New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

or HIS wORKSIPICTURES by HORATlO
WALKER AND c. NJ. DEwDY-T1Ip
PRlNz coLI.EcTIoN-A BEAU
rTF,UL TRoYoN.
The exhibition OF the week is at the Durand-kue'
Gallery. where q collection of about forty paintings
illustrates the development of the art or canine
Pissarro from the seventies 10 the present Day IL
will revive interest in impressionsm and IN so 90
inc will doubtless provoke much adverse criticism
The school has strengthened Its hold upon American
taste but 1t has not yet fully established itsen any
where as impeccable. and there must be repuoia-
ton of Pssarro in some quarters as there Is repuu
alton Of his colleagues But we think that cahoiu
criticism will find in these Canvases from the pfush
Of veteran In the impressionistic group so many
good qualities that the defects VIII no more sei'0
as condemnation for his general tenets than the
defects Of Milet, for example, servo for n conoem-
nation Of the broad principles of the Barbizon
school. Pissarro has. to begin with heai'hy PFC
erence for truth mere artistic legerueHh"i''
He has sought. as Monet has sought. 10 renuer 'ne
fleeing impression of the moment. TO deal with hsh'
and color as things elusive that one must caP'uio
them on the wing and set them down on canvas eN-
acty as one them in a moment OF happy com
prehension. But he has the synthetic eye OF 'ruc
artist and while he is loyal to the ideal or spoh-
taneity which lies at the basis of his schoo' ne
knows that he must be plausible. accurate or ms
picture falls 10 the ground. Thus from the oes"-
ming as one may observe by comparing the sho"
(No. 2O) OF 18Th Win any one VI '"o i''"N''
river subjects OF the present year. he has secured
nm admirably unified effect the effect OF nature u
self. He has never been merely arbitrary ana IAN
tastic. So far back 1881. when he was palnuhg
the 'Paysans Causant." he made for sohdity ana
pro1uced compositions which had all the atmosphere
Of the new tradition without sacrificing one 1ot Oh
the sound substance. the sweet reasonaDleness OF
the old. this collection where II Is posslpie 10
study his art fun length the impression received
IS OF a painter who has genuine sympathy Tor
fa.lin
couposltion a love for good construction and for
pictorial harmony. In his latest works the hIteeh
pictures Of scenes among the quays and bridges OF
Rouen he has all the animation all the eiect OF
busy life accurately observed that would be expect
cd of an impressionist. lie has also the recttuae
OF design the finish and depth which are expected
of every conservative and serious Inlnoeu " ir
are hrinmimg over with life, they are flooded with
veritable eht and air. and Wheiner n s@ch
or such lucent clearly defined scenes as predomlnae
With V ruth and wh style The latter point, indeed
IS peculiarly deserving OF attention. flssaIIo hda
foich that is unlike that OF any of his friends. lie
mas kopt his personality detached from his group,
strong and expressive me pictures G hne fnrht
through years and hey give also pie o n
else.
Several other 'one-man' shows at present
visible In the galleries uptown. Messrs Cotter q
Co have lately taken possession Of new premises
in East Thirty-fourth-st, and the weH-propoi-
toned,
with a collection of pictures by MI Horauo
Walker He is a painter OF barnyard scenes ana
of cattle In the fields. who began some ten or
twelve years ago by threatening TO emulate 100
ardcntly the taste and methods OF the nodefh
Dutchmen, Of men like Israels and Mauve. But
the initiative impulse soon passed, ana MS worn
DEVELOPED a marked and attractive individuality.
IT has great simplicity. The treatment OF land
scape and Of animal forms is exceedingly broad
The modelling of the latter especially Is as Vgor-
GUS as that Of Miet. Moreover. there has run
through all OF Mr.. Walkers realistic studies vein
of delicate color and still more delicate 1eelng.
which has lifted his subjects TO hgh ieVel OF
beauty A good illustration is provided by the pct
IRE called "A Siesta," which represents q porcihe
,no,her NJ necuar vastness and brutality lying
amid shoal of piglings The group - hot IN itsei
lovely But the glimpse OF landscape IN the back
ground introduces a note Of bucolc piacidity ana
charm-a kind Of sweet rural atmosphere peIVaue'
the composition, and the grosser elements III ING
subject disappear. Mr. Walker has often eXerted
this gift Of characterization. as it were inc
"Rarnyard Man and Horses" is a fine example OF
IT'S power There the two farmhorses are pecuilar
heavy creatures, and the man is not attractive pu'
his blue jacket strikes an exquisite note OF coior
and along the avenue Of which carries the
vision to the vanishing point there is flung such a
sunny. mellow stream Of light that me WHO'S ore
altogether about thirty pictures in this collection
and, though they date from many drerent yeai r.
merit We do not hnd Mr.. Walkers treatment OF
nan,er of great seepyeyed cattle or shivering
lambs grotesque swine he has unusual pow pow
hui slwavs rich and true From time to time In
the exhibitions he has compelled admiration; but N
this demonstration OF his abilities he IS hKey 10 10
more cordially liked than ever before
The Klackner Gallery is hung with number OF
landscapes and pictures by Mr. Charles Mel
willie Dewey. He looks at nature through pecui-
iary poetic glasses. and the results as ne places
them upon canvas are beautiful with sort OF opa~
&c mt 10 sight
of textures and TO sacrifice veracty TO a fondness
for purely coorstic effects. But the inspiration or
his work is so Imaginative and tender the note Is
80 lyrical, that when no is most unreal ana
dreamy he is impossible to resist. He has sensu-
GUS quality. the beauty belonging 10 en- art whlch
hover, midway between clou1land and the solid
earth In recent years he has achieved greater
freedom OF execution. q looser and moro supstaii-
tial mode OF brushing than was formerly TO be re-
marked in his productions. He has only 10 De d
little more courageous IN definition. TO put into his
ekilful congratulations little moro force httie
keener edge 10 take rank fairly briliiant
oainter OF gentle meditatve themes Mr.. Frank
Eugenes portraits and other pictures at the
Blakeslee Gallery have some pleasant color but
they ara turb.d IN tone and the style Is weak
They ara on the whole, immature performances.
II may be mentioned al this point that 0ss BEL ina
Delna Sanders has some clever water-coiors e, az
Pelxotto, portrait painter Of some facility and
vigor has al the Knoedler Gallery new pGpt rn
dent Mckinley.
At ths Fifth Avenue Art Galleries there WILL be
add next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings a col
lection OF over a hundred foreign and American
paintings belonging TO Mr. Charles r. PrinA The
sale ought TO be popular one. for In all the long
List there Is hardly a picture without some pretty
touch Of humor sentiment. and the average OF
technical excellence Is fair. The artists represent
ed arc men like julien Dupre. Haquette. Grclleron,
Toudouze and Sanford These artists give a grace
full and daintily colored view of landscape or Of
genre subjects. and their work Is Invariably deco