The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14

style practlscd by the late Thomas Hoyenden.
In the subject picture category also belong
Tho VIII" mo. 1922, by Louis Moeller; tho
neatly painted Patriot at Valley Forge" NO.
1O3), by Leo Moeller; "Saved from the Wreck !"
mo. 142l, by o. D.. Weldon, and "The Friends"
mo. ~, by Francis O. Jones. Mr.. Clinedinst's
Study of a Spanish Girl" NO. 76) Is very good,
and finds a fitting pendant on the wall near by in
Mr.. Chase's clever head Of n Spanish dancer
mo. 07l. Two small pictures by II. w.
Watrous, Records" tNo. 2o0) and miss
olive Green" mo. 2s9D, arc remarkable for
careful drawing and q high degree Of finish, while
both possess agreeable qualities of color.
Franklin and General Braddock " CNo. 357), by
Frederick James, is a serious attempt to paint
historical enrc, and is interesting in spite Of o
certain hardness Of modelling. 1t belongs TO q
class OF pictures that more painters might turn
their attention to with advantage. So do Mr..
Henry's News of tho Nomination" mo. 143)
and In 1s37-TheC Childhood of Rapid Transit"
tNo. 309l. Mr.. Daingerfeld's religious CON-
position, Gould We Not Watch with Me One
Hourf' mo. 3T2) shows an intention to revive
another class of subjects at present much neg
lected, and Mr.. Birney. in GOOD Bye, Sweet
heart" mo. 37n. paints an interior. with sum
light streaming through the window, very Of
fectively, but Is less happy in his treatment Of
Wv tiht poihIo II blOTys
MISUNDERSTANDING panel" No. 39sl, by
Robert Reid, is tho most completely wrought
canvas OF tho kind this painter has exhibited
lately, and is by 80 much the more satisfactory.
1t has not quite the charm of color Of the same
painters Finale at the society exhibition at
tho Fine Arts Galleries. but tho figure is moro
carefully constructed than is tho one In
the other picture. In tho composition at
tho Academy the graceful lines of the nude
female figure and the sense of floating motion
impaired to IL are notable features of tho work,
while In color 1t In delicate and suave. A smaller
picture by Mr.. Reid. Evening Song CNo. 403) is
more vague In its rendering though 1t is a pretty
piece of very blond color. "Musio of tho
Waves In Fingal's Cave NO. 113, an artistic
fantasy by G. c. Curran. introduces several
small nude figures and the "Nymphs' Para
disc" CNo. 1872. by J. II. Witt, gives a scene in
which under overhanging boughs laden with
ripe fruit and flowers nude female figures are
seen bathing In q stream. There Is not much to
note in addition to these pictures in the paint
ing of the nude.
In landscapes Messrs. Moran, Sonntag, Bricher,
Brovoort, Bristol, Cropsey. Shurtleff. G.. II.
Smile, James D. Smillie. Van Elten. and other
well-known Academician arc prominent con-
tributors. By James NJ. Hart there are three
pictures Of landscape and cattle, of which 9TH
Wind Bloweth" (No. 243) Is the most important.
Young Holland" mo. 97. an excellent picture
of a white bull lying down in his stall, by VIII
liam II. Howe, and Cattle by the Sea "(No. 1861.
by Carleton Virgins, o large. well COM
posed. and broadly painted canvas. are
other cattle pictures of prominence in the
exhibition. Such able painters of pure land
scape subjects as II. Bolton Jones, }. Appleton
Brown. Charles A. Plat, Robert G. Minor.
Arthur Parton. and others who are clever but
less well known, are represented by good pio-
lures. and there is n small marine in the CORR
dor. Heavy Sea" (No. 2sl. by Charles II. Wood
bury, that gives the movement of waves in mid
ocean in satisfying fashion. W. A. c.