New-York tribune., 1902-01-04
ART EXHIBITIONS.
-zz NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.

..Lsn all together. very good effect in the Fine
IS Building. Ali the galleries are in use, and
=. -Le hanging committee obtains the happy re-
Is gDlv possible when the number of pictures
: easons hIy limited and there is ample space in
- n arrange them This exhibition contains.
lever divers works OF art which deserve 10 be
- n good advantage One Of the first Of these
ers the visitor almost on the threshold. Mr. FL
-. Dsinserfed's The Story OF the Madonna
- which The Thomas 3. clarke prize mas been
,--onrta1ely awarded
This canvas reminds Us once more that Il an
-+frr has 4 n him TO think interesting thoughts
"a 70 DO good work ne Is bound TO interest Us,
er though he may fall far short Of perfection.
.-se story Of the Madonna" is anything but a
-sao- work IN the arrangement Of his figures
I'D in the character OF the architecture with which
- has partly filed the background, Mr.. danger
sid seems TO be aiming such formal ar
-snger,ent as We associate with the earlier Tus-
sr painters but the spirit OF the portraiture here
!, essentially modern, the rolling landscape seen
svond the 7uiiding in the design is also more nat
llst4c than conventional in treatment. and so
,a get an Unfortunately mixed impression, where
me motive Of the composition should have imposed
q certain unity upon the scheme The latter
sb0uId have been either ancient or modern, not
,tpctured with the favors Of both the past and the
Dreseut- But II pause upon this point II Is only
because M Daingerheld has painted picture
which re cannot help but take with all seriousness
The idea-sric note which he strikes is too rarely
encountered for Us TO feel anything but gratitude
N the man who devotes himself 10 H. There is
,arri-e feeling fl this work; II has dignity and
tenderness: II is meritorious II not brilliant and
st The very moment IN which we feel g little IN
ssi-ess over the rather IL balanced nature OF the
conception We recognize in it. also. the quality OF
imaginative reflection which II Is always pleas
ure 70 meet
The 1rgr and second Haugarton prizes have also
been well placed, going respectively 70 Mr.. Z, L
Cause for The Peace Pipe" an India subject
tresh in conception and delightful both as regards
color and execution and 70 M Louis Loep ior
nThe Mother" q double portrait delicate in sentl-
rent and painted with some power Mr.. VIII
Howe Foore wins the third FallgaTten prize for
his small decorative figure study, entitled me
rlue Vase" His cleverness justiAes the award
vet Il IS unfortunate for him that his picture must
inevitably be compared with one by Nj aired n
wau-er An Arrangement" hanging IN close
--cv+--.rv Nj Naurer himself has more than
one superior but in this instance he happens 10
co almost exactly the same thing that NJ ooCe
has done and he does L so much oetter lAat Il .
l-noossfble 70 leave the circumstance unmentloned
IT, ---rss cold -,e5aI for the best landscape goes
~ NJ Walter Clark's Gloucester Haroor,
fairly capabIe piece Of outdoor work Inere Is ol
course. much excellent work Of this sort II me
show The landscape painters may always DC
counted upon 70 play their part wei IN an AmeIi-
can exhibition. n one case We discover neiIlDeF
of this band producing better work than ne mas
ever shown before. Mr.. Charles Warren Eaton
n his .sEvening-Belgium and IN his sunset
Holland mas achieved atmospheric qud-4ly anu
rasr-v q color far beyond his usual measure
11- Paul Dougherty brings conservative even
old-fashioned touch into the exhibition Win Als
Golden Afternoon; but he has put such poetry
,rro this mellow landscape that We are quite con-
-a,- with his indifference 70 latter day metnoos
- .-s-z-z+-p light The Summer Clouds OF Mr..
Charles 4 Davis would win complete appreciation
the big composition is managed with sach Juas-
-uerr-it i were not. on the whole trlne cola-
Nj. Henry G Desrth illustrates in his Early
Evening a welcome reversion 10 a more naluTaI
l-A-- of -oor rha1 he has for some time cared 70
use he gives his instinct for landscape se1ri-
,r1err chance. and the result Is gooo picture
The luscious color il Nj Charles H Miller Au-
r,,u1ral Day" causes the work to detach itsei
from frs surroundings in engaging manner; Ior
2 kindred reason We have especially no1lceo the
..sTea dow Ponds OF Mr.. VIII 3 Robinson. De-
=-f-A -re excessive analysis OF tree forms IN MI
lockwood De Forests Late November II has
s- i-siyidualttv which lifts Il out OF the nut we
would call attention to a Little River oy MI
P UIlnau tiny canvas which might easlly
re overlooked but which contairs some nrst rate
work. NJ " I. Lathrop's Delaware Brloge
has ruth and z tinge Of style, and there Is a
handful q interesting landscapes by Nj g h
Boga-t NJ. Leonard Ochtuaa. Nj h I. Minor
M 4 u. Ranger. Nj William A CONN, MI
Clifford Beal. Nr. E. " Redheid ana MI w l.
scho1e-d-
NJ C. Hawthorne which II was scarcely kind, or
ju6lctoug Of the hanging committee 70 put IN one
of TIE smaller, fl lighted rooms This picture
.'Provtncetown Beach" is obviously the WorK OF d
r,an vho has still z good deal 10 learn. The draw
ing needs clearing Up, and the color wants 10 De
pure- and 70 have more quality. But the artist
has attacked his theme with refreshing vigor' ne
has originality ard. in short. this is so decidedly
ore of the brightest and ceverest things in the ex
hlbitiCr that = ought have been given a much
more conspicuous place. Conviction Of this deep
ems as examination Of the figure work here reveals
great deal that will pass muster. but little that is
nj n
npressonisn ia Mr.. Childe Hassam's Penelope
there are good examples Of our academic art in
M Barse's June" and Morning Mist" in Mr..
VII H Lows 'EIysian Lawn" and in Nj Frank
Mnlet's wandering Thought" Mr. Charles A.
Winter offers a "Fantaisie Egyptienne. a full
length Of a seni-nude woman with huge serpent
tT-ned about neck and shoulders which re-
hects The competent but dry wOrkmanship and the
dubious taste which the Salon at Paris has &C
customed OF the Salon. too, in its least in
spring phase The Secluded Wood OF Mr. F. A
BriGgnan is eloquent There is picturesqueness
and there is interesting technique in Mr.. John ".
Alexander's interior study, The Piano; there is
quality very sweet and winning in the Sea Idyl"
and n the Summer of Mr Frederick B. Will
iams. and there is vein Of fancy in Mr.. F. s
DhurcLs Wolves and Sea GuIls.' pictures
showing that he has abandoned the yellow tones to
Which he was 50 long devoted for green that we
are not sure IS a good substitute Miss Macomber's
Memory Comforting Sorrow" and Mr.. Carroll
Seckwith's Spring should also be mentioned.
aAo though both form and color in Mr.. <. c Cole
+aa1.s On the House Top are little hard. there
something persuasive about this composition
SeZ ono the figure pieces thus far noted. there is
nothing Of moment 10 record.
he portraits are headed by Mr.. Beckwiths "R.
= Nl-klnson,' a remarkably and strong
painting NJ Miles is gorgeous in his Miss Julia
-aF-oTe, bat the color on close scrutiny, seems
sap aad tawCry, and the big canvas is, in respect
y slyle painfully lacking IN distinction little