New-York tribune., 1902-02-12
ART EXHIBITIONS.
PICTURES BY CHARLES CARYL COLE
MAN, F. D. MARSH AND OTHERS
MINIATURES-THE MILLIKEN
SALE-MISCELLANEOU
MATTERS.

OoIenan mas on exhibition at the Avery Gallery
We're shown in the collection which brought over
from MS home in Capri nearly three years ago is
testimony TO the charm certain qualities in his
| art that these works wear WE'LL, giving no less
pleasure now than they gave 1899. II is true also
that the excessive polish which we deprecated on
! the earlier occasion has lost none of it's power TO
! modify the favorable impression received from a
! picture. like the Twilight and Poppies" We
sun feel that desirable breadth is lost here for
the sake OF minute precision that IS suf1cien;
| III itself to command admiration. Yet it is very
pleasant to see this painting again. with it's charm
! ing composition, it's even more charming atmos-
| phere Indeed, Mr.. Coleman has way of beguilinS
us. despite his disposition add that clarity of
draughtsmanship which is one OF the chief merits
rather cold and inelastic touch that hardens and
hurts the effect aimed at. He work with
freedom and suavity when he chooses, as in the
series Of delicate pastels Songs of Vesuvius in
| the captivating landscape note AN Old Tower on
the Side of Monte Solaro," and in the best exhibit
! OF ALL the Town of Capri, Early Moonlight
Effect, picture lovely in and especially rich
in the SAVIOR of a fascinating theme. Mr.. Coleman
has lived long in Capri and has painted its scenes
and figures and again. but the pctur-
esqueness and poetry of the island get themselves
expressed I'm his work with delightful freshness
He gives the brilliant colors of his surroundings
their full value. but he is garish If at times
he strikes too sharp a he still preserves
tain harmony. Some of the most successful pieces
here the decorative studies, the large Almond
Blossoms, and the "Azaleas and Vesuvus, both
more OF less IOTmal productions IN Wmcn Ine
artists refined method and his gift for design are
exercised with special felicity Whether he gives
himself up to undue analysis of form and polish
of surface. practises. in the fine charcoal
drawing of a Biblical subject, bodness of style
and richness of tone. Mr.. Coleman communicates
an engaging individuality 10 his pictures He
hibits none too often In this city. and when he
does appear he commands serious attention
Mr.. Fred Dana Marsh, who exhibits number of
his paintings and studies at the Clausen Gallery
gives promise OF notable work in the future
One two of his portraits TO be sure. show that
he has something interesting to say In the present
Lady in ROse-Mrs. Marsh" Is a clever perform
ance and there is clever workmanship in the Miss
Van W" But Of greater significance than the
technical aptitude revealed in these and some OF his
other canvases is the general air of vitality which
pervades the show. One feels that the large
"Japanese Fantasia has no very serious reason
for existing: the kind Of thing through which
one budding talent after another gains passing
notice IN the big exhibitions. In The Reveliers
and the Phantom In The Basin ana In nam
a dozen decorative symbolical designs, Mr.. Marsh
! appears be feeling his way toward the accom-
plishment of good things Meanwhile his color Is
wanting In quality, his drawing is crude. and mis-
STYLE is Uniformed. But the talent is there one
has sense of thought in the conception of energy
and original feeling in the execution 1t will he
surprising II in due course Mr.. Marsh does not
look at his material with keener penetration INTO
its artistic possibilities. and handle 1t with stead
er more eloquent brush.
The portraits OF Mr. Arthur de Ferraris which
are at the Knoedler Gallery. are workmanlike pro-
auctions Though they have little quality In color
and less in style. they executed with some
sprit and are especially interesting in their obVi
Gus fidelity 10 the sitters represented without
being badly Photographic. Downstairs the Ameri-
can society Of Miniature Painters is holding its
third annual exhibition. Miss Laura Hills. Mrs
Tucia Fafrchild Fuller Miss Lydia Field Emmet,
Mr. William ]. Baer and one or two other we'll
known miniaturists provide, as usual the back
bone OF the show, but the average throughout Is
very satisfactory.
In tho Macbeth Gallery there hang two dozen
American pictures There four interesting
specimens of the art OF the late George 1nness;
two landscapes by his noted contemporary, A H.
Wyaut arc included; by the late William Bliss
Baker there are characteristic pieces, and
along with landscapes by d. w. Tryon. William a.
Coffin and c. NJ. Dewey there are some nSure
studies by A. r. Davies. r. l.. Newman, Alfred
Kappes and others. 1t is a well balanced coiiec-
ton and worth seeing
Tho r. F. NIilliken collection will remain view
Mt the American Art Galleries only to-day and
tomorrow On Friday morning the pictures will
be removed to Mendelssohn Hall. where they are
10 be sold at auction in the evening. As has al
ready been shown in The Tribune, this is one or the
N,aet collections ever exhibited IN New-York. NO
one who cares for good pictures should miss seeing
it. Concerning one of the American paintings IL
contains. the delightful portrait by MI j. Aioeh
Weir of a girl standing before mirror we nave
received some information which relates TO its title
If is called in the catalogue Reflections II ap-
pears that Mr. Weir originally called it THE Girl
with the Green Bodice" and has since painted an
other and very different picture to which the title
of Reflections is attached We note the fact
in order to any possible confusion
Messrs Arthur Tooth & Sons announce an eX-
hbitiou at their galleries Of collection or water
coIors "Cathedrals Castles and Rivers OF Eng |
land" by Mr.. Stuart Lloyd. NJ. Durand-Ruel brings
forward a number of paintings by CLAUDE Monet |
There Will be a press view Of the seventeenth |
annual exhibition OF the Architectural League at
the Fine Arts Building next Friday. The annual |
dinner will be given in the evening OF that DAY /
The opening reception will be held on Saturday |
a,,epir, and the public will be admitted to the |
galleries for the time on Sunday, February 10
Exhibits for the twenty-fourth annual show OF
the Society of American Artists will be received at
the Fine Arts Building Thursday and Friday
March lS and A. Vanishing day will be THURSDAY
March 27; the press view will occur on the follow
ing day and the show will be opened on Saturday |
March 90 closing Sunday May T.
Mr. Abbeys advice American art students. TO |
choose London rather than Paris as the place in |
which 10 seek painters training, does not meet |
Win much approval among Englishmen. One critic
observes that "at the Academy or South Ken |
sington. there is at best only a scrappy kind OF |
teaching TO be obtained: and there not enough |
intelIigentIy conducted places. like Professor Her
komer's school, at Bushey, to accommodate any |
large number of students Another commentator |
tells Mr. Abbey that 'even his fellow Academicians
are almost unanimous In their condemnation of |
the methods that prevail in the Academy !
schools and their desire for immediate reform. As |
the other London art schools, even 70 South |