New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-12
ART EXHIBITIONS.
Pictures by the Late Edscin Lord
Weeks and Some Others.

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anu s,.sl method and the point of view which
ms '0 -. the successful Sal6nnier. q painter
60 -, - aTresting attention amid the miles OF
So r~nt every year 70 the two great picture
- Al the American Art Galleries there may
sh0'' .~;nr 10 their dispersal at auction next
De ee'i' a,s Thursday evenings at Mendelssohn
Meone .,r,ass studies and drawings which
hsi" :. Sc studio when he died They form an
ne isi' = oolection-interesting because they give
obviously accurate impression of native
e WIN - orient Mr.. Weeks travelled In Persia
lie II -s,a and wherever he went 1t was his
and 70 ,oot for pictlresqueness and 10 put 1t sn
h aol nth the utmost care.
canvas - .here as we have indicated, with one
90 - the familiar conditions OF the salon me
eye up o snes not want TO be completely swampeo
sItist NNo s,gioils exhibition must use plenty Of
In th- "a pienty OF strong color Mr. Weekss
oah'~ solsfng his own was to paint picture ike
way -s, VOYAGE Go 800. in which a dying OLD
me = hsy,q rovved across the Gauges al Benares
taA I bis last moments in the close vicinity OF
10 ST. chat The little boat, with Its forlorn
lne e shown against background IN whlch
~ ,tifsrious tints Of a typical Indian scene are
'Ao .tes~ ful value Everything that serves 10
eee..n the erinness Of the picture is duly stated
=. - inst make out funeral pyre, at which
~" % +be faithful are gazing. Carbon birds
-. ,.,t one or two OF them busied over sinister
,,t,g objects sfoat In the stream HERE an snort
- 80 svcr a mage from the life OF the East as
= -, jewellers have described or sketched
couHlisa aitsro from its bright colors and from
iO- th.ra lows an effect which could not but
-. ,.sslf noticed in even the most crowded exhibit
-, and this work is abundantly representative or
- Tyeal-s In An open Air Restaurant Lahore
- 7s7 IN PERSIAN Caravan Resting CNo. 49,
= sTn6Isn Barbers-Sarharanpore" CNo. SD, in
..T-.s Ic-nperor Shah Jehan Leaving the Great
,so,e ~ Delhi" Go. 2s), and in many other can
.Yss we see the result obtained by the
go means: we witness or less spirited cpl
80 :, q sl,mptuous panorama What the artist
-~1Fs ha n V6P
Dsc,,,res he did it very well. He knew how to
draw and how 70 build up a good composition. But
from beginning TO end he suffered from the gravest
limitations He drew sk.lfully enough, but without
an atom OF distinction. He left his color almost
Gazing. and sufficiently harmonious. but utterly
without quality. Finally, he painted without the
,ssst charm OF style Some of his little studies.
evfft portraits Of types Ike Two Nautch Girls
No O. Head Of q Young Servant-Muttra" Go.
lsa or Moor IN Yellow, Blowing the Fire" ono ~,
hsvs IN them the hint Of a personal touch; their
suonfaneous vgor lifts them above the ruck OF Mr..
Wseks's work But in the main he presents the
really surprising spectacle OF artist attacking
the most celebrating themes in the most unemo-
uonal fashion. with nothing OF inspiration. OF tenn
pers1nent 10 aid him in his task He is truthful,
panstaling and. recorder of picturesque facts,
interesting. AS artistic individuality he fails to
score.
The weeks collection includes some notable stu 1
do properties. These, consisting OF guns, swords,
daggers armor. objects in brass, embroideries and
saddle cloths will be sold at the American Art
Galleries next Tuesday afternoon The pieces are
Enthusiastically authentic and the Oriental saddle
cloths, especially, are very beautiful
The American Water Color Society holds its ex-
hibiton this year at the National Arts Club. The
space available is small and therefore the jury OF
selection has been obliged to heroic measures
Where in other seasons and other galleries several
hundred pictures have been shown, the society is
content with less than seventy-hve exhibits.
We are not sorry. On the contrary the show is the
better being thus restricted If 1t is not a brill
iant show It is. at all events pleasant one The
figure subjects include interior Persuasion" by
Mr. Arthur J. Keller. which Is agreeably low in
tone; freely handled study of Spanish type.
The Cigarette" by Mr.. F. L Mora, and Of Mr..
George ". Maynards breezy fantasies Sea
Witches" Mr. Frank r. Green sends a good land
scape in elagiae mood THE Coming Of Night; one
Of Mr.. Winslow Homers vivid Key West studies is
shown. Pulling in the Anchor Mr. ShurtleR is
represented by a charming woodland scene Early
Sumner, there is some excellent work in Mr.. Ed
ward H. Potthast's Water hront Noank" and
there are clever contributions by Messrs F. Hop
kinson Smith. Ross Turner Henry B. Smell and
George Wharton Edwards. The Evans prize OF $500
has been awarded to AR. ". Granville Smith for
The Bay wise choice, since there is consider
able merit in the picture The show lasts until
Monday, March p.
~-4S -NSH Nz6lleIEB dL NO ID vest 3Jth-St IA
latest addition 70 the already large number Of |
places in New-York suitable for small exhibitions
IL is pTeftiy appointed establishment and makes
its bow TO the public with an ambitious show NJ |
landscapes BY Mr.. Jonas Lie. This artist at pres
ent puts less Of nature than Of mere pigrent into
ms WORK Neither in texture nor in atuospbera !
Goes he suggest that he is practced observAr or
an Illuminating annotator what he sees Ruf 1
ne oiscloses, even now, enough talent to inspire
certain confidence in his future His color though |
~ Y rfr~rr
saver o. originality and discern similar note
q FRESHNESS and ceverness in the broad effects AZ
"hleh he aims. His work en- the whole ;s art,
ma Hltn more experience and with a dirninu-
-'1 % he4t-eonsciousness, ne may ultimately BUT |
Some valuable pictures 10 his credit Three small
exhibitions are 70 be opened to-nnorra0 a. tba
~-@osea Gallery. They viii bring forward new
pictures Dy Mr. Hamilton Easter Field Mr. Albert
- SroA and Mr.. George Inness, jr Next Tues |
=, 0-ere VIII be opened at the Pratt Institute |
~ BROOKLYN. an exhibition of drawings paintings
ano pastels by Mr. Walter shirlaw. |
Ihs Whistler Memorial Exhibition. ORGANIZED tn |
Lonoon by the international Society. IS Of course
1seeFllg fnueh attention in the British press It is
esIed generally, as was TO be expected with gym
FSN-y ana admiration Whistler never had in |
Ni's-4o CT anywhere else quite as many detrs -.
o's or as few friendly critics as II nIeased his
fancy to reckon up. But the silly notion that he
was. Until the last years OF his nfe q tragicaIlv
-seisclso ana misunderstood man. still fingers in
olFers quarters where acoIytes who fondIy ,maa
ne that they discovered. If they did not actually
invent him, grow hysterical his tranxcendent
genus and his neVer-to- be-forgotten wees AS Mr.
n ,. AacColl says. in THE Saturday Review"
lle steam hooters OF criticism. with their liberal
~ae 81 the names Of Felasquez and Rembrandt
ave become 80 loud that exact eulogy has
Seeoaae barely audible" In 1.-THE Star" for ex-
ample Mr.. Joseph Pennell emits wild shrek Of
144laph which find very amusing. We had