New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-07

formarces. These paintings OF scenes along the
Palisades have occasionally, as IN The Lights OF
the City or The Boulder" the faint charm OF
Wh.stler.an effect OF tone. and IN more Of them
M-. Perrine expresses sombrely romantic senti-
1neEt with skill. lie makes Us think. now and
then. Of Victor HUro's melOdrarnstic Der sketches.
Again he makes think 81 Alpine crags and
p-ecipiCes. seen in a thrilling dream. But never
does ne make think Of nature We may see it
every cav in tie very scenes he has attempted TO
depict. Ills color is monotonous and without quail
!ty. His pictures have neither light nor air. The
truths Of and cloud forms evade him, and the
bleak Skies that brood his tragic landscapes
recall dingy tarpa-I!n rather than the vault OF
heaven. in short. Mr. PerrinC's work strikes US
as theatrical, having germ OF imaginative force
= IT, but sovoriuE. The whole. Of dead
paint than Of living nature.
Elr. Charles ". Hawthorne and Mr.. Charles War
ren Eaton are exhibiting this week number OF
theiT paintings al the S2lmagund. Club. Several
years ago. when Mr.. Hawthorne first contributed
TO public shows In this city. found his work fun
OF promise. We have watched his development. and
have recognized the gradual improvement in his
art Bat lie. 700. like Mr.. Perrine, needs TO be
warned against the allgreTnents Of pigment pig
ment. Ills exhibits al the Salmagundi Club all
a l!tUe too panty. and many OF them are crude in
color 0to the bargain in his treatment OF textures
DE shows more clevorness than research. But the
cleFerness is there, and with it rather large free
way OF looking at things which ought ultimately
10 enable him 10 paint soma strong pictures lie
seems TO have the root OF the matter an him, TO
know the difference between a human being and
a lay figure. Bat lie is stH IN a transitional state
and his work cannot be taken as seriously as we
would like TO take x until he has learned to purify
MS color, 10 paint with cleaner and drmer touch
and 10 avoid the mere eject EIr Eator's land
scapes are uneven. IN few Of them he has at
mospnere delicate color and sensitive feeling, but
the greater number of his paintings are quite with
distinction.
The Iuyster ana Miller collections. the sale Of
which was begun IT the FIFTH Avenue Art Caller
les last night contain number Of popular pictures
by foreign and American artists Among the
works TO be dsnosed Of at to-rights session there
IS capital ig'ire subject by the Belgian painter.
Alfred Stevens. there IS Good Apprentice by Mr.
Chase. and there are some interesting canVases
by Il. ". Ranger. the late Homer Martin. the
late George Iuness. Martin Rico and J. + Murphy.
This sale be followed by that Of the collection
OF American ard foreign paintings brought to-
Eeiher by Mr. j. c. PTeyer.
There will open AT the Knoedler Gallery next
Monday an exhibition Of unusual interest II viii
consist Of pictures studies and sketches left by the
late Robert Blum. II IS desired TO cover the eN-
enses OF this exhibition by the sale OF Of the
works in it. but the amount needed
has been secured the sale of al the more impor-
ta1t productions viii be discontinued Mr.. William
= Baer. The administrator Of Mr. Rlum's estate
announces that he has been authorized by Mrs.
Henrietta Haler. Of Cincinnati, the painters sis
Ter and his sole heir-at-aw. 10 select any or al
OF the most valuable and Instructive Of his works
studio effects for presentation TO various incor
rorateG art Institutions In the execution CT his
task he has obtained the aid Of a committee. the
members OF which are Mr Frederick Delman,
president OF the National Academy OF Design.
,Ir. John Ia Fargo. president OF the Society
of.Amercan Artists. Mr.. J. c. Brown. presi-
dent % the American Water Color Society;
ar. r. Swain Clifford. art director OF Cooper
Institute. and Mr.. +. II. Gest, director OF the
Cincinnati Museum Association. The gifts 20 Gin
clnaati Nj B-Um's birthplace. have already been
designated ard accepted They include the care and
custody Of tho prints and plat ties OF the etchings.
and the bus OF Blum. modelled by Niehaus. which
Is 20 be cast Ia bronze when finished Among the
works remaining at the disposal OF the committee
aforesaid s. the sketch for The Vintage Festival
the decoration made for Mendelssohn Hall and
over a hundred studies executed during the prog
ress OF the artists Wort, that building The
keenest interest. for Robert Blum OF the
most accomplished men who ever figured in Arneri-
art.
The next sale at the American Art Galleries viii
be OF old Flemish tapestries and rare italian.
Spanish and French textiles belonging to Mr. Vital
Benguiat Of Paris. There will also be sold guam
THY OF antique silver ornaments and church relies.
The exhibition viii open next Saturday. and the
sale viii be held on TIE afternoons of April H. -
and l6.