The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04
Anr Norrs.
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RHhtbitien OF P~heteEraphs at the Academy.

AS1 NOA10
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Rxhtsitien OF Photographs at the Academy,
An interesting exhibition last winter at tho
American Art Galleries introduced to the New
York public the work Of q young French artist,
Mr.. Paul Jobert, who showed q number OF ma
rinos and subject pictures. This year Mr.. Jo-
bert gives an exhibition in Knoedler's gallery,
which opened yesterday and will continue to
Jan. 20. Mr.. Jobert was appointed official
painter Of the French Ministry of Marine in
1892, and his painting Of tho Arrival of the Rus
sian Squadron at Toulon'' is in the National
Museum at Versailles. His vito is an Ameri.
can, and the artist, making visits to our coun-
Try, proposes to show his work here as we'll as in
his own land. The present exhibition contains
q largo picture, I'm the Fog Banks OF Newfound.
land" which was exhibited at the last Paris
Salon, and IAN Old Newfoundland Fisherman
which is to be sent to the Salon pext spring.
Tho first shows q lsherman's dory with two,men
in 1t and the enormous hull of a transatlantic
steamer looming up directly in the path which
will lead It to cut down the little boat. 1t por-
trays an episode that Is only too common on the
Newfoundland Banks and that the French Gov
eminent seeks to avoid by directing the steam
ers Of the Compagnie Generate Transatlantique
from Havre to New York to lay their course
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to October, and by negotiating with other lines
to take similar action. Most Of these fisher.
men are Bretons and Normands, though many
are Americans. The composition is n dramatic
ono and the fog effect IL well rendered. Tho
other picture 10 o plain. straightforward study
Of an old salt with tho visage Of Q philosopher,
content with his lot, as many seamen are, and
with the happy expression Of the toiler In the
country or on the deep, which is 80 different from
that borne by the workman In the towns who
discusses questions Of capital and labor. All
this 10 shown in Mr.. Jobert's sympathetic and
thoroughly competent picture. 1t is broadly
painted, and the figure leaning against the side
of a boat drawn UP on shore is well enveloped
in atmosphere. Other rood canvases among
the twenty eight In the gallery are "a Storm on
tho Atlantic No. %; ''The Thames, London"
No. Is, delightful in Its delicate grays, with
firmly limned boats and houses; "Honfeur
Harbor,'' No. IA, and "a Stiff Breeze on the
Atlantic" No. 81. Variety is given to the collec.
ton by q well-modelled portrait Of q gentle
man with gray hair. Portrait" No. %. which
sho ws that Mr.. Jobert, though officially a paint
er Of marines, has been well instructed in AGA
demic courses and paints the figure with
knowledge and authority.
The galleries of the National Academy of De-
sign are filed with photographs, and the East
man Photographic Company. which gives the ex-
hibition, makes a display that Is in matter
somewhat novel and in the mode of presentation
very agreeable. The galleries have been draped
with excellent taste in lilac, gray, and slate
! colored hangings, and carpets of light green
cover all the floors. Canopies and plants com.
plete a scheme of decoration that is pleasing to
the eye and that well sets off the monotonous
tints Of the exhibits. The exhibition abounds
tr ronJ xrNrl- tanhrt,,1l,, nNnot1nral Tharn -
numerous evidences of the efficiency Of the
camera in recording passing scenes and effects.
many prints which show clean, well-deflned
negatives; others which show workmanlike
processes Of reproduction on q large scale, and
not n few which indicate that the photographer
tried to get in his picture something artistic as
well as something good in a professional way.
But there is a great lack Of artistic knowledge
in the compositions as a whole, and a dearth OF
artistic interest in the hundreds Of views. Here
and there, as in Breakers" No. 1876. by the
Princess de Polk, there is a nice rendering OF
the effect in nature. and a good one. quite a re-
markable one, indeed, in the Administrative
Building at Night, Worlds Fair" No. 1856, by
William H. Miner. Special importance is
given to a group of pictures by members Of the
royal family of Great Britain, some Of which,
especially those by the Princess of Wales and
tho Princess Victoria. are creditable specimens
and the names of the judges of the competi,
ton for prizes offered to amateurs by the COM
pany are given on the inside Of the front cover
These judges were three Englishmen. The
show as given here has had q genuine success
It appears, in London. and of course many OF
the exhibitors are Americans. The exhibition
will last until the 18th of this month. and will
certainly interest the countless amateurs Of
the camera. Some of the best work is ex
hibited by A. Pringle, George Eastman. J. Craig
Amman. DR.. Drindrod, George Dawson, the
Countess de Castellane, DR.. Spirit. James l.
Breese, Mrs. E. w. Trescott, DIR. W. Seward
Webb, NJ. de Pulligny. and George Butcher.