New-York tribune., 1900-01-13
ART EXHIBITIONS.
MR.. EASTMAN JOHNSON AND oTzru
ARTISTS AT THE UNION
LEAGUE CLUB

League Club for the usual monthly exhibition
Fifteen OF them form special group by them
selves. being all the productions OF Mr. Eastman
Johnson. His work has for so many years been
familiar in the exhibitions that this little dls-
play is not exactly a revelation: yet there are
probably hundreds to whom some at least OF
the pictures IL embraces will bring a new sen
sation. Mr.. Johnson has his fame largely
painter OF portraits. but the studies OF
American life which he has made have also been
OF deep significance The subjects have count
ed. but II The Corn Huskers'' is an interesting
picture. it is also because II IS beautifully paint
ed. In this. in The Cranberry Pickers." in the
Games in the Barn." and In the large unfn-
ished painting. "A Maple Sugar Camp" we per-
ceive a quality closely related TO that which
gave the French MilIet his great fame a quality
of simple, direct realism. subtly pervaded b.
sensuOus beauty and emotional power The
eanvases are full OF light. The color in each Is
varied and at the same time strikingly har-
monious. over them all Is the charm OF an au-
thoritative technique. sincere and individual
ized. There Is nothing In the catalogue to indi-
cate the ownership Of these four compositions.
If they are stin under the artists control and
available for purchase. should be glad TO
hear that at least one Of them. The Corn
Huskers." had been secured for the Metropol-
itan Museum Of Art. With his compositions
Mr.. Johnson shows a number Of portraits OF
noted men. Dr. McCosh. Dr. Noah Porter. Ed
win Booth Sanford r. Clifford and Charles
O'Conor. These all vigorous and interest
ing productions. One Of them, the portrait OF
DR. McCosh contains some especially brilliant
work In the modelling Of the stately head
The miscellaneous selection Of recent Amerf-
can paintings accompanying Mr.. Johnson's group
might be worse but might also be better.
few OF the things are good. Mr.. Tryon's Salt
Marshes in December is full OF character and
ability; there is delightful treatment Of at
mosphere in Mr.. Coffin's Rainy Weather" a
landscape marking a notable advance in that
gentleman's art; Mr.. Murphy's "Foggy Morn
ing" is attractive. and the portrait by Miss
Beaux ''sta and Sarita" /. as strong IN work
manship as 1t is original in conception and
style. The landscape by Homer Martin, Over
looking the Hudson" and Mr.. Bunce's "Vene-
tian Fishing Boats" are also welcome. But
here the list of distinguished pictures is brought
to an end. The remaining examples are often
clever. but there is nothing among them Of
special value.
The character OF Mr.. Henry MOsler's art was
chiefly determined by his early studies in Dus-
seIdorf and Munich but the greater part OF the
long period during which he resided abroad was
spent in Paris and Brittany. In the French
capital his style developed beyond the limits
reached in his German days. and among the
peasants OF the country he found the motives
which have appeared in most Of his canvases.
For the last few years he has occupied a studio
in New-York. He is now returning to Paris.
and about a hundred OF his paintings and water
colors along with a number OF studio effects.
are on exhibition at the American Art Galleries,
prior to their dispersal at auction next Thurs
day evening and Friday afternoon Mr. Mosler
vas attached to the artistic staff OF ''Harper's
Weekly during the Possibly 1t was ais
experience in the field that awoke his pictorial
instinct. There are studies in this collection OF
single heads. terse and casual sketches into
which the art of composition scarcely enters
But in the bulk Of his work Mr. Mosler has al
ways endeavored to present an Illustration OF
life not exactly painted anecdote." but some
thing. at all events with a lively human In
terest The most conspicuous pictures in the
present exhibition are the large designs based
on domestic life. The Last Moments" The
Ghost Story" and Helping Grandpa" They are
admirably finished specimens OF narrative art,
we'll put together and strong in everything that
relates to the expression OF human sentiment
and feeling The style is straightforward and
thorough, conservative in accent, with sincerity
stamped vividly upon It, In one OF these pict-
ures the Helping Grandpa" Mr.. Moser shows
that he has been attracted to good purpose by
the current 'epen air. movements The bright
light in this outdoor scene is capitally rendered
The gray light OF the studio is In most. OF the
other paintings. but that they based on
close study Of nature is made plain by their
vivacity. Witness the charming little sketch
Francis the First Inn Brittany" the water
color OF The Old market Place. Faouet, Brit
tany" or the boat study called Low Tide, Nor
mandy" These are not 'plein air. experiments
but they are nevertheless convincing bits OF
realism. pleasing in color, executed with skilfuI
energy. and. above all. handled with Just the
right feeling for picturesqueness. Mr.. Moser
knows well tie French countryside and coast
their types and the costumes OF the latter and
his pictures abound in local color effectively
exploited His journeys in other lands have also
yielded good results. Some Of his best work
unpretentious notes of travel. but indubitably
true and artistic. The collection OF studio fur
niture belonging to Mr.. Mosler includes old po.-
terry. some handsome tapestries. a number OF
costumes and a particularly good body ot
Indian and Alaskan costumes, relics and trap
pings. There are. finally. a number OF fra9-
mentary paintings and sketches by various
Continental artists. among which we may
specify the two Italian heads by Ellie Delaunay
a couple OF landscapes by PelOuse and the
inimitable little panel by Paul Peraire Fishing
Boats on the Seine"
In the upper rooms OF the American Art As
sOcation there may be seen two collections OF
jects sent over by Yamanaka & Co. OF Japan.
and the other formed OF rare japanese prints
from the private collections OF Captain Brinkley
and Professor Josiah Conder. The Yamanaka
collection is good OF it's kind but Is not par
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