The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10

the open sea, beyond the scurry. Of water
on the rocks, to a deep purple blue. One
has no intention OF saying that the color
In nature was not M as he has tried TO
represent IL, but that hert 1t does not rep
resent TO ones self what lie had In mind.
since he has sought TO reach II by the crude
method Of mixing on his palette what seems
10 be the required tint, instead OF reaching
IL by the subtler method OF j~uxtaposing
various hues upon the paper. IL Is akin
blue by sheer force Of blue pigment, which,
the nearer II approximates to the actual
depth Of blue in the heavens, loses by so
much its vibrancy and atmospheric qualty.
so here the sense OF water IL lost In the
positive assertion Of this excessive strength
Of pigment. II might seem al II his vision
were for the momen afflicted with an
obsession of purple, for this color, used,
however, with more suggestion OF mys-
terry. reappears in the "Fantasie.' But IT
is introduced here In some clnhs. which are
little more than q background to the real
theme-a fantastic treatment Of pale green
water.
The latter. rearing up against the sub
merged rocks, falls over In volutes OF gauzy
texture, while the spray floats in wells OF
thinnest lawn It seems to he an atteinPt,
and a very charming one. to render the
abstract quality Of movement in the water,
somewhat as the Japanese do so success
fully in their wood carving and metal work,
color lending here an additional suggestion
Of varying planes Of solidity n transpar-
ency The imaginativeness Of his picture
IL echoed, though to other purpose, in
three subjects by Charles Austin Needham.
In these the imagination involves some
sentiment. The names OF two, Death OF q
Summer and The Land OF Dreams
suggest the scope: in the one case more
limited to the sentiment OF nature. in the
other extended to its human significance.
Both are full of spiritual suggestion, par
ticularly the latter. Ii shows a woman IN
a forest; a vista of tree trunks, refectihg
variously the uncertain light and stretching
toward a little glimpse OF clear sky, In
the third picture, The Open Boat there
Is a tumult Of water I'm which the little craft
Is, no doubt, meant to appear AZ a mere
sport to the element But It is o obviously
a toy boat. and reminds one how cohsld-
cradle an art is required to place objects,
when they are small. accurately. IN the
proper plane of the picture 70 which they
belong. In a recent notice Of Henri Moret.s
work allusion was made to his skill in thus
respect, and the triviality Of the boat in Mr..
Needham's picture enforces it.
John La Fargo is represented by a study
made i'm the island Of Tahiti Of The Diadem
Peak a solitary uprising among rounded
ycrdure-clad hills of bare rock, rosy gray
against a delicately colored sunset SKY.
With much solemnity and spirituality
in the upper part OF aae Slo,hi1s u, Of cp She
fdNltN IIfr " lNflha
lower slopes, which in some branch forms IN
the foreground is illustrative Of the artists
love of minute study as well as OF i'm
pressionistic rendering. The latter quality
with very convincing enect IN
two studies Of sand dunes 10y Dodge Mack
night. His method IL extremely abstract
i'm it's far remove from the usual way OF
interpreting phenomena, but there II
no mistaking the truthful import OF those
virilo studies. They convey an Impression
as acceptable az Il is personal,
A late MoonriRc" by Ben Foster, The
Autumn Rains by Charles Warren Eaton
and George +. Of's -Cap'n and Monte
Angels are pictures that one finds a
pleasure i'm lingering over: and three Others
which have qualities that distinguish them
are Charlotte h. Coman's Late Autumn,
NJ. r.. Sturgis's a Pitch Pine Bertha
ID. Sanders's "The S'ar and the Pool and
THE Red Chimney" by Emile Decomh's
Clara L. McChesncy sends a cottage in
terior, "Bahv's Toilet which j. good enough
TO have been better. The figures would
appear to have been studied al first hand.
80 also the furniture, but the general tone
and feeling u the picture To be a rccol'"c-
ton derived from Holland. Maurice j..
Prendergast's Curiously interesting patch
work Of form and color. 50 fun, too, OF
lively movement must Ire mentioned and
Charles l.. Bulls very effective studies IN
line and fiat color Of a panthcr's hunt after
its prey.
One looks hack TO the exhibition az having
more than the usual amount Of pictures to
stimulate ones interest and appreciation.