New-York tribune., 1901-11-16
ART EXHIBITIONS.
--~7-REs AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB
Young IMPREssIoNIsT-REM
BRANDTS ETCHINGS-MR.
JOSEPH PENNELL.


JOSEPH PENNELL.
49,. e-st exhibition at the Union League Club this
= fs 2 one man show. It consists Of twenty
e. ain+ings BY Mr.. Annedee Jouiiin, a native OF
- who received part Of his training in
Cs'--' Lae arnlied the formula acquired there
"a zs1i-eatjou Of the North American Indian
= -sfnrs his tawny models skilfully enough, but
= - :. 9Th 1he skill that smacks too plainly OF lne
sole TIE figures in The weaver 1ne
-. y7e-ch- and The Medicine Man are drawn
o6allad with intelligence, but there is no IN
an II any ot these paintings. One or two OF
-. tonsscapes in this collection, especially Inc
"a C,znressr sand Dunes" and "On the Aio
go, have the merit Of preserving a hlnl OF
1z, coutrasted light and shade of the gaTsh
- Es1-+ even at his best as he is in these pict-
1r To,115in strikes US being commonplace
a-+ He leaves the Impression OF having
8 $50 -17e Indian and his environment with srch
-. -,,a- II IS not difficult for him TO De mercy
cc,,-ate: We miss the Quahty ana the
ooszea-v to make him not simply instructive out
Interesting
-. ..1ozr the Union League Club. in Fifth-ave-.
-hs rr5rand-Ruel Galleries, there is another new
80 NJ Henri Moret, follower N the loop-
+ns Of Monet. There are soma creoltaoIe passages
: -,e considerable mass OF work which he eShln;ls
-. a-e tveuty-seven paintings On the walls
= A. these we ind not only adequate technique,
-. -4a SAVIOR OF new personality The passages
<--a5 1o are those in which when painting q
80 on the coast he expresses with suouety the
.,,-v If the sea and sky melting together IN the
.e..,e Unfortunately, however, these are only
arr.rss When he comes TO closer quarters with
- material he gives Us tursid forms and crude
- TIE promise of better things IN q few OF
- .anrases and notably in the first that is cata-
,as lTernpate a Douoeian Finstere. cannot
So attention from tbs fact that al present he IS
ss;,r through q formative period and producing
work serelv lacking in truth and beauty
A. -b- Wunderlich Gallery is exhibition that
;s -oth:nE less than boon It is devoted 10 me
-.bines and dry prints OF Rembrandt, some four
sce-e being displayed upon the walls with otheG
treasures waiting 10 be lured from PoTt1oIlos oS Inc
,-sc;zriye amateur II is boon in the first place
because AZ this time with modern Work visible on
svery hand il is peculiarly comforting 10 nnu one
ssl@ a-1ocg the masterpieces Of q great creauVe
srtIs- of the past man whcae every production
has the charm Of perfection achieved as II with
our Effort IN the second place the lover OF prints
viii value this exhibition because it consists large
X OF unusually fine impressions. The famous
.s5ua6reG Guilder' print is here in an extraor-
dina-ly fine impression one which shows In its
uuTest and richest state the shadoHy background,
. background IN which xelveIy blacks TO Vi
h-ate with as much vitality the most luminous
portions Of the plate There IS noble impression
of the Young Eaaring" one Of The greatest por-
traits the whole range of etching, and other
gouaster Six" the Jan Sylvius," the ian Lutma'
and the Clement de Jonghe," are also present
RenhrandTs landscape work is illustrated. there
being beautiful impression Of The Three Trees,
IS vel e one Of the Landscape with cottage,
and d Dutch Eay-Barn,'' and there are, OF course,
some OF his religious and NEUROLOGICAL subjects.
Altogether the exhibition is uncounonly well bal
anced: not large 70 be studied with enjoy
-nent and with the average SO high regards i'm
p-essions thar it is little education in itself. The
L IS amusing TO stroll from these Reubrandts
20 the exhibition Of drawings, etchinss and Htho-
s-aphs BY Mr.. Joseph PenneI which has been ar
ranged al the Keppel Gallery. 1t is like passing
from one world 10 another. from g world Of pro-
turdity 20 one Of shallownsss, from E. world OF
greatness TO one in which the artist is not great
fr- only clever The transition is almost violent
and II certainly conpels drastic readjustment OF
ones point Of view. The change once made. how
ever he would be hard 10 please who failed 10
derive e good deal o< pleasure from Nj PerneIIs
art L is an fscile, SO versatile, SO spark
ling in q word. clever It IS impossible to avoid
the conviction that many Of these etchings would
never have existed L the etchings Ct MI NhlstIer
had not existed before them: that the pen drawings
and Iithographs OF architecture and landscape owe
half their briiancy TO the influence Of draughts-
men like Verge and Martin Rico. But the brill
iaucv remains remains captivate the eye with
sense Of picturesqueness crisply and most exhla-
ratiusly expressed Mr.. Pennell moves upon the
surfaces Of things with inirtable spirit His work
rarely can endure close scrutiny-in fact his tenc-
ency has been steadily away from the painterlike
quality OF his earlier etchags done in America, 10
q style which IS. doubt, full OF snap, but not
half interesting He has never possessed the dis
tinction OF lire which is OF the first essen
tials 81 really fine etching. He has not as much
linear charm in his pen drawings. either, as we
would Ike 10 see there. Nevertheless. Wnen ali MS
limitations have been accounted for, ne Is sti4
wonderfully engaging, capital illustrator II nol1-
Ing else The present exhibition includes the SYM
pathetic drawings ne made for the recent new eol-
ion Of 8fr Henry Jares's Little Tour in France
TIE etchngs Of subjects found in Philadelphia, Italy
and London. and the Autographs from Spanish
Dutch and French scenes. II Is long list run
mig IN fact, 10 more than two hundred NUMBERS
and We recall the immense amount OF other
work Mr. PenneIl has put his credit we are IN
pressed anew with his phenomenal industry and
facility He may lack depth and creative power
hs may lack distinction, nut IT is amazing that he
should be able 10 DO so much and do It. on lhe
whole well.
The Wousan's Art Club Of Neg-Ferk announces
an exhibition in the galleries Of the National Arts
-lrh. IN Thirty-fourth-st- Ar the Clausen Gallery
N sIfth-ave-, exhibition Will be opened on NO
Fsn5er g by the American Association OF Allied
arts Tie American Art Association VIII open on
November % an exhibition OF brocades, en5roid-
e1aeS- silver lamps and other decorative objects
oeionging 70 Mr Vital Bensuat the collection 10
dispersed later at auction. The Photographic So
ce1y. Of Philadelphia, has press view to-day N
NE Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Of its
sourth Photographic Salon
We have received from Cooper Union an inter
Ssns communication relating TO the course IN
"TeoTatiye which is of the regular feat
es al hat institution a day class for this course
Started last year. Beginning next MoncAy
*AR here Will be night class also Mr, John T.
tzoEe, pupil Of the EcoIe des Beaux-Arts. Paris,