The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-28
ART NOTES.
The Lotos Club Exhibition-Pictures at Mac.
beth's Gallery.

the LOtOs Club Exhibition Pictures nj Mac
beth's Gallery.
The Lotos Cub gallery Ia filled with a very
interesting lot OF pictures from the collection
OF Mr.. Catholina Lambert. Tho exhibition
will be open to visitors provided with cards OF
admission from tomorrow until the middle OF
next week. The gallery. with tho twenty-tour
pictures by old painters, many OF them soberly
colored portraits. presents an attractive np-
pearance. The frames. II may be remarked in
passing. are excellent In tone and design.
There are two groups OF landscapes with
three or four genre subjects placed at the ends
OF the room. but II is not In these that there Is
pleasure TO be found. for with the possible ex-
ception OF the Van Goyen mo. 1o) there is
little to attract in these conventional. untruth-
full old canvasses by such men as Ruysdacl,
Van der Neer, W. II. Crome. Joseph Stannnrd.
Thomas Barker. Molenaer. and Cuyp. That
they are Did and sombre and odd is about
all that there is to be said OF them. On
the other hand. the collection OF portraits
is full Of interest. Nothing in the gal
lery excels in technical merit or in beauty
OF aspect the Portrait OF the Duke Of
Wellington" No. I. by Sir Thomas Lawrence.
The subject Is painted in three-luarters
length in full uniform and cloak Of dark blue.
One hand holds a tleldglass. and in the right
OF the canvas. on n table or chair beside the
figure. appears the chapeau with feathers Of
white and red. In color and in modelling 1t is
OF the first order, and in general aspect It Is
supremely dignitled and sympathetic. Asec-
ond canvas by Lawrence, Portrait Oft Lady"
No. IA. a blond woman in empire gown Of
white. by no means ranks with the picture Of
Wellington.
By Romney. however there Ia an excellent
work. an elderly woman in a gown OF black and
white and gray and a white cap. Portrait OF a
Lady" No. 10. that may be coupled with the
wellington as fttingly representing the Eng
lish school. There are two Van Dykes. "Por-
trait OF a Gentleman" No. q. a full-length
figure In black. with white ruff. and Baron
Arnold de Roy" No. y. likewise in black. with
run. but In three-quarters length The first
Is Imposing and OF fine general effect; tho
second is less convincing. hut Is Of agreeable
general tone. A very interesting picture is
the Portrait OF a Gentleman" No. 10.
by Van der Helst. and another Is the
suavely painted. finely drawn Portrait
OF a Gentleman" No. 8. by Cornelis
Janssens. BY Francisco Pacheco there is
a charming picture Of a young woman whose
gown OF lilac pink is deliberately trimmed and
whose hair Is dressed with curls in the mode
OF Henrietta Maria. Portrait OF q Lady" No.
IL A few other portraits completing the list
are In harmony with these principal canvases,
but call for no special mention except in the
case OF a head cataloRued as by Edward
Matthew Ward. Portrait of HIMSELF" No. 10.
II Is firmly modelled and good in general effect.
The signature. however, Is plainly seen to DO
j. Ward In n sort Of monogram. and the
date is 1880. +. NJ. Ward. II. A.. was born in
London IN 1916 and died in 1879, and this Is q
portrait OF an elderly man. James Ward. r. A.,
was born in London in 1863 and died In 1859.
The portrait in Mr.. Lambert's collection is evil
IDENTIFY that OF James Ward.
At Macbeth's gallery in Fifth avenue. near
Twenty-seventh street. there is an exhibition
OF seventeen landscapes by the late Richard
PAUL.. They are for the most part somewhat
Daubigny-like in intention. and all are clever.
One OF the most personal works Is The
Grove Field and two OF the most attractive
are ON the Disc" and Sunset Sketch Nj.
Macbeth has also on view a small collection OF
water colors by Sidney Starr. an English
artist. at one time quite celebrated in London,
but who has lived In the United States OF late
years. One OF the pictures. THE Signal
shows q young woman in q Venetian gown Of
red hanging upa paperlantern. The background
is In the style Of the Italian primitive land
scape painting. Another work. Where the
World is Quiet is a boskv landscape with two
figures OF bathers BY n pool. While these are
naive and artistlcally attractive. they are not so
good MS the small landscapes pure and simple
such as Below Zero n winter effect OF CON
siderable force and much truth. and French
Mountains, Rosy Snow" wherein the warm
pink and yellow tints Of an evening SKY are
delicate and tender and the handling is clever
but not obtrusive.