New-York tribune., 1901-09-22


Memorial of his At and Life by H. & ,dstrd Marii-
er ao sSSoR3 3 29 4N4Tqh M The MaGman S5afla @ comPany
Development or PAINTING IN THE SIN
TEENrH Ct1MTURf i5y M Anglia dnd eSapIes S5Ghs "
Pnncoast Octave, PIP. Y, 130. Bonnell, Silver
& Co.
The designer who intends to conventionaliZe
flowers in his work is lost if he does not base
his art on constant study of nature. But at the
same time. he would be very foolish II he were
to neglect a collection Of plates like those of
which Miss Foords handsome volume is com
posed These plates. executed on a generous
scale represent forty different flowers, sus-
ceptibe of effective adaptation in decorative
schemes The artist. borrowing perhaps
little inspiration from japanese prints, has dis
posed her flowers without too much light and
shade upon a white ground; she makes not
patterns of them. but free portraits The color
work IS exquistey done. and. in order to facili-
tate still further the studies OF the decorative
artist each plate is faced by sheaf of de-
tails in outline, and the two are accompanied
by a page of luminous description For the
worker in wallpaper, stencilling, chintz and
figured surfaces generally we can imagine no
more freshly suggestive and practically help
full book than this one.
The illustrated work in which Mess-s. Walton.
aglio and Champier giving record of the
artistic side Of the recent exposition in Paris
moves little by little toward completion The
six instalments lately published carry the
story OF Continental painting. They are spc-
cially Interesting inasmuch they cover Ger
tain countries whose art is none too well known
to the average student The latter. in irreverent
mood might be inclined to observe on looking
through these pages that he is not missing very
much. Nevertheless, no student can afford to
remain III ignorance on the subject IL is we'll to
know, for example, what Hungary is doing in
art though the things that she is doing
are of great intrinsic Importance. and both
text and Illustration in this instance give toler-
ably adequate account of the matter. In deal
ing with Russia. Finland and Poland The authors
have more promising material, and this chapter
OF their work is decidedly interesting 1t in
cludes among the Illustrations a particularly
welcome plate in colors after Of Axel Gal
lens drawings for the Kalevaia. Japan and
Chira figure creditably in these numbers. and
also do Italy and Spain. Portugal provides but
one really satisfactory Illustration. That is from
a very clever fishing picture by the King. The
next two numbers viii treat OF the art of Ho-
land. Belgium, Sweden. Norway, Denmark.
Switzerland and Luxembourg. and then, down to
lhe completion Of the publication in a twenty
9TH number, the editors Will describe the Retro
sVectlVc COLLECTIONS, the decorative art ana the
architecture. history and life Of the exposition.
1t was an excellent idea to reissue Mr. Ma
rillier's volume Rossctti in abridged cdi-
ton. The book is an excellent one for all that
the author is disposed at times to be a little
too amiabe toward his subject. But he is not
at any time hystcrical. 50 many writer's
dealing with Rossetti have been and. as
marked in reviewing the first edition of his book
he is certainly useful in giving IA pretty full
narrative account Of the painters works From
this edition the chapter dealing with Rossetti's
Juvenile drawings the house at Chelsea and
other miscellaneous matters. has been omitted
and all through the book passages of minor sig
nifcance to the general reader have been ex-
cised. Some of the less important sketches and
dropped, aud others Of prime interest are also
missing because permission to reproduce them
only given for the first edition NeVerthe-
less, the illustrative material remaining is very
rich including a generous number of photograv-
ures, well Of halftones This volume is
thinner. and therefore lighter in the hand than
its predecessor, and, of course, it is per
These facts added to its intrinsic merits as a bi-
ography Of the painter. should commend it to a
wide public
Mrs. Stones little volume is the fruit Of a
painstaking effort to put in popular form the
impressions of the author among the master