New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-02

TOO sharp relief; the tone OF the picture, as
y hole Is restrained. suave; and the color every
where is notably delicate The wo-k is finished
without excess indeed. il is characterized through
out by freedom and flexible authority. A better
plcture than this Mr. Metcalf has never painted
OF the Bathing Poor might speak almost as
cordially for the grassy bank. the stream and the
old building in the background are all capita!E
painted. and the boy at the edge Of fhe water Is
also well done: but the standing figure introduced
f, the cor17osition is there only 10 the
spontaneous spontaneity 1t possesses, with an air
Of having been posed with malice aforethousht' II
snacks Of the studio where the rest Of the picture
has the ease and vivacity Of life itself and is art
iessly beautiful The little river scene, Eel Trap
is an appealing little study. with It's picturesque
Il ees and lovely greens. and the Boat Landing,
though ! trifiing sketch. is. So far as It goes. a
Gracious ard sparkling performance
Nj Twachtman sends only two paintings. but
both Of these have character and beauty The
larger Landscape" a study Of buildings half en-
powered by trees IS especially noticeable for a
looser and softer handling OF masses than MI
Twachtman has, luie. cultivated; he gives
them more subtlety and depth and handles them
with greater freedom without sacrificing accuracy
Of form. but. the contrary. giving us at once
more stenograqhic and more persuasive suggestion
Of Il. n his Gloucester he embodies q more
INT eresting composition, one IN which factors ap-
parentIy chosen AZ hazard seen to he CO.
ordnated with great dizziness and with singular
simplicity Of effect in color this remarkably
fresh. and IN atmospheric quality also II is a
work Of great merit. Both these paintings have
the pictorial significance which Mr.. Twachtman's
Iandscapes have too often lacked in the past. Six
s-ecimen's Of Mr.. Hassama imuressiCnisn Ill
one corner OF the room IN two OF these he
achieves effects that are true and pleasing. sum
r?er'' IS admirable picture. the spot ~ dark
color which spos the head Of the nude figure
forming A slight enough biemish, after all con
sidertng the skill with which the landscape is
.ha rra Of yerita-
blv bathed in Eight. The Little Shoemaker
Shop" a winter scene. 81 similarly accurate, and
in point Of style "a q the most interesting
things Mr.. Hassam has ever done There are
good touches also, in the tiny sketch called The
Rathers" and In the curious picture IN Summer
Sunlight" with its quaint figure seated among the
rocks; but neither in these two things. IN the
Washington bridge nor in the Mountain
Brook" does the artist get beyond experimental
stage in the treatment OF light, which seems 70
be his special concern. Mr.. De Camp sends two
good PICTURES and Two which less worthy Of
him The study Of mother and her child sitting
in the sun. June" is az accomplished BIZ or out
door work good in atmosphere and particularly
aI,r in composition into the barEai0 The Sep
ternber Afternoon" done IN a kindred vein IS al
most but not quite clever In It's analysis o.
atmosphere but on other accounts II Is far less
creditable, the design IS Door and the forms are
5r,accqr!atelv portrayed. IN his Ferry Landing,
LOW Tide" Nr. De Camp RECEIVERS himself. is
technically interesting and a very indi-
yidual and pleasing scheme OF color. But in the
Head OF a Young Girl he stuTnbes again. and
produces the one canvas in the collection which
might not unfairly be called commonplace.
NJ Simmons Is represented by two marines and
Tho ror-rait Of a woman, The st Ives is an
a-l!er work which seem 10 have seen before,
hut this study Of placid waters has simplicity
and purity Of color. and quiet power, by virtue
Of which II easily reasserts Itself. and whoever
Las Sc II i: IN the past will be glad to It again.
The r,res1,rlah bly, later Marine is likewise elo
o7,enr OF a strong individuality. and It IS impress
sve where the breakers concerned, and in the
immediate foreground; but the two patches of
wafer that spread themselves out the sand
lack the mobility which should belong them.
and al the edges suggest cotton rather than foam
Tins diminishing the value Of what Is otherwise a
brilliant rict1,re MI Simmons's portrait of
aged sitter though possibly tribe cold IN color,
Sc fun Of mastery IN the modelling Of the face and
head and has in its quiet way, great distinction.
The portrait simplicity Itself IL conception and
in stvle II is almost hard in It's forcihle delnea-
ton Of the features. Yet the closer IL is exam
ired the more searching and the more artistic II
Is seen 10 be: one perceves in IT the quality Of
painter rarely gifted