The sun., 1900-12-06
ART NOTES,
wr. hen Fosters summer work Brook
iyn's mineral Painters.

iyn's Minsrai Painters.
1 Mr. Hon Foster. well known n local ar
/ circles ~ young painter who. II no never
7 sots the world afrc. docs n-ycutipu- w"'E
! that will pass muster IN most exhibition
I now shows NJ the Delmuui'p rooms tho FOE
d suit OF his summers outing There n'"
| eight Landscapes. bclulrl Ih1nksglgI"g
canvas representing a fine pumpkin fH'i"
! boldly painted. mud 4 group - Scotch r'-,'
| In his landscapes Mr Foster seems to 10" n,'-
| ticularly fond ~ the twilight hopr l''"
tree outlined against the last CLEAN "t da",
| n hillside In shadow with the iiu1l glrrir'
! OF sunset that was probably tho painter 7
degh and despair just over the crest, ih"
last rays Of the sun gliding some lonely hilltop
| while all else IL In shadow such nro the bits
which seem to appeal 20 the artist and have
I led him to attempt a sort Of specially such
| being the case. II Is rather surprising that J."
ignores so persistently ono truth with which
keen observers OF the DAYS phases are ia
nliar. namely. that a. twilight crccrs Oh all
color fades from n lnndscaue barkuc~-
and color ara impossible together: SEMI
darkness and color, almost 50 Yet her" No
have a picture tNo ~ showing "A last rlo1n
Of gold upon the litchicld lIls, in Which,
while It il almost night ~" find broad patches
Of stil almost vivid rIrou 900 90" valley that
fills tho foreground 1ur same curiosity IL
noted in Evening on the iiIlltops, No .,
and again in Early I wllight in Cnnnec' icUt
Not all Of Mr. Fosters work is in the minor
key. There Ia a TurneresGue "lrdcs""ut
Morn" and n Rosy Evening with an Un-
commonly big crescent moon. both of which
show ambition and versatility. Perhaps
the most ambitious canvas ~ the lot - The
Charcoal burners" roughly wooded hill
aldo purtlx Hnpntad a This shows
bold handling. the paint being almost poured
on. and II better hung might Creat" quite
an impression But here again tho p1iutrT
seems not 10 be quite sure whether IL i day
or night the light Of the earth has nothing
to do with the light of the sky. Persons fond
OF counting pneumonia IN dark. damp WOODS
will find pleasure in the Wet Day in the
Pines n good picture of its class Of spot
where arbutls ought to grow.
Tho Brooklyn Society of Mineral Painters
n lusty rival of our New YORK Society of
Heramic Arts. opened n two davs' exhibition
nj the Pouch mansion in Clirton avcng"
on Tuesday. its sixth annual show Of III"
sort About = score of members have work
so uniformly excellent that it is amost
unkind to mention a few Of the exhibitors
and not all. II discrimination must be made,
the work done by Mrs q. i Collins. Miss
Ida Miller. Mrs r. G.. Mintram Mr., George
z. Chichester. Miss B. II. Proctor, Mrs L.
c, Cove. Miss |. A. johnson, Mrs. G.. A. Phil
lips and Miss Jessie knight especially deserve
a word for one reason or another. A. always
in exhibitions Of this kind. the simplest work
is the best Simple decoration Of our native
flowers and ferns. done without too much
refinement. bold splashes of color such rs
are shown by Mrs. Worth Osgood. studies
In field lore such as Miss Johnsons set Of
dozen plates, each representing phase
Of mushroom growth. or Miss Proctors
roses, could not well be better. When III"
club attempts elaborate figure work and
landscape il is apt to go 20 pieces. The general
level OF workmanship Is, however. sur
prisingly high. and the days when blu.
cow upon red meadow was one Of the sur
prises of the hopeful woman china painter
are far in the distant past The club will
soon begin to prepare collection for the
Buffalo Exhibition Of next year
A free exhibition of pictures by Joseph
Lindon Smith of Boston will open to-day
at the rooms of the Architectural League.
2l5 West Fifty-seventh street. Mr Smith
went 10 Europe year ago with a con4mis-
sion from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
to reproduce the frcscocs on the so-called
sarcophagus OF Alexander in the Imperial
Museum in Consfantlnople The Turkish
Government not only gave the needed per-
mission. which has heretofore been refused
TO artists. but cunferrei upon MIR smith
the order Of the Med Idle. These frescocs
are among the worNS TO be shown The
exhibition will last until the .Jth of this month
som OF thc expec ted glo ie- Of he coming
Pan-American Exposition Grc now TO be
seen upon canvas at the Imperial Hotel,
where a small exhibition Of pictures repre-
senting views upon the exposition grounds
was opened yesterday afternoon. Tho
largest picture of the lot is birdsoye view
of the Midway with its MeA lean bull ring
and other wonders