The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
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winsiow nIouser et the Unisn LsaEue Ciub.

Rxhintdeu or vvsrks BIZ Gesrrs Fences and
wiusiow n1ouaer 81 the unien League Ciuh.
The art gallery of the Union League Club Is
just now filled with pictures by two great Amer
lean artists. twenty-five landscapes painted by
tho late George Inness arc hung In onehalf Of
the room. and in the other are twenty-five works
by winslow Homer. Ten of tho latter are
water colors. The two collections belong to Mr..
Thomas b. Clarke, who is tho Chairman Of the
clubs Art Committee, and thoy will DO kept in
the gallery until the beginning of the next art
season in the coming autumn. The exhibition
has been made primarily for tho monthly
meeting Of tho club. following tho custom
OF having an exhibition on these occa-
slons, but an opportunity will DO given to the
public to sec these celebrated pictures in the
immediate future. 1t Is the intention Of tho
committee to issue tickets also TO the students
OF the leading art schools. and. as there is a
separate stairway TO the gallery with q doorway
on Thirty.ninth street, the exhibition may by
this means DO open to visitors without invading
the privacy Of the house. The plan 10 q most
cominendablo one, and the opportunity will no
doubt BIO taken advantage Of by many nrt lovers,
for the two artists whose works compose tho
exhibition are we'll known as being in tho front
rank of American art and surpassed by no
others in the individuality and high excellence
of their work.
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collection contains many Of the finest works of
Inness. and no other amateur could furnish
such q splendid show Of his landscapes as are
displayed Mt tho Union League Club. 1t In
cludos the magnificent Winter Evening" with
Its glowing sky; the beautiful gray-toned Tho
Wood Gatherers." the poetic, subtitle little can.
vas "a Gray Lowory Day" the splendid End
Of tho Rain " with the white COW standing In
the marshes in the foreground; tho exquisitely
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FERROUS "Nine O'clock" the vigorous, spirited
and admirably truthful winter Morning at
Montclair," with is hewn tree and logs; the
charming After q Summer Showor.' with its
fiat plain. gnarled apple tree and rainbow in
the sky. and tho Foliage" with
its fresh strong greens and shimmering
atmosphere. Tho winter Evening" and tho
END of tho Rain" are two pictures which
would alone be sufficient to make a great repu-
tation for Q painter. but aside from these master
pieces and the others named above. the collec.
tion contains such interesting works as tho
early Delaware Valley" 1s63) and the New
England Valley" uS7sl. Taken as a whole the
collection worry fully exempliics tho rare talents
OF q master painter. and as such once moro EN-
phasizes the fact that in George Inncss Ameri.
can art produced q great artist, whose place 10
with the best men of his time in all countries.
The exhibition OF his works here Is as impressive
as IL Is beautiful.
The Homers include that wonderful picture of
the sea and sailors, !" Eight Bells" in which he
reached tho top notch of his achievement in fig
ure subjects; the dramati Tho Life Line;''
the fino marine. Observation-Disclosures Island
Light the powerful 1.-THE Lookout-Al's
Well" the fine and individual 1.-THE Two
Guides" tho beautiful west Wind" and the
original. truthful-looking Tho Camp Fire"
These are all well known as among the best of
the artists more recent work, but much interest
will be found also in the early canvases, such as
Tho Carnival" with the negroes in piebald
rags; The Bright Side." with tho colorod
troops summing themselves on the warm side
Of the tent, and "Rations," with the officers
munching Il bite of cheese and crackers at
the roadside. The water colors arc Characters
tic and notable for their simple, direct painting.
Among these are "Leaping Trout and THE
Breakwater." II this group is not quito SO com.
plete as the Inness collection. for it does not in
clude any of tho Newfoundland Banks studies of
fishermen in their boats, which made the Homer
exhibition in the Worlds Fair galleries 80 re-
markable. it is wide enough in Its scope to fairly
show how personal is tho talent Of this great
artist, and to affirm his right. long since con.
coded. to be counted in the list of the best names
our art has to show. We may. in all justice to
every other famous American name. attribute
to these two men. Inness and Homer, the dis
~tinction of being the ones that would first
como to mind il we were asked by a foreigner
what we have that is individual and great In
art. There is something in the work Of both
that is national. something that belongs to us.
and that would make these pictures noticeable
in whatever company they might be placed.