The sun., 1903-03-14
MEsDA0 EXHIBITION AT THE
UNION LEAGUE CLUE.

Al TIt-
Inc curies oAno.uon ~ NIo INV.
League O'uo CONSISTS Vi t"cn'ye
CANVASS most OF tnem very impo.n'
examples, uy ne Du'ch ,maiis ~ p~'nN,'
henorik when hesoae .ney nave oeva
prought 70 TINS country Uy mrs' onaI'oe
unppe ana anoru welcome opPor'uiny
OF gaming q more than usually oonp'e-
hensve aoqusihtanoe WIN his art
Born In issi' mr. Mesdag mas 'ohs oeen
recognized a. one Oh tne ioreinos. ino~ih
essentiaiiy realsuc, reai reais' no
mas peen oaueo' IN Tue sense ina. ne Is oVu-
cerned with rea' representation OF his
suplect ratner 'nah WIN any theoIy vi
realism as apphed 70 the making Oh pic'-
ure. now directly reai are ms repIeseh-
tations OF the North Sea, especially In the
neighborhood OF Scheveningen, all students
of his work are aware. hut this considerable
.-o,,,, =, r,,o,,,ras anforoos tho sac,
s'Tup y. p.o' .,' uIS Ie s.1 10"
ism stand out in bold relief when we COM
pare his work with that OF our own great
naint.r NJ the oopan. Winslow Hou,er.
S,.n.s,, .,,~, .r,.n...s IT,, d,0sr'
, nn. oh.s.es..;",i"s usnss ~ ~ - .hm w.. 30 ~h;ch
each has given his study may have more
than little to do with the different motive
,h., a.oh rasnact;yoIv h.s n,,rs,,sd The
Wsins o.o.st = rooLy and ~ gr.rder
n"iie coss' 70 Ioony anu oh .,
scale OF impressiveness; instead OF tne
sandy shores Of Holland il a blue surge,
.raIIin. a. tiynes 20 f,,lIer yol,,,na ~ force
e. A.. - 49, ,.,, eS,L.
as Tolls ia WIN 'ns ihomeh.u'ii y, 'no
also in Maine Of the fisher life, but pro-
portionately not to the same extent as in
uouond
1n ,,. ..,..
homer pegan py oepictihs ihc'uen's
OF this life, to which the ocean formed the
background. or later years the drama
Of the ocean itself has almost exclusively
>..,,,,,~, ~. ,r,..,n.,,o, M..S.0 .,ao
occupied nus rlnasinauon. Meso.s, .so,
VIII occasionally ma sumc'ency OF mouve
far more frequently withits accompaniment
OF fisher life; the boats at anchor, their
starting and returning, their Disagreement
by snow and ioe. or the eha ttering they
receive when a rising tide. driven by gale.
pursues them UP the beach Thus there Is
continually present the subsidiary human
interest; indeed at times the fortunes OF
the fishing boats may seem to be the primary
feature. And with what intimate knowi-
edge and profound skill they are rendered;
aboard Of themi For here again Is q
difference of point OF view. While Homer
studies the OCEAN from the shore. Mesdag
studies It from shipboard. with the roll
Of the water underneath him and distance
round about him. Hence the latter's feel
ing for space 10 much more apparent in
his pictures than Homer's. A study OF
these oanvases with the recollection Of
Homer's In ones mind leaves little doubt
Of this. On the other hand. It follows from
Mesdag's practice that the disturbance Of
the sea. which he renders, is less violent.
He chooses esDecially those moments In
which the sky portends gale and the water
Is growing more and more agitated or the
period, succeeding to . storm. when the
waves are still swollen and disturbed. Also.
though perhaps not 80 characteristically.
lazinees.
So, to sum up shortly the difference be-
tween these two great painters: Mesdag
views the sea o. q concrete fact In relation
to the human life along It's shores, Homer