New-York tribune., 1902-02-15

land Marine" BY Mr. Arthur B. Davies is one OF
the most striking of the outdoor studies here. not
because IL has any of the in IL. but be-
it is rich piece of color. and is eloquent OF
original temperament. Mr.. Rangers sun
Shower" is a luminous and beautiful landscape.
with more force in il than often see in his
work. and with some especially good passages in
the boldly modelled sky. One OF Mr. William Ged-
ney Bunce's Venetian panels Is shown. very like
scores of others he has done but with a delicacy
OF tone in it that counterbalances the stereotyped
motive; Mr.. G. II. Bogerr sends a good "Showery
Day Holland" Mr., r Swain Clifford sends a
picture "Nonquitt Meadows" which is full of
sympathetic feeling, and there are paintings by
W l. Lathrop. Childe Hassam and the late A. II.
Wyant. 10 which special attention may be di-
rected-
The collection of paintings by Claude Monet
which has been placed exhibition at the Du-
rand-Ruel Gallery has the special value OF show
ing IN thoroughly representative examples the de-
eopment or his art from its earliest 10 its latest
PERIOD 1here are one or two canvases dating we
should judge. from the seventies and expressing
the artlsts individuality within the bounds of a
method which, though not at all conventional
would scarcely be described as revolutionary AT
the other end of the line hangs one of Monet,s
recent Thames studies. a picture in which the
clarity Of the earlier works is exchanged for an
atmosphere the heavier character of which IL
would be unfair TO attribute altogether to the
Ciini4uc conditions Of London. II is rather that
as ne has gone on Monet has seen landscape forms
eHVe'oped and suotly yelled in atmosphere rather
than h1ting themselves up into it in clear relief
- Is curious TO note the difference between the
TWO extremes at which ne has abored The earlier
landscapes are little cold vet they are unrnts-
tahaoIy Veracous- The later ones seem 10 svvooD
oeheath an impalpable burden. the forms are as
''OUSn huHied IN some strange heat or steam OF
OOor' ana while the effect is often sensIolsIv at
'"'uVe' the physiognomy Of nature does not seem
TO get Itself so cOnvincingIy portrayed Witness
the Thames study aforesaid or the landscape in
winch field of flaming poppies is depicted. or the
painting OF the picturesque little bridge In Norat,s
sdIueh- IheSe things extremely interesting n,
."eiI technical aspect; they full of suggestion
% Ne student VINO Is curious in analyses OF at
mosPhere But while Monet gives rs in peart,, on
=, Cese later works a sense Of his having very
sAlIIuIy captured what may call the scientific
facts of the material before hin, ono fasIs az.
somehow the true essences of Iandscape have bss,
eVaporated in the process of arrestne thosa farts
upon canvas AT times the sheer Ioveness of a
motVe Will triumph over the painters preoccupa-
uon with its more material elements There Is a
picture here. of trees bending heavily over a
stream which is positively lyrical in its charm,
Possibly Monet meant that this should be so
nevertheless in the presence of this collection IL
Is hard to avoid the conviction that for him tba
pursuit Of beauty is only incidental to the pursft
OF truth, and is often forgotten in what he con-
Siders 10 be the more important quest.
Among the new 'one man. exhibitions an,
hounced is one at the Keppel Gallery of draw
lngs and etchings by Mr.. D. Y. Cameron. an artist
OF rare individuality and accomplishment Al the
CIausen Gallery. there will open next Monday an
eXhloition OF landscapes by Mr.. Raymond Newton
Hyde. 0-'