The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
UNION LEiGTECLIBIN HIBITION

The current exhibition al the tnioi
League club. composed Of pictures bor.
rowed from the collection of MIR George
A. Hearn. i an occasion Of mprc than usul
interest. The selection and arrang, m,it
alike are admirable.
II IL not without intention, We may be
sure, that three important landscapes ~
about the same siI", respectively by Hob
bemi, Daubigny and lnne--. are iuxtapos.d,
Here is direct invitation 10 G, mpire
these three IN lsters Of the pdysage iahne
and TO note how they stand the ordeal of
each others company. liobb ma. more
intent on rendering the scene than in com
posing picture. satisfied 20 represent What
he saw with exact truth and s'udious r. gard
for the local character: DaGbigny. win no
less love Of simple rlralne>s, hut gathering
his impression into "A -yntIcsis and invest
ing the subject with his own CONSCIOUS
poetry of sentiment; and lnness, more
favorably expressing "A mood of the land
scape, reflex Of his own mood, AM In
language -,ill more abstract. farther de-
tached from the significance of IN tt"r
they are Of like nature, but how different
In spirit Between the-" three PICTURES
there mead b. no question Of which L. the
DtSN HI'llN', VI WHICH llI' IlNI' 'f'it''
full expression; their difference il iur one
of the point Of vi,w from which the truth
has b'en approached, and each j. is'ified
and found to be for the time sum / mt
There il another interesting yuxta-
position. A large marine, "PaS d" Calais,
10y Boudin, j. hung between the Maine
Coast and Cannon Rock, 10y Ninslow
Homer. These two, ESPECIALLY the latter
have an impetuosity of fnrce that II foreign
10 BDudin bur that he also is on. Cf the
virile kind on" ~ SEQ from thu way in
which he holds hi- own on the pre'"nt
occasion. And. assurcdly. the reason is
TO be found In the sky IF this pic ure, SUI
perbly spacious, magnificent in IT'S con
strIctive massing of volumes OF cloud
This sky. indeed, balances he migl of the
water in Homnrs examples. Compared
with the !atter'S unbridied energy the
frenchman'S sea full though it i, Of ami
nation, Is a monster tanned and r"specta-
bic. On the other hand those skies Of
Homer's are but misty backgrounds To- the
water, and wonder whether il j. not true
hat this is the ease in the majority of his
marines. tonccut ration Of purpose char
cterl2eS his mental attitude and one of its
eIorts upon his vision seems 10 be that for
he time being the water beior" him is all
in all 10 his imaginai ion Their" is another
"seacoa-t' shown hore. an example by
Jam Maris, Which shows in generous
measure hi, broad and vigorous style and
fine SENSE If Jolor. Nor should ON" over
look a very C.' We and individual rendering
Of ST Malo, France, 10y J. W Morricc
The Portrait of Mrs. Barnard" i an cN-
trcmelv sa' i-ractory specimen Of SirJu.hIp's
art The lady doe, NJ, hammer Ia b. neau-
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''"' ~" wv a. '''' '"'H CIV" mr. H','
u'9'h'''ioh ana III aoihS :" mas most ho'anIy
demonstrated this same Distinguishing
quality Of his art. II shows him a master.
.ure nf himsclr co,tian,ly a.-i,r..i ,,f bi.
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picture Is AUTHORITATIVE ana nagisterial,
A comparison Of il with Gainsboruugh'-
Lady Sheffield" will bring 20 a focus the
difference between these two rivals In
the latter picture We ar" moro conscious
of nature than Of art. of compartment upon
the artists part rather than tn. power
of kno wledge. He has felt his way toward
eypressiDn and feeling. teulcrlv puet ic,
breathe from the whole canvas These
two portraits would mutually suffer toy
| t. apoSit ion, they are too far removed
| in Kind
An unusual example of Tr0Yuu'~ arr il
| oak Tree, picture ia winch cdtti" play
/ no part "A grand specimen of his mastery
| in the line OF pure landscape. "fiizallan
! Chapel. Arundel by T. rlpr. j., again. an
early example. probably autcdHtiug l70a,
when he was elected an K. 4 Nv which
| time he had travelled over tw"nty--iX
| counties of England and Vale. and had
exhibited many pictures OF rhi- character.
/ II l. an interior. illuminated NI'h cross