The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
ART VOTES.


The Lotos Club has an exhibition for the
Christmas holidays Of the work of American
landscape painters which comprises forty-four
canVases. and has been arranged by MIR. VIII
liam I. Evans, the Chairman OF the Art Com
mittee. The pictures will be shown to members
and their friends on Saturday night, and the
usual ladies days" will be Monday and Tues
day of next week. The collection shows . de-
cided bias toward landscapes of tonal quality,
the number which might be classed as natural
istic being in the minority. The exhibition
has the advantage OF being harmonious, and II
there is a considerable number OF pictures
which are only notable for decorative color,
they do not jar with their moro important and
moro serious neiRhborS. Some Of the pictures
are OF admirable quality. Such o one Is Mr..
Winslow Homer's "A Northeastern" q work OF
Individual conception and of overtopping power.
1t is the work of q master. The Twilight"
by Robert G. Minor, excellent in composition,
with its fine group of trees. a stream In the
foreground. and n sky of great depth and inten-
sity, is rich and strong in color. Tho Palisades
at Evening"" by Henry w. Ranger, is truthful
in effect, handsome in color. and painted with q
Just and artistic sense of what to put in and
what to leave out. Mr.. Tryon's small MAY
Morning" Is tender and suave. MIR. Clark's
storm on Shinnecock Hills" is convincing in
its truth and moderate color scheme. Mr..
Bogert's Moonlight" Mr.. Kost's "Novem-
Der" and MIR. Dayis's Evening" different in
conception and different In treatment, are all
good. One Of the two Wyants, Autumn in tho
North Woods" is characteristic and complete.
or three pictures by Inness, one unfinished. and
none Of the first rank. the Night" lie the best.
Such well-known painters as K. Swain Clifford.
Charles Melville Dewey and ]. Francis Murphy
are among the other contributors. Taken as a
whole the exhibition shows some most interest
Ing phases Of American art. and 10 another
proof Of the variety and merit of the native
Landscape work. About half Of the pictures
are lent by the artists, the others by collectors
and dealers.
A neat little etching by Stephen J. Ferris,
showing a group of portraits of the Barbizon
painters and two of their mporaries. has
been published by S. p. Avery, Jr. The por-
trait Of Millet occupies the central place, and
the others are Corot, Troyon. Rousseau. Dau-
bigny, Diaz. and Fromentin. AS the portraits
are good likenesses. and the autographs are APP
pended in facsimile. the proofs form interest
ing souvenirs.
The sales at the autumn exhibition of the
Academy of Design. which has Just closed,
show an increase of about 81, 900 over those
made at the autumn exhibition last year.
While they did not approach the figures Of five
years ago. when times were good. the increase
is regarded as encouraging. The governing
boards of both the Academy and the Society OF
American Artists are taking steps to bring out
full and representative contributions from
painters and sculptors for the spring exhibit
tions. Many have abstained from senoing OF
late for one reason or another. Some Of the
best-known painters have been too busy for n
year or more furnishing mural decorations for
the now Congressional Library to paint easel
pictures.