The sun., 1902-01-10
AROUND TIE GALLERIES.
American Pictures at the Union League
Club,

American Pictures ut the Union League
Club.
The current exhibition at the Union
League Club which will remain open until
Sunday evening next. consists Of group
Of pictures by living Americans.
The picture which rivets ones attention
on entering b Search Light. Entrance
to Harbor. Santiago. Cuba by Winslow
Homer. The foreground is the corner
Of fort with a circular tower projecting
above the wall and Long Tom extending
horizontally across the picture. Beyond
these dark and incorporating real OBJ
jects Is a wide expanse Of luminous pale
blue sky. up which scars the wedge-shaped
light from the opposite side Of the water.
while high up on the left the moon floats
In a ring OF curdled clouds. II Is subject
Of amazing hardihood the painter has
dared TO face the realistic features OF his
subject without any reservation. relying,
indeed, upon the force Of their actually
as contrasted with the tender mystery
Of the moonlit sky. This big and serious
way Of attacking the problem has lifted
the realism to q level OF very solemn inn
pressivenees, the loneliness and yastness
Of the scene appealing at once to the imagi-
nation. / can quite believe that some
visitors may not like the picture. but they
can hardly fail to be impressed by it's virfle,
resolute originality. II has not been car
ried 30 far In the painting as some OF Mr..
Homer's finest works; the effects both
OF tremulous sky and OF solid objects having
been reached apparently with a rapidity
OF means, in response TO a vivid impression
rather than to a sustained, calculated in
tention. But. though less subtle and in
tricately beautiful in color than many OF
his pictures, IL has in a marked degree
that quality which appears in all OF ir-
resistible personal force; a force grounded
upon facts and gathering strength from
their reality.
A new picture by Edwin A. Abbey is
shown, with the title Of Sylvia" suggested
by the song In Two Gentlemen of Verona. '
In a milky white dress with sumptuous
folds and full crimson sleeves she steps
down a corridor followed by minstrcls
who sing her praise. while peering round
a column Ia one Of the swains who commend
her. figure in black The spirit Of the
Italian Renaissance impregnates the picture;
its elegant pageantry and serious playing
with life, the unconscious artless arti-
fciality, the glorification OF material and
mental grace. The picture is beautifully
painted the textures, rendered with
feeling for the sensuous enjoyment In the
fabrics and marble, as things OF beauty
in themselves; with passages OF color on
which the eye can linger long with pleasure
A pictorial quality which the picture has
not got is that of light: and II is impossible
TO avoid regret that so much beauty should
not have been further enhanced by intro
ducing a manner Of lighting, compare BILE
TO the skill and artistry involved in the other
elements of tho work.
On the right Of this picture hangs land
scape by Ben Foster, The Coming Equi-
noxial,-a a row of pines half way down
the slope Of a little hill II is a good ex-
ample of what may be done with slight
material, selected and used with the pene-
trating seriousness of an artist. The scene
has yielded much TO him and he communi-
Gates his impression to ourselves, Tech
nically, il Is as fine a picture as Mr.. Foster
has ever painted; strong in drawing, parti-
cularly in the foreground where the econ
omy OF means has recessitated the greatest
precision in every stroke. that 1t may con-
tribute To the interesting character OF
this surface Of meadow, and completely
harmonious In it's sober livery OF color
with a sky that In full Of pulsating light.
As a pendant TO IL hangs a landscape by
Henry q. Dearth. an Autumn Evening
saturated with mellow light and restfuness,
moreover. free from that tendency to man
nerism in the forms and structure that has
seemed 20 appear In some Of HIS pictures.
THE Ferm-Dawn,- by Dwight W Tryon,
Is also beautiful example OF the mingling
Of strength and tenderness In his work
The construction OF the ground is so ad-
mirably realized and the faint light from
part Of the picture. Arthur Hoeber Is
represented by Cape Cod Marshes
that renders with feeling and with a dis
Greet knowledge Of means the character.
istics Of the scene, and Includes, also, good
qualities Of color. An August Flood, by
William A. Coffin Ia a remarkably clever
Interpretation Of the phenomenon Of
rain cloud. and Julian Rx, in The Wood
land Monarch" reaches a large measure
Of force and dignity with a control Of the
resources that makes this a part lcularly
fine example Of his art Maurice Fromkes
shows an extremely Interesting portrait,
a Father Of the Ghetto
PAINTINGS ny ELI.ES ENNET At DUrASD-
RURL's.
An exhibition ~ Durand Ruels gallery
introduces young painter Miss Elien
Emmet Of whose work one can speak with
hearty commendation. Tie pictures
shown are Tor the most part portTaits and
they are 80 numerous and ~ diverse IN
character that II would seem this Lady u
gifted very far above the ordinary. She
paints With q captivating fre.dom ~ man
neT ~ free from any htiiy 81 riyl" A. "
IL from any apparent embarrassment.
The stroke ssems IN every caeo to follow
a strong guiding impulse and us faculty
u kept vel in cuntrol and mad. a. minister
"a a very SERIOUS purpose on the part -
tho painter. For Miss fmmei shows a
breadth n sympathy in her study ~ the
sitter, no httl" power - pairing "h"Aih
the surfao. - tie individual and Il giving
in eVery ca-e a dirtincino.z - Chhfa0ter.
Some ~ hef children are perruasiy"ly
swe.i the lAdi.s elrsaiit ard mDf-, fur si.
finds a charming IsefsonAllty l-h"aih Va"
rendered With dsUiaiun and character
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