The times., 1899-10-22

foliage shades down through every degree
OF brilliant orange to pale yellow. These
features. the painter knows, tear his com
position ali to pieces, and therefore the
maple must be tanned down that it may
not Interfere with the unity of his pic
ture.
Many Different View-POints.
There are so many ways Of looking at a
subject each painter gives his individual
impression, and, upon the artistic sensi-
tiveness Of each, depends his success with
the motive. One may be impressed with
the briliancy Of color, and his canvas
blazes correspondingly; another may find
his deepest enjoyment in certain subtle
relations and harmonies which, TO prop
erly represent, requires a subduing and
quieting of the bright colors. and so the
room for Individual differences of impress
sion is unlimited. Their technique may
be equal and leave nothing 10 be desired
in that connection. but there must be a
wide difference in the artistic value OF the
result. OF this much one may be very
sure: that one Of the painters who is
truly a poet, and has a genius for color
haTmonies, must make the finer picture.
American Painters of Autumn.
Among the American painters of au-
tumn, the most noted was Jarvis McEntee.
He was the leader, and, more than any
other painter, was a specialist. This ex-
celIent painter died a few years ago leav-
ing behind him a series of autumn pictures
that were individual and distinguished.
His method was rather Jimid, and cnaTac-
teristic of the school OF American land
scape painting which Immediately preced-
ed the present, with It's more vigorous and
virile technique There is a senseless mar
fa ,.f Fl.rv frEF
I crs. with which the writer has no pa
! tience. II is so much the custom of the
/ younger set nowadays to sneer at the con-
servatiye methods Of McEntee and the n.
/ AS of his day.
/ The phrase Hudson River School, is
used with such sweeping recklessness, one
I would like to devote q column TO their
defence. for they deserve it,
While the writer is not lacking in ap-
probation of their shortcomings he pro-
/ tests against the indiscriminate condemna-
/ tion of these able and earnest men. No
/ one has yet arrived who has shown so wide
1 a knowledge and so keen an appreciation
: Of that peculiar aspect Of autumn when
4 all the foliage has turned to red and gold
! and the atmosphere is full of light and a
/ violet, rosy haze
aLst week there were some such days
! and the writer exclaimed over and over
I again, How true McEntee was 10 these
/ perfect autumn days" McEntee's art was
! one Of the writer's earliest passions and il
! is still an inspiration One regrets that
! the only example of his work at the Cor
/ coran Gallery should be so little character
/ istic OF that aspect Of nature McEntee loved
most and painted best
The picture referred to is a dramatic,
/ spectacular eastern sky at sunset, excel
/ lent in its way, but studio experiment
that never should have found a permanent
place in a public gallery, unless il was ac-
/ companied by some fairer example of his
! method and taste. There is in one of tne
/ private collections here a small example
/ of McEntee, a bit of New England on a
sunny autumn day, which is perfectly
charming, containing as it does, TO a re-
markable degree, all of those qualities OF
color, composition, light, and tone for
which McEntee was distinguished.
Today we have no specialists in au-
tumn subjects who devote themselves to
this season as McEntee did. and il is a
li;tle curious, fer the season is not less