The times., 1901-05-26

with the lamb" and cropped the green
grass with the COWS or sat with them un-
Ger the shadow Of the trees while they
ruminated. That is the feeling his animal
pictures inspire. There is nothing in
them that rings even a little false An
unSympathetic critic would say that they
We're laboredly couscientious-dOne with
careful attention-and one with sympathy
would say that they were done with truth
In the mind and with conscientious ef-
Tort to portray only what Is distinctly
true and is likely to remain true in art
and in nature until doomsday. There is
not the slightest trace Of the modern
frills and outre influences in his work.
There is no impressionism. except that
impressionism which means an impress
sionability to the spirit of things. The
technique is not flashing. nor is it con-
scious and stilted. IL strikes a medium
between roaring daubery and stringent
niggardliness. and Is. to name it's greatest
virtue, sane and unhysterical.
The lesson to be learned from the later
impressonists who have so developed the
| expression Of the essence Of sunshine that
they are able to produce cauvascs that
/ fairly burst with glory, Truesdeil. at least
| to a degree. had digested- Many of his
| open air scenes have all the brightness
/ in them that the subject demanded. But
! his mood was rather subdued, and when
! he wont to the bright sunshine it was
more TO show versatility and to give
contrast 10 his work than because he
! liked it. Yet he had equal success in both
modes.
| lery. Truesden is shown chiefly as
/ painter Of sheer and cows. only one or
| two pictures contain horses. The rcstric-
tion to subjects is not felt, because TrueS-
/ dell was at his best in cows & q sheep
best Of al AT the latter A lew land
| scapes without figures are on the walls
: pleasing. but not significant, except as
| Illustrations of the artist s. development.
| out OF the fifty-ninc pictures. eight are
from houses Of WashingtOnians, loaned
! for this exhibit he remainder are from
! q r.. NaHHH FaFaHf loo lion AFgN
/ attempt 70 speak Of special ones would
result in leaving out many which should
} be mentioned. Yet one large canvas
/ makes itself so seen, not 50 much by its
/ size but by it's beauty, that il must be
! given few words. II Is called There
! the Shepherd" The time is early morn
ing and the sheep are wakened from their
sleep by the ShepheTd. VINO opens the
door. He STANDS nearly in the middle OF
the picture, holding the door aside, and
letting in a stream OF early morning llght.
He is clad in a mutfling sheepskin coat
and has a soft VisOrei cap pulled down
over his forehead. The sheep are disturb
ed-nOt frightened. and one, nearest the
door is just aWkardly taking step over
the door-silI Others are just rising on
their knees. Some are still down, and
one from the deep shadow behind the door
shows his white forehea4 ana peady eyes.
The tone OF the entire picture Is brown.
The high browns are in the coat OF the
shepherd and the faces OF some OF the
sheep The deep. rich browns are IN the
some sheep still lying down. The story or
the pitcure is quiet Oue-one OF a simple
daily duty done to an cXpectant nock, but
IL is told with such simple methods that
. IL seems q new one. In certain sense
il Is a new one. because il was Truesdcll
himself who first saw the power of the
story, and first knew how to put 1t on the
canvas.
\ study IN tones that carries the colors
/ Of sheep on a dark day through all their
+ variations is entitled Through the
/ Dunes" and shows "A group Of sheep
/ travelling over the grey brown sod Of
I moor, with a shepherd, against sandy
dunes Of the same color as the Sleeps
/ backs as a background. The feeling is
Of quiet outdoors. q secluded spot too far
/ from the road across the moor for anyone
( TO tread its soil often.
! Changing Pastures" is all autumn
Z trees that have shaken their crinlSled
brown foliage and stand with their grey
limbs bare and naked. a wholesOmely
pretty, but big-boned, Breton maid leads
her flock through copse Of trees that
divides two pastures. The canvas IS cool
and highly atmospheric in effect
! OF those in a higher tone, the most con-
/ spicuous is Going Through the Gorse," q"
/ in which a country girl leads lowing cows
along a bridIepath which is fianked on
either side by gorse bushes. blossoming
and bubbinC over with their yellow buds
! The sun is low and behind the group.
! throwsag their long shadows far forward
/ across the bright green Of the pathway.
| Each canvas shows TTucsdell in a new
! light, and though they are all more or
! less animal pictures, they are so distinct
/ in their treatment that the exhibition
| gives no impression Of monotony. II is
Satisfying" and bears view and review
remarkably well