New-York tribune., 1905-01-20

in the Internal Sea" and Shades Approach
ing Dante and Virgil" A tribute is paid to the
late Frederick Sandys in a memorial exhibit
OF over forty wood engravings. Autographs and
drawings in pencil and colored chalk. in which
the fine variety of his power as an illustrator
is effectively shown. Among the etchings Mr.
Matthew Murio's are almost too dark for the
play of light; Mr.. Bauers are full of vigor
and animation. and Mr.. Dupont's are good in
line and texture. Mr. Edgar Chahine's dry
points and aeuatnts are fairly astir with
vivacity. and Mr. Louis Legrand's brush work
hides delicately the line under veil OF shade
and texture. There fine examples or the
work OF Mr.. Max Klnger Mr.. Lapere and other
etchers, and a most artistic series in colors by
Mr.. ]. F. Raffaelli. While this is primarily
black and white room there are bright effects
of color on the walls Mrs. Esther 5. Sutro.
wife OF the successful dramatist. has a charming
pastel OF a house with green shutters; Mr..
Conder spirited chalk drawing of q bach
chanalian revel; Mr. Allen W. Seaby, series of
woodcuts. in color; Mr.. J. H. Jurres, two chalk
drawings of the GOOD Samaritan" and "Wo-
man with Red Shawl Mr. II. Caro- Delvatlle.
a photographic color; Mr.. Fritz Thaulow, Mr.
CASTOR La Touche and other artists, colored
prints and etchings and drawings in water color.
II is a most comprehensive exhibit Of the
graver's art under modern conditions with
every branch of it illustrated by fine examples
and with a most effective arrangement Of the
drawings and engravings.
Two large galleries are filed with oil paint
ings. with an overflow of miscellaneous works
in the balcony Mr. w. NJ. Chase has scarcely
done justice to his great reputation as an
American painter of the first rank in sending
his portrait of Mr.. Whistler to the exhibition.
IT must have been painted dozen or more years
ago. and it reflected when it was dashed off
Mr.. Whistler's own method Of differentiating the
face from a dull background with the slightest
gradation of tone. IT is the carefully dressed
dandy with foppish stick, who used to wander
about the London galleries with cynical smile.
exchanging jests with the hatterers about his
heels. a worthier and more dignif1ed portrait
of the man of genius would have been welcomed
here when the admirers of his work are plan
ming a unique Whistler exhibition at the New
Gallery. The French painters send their best
work these international shows. The pOr-
trait Of Auguste Rodin by Mr.. Blanche is a mas
terly work. in which the face and figure of the
gray bearded sculptor are painted with dignity
and simplicity. The hands with which his work
is done resting lightly on the table in front
of him. and the forehead conveys a fine i'm
preston of intellectual power. Mr.. Blanche has
another painting, THE Summer Girl" in which
the two hands are sharply contrasted. AS the
with green cushion to prop her UP, her weight
falls her left hand, which is strained and
tense while the other, completely relaxed, lies
in her lap The room is filed with air and the
floor spaces are admirably painted; and the cos
tune is a charming blend of light shades Of
blue and gray with black hat. The Carolus
Duran is a portrait of little girl ina dark frock
with a white poodle on the floor at her feet,
and the sensitive green background is toned by
the shaggy fur Of the dog and by the ribbons in
her dress Mr. Lucien Simons portrait of Mr..
Blanche is another admirable French work. with
most artistic treatment of the face and the
blue eyes, and with everything on the studio
walls keeping its place in the picture. Mr.
Lavery's more conspicuous portrait is 'Polym-
MA" with a girl with dark hair and gown
leaning over a piano, her face shaped in light
in the Whistler manner; but the better painting
IS in the less pretentious portrait of Elizabeth
Welsh. Mr.. Robert Brough has ambitious
portrait OF woman in dull costume of gray
and white, lighted up with the brilliant en-
broideries of a Spanish shawl.
Among the subject pictures and landscapes
there is nothing better than Mr.. Charles H.
Shannon's "Gipsy Family" IN which the figures
OF man, woman and child are modelled with
power and sensibility. and sylvan background
is brilliantly painted. 1t is picture with great
beauty Of tone and color. Mr.. Charles Ricketts,
is less successful in THE Descent from the
Cross IN which there is anatomy without re-
ligious feeling, is Mr.. StranS abreast with
his best achievement in either of his pictures,
Woman Sewing and 1.-THE Bath" in which
coarse-featured faces and large working hands
are painted with hard realism. Mr.. Peppercorn
has one of the best landscapes. The Road by
the River" without trace Of beauty, but with
trees shivering in the wind and with light
diffused in the atmosphere, as in Hobbema s