New-York tribune., 1902-04-12
ART EXHIBITIONS.

AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB-MR-
CHARLES MELVILLE DEWEY
THE TURIN EXPOSITION
OF DECORATIVE ART.
More than fifty pictures have been collected for
the April exhibition at the Union League Club. The
main gallery is filled with oil paintings. the smaller
one being given to water coors. American
artists have most of the space The foreign things
include a charming little Landscape by Jakob
Maris, and excellent example of Clays; the
works by Schreyer. Rachmiel and Ricci unin
teresting. The representation of school Is
extremely varied. ranging from capital speci
mems Of painters painting" to popular anecdotes
more amusing than artistic Among the landscapes
there is beautiful Sunset" by the late George
Inness rich and glowing piece of color. bearing
the stamp of style There is good illustration
also of the sensitive art Of the late A. H. Wyant;
Mr.. Bogert sends a sympatheticaly felt and broad
ly painted October Morning; there is delightful
ly sparkling coast by Mr.. Childe Hassam.
Summer Afternoon. Isle of Shoals: Mr. Shurt-
left is represented by a characteristic woodland
subject; Mrs Rhoda Holmes Nichols contributes
two admirable water Colors. one a vtvacous study
of Sand Dunes and the other large English
river scene with subtle atmospheric enects
in it, and there are creditable landscapes by H.
Bolton Jones. Arthur Hoebcr Allan B. Tacott
William A. Coffin and l.. P. Dessar. The two ma
rines by Mr.. Howard Russell Butler and Mr.. Alex
ander Harrison also strengthen the exhibition
| Mr.. Weier sends presumably recent work. Win
ter" which peases through its SAVIOR of originality
and through it's good atmosphere. but it is hurt by
aggressive pigment. and find much more to ad-
mire in his earlier interior study entitled Dogs.
engaging little composition most interestingly
| painted. Mr. Chase likewise leaves in his large
| Portrait" for all that it is ceveriy executed
| work. a less favorable impression than in The
| Black Cat earlier production in which pas
sages Of rather shallow painting cannot obscure the
beauty Of tone secured in the greater part of the
| canvas. Mr.. Beckwth makes an agreeable If some
what trivial and sweet effect in his decorative
! portrait OF in pina The Toilet, and Mr
| Now bray invites precisely the comment in
| his circular panel with figures 'Floreal The most
robusty handled and most effectively lighted figure
| study here is Mr. Robert Reids picture of a girl
| among flowers and foliage. Day Lilies. There Is
a charming Portrait Study in Rose and Brown.
| by Mr. Whistler, work which, If not particularly
memora BILE has least delicacy of color and GER
tain distinction, and we note an attractive w onl-
an in White" by Mr.. Abbey. two striking studies
| OF children by Miss Mary Cassatt suave portrait
| in water color The Dreamer. by Mr. Louis Loeb,
and handful of clever things by Frederic Reming
| ton. Francis C. Jones. Rosina Emmett Sherwood
| and De Cost Smith 1t is miscellaneous show
and in of its predecessors this season, the
| standard is always what it ousht 70 be- but, on
the whole the display is artistic and interesting
Mr. Charles Melville Dewey. who exhibits score
of his recent paintings at the Noe Gallery, has for
several years appeared be feeling his way toward
| the formation OF a style. At one time his land
scapes notable for tenderness of sentiment and
for delicate workmanship. Then they began to suf-
fer from the artists ncertitude they lost in truth
| what they gained in sensuous beauty OF tone and
| in breadth OF execution. Now Mr. Dewey seems
10 have shaken off some of the artfcialty into
which he had fallen but he is still In a state or
! transition and gives work which is promising.
| but not yet wholly satisfactory Though his best
| pictures here hav. good qualities they also have
defects Inev disclose boldness IN the handling Of
landscape forms. and sometimes, as in the Marshes
OF Long Island effective English study. In
Shrops hire" there s a personal quality element
Of poetic insight. which almost blinds us to the
artists limitations. So in The River Come and
"Or the Thames" we see the mark of ndubita-
BILE talent But there is nothing here as regards
texture and little regards color. that will stand
close scrutiny The effect in general is of painter
capable. up a certain point, and with a spirit
OF his own who is nevertheless preoccuped
with technical problems that he has not yet found
a way of permitting nature to speak through his
art The work is almost uniformly too PANTY in its
surfaces summary in analysis
This is the last day OF the exhibition Of the Ten
American Painters the Durand-Ru Gallery
The exhibition of the Society OF American Artists
continues at the Fine Arts Building and will. in
fact carry the season into the month of May and
at the galleries OF several OF the dealers 'one
shows will be view during the next few weeks
the Clausen Gallery exhibition Of paintings
by Miss Ethel Wright is announced to open on
Monday.
Th. shipment OF than hundred cases 20
the International Exposition OF Modern Decora-
tive Art at Turin. containing contributions from
two hundred American exhibitors. has happily
fulfilled the hope expressed time ago in these
columns that this country would take leading
part in this admirable enterprise There Is every
testimony TO the seriousness with which 1t has
been taken by designers all over the continent
and in Great Britain; and rejoice to know that
the United States has risen to the occasion Some
of best architects have sent plans. sketches
and other dra wings. American decorative art III
the strictest OF the term, and American
stained glass, pottery gas and electric light mkt
ures wrought IRON work in bronze and silver,
books. illustrations, book covers. posters ana SAM
tary appliances have been sent TO the SNOW anu
the list is not exhausted by these items Inc
American commission has taken pains to see that
our art in practical applications, mas
been illustrated in the exhibit, recognizing that
the purpose of this occasion Is not TO orinS for-
ward the kind of work which Is constantly SHOWN
in hundreds of exhibitions throughout the world;
but the work closely identified with everyday life
In homes and in public buildings. which. though
not generally neglected, has received far less than
its due need of attention. Reports of the charac-
ter Of collections gathered together at Turn
will be awaited with keen curiosity. but with even
more interest will the effects flowing from the
event be watched. The exhibits of decorative art
at Paris and Glasgow provoked great deal Oh
discussion. and have had tangible results They
ideas In circulation, Whlcn nave peeh
employed in workshops and studios Similar ac-
tivites should follow the exhibition at Turin. and
they are unlikely to be of even greater sig
uiicance; for while at the two other exhibitions
tust mentioned decorative art was merely an Incl
dent in the Italian city this summer it occupies
the centre of the stage. 1t ought in the nature OF
things to make deeper impression
Apropos of the Glasgow exhibition, an EngIsn
commentator pays his compliments in rather tart
ranguaoe m the Fine Art and Scottish History