by Eastman Johnson caheu Ia"
sv SH s ssySna shsie an
much 10 comment sdve tne Ia isnteSssting that it
Fu:Iers Romany Girl" Is one Of the notable xasre
since he painted H. and the epoch which Witnesses
its appearance was the epoch OF o,d ire Gied The
American school has EXPANDED 30 wqe sX' as at
Z
tsnton at once through its or.gna' Which il pos.
sesses and to an oder generation !, cam ion
Fsliers color Is not especially striking His tones
are not always transparent. But what No:iltS
,ner art temperamen, the fascination of genius.
and for the lndescribab.e witcneiy OF poi,a' ~ %
charged S rsat,vn ari The Romany Girl viii long
remain among the treasured productions oil o'
There are fine paintings by Continental artists lists
scattered all through THIS exhipon, pui re
me hrs of these is at me end o. sne sa, nn
TWO large NEUROLOGICAL paintings by DelacroiS.
Eurydice Gathering Flowers" and Juno heeeec r,
ing rss sy peacroa are Instantly admired for Their
strong composition their vigorous style ana tne.i
snmfuouss s e9 g b Juicy he aS Of
strongest technical qualities his force ms mass .
his strenuous genius and cor9ts one !. al nfe
his driad haunted world to catch the CLEAN IAN, o.
multitude OF paths there is no sound heara save
That Of "the horns Of elfand. family nlo"ihs r
'rhe second great group OF pictures Is that on
The long wall the sasry tae group pG"n anG on
,hs o.nsr nv Marilhat's Tomb OF the Mamelukes
these two paintings both sud-, o. Sy pas
"aiia1 "rhe Lovers; there Is one OF Ribots love
Is The Arti nS, o teere en ts
,e-.I IN Sew-York collections; and with these
works there are pictures by Jroy ss s pSpye which
90 Ia make n magnificent effect OF tone or color.
Restrained but fascnaing The psrifs se ~ from its
rurroundings by virtue OF It's individual charm
hut it does quarrel With any OF dns hrnsS
out. NO attempt has been made TO cohr rr .h, !,