New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-04

six portraits at the Durand-Ruel Gallery are rep
resen;ative Of his talent. exemplifyins particularly
what might be called the linear effectiveness OF MS
work He has refined and sometimes attractive
color. but the thing that makes him conspicuous 10
an original touch in composition and draushtsman-
ship his figures being del.neated with accentuA-
ton OF their perpendicular lines. The portrait o!
Sarah Bernhard will serve as well as any OF inc
others to illustrate this point She appears on tois
canvas as very tall. very slender eno very cum
pact her costume swathns her IN simple stfa'sh'
folds so that she looks like wrath OF great hesh
This is the painters favorte expedient he can
sometimes be expansive. The portrait OF Naoame
Guillaume B." with It's voluminous CLOAK Departs
from the motive OF slender angular'ty WHICH We
have tus, noticed But this is an exception All
the other portraits leave the same mpresson' inc!
are tall panels in which the per'onases por,ra!eu
seem to be adapted the proportions OF the frame
with some Intention Of design. Skirts DO nor exist
tor " Gandara and though cloaks and other
wrappings count in his pictures the oesre 70 paint
a slender compact figure 10 always visible .
II &c very graceful and very clever We wouio
hardly use a stronger epithet than the latter IN
describing this painter. He 10 tustihaoiy fashon-
able for he gives his portraits a certain 'hoo'si,
distinction but In technique he Is uneven anu
o,lv 6tfully exercises a really striking brush fer-
49,. hi. most impressive feat in this exhibition ~
"a be identified in the bonnet OF Madame :"
That Is a brilliant psssage-so eooo' n 'ao' '"'''
The thin painting OF the dress IL wot"ii! oiSap
no,nt;ng This picture is a GOOD example o "'o
nan,s variability The bonnet is painted with
fine sense OF texture the face Is nicely mooe"eo
s ,ha hand. are remarkably we'll done. bu' some
how the canvas whole does MOI hahs "
rether II IS thing Of good passages not WIN
o, conp,e.e mastery. Elsewhere the same Poi".'
are noticed. NJ. Gandara models MS heaos SN''
,,,,,v. n. gets what we feel sure must be sooo
,,L,,.., ana he sets his slender subject on ner
,ee,. he paint. In other words. with certain
amount OF authority. But uneven draueh'sfna"-
shin uneven brushwork and color which IS gen
orally pleasing but never wholly ,resh ana pure.
leave him painter Of progressing ana yet "''
wholly engaging Individuality
Tho name Of Antonio Mancini probably means
Nothing TO most Americans but the announce
x.,, .ba, a collection Of his works Is on its wa!
% Ncw-York Is fraught with deep interest," 10
lovers Of good painting. He Is OF the f.o"'a"
echool and his pictures represent Italian suo!e0''
Nou end then one OF them has strayed into an
,,or,can exhibition and has given deep delight
II is not yet known where these pictures Oh iiis
viii be offered for exhibition in New-fork' out
wherever they appear they are sure TO De "e'co"e
r,. la. Of local exhibitions increases IN length.
hi, aside from ths portrat-panters mentioned
above no one OF unusual significance II AT present
on the horizon The Academy sho" ,co"'i"-
ne. a modest very modest. aHaT Al t!'o
Keppel Gallery there are some o'a"s
NJ Charles Dana Gibson. Recent puohca-
IT,. NJ his have already received ample
.,ten.,on and the exhibition at hepPe's
rr.d. nm 70 a great extent Of the originals OF 'he
hook Illustrations 70 which We allure In ihe' ,e'
,orrn thew reveal no unexpected onahties' MI
r;ib,cn 4, strong draughtsman without cHaii III ~
STYLE Admirable at many points ne Is ho' cur
culs..d 70 provoke any enthusiasm. HIS Pec"''a
limitation Is peculiar enough to puzzle 'he o..
server II Is not usual for 70 able an arust u 20
so lacking IN the quality which makes art o<a'"
full.
Thu wUnderlich Gallery is given over 70 WIZ
colors by Miss Cross the merits OF when haV'
been po!ntec out in this place. The avery gar
lery opens on Monday with landscapes by "i
Walter NJ Palmer. The gallery OF Arthur ioo'n ."
Sons Ia hung with water-Colors OF scenes IN Noi'
Devopshre by Mr. Edmund NJ Wlnperls' one Oh
the sncerest and clevercst men In the Ehs
school The knoeders show maroe ous' Vi
"Ophelia," BY Mr.. Ernest ". Keyser Of 81 LOUIE
a work Of great technical subtlety ana elegance
and Of considerable value as a study or poeuo
subject The clubs yet have no exhititlohs 10
announce. with ono exception The Alpha Dei'a
Phi Club will have a exhibition this month aho II
Il is as good as Its predecessors were II VIII DC
valuable addition to the artistic events OF the sea
son. 1t will opened the nth and Will last unui
tho 9th. II will consist Of pictures by American
artists exclusively