New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
ART EXHIBITIONS.
THE AMERICAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY

A3 <1hEhACAN WATER COLOR 5OClEII.
Inc old building of the Academy Of Design in
"nich Tor 80 many years the exhibitions OF the
american Water Color Society held, had ad-
Nahtages and some disadvantages for that or
e1Hi@auon 1t wss always possible for the Com
Ht'ee on Decorations to make fine effect; there
was abundant space and there good light.
VA the other hand the jury of selection and the
hanging committee were always confronted by
uepiorahe temptation. With many walls to
cover they found IL altogether too easy TO accept
ana hang four hundred or FIVE hundred pictures
0oletin1es more The result not invariably
cheering. now the Academys building is unavail-
e"le Ior the purposes of the society and quarters
moderate in size have been temporarily obtained AZ
me "aloorf-Astoria instead. This has been good
toF the exhibition, restricting not more than
Two hundred and fifty water colors These ar
ranged In one large and one small room. against
DaeAsIouno or plain burlap. form a collection
mat Is intri1sically good and that is furthermore
attractive because one may examine it from be-
SHINING 10 emu without fatigue Exhibitions can
never De 100 ruthlessly cut down in scale Wher-
ever the society may make its public appearances
III the future II is to be hoped that the policy OF
restraint exempliffed this year may be maintained
On the threshold Of the show the thing that ar
0 @t'ehIloh is not one good painting, but the
SoiupaIlson tnat two Immediately invite. Mr. Al
pert Sterner made them both The Bowl ~
oranges is a respectable figure niece daEob+f,1
IN AIM but in the execution leaving much 10 he de-
sired. Tne color is muddy the drawing is frnble6
1sie4ns only few feet away is Mr. sterner's
Inc bhzzard water color both veracious and
beautiful This artist draws the figure so often
WIN so much ability that one could wish him to
ABANDON it But The Blizzard" suggests thar IN
- We nave landscape painter of hitherto IN
nno" va capacities He might do worse than follow
~ ~ '1e success achieved in this piece of work
Ihere are. by the way several other good ,rt,-a-
scenes-Mr. C. NJ Young's Morning AFTER snow, >,
MI. Ochtman's Early Winter in Connection Mr.
FaImers The Fairy POOL and the blizzard in
" washington D. c. by Mr. Walter Paris. this last
~ ~ a. 'ISt Deihg, we believe. contributor.
MT Far1s viii be welcomed again He has an IN
pie gl1t especially for the treatment of
atmospheric effects His picture and Mr. Sterner,s
iAAaFu deserve to be hung together in a place
Oh honor But we forget the admirable limitations
u space, winch really make all the good pictures
near ne1ghbors, thus involving no invidious dis
siilc1lohs as TO position. The Hanging Committee
mas not found it difficult to be kind TO everybody
MT j. u Browns familiar bootblack reappears in
Dieaihers wherein he is accompanied by a small
US whose intelligent expression doubtless deserves
conllent' though We prefer to lay stress upon the
remarkably good technique in the portrayal of the
animal other veterans lend their support to the
SNOW MI Maynard with one of his mermaid pict-
- summer Sea-, an animated. sparkling water
coIor-hr Shurtlen and Mr. Clifford with interest
ing landscapes. There is a little more beauty OF
Color little more force Of style in Mr. efforts
Siberian Camp. Plover Bay" than we have found
IN anything else Of his for long time The picture
- 'iaAl tue composition IS particularly
ing into the work, however. he has put all the
charm OF rare impression. Mr.. Alexander ScbiII-
ING whose thoughtful work see too seldom
shows a beautiful Spring Landscape" a fneIv
balanced design painted with Imagination and sin
cerlIy Good composition Is visible also in Mr. c.
Mente's Village on the Hillside" in which pict-
uresqueness is artlessy gained quite without
Inent to the simple rustic note which the scheme
Is based Mr. Shows Early Morning, Cobbs
Creek and Mr.. Hatch's "Old Watering Trough"
of
promise they contain. For the same reason. among
the figure studies, mention The Pump-Dutch
Interior by Mr.. Clark VOORHEES,. who has evident
ly not found a style of his own as yet but is on
the right track
Mr. Wiles has bean at work too long to be placed
in the same category, vet his Summer" in which
demure young lady is seated between the gate
posts OF struggling roadside fence. is important
chiefly because it hints that he has taken fresh
start. and Is developing powers He has lately
been falling into conventional ways: his work has
been dry and dull. This Summer has some vi
tality; it promises better things. The compost
tons by Mr.. Keller. Mr. Witt Mr.. Turner M
Weldon, Mr.. De Thulstrup and Mr.. McGrath are
mildly interesting. Mr.. Jules Turcas might have
excited warmer tribute II the clever touches in
his Iron Foundry had been reinforced by a bet
ter knowledge Of the artistic management Of light
AS 1t is the picture makes pleasant spot in the
collection The portrait studies by Mr.. Loeb and
Mr.. Schneider BOTH attractive by virtue of
suavity in the drawing and in the color. Divers
other artistic productions come TO mind Mr. Kin
sellas French Cathedral. Quebec; Mr. Pott-
hast's ''Homeward Bound" boldly handled paint
ing; Mr. Van der Weyden's breezy Dav on the
Dutch Coast; Miss Kents "Barbzon' Mr. Mas
sans Rain Mist and Electric Light; Mr.. Cline
dinst's Long Ago" Ito which the Evans prize has
been awarded; Mr. c. W. Eatons Pines at sun
set" and Miss Sherwood's THE Red Cloak" all
have merit But. be It said TO the credit of the
exhibition, there many more good pictures in
II. Its even quality IL its best recommendation.