The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-17
ART NOTES.


well-selected subjects mark the Landscape
work OF Robert W. Van Boskerck. who. besides
being . regular contributor to the exhibitions
of the Society of American Artists and the
Academy Of Design. gives an annual exhibition
of his years painting at ono of the city galleries.
Usually his pictures arc shown At Knoedler's.
and this year they are to be seen there-twenty-
two OF them. and all plus 0entts les uns que les
~autres." rs Nine. Wizard says OF the Englishmen
In "Trilby." Mr.. Van Boskerck spent the summer
before last In England. and his exhibition last
year contained views in warwickshlre villages.
moors. valleys and hills. and trees and lawns at
Chatsworth. Three or four years ago he painted
Shakespeare country from Evesham to STRAIT
ford. and the canvases no brought back
many picturesque and slightly bits,
AS well as moro extended views. The past sum-
msr he returned to the Rhode Island country
about Narragsnsett and Wakefield, where he
had previously painted many of his most popu-
lar pictures. and on new ground In the neigh.
borhood Of Brandon, Vt. he preempted claims
TO q dozen motives which are presented In his
landscapes this year under various effects Of
atmospheric conditions and time of day. II
must 1t once strike the visitor who remembers
Mr.. Van Boskerck's English landscapes that
the subjects he has found ut homo are fully as
attractive rs those that took his fancy In the old
country. The towns on the hillsides, with church
spires pointing skyward above the clumps Of
trees. the mill-dams and locks. the sheep in their
upland pastures. the rivers rejecting white
houses and green trees. the ponds covered
with water lilies and dilapidated boats drawn
up on the shores among the rushes. have as
much pastoral charm rs the similar picter-
sequences Of the foreign scenery. Perhaps
many people will like them better because they
are nearer at hand and their own. and in the
matter Of verisimilitudo theirj udg may be
moro easily given. Mr.. Van Boskerck Is .
literal painter Of landscape. His subject once
chosen and tho lines Of the composition deter
mined. he sets to work to give In his picture
- much a. the Limitations Of pictorial repre-
sentation In paint permit him to give In con-
scientious reproduction. His sense OF observa-
ton 10 we'll developed. and he depicts the land
scape before him In n way that carries on the
canvas tho stamp of fidelity to tho facts
In nature. His trees are particularly we'll
studied, so that the oaks. elms. birches
or naples may be easily picked out. not only
when they stand alone. but also when they ap-
pear In the groups Of foliage In the fairgrounds
or middle distance. His skies. which are very
rarely cloudless. are drawn with precision, and
are often very delicately modelled. His color
schemes are conceived without much synthetic
treatment. inasmuch as no aims to reproduce
all the local color In his motive. occupying him
self solely with the task of holding together the
different notes uficlently To preserve a consist
ent general aspect. These characteristic of
the artists work are we'll exempliied In the
landscapes In the present exhibition. On the
Banks Of Otter Creek, Brandon" No. 10. gives
q view OF q quick stream flowing between
green banks and wooded hills in the
middle distance. 1t Ia singularly restful and
placid. THE Garden PATH" No. 8. shows .
gayer motive. with brightly colored flowers In
long parterres in the sunshine. 1.-THE River at
Wakefield" No. IS, presents a broad expanse
OF water In the foreground. with water lilies
growing thickly on its surface, whilo on Q hill
on the left the roofs and spires OF the town arc
seen clustered among tho trees. Looking
Toward Newport from McSparran Hill" No. 3,
shows a flock OF sheep on high level ground, and
below. in the distance. fiat country, cross-marke ed
with stone fences, stretching away to the sea.
Very good work Is found also In Gray Day
on the River At Wakefield" No. 10; In tho small
Golden Autumn" No. is. and in ROCKY
Brook. Peacedale," No. 81. The exhibition will
be open until Fen. 81, and should interest and
please many visitors, for tho pictures are at.
t~ractive and understandable.