New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-02
ART EXHIBITIONS.
THE TEN AMERICAN PAINTERS.

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- tbev have ever since avoided that pitfall OF
- ,--,st Without moreover cultivattng eccen-
,-.c-v II IS impossible TO say in advance Just
rba4 a chow q theirs is going 70 contain; al we
u.r he sure OF Is that IL viii be interesting Inc
4,s+ or,e-ed al the Durand-Ruel Gallery offers
caee IN point. II IS fresh and as varied as
-, e were the first organized by the
., = represents. There are no absentees this
o- Every one has put his shoulder 10 the
r4eel and the gallery is well filed with some
-r,--vrve or forty paintings. the contributions OF
ech exhibitor being Kept. as far as possible TO-
gether- H..
- she solidarity OF the Ten is due. not merely
= +beir exhibiting together but 10 certain SYM
.+ry among therselNe s for certain ideas; and
:. 90 suggestive to observe that while ten DIFF
sa-ent notes are struck, they are. on. the whole,
x--oa7ious The Ten would appear 10 count
,rnselvee painters first and picture makers
~aruard a distinction not necessarily excluding
S,-rsn interest and charm Of subject but placing
a. the foreground where It belongs. the sheer
,ou-v OF form and color the point OF style This
v-lains the participation in the show OF artists
,ka Mr. Deving and Mr.. Weir, essentially dis
,.u,- from their colleagues The former. for
,smpe shrinks from the brilliant light OF the
cnen air which is indispensable TO most Of the
Ten. vet he 5nds IL the dirly Illuminated world
N which he places his forms Of feminine grace
- curious aristocratic a;oofness effects which
ore none the less convincing in their beauty be-
csrsa Of = poetic strain almost passing into un-
rasli-v The in The Mask" is a frail
-,ban.ou Of delight her russell hair and dress Of
,,5e-er7nrate color. heightened by touches Of pale
It, ~ rse chair In which she is seated, showing
against taw1y background with nearly diapha-
nous dencacy. L IS variation on certain key OF
colo- rather than q portrait, yet there is much
more IN II than artice. = appeals incefina-
NV - the imagination as well the il is
tbourhtcuI as well sensuous- The Lady and
sninet" is even more economically suggestive one
-orices first the exquistely manipulated tone. and
-. k-Fn-l o m
banrin. about the composition, OF some quiet
chamber with faded hangngs and strange memo
ries into which woman has entered. modern, yer
somehow IN sympathy with her surroundings The
PORTRAIT which completes Mr. Dewings group
Of pictures has his usual bcguiling color but the
face and throat have much less than his usual !
tenderness II modelling; the painting conveys on
the whole. unsatisfactory impression
Mr. Weir has for a long tine been as active as
any OF his contemporaries in the analysis Of prob
Is-rs NJ illumination and he sends landscape 70
,bis exhibition Autumn which testifes once
NOR to the keen insight with which he works N
tbe onen air and 20 the originality which he mas /.
preserved through an artistic career so fun OF
change as sometimes TO seem capricious- The
pictl~e Is beautiful in its ashy grays II It's els
ttngushed handling of rock and tree forms ana
IN f-s chill armosphere. But. beautiful as Il Is
there is something missing. the spark OF abso-
lu,af, conclusive vitality and this deficiency Is !
even more noticeable IL the Flower Decoration,
and In TIE three portraits by which the artist is !
also represented. Is Il because Sir- Weir mas re
tu-nea 20 the confinement OF a studio. remember
ing mis- irlpressonistic experiments and pTonuhs (
nv them 10 q certain extent. as IL the autumn /
aforesaid but drifting UrcousciOusly into the I
colder ard moro pedestrian mood OF he olhe' /
ssnti-gs he displays here? The best OF the three 1
portraits q study q woman n olack mas 7o1ile
title vizor and elasticity. But the larger portrait
= woman seated cannot obscure by its soltity +
If form and its well painted background the uEh- I
ness Of its color nor the commonplace character /
IF its surfaces and handling. which nave no /
aervaus force whatever n his portrait OF a man (
The artist gives piece Of work that Nh!ie I
nsuht,aflv enable as regards the straightforward
treatment u form. Is depiorably panty in quality
The sFloNer Decoration has few passages OF /
attractive color IN il, Dut IS !n the main haccio'
The petals LOSING ell their sweetness and lowell
ness ander a coarse method OF execution (hat |
ea,as them 50 many Bits Of dead pigment what +
s il taat reverth eless makes Mr.. Weirs part IN
ne esoy interesting Il IS that. Ike the rest OF
the Ten. he has temperament. a style OF ms OWL
and an attitude toward his material JhaI may De
-7siora- SIT fruitful Of the best results. bul Is
never that ~ -re Philistine- one cannot hep Dut
r..l thar ..s you'd instantly triumph over MS
gltseut limitations II he would hat give MS DFU7"
freer rein and breathe . more oTtc'i2E az
T. g 7a.7-,sa they work T7th 7DcrsvCt buoyancy
ana as though rejoicing IN TIE strength and aeaulF
II brilliant but never srtifciallr managed 4isi''
that several u The Ten succeed Ia making 'lie
exhibition what an affair OF the sort so seldom Is
tbo-a-ef,r ex}lilaratinE The quick response to
ne enEve,i!ng power OF air and AEht winch III.
rarheU shows ia his captivating picture u a gri
standlnc against a background % foliage with i
se--e- n her side ION Bos'us Hii. -~acts upon
as ar when BE IS painting indoors Though the
nos1 i-7-or+anr of works - shows here, e1lTI
and Dog" portrait Of a figure 30 white with d
background filed wiki the rich col"rs q some
ancient -anestrv or painting. is without the .
warmth of sunlight which LES filed his most
nbaraoe-s+j productions j possesses remarkable
FRESHNESS and animation Tn thing is freely TO
eustlr executed. there il certain amplitude about
Inc s--re BETTING the fun. rich beauty 4 the
therne An occasional lapse into thinless Of text
see is powerless deprive the c2TYa OF IT'S FlPid
ectlalI-v and us healthy artistic charm. IN fact
ztatevar M -arbe.l does has IN il a deighttIl
energy 4 sense OF clear Vision 81 pleasure ID ne
and Of subtle skill in the painting Of H. NJ Ben
son suggests an almost identical equipment III ms
one ore~ ai- study Eleanor" the portrait OF 1
,hnd sanding amid the dancing bree-es with heT
hand shading hcr eyes from The san lhouEh inc
hand is somewhat boggled. the picture or'nls over
WITH Eight and air and is really engaging IN
serturatafv NJ Benson abandoned IN" insplra-
ton OF this painting when h. attacked MS STUDY
the portrait O. a woman in black and. green ana
MS Head Of q Girl" The arms in the former aie
badlv drawn and around the throat the hesh tlts
are as sickiy as The modelling = hard Ihough
there Is OBVIOUS claverge IN both these canFases
they suffer alike from brittleness OF color ana d
reliance or mere chic" which We ma nothing
less than ar7lazirg H. view Of the excellent work
put TO the artists credit not only IL the Eleanor
but in man another picture shown on previous
occasions.
Mr. Reid sustalns his reputation in the run iehslh
Of girl OUT II doors. janet and in the TOUT
studies with which h. surrounds IT, made LOT lHe
central figure and the judges in the mural oecoIa-
nsn recently executed for the State House al
bostcn The first OF these exhibits discioses thal
faculty fusion Of idealisttc grace Win the
most realistic yeracIty which the artist has eNer-
eised again and again with peculiar felicity. The
hglre seems 10 move across The cleaning land
scape with the CELEBRITY OF youth in all its pride
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