The sun., 1900-12-08
ART NOTES.
An Exhibition at tho Lotos Club Thin g
in a New Gallery Mr.. Franxens work.

in q New Gallery Mr.. FranzenS work.
The Lotos Club will open on Saturday
evening an exhibition Of thlrty-three paint
inss by r. A. Blakelock. and OF paintings on
ivory fan blades from the collection OF Mr..
Alexander Blumenstiel Of this city Mr..
Blakelock's paintings will interest many
persons who will enjoy the Lotos Clubs
courtesy while they are on exhibition. The
exhibition Is to continue into next week in
definitely. with Monday and Tuesday set
aside particularly as ladies days, In CON
formity with the clubs custom. The paint
lnss are hung in the large rear gallery of the
clubhouse. and Ill the walls In making
up the exhibition. which was arranged by
Nr William T Evans, chairman of the Ar
Committee OF the club. the collections OF
Catholina Lambert. Harry ". Watrous, Mr..
Evans and George A. Hearn have been freely
drawn upon. and william Macbeth. DR. Frank
H. Boynton. Frank r. Lawrence. Henry W.
Ranger. Charles X. Yandel and Clarkson
Cowl have also contributed to 1t some OF Mr..
Blakelock's works
One Of the pleasing paintings OF the exhi-
biton IL the Indian Encampment. which
belongs to Mr., Haarn. II Is n canvas Of some
size, OF pleasant tones. in which clouds. some
scattered trees. tepces and the figures OF
the Indians standing. lying on the ground or
mounted on PONIES, are boUe Win RObu eU ttt
In the late afternoon light Much Of the
painting In the figure. Of persons and horses
Is done with an apparent freedom which
certainly was successful in the results. Two
paintings which are somewhat impressions
istic but done in Mr.. Blakelocks own way
and rather interesting are Evening Glow
and "A Cloudy Evening" the one having
plenty Of color and the othcr done in a low
key.
Leaving the landscapes temporarily for a
marine work. there is -Silvery Moonlight"
a painting OF an agreeable cool quality.
presenting nothing but the sea. the sky and
the radiance Of the unseen moon. The
Oak" great tree painted in shadow against
the sunset attracts attention. as does A
Spring Morning" painting OF wholly diff
ferent character, in which ono looks far
through a haze among the hills or low
mountains, below which In the foreground
runs a valley stream. "Sunburst" repays
the look given It. "a does the very small
"Afterglow- One might he excused for
wondering II there wore a pun In the title
a Minor Key. a painting in which the whole
substance OF the composition Is In shadow.
all the light being directly back of H. Per-
eons who are Jared by titles will hunt up
the Landscape In Blue and White" in which
the charactrritics Of a vivid sky have been
used TO give name TO the composition.
which has good things In IL.
The Canoe Builder" attracts by the warm
colors In the hut. the canoes, and the Rarb
OF the workmen. all In the s. re offlll trees
at the edge OF wood In lIs part of the
painting particularly are to rs that please
and make the spectator {, Y Ike looking
further into the reccsses und, the spreading
boughs The painting In whole. however,
f. most plzzline in It's lights. one does not
perceive readily In what light the composition
was studied. and comes to the conclusion
that IT is wanting In quality or in consider
alton of relative values. The painting which
by its size IL the most conspicuous in the
gallery. a Waterfall by Moonlight" has
material for two landsca pos but furnishes
an interesting study in the technique en-
ployed in laying in the lights 10 mark the
interstices between the leaves OF the tres
and thero ia good distance back of the water
fall
Mr. Blumenstels collection of decorated
fan sticks will interest those who like 10
see a painters work 80 applied Henner.
Cain. Gerome. Chartran. Nibcrt. Alma
Tadema. Constant, Hebert, Madrazzo. Rico.
Ziem. Israels. Boudin. Nollon, Bridgeman,
Leloir. Blashheld. Mowbray. Beckwith. Bo-
CERT. j. q. Brown. Dupre and Duran are
some of the men who have palpted ivory
fan blades for Mr. Blumensu5i with sub
ject. various IA the paln.5rs' names. Per-
hsps ~ good bit OF painting ns Is on any
Of the eighty worries is the nude by Fantin-
Latour, a full-lenath recumbent figure. which
1. better than most OF the contributions.
Albert Lynch. the Peruvian. has a good
head on one Of the blades. and J. Francis
Murphy and Mr.. Thaulow are among the
others whose work appears in the collection.
Augustus Franzen shows At Oehme's
gallery eight portraits recently done by him
Mr. Franzen Ia not one Of the painters tho
attempt to satisfy a certain class Of patrons
by producing a Photographic likeness on
canvas He essays portraiture seriously
and the result as shown in this exhibition
is work Of character, II IL is not work Of ex-
cellence Wore excellence in portrait paint
ing to he shown by New York artist there
would he a great awakening to hail a new
hero. Mr.. Franzen In his portrait Of Col
Joel n Erhardt expresses the man. Ono