New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-18
LONDON ART.
Dir. sargent as Water Color Painter
and Patron of English art Club.

rufied dignity. Mr.. Spielmann has v-ris..,
weiShty record Of the rise. progress and acbiav,
ments Of the Royal Society OF Painters IN va..-
Coiors Tor It's hundredth exhibition. and has
eaHed the roll OF the great masters connected
with it, such as Gotham, CopIey Fielding NJ
Whit. John LinneT. Sir Edward Purna-I,r.-
and Alfred Hunt. 3rr. Sargent, the first pairta-
In England. if not in Europe has been eIac4a5
10 membership and has contributed to the A.
hioition five drawings Of marked individuaUsv
OF style The experiments of Mr.. Sargent 4,
what is TO him an unusual medium Womb
alone fmpart interest to the exhibition. and som.
of the holder members Of the society offer svf
dence that they have escaped from the trarnr7s1s
Of the middle Victorian period and are irving "a
be modern in their treatment Of planes ana q,
their studies of tone and color. The veterans
are not only loyal to the conventions OF a con-
sentative school of painting. but are also cara
ful OF their regulations. that with few
exceptions. they are above their individual aver
age Of work. In this way an invgOratins exhl-
bition of genuine aquarelle work has been ar
ranged. and the walls are frightened and HIumi-
mated with drawings remarkable for purity ~
color and delicacy Of tone.
Mr.. Sargent's drawings command attention by
their novelty we'll individuality His
FACADE OF La Salute catches the eye from tba
opposite wall as one enters the cheerful room
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a closer approach is made. The point OF view 10
from the water few yards from the stone stems
and the dome Of the famous church. painted bv
Turner and hundreds OF artists great and small
| is cut off. Mr.. GOOdaI has the conventional
drawing Of Ia Salute IN the corner OF thu
same wall, and it serves to emphasize the fresh
| ness OF the greater painters treatment and
| coloring. Mr.. Sargent brightens the foreground
with gondolas and fruit boats reserving. the
| right Of dressing the boatmen IN blue and
| paints the columns and walls OF the church
with tenderness and dignity, that the soft
ness and loneliness Of the marble textures are
contrasted with the garish tints and green
water "a Garden Vase" on the same WALL IS
brilliant note OF color. and Spanish Bar
racks" with figures, is a fit bit OF rapid brush
work; and The Grand CanaT' and Venetian
TrattOria on the screens are little gems In water
| color. The "Trattoria' is quiet. lowy tavern
| interior. with figures, but there is precision OF
method and sureness OF touch in Mr.. Sargents
vivid impressionism. Mr.. Arthur Melvfne's big
| carefully calculated picture Of water carnival
| at Venice seems splashy and artificial in
| parisOn with this vivid little drawing. Mr. d.
/ Y. CamerOn's interior Of an old Renaissance
| church. with the sources Of light in the aisle
| windows unseen. but with a subtle play OF
shadows around the altar and in the vaulted
roof. has both individuality and technique as
strong as the resources Of Mr.. Sarsent's art IN
water color. Mr.. James Paterson also has
/ wings IN the modern spirit; Mr.. Alfred Par
sons has a sketch Of masses Of Spiraa
| gigantea painted with exquisite delicacy: Mr.
Macbeth pair OF charming little idylls Of high
pictorial quality; Mr.. George Clausen. a well
modelled girls head. and Mr.. Walter Crane
| series OF SicilIan landscapes unlike his usual
| decorative work
81 Of ~r-afa
| is represented by the veterans. who are salts
fed to practise the art as they learned it under
safe traditions. Sir Ernest waterIow has land
scapes in pure water color with abundance %
gray and yellow IN them. and one carefully bal
| anced composition Of the Constable class. with
mill surrounded by trees and pools OF water.
| Mr.. Thorne Waite reproduces a Yorkshire
| meadow with autumnal tints in the broad. state
ly measured style Of the middle Victorian paint
ers; Mr.. Na7ier Henry has marine drama. with
the yachtsmen acting out their parts; Mr.. Rob-
ert Little lacks the poetic touch. but turns out
landscapes as good bits OF solid prose; Mrs Al
Iingham. after being dazed for year or two
with Venetian splendOrs. has gone back 70 her
simple English cottages. gardens and pasturesi
Mr.. Samuel Hodson reproduces with hard, metal
| lie realism the picturesque Piazza Erbe.
/ Verona; Mr.. Allan finds refuge anew in the
sheltered harbOrs which he is never weary OF
/ sketchinS; and Mr.. Weguelin has several grace
/ ful studies of nude figures Possibly Mr.. E r
Hughes has never been happier IN fancy or
surer in draughtsmanship than in his paintings
I Of Shelley's orbed moon and "Perdita Found"
nor Mr.. Albert Goodwin more imaginative than
IN the sleeping city Of Ponpei in its "moOnhs
| silence; and certainly Mr.. Matthew Hale has
| never been reticent as IN his low-toned
| Pisa and IN the remarkably effective glimpse
| OF gray TOrno and Como. with its soft blends
Of green. There IS an excellent display OF the
| best work In water colors now done By the repre-
/ sentative painters Of the Royal Society. and
there can hardly be more practical method OF
/ hOnoring a centennial art celebration.
| The New English Art Club IS IN danger Of be-
| ing overpetted. The Academy has elected MI.
| Charles W. Furse. its most forcible painter. as
| an Associate. and Mr.. John s Sargent, without
| receiving any solicitations from the Dudley Cal
| le-y. has sent IN pair of daring sketches ior
exhibition on the same walls with the Work o.
the elderly youngsters. Academic patronage -
received with proper spirit Of humility Nj
Furse. who has been admitted TO membership
in Burlington House. without reference TO as
social activities. is accorded the place OF honor
in the dingy little gallery. ana he well deserves
the distinction. Ills Timber Haulers." win
four horses strainlng and feeling the weight OF
the load in a forest clearing. is painted with
genuine power: and the color scheme. with the
yellow mountain side the masses OF dark green
foliage. the blue costumes OF the teamsters anu
the lighter blge vista through an opening in the
| trees, Is most artistically arranged Mr.. Fuiss
| is pre-eminently portrait painter. but ne mas
marked talent for composition which carries
him far afeld in the practice of his art Mr. sar-
gent joined the New English Art Club durins