New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11

Boughton has two miniature snow pictures
which are dainty bits Of work Mr. George
Hitchcock has curious and not Ineligible
christmas Dream" with broad expanse Of
woolly snow and figure with a brass halo in
the centre. The collection as a whole Is below
the level of last years exhibition If Aurora"
"Launcelot' and Mr.. Sargent's brilliant Count
ess-and perhaps ought also to add Mr.. Alma.
Tadema's portrait study and Mr.. Wattss two
chief allegories-were not in 1t, there would be
little to indicate that vitality of energy which
Is the best quality OF the modern English school.
At Burlington House evidence that the artists
are working earnestly, thinking deeply and i'm
proving their technique Is never lacking; but one
expects less conventional art at the New Gal
lery. holder and higher imaginative flights and
the inspiration Of originality. These things are
lacking this year.
WATER COLOR EXHIBITIONS.
The annual exhibition of the Royal Society Of
Painters in Water Colors may also be described
roughly as distinctly below the usual level of
artistic merit. Bright and cheerful are the spa
cious rooms where one seems to be suddenly
transported far from the madding crowd of
Piccadilly and Pail Mall and left free for an
hour to dream of castles. sylvan retreats and
fair women and to reve In luxuriance of color.
Originality Is not favored here. The main OBJ
ject of the society Is to preserve the traditions
Of the early masters Of English water colors;
and while there Is new school Of workmen
which is now contributing the most interesting
pictures, the old methods and formulas prevail
and dominate the annual exhibition. 1t is a tran
quill hour that is passed there. and grim. prosac
London has a brighter and more picturesque as
pect when one goes out again to join the throng
in Pail Mall.
The places Of honor occupied by Professor
Herkomers Crucifxion which he names "A Rift
in the Cloud" and by Mr.. Carl Haag's Golden
Gateway in the Temple Area Of Jerusalem; but
one picture is unpleasanty melodramatic, while
the other is an architectural study marred by
many mannerisms A better example Of draw
Ing and colorng is Mr.. f. r. Hughess spirited
picture. 1.-THE Fugitives." Every figure in the
group Of men, women and horses Is strongly
drawn and there are really splendid effects OF
color Not far away is Mr. George Clausen's
1.-THE Tired Mower" a sturdy reaper standing In
a meadow frnged with flowers. II 1t suggests
Millet 1t is not without strength and individual
ity Of its own. Mr.. c. Napier Henry has In THE
Wreckers' a beautiful example OF water paint
Ing with breadth Of atmosphere and subtleties
of mist Mr. Lionel Smythes "Cne File du
Pays" Is a strong bit Of work. showing great
capacity for expression. A most ingenious pct-
ure Is Mr.. Arthur Hopkins's Signal for Jack at
Sea-" in which woman standing IN bank or
flowers Is raising a large fag on each side OF
which are vistas Of the blue. II Is charming
study Of color. with bold treatment of the flag
and delicate painting Of flowers. Mr.. Robert w.
MacBeth's Foster Mother is a good example Of
painstaking detail work. There are other ana
perhaps greater names than these. but these
are the pictures at which one cares TO look a
Second time after making the round of the main
room.
The ROYAL Institute OF Painters in Water Col
ors. the rival society In Piccadily. has larger
but less interesting collection Sir James ID.
Linton has three Shakespearan studies on these
walls the largest, "Jessica," the least satisfac-
| tory and easily outmatched in interest by
"Katherne and Petruchio'' and Sweet Anne
| Page" Mr. E. NJ Wmperis has eight me iand-
scapes with luminous effects Of distance the
| best of them being Welsh scene the way 10
Crafnant" Mr.. L. ]. Gregory has only one pct
| IRE but Il reveals his talent for mastering
minute detail. 1t is the portrait OF chiid
nropped I'D on a lounge and falling back on the
| cushions when weary OF play. with MS noopy-
horse and picture-books around him. Mr. wal
| ter Langley has lovely bit OF genre once
| ITnon a Time" very tender in feeling; and Mr..
w Rainey a ep-toned group OF wanderers IN a
| th,cket. Nine Henriette Ponner has two OF her
| charming cat pictures, we'll drawn and fun OF
| the spirit Of frolicsome mischief Then there are
flower pieces marines and landscapes without
| end. There is much painstakng work on con-
| yentional lines; but neither this collection nor
the older society's, In Pail Mall. can rival in in
| terest the Guildhall show, which no American
visitor 10 England this summer ought to miss
seeing.
| THE GUILDHA1L SHOW.
This is a loan collection which illustrates the
examples from the best private galleries George
Barrett. one Of the pioneers. is represented by
two noble pictures Turner's wonderful "Chryses
Worshipping the Sun" Is here. with his
"Worcester" Ludlow Castle" and mary other
works Of incompatible beauty and richness OF
I colornR De Wint's ION the River Dart With
It's exquisite finish Of drawing. is matched
by the marvellous draughtsmanship OF Prouts
"Nuremburg" There are three characteristic
works by David Cox, almost as vigorous anc
noetical as Turner'S and there Is "A Crane
Scotch Landscape by Copley Fielding, viii
majestic mountains and luminous effects OF dis
lance which cannot be rivalled by workers OF
the present day Bennington Is almost the only
great name which Is not represented. Rossetti
| Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Sir John Millais. Sli
John Gilbert, Mr. Carl Haag. Mr. Holman Hun
and Mr.. Whistler are to be seen here at theil
hest This exhibition Is q revelation OF the re
sources and subteties Of the art Of painting II
wster colors 1t serves to emphasize the fac
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