New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-21
ART EXHIBITIONS.
Some Ne1o Pictures by Mr. Walker,
Dir. ShmtIef and Others.

This is the last week OF the exhibition OF the
Architectural League at the Fine Arts Building. 1t
closes on Saturday night. and next week the So
cety Of American Artists takes possession OF the
galleries Exhibits will be received on February
rs and March l. and the doors will be opened to the
public on March II. The show will last a little
over month The only other large organization
which remains to be heard from this season is the
American Water Color Society. which will open in
the same galleries on May 3. exhibition TO con-
tinue until the 26th of that month. Meanwhile.
there is scarcely firm of dealers in town without
Its 'one man" exhibition.
At the Montross Gallery there are new
pictures by Mr.. Horatio Walker. who enjoys the
rather unusual distinction of making conspicuous
appearance in two places at There is spe-
cial group of his works in the exhibition at the
Academy in Philadelphia, where he has been
awarded medal of honor. and now he makes this
demonstration in New-York. 1t is creditable tnd
at the same time it gives us pause. There is q
robust sincerity about Mr. Walkers work which
leaves a good impression. and his 2olor is attrac-
tive. The winter which he calls The FIRST
Snow is a truthful and beautiful picture. anu
there Is an engaging crtspness in MS autumn
Pastoral" but too often this artist suggests that
he has put his compositions together with moro
stagecraft than feeling for nature The illumina-
ton IN the Ave Maria is fatty melodramatlc'
The shrewd manipulation Of the light In the SKY
and the roadside crucix is very shrewo' inoeeo'
Out IL RODS the picture OF lno dIllcSS
proper to it's subject. Much the same criticism Is
invited by "A Rainbow and the sheep Yard
Moonlight" In his Python and Boar, a study
of a truly horrible motive. Mr.. Walker captvates
by good draughtsmanship and vivid color, but
somehow fails TO raise his work TO the plane on
which sensationalisrn is lost sight of In arustln
beauty. One thinks of what Barge. with his glft
for the grand style, would have made OF the mate
rial employed.
,a hxyE
may be seen at the Clausen Gallery. are interest
ing rejecting singularly even ana thoueh'iui
temperament They the work of an ARTIST VINO
for years has adhered pretty closely 10 certain
phases of his subject. The wood Interior stuoleu
with anectionate solicitude for its tangles OF
boughs and masses of foliage. with sunlight drift
ing across its still spaces. has occupied MT Shurt-
leff's brush so often that he paints IL Win eA-
traordinary ease and fidelity. Yet 1t never loses
its freshness under his hands, perhaps because MS
enthusiasm for it never wanes and perhaps oe-
cause he is always. after all. interested IN making
little excursions outside his chosen field. witness
the panoramic Mount Porter in the exhibition
or the vigorously painted Coming storm some
times too he comes close quarters with a lovely
passage in the broad scheme of nature as IN the
little picture called In the Sunshine, The re-
suit is that he preserves charming vitality IN MS
sylvan compositions. practising ever a more ana
more synthetic touch. The present exnoiton IS iul
of the spirit the woods and brooks. 1t illustrates
firm and competent methOd ana pleasant plO'oAa'
gift American landscape is here interpreted with
a persua sively American note OF style. Upstairs
there is an exhibition of paintings by Messrs'
REYNOLDS and clifford Beal, who seem TO have
profted by the influence of H. ". Ranger. and at
the same time to have each developed nllloly
indivdualized key of color Neither of the two mas
as yet achieved much power, but both give promise
of clever work.
The student of Whistler need not complain of
afNV1a Twtfh
Of the master The exhibition Of his etchings at
the Wunderlich Gallery. 10 which we have already
referred is still accessible and a similar display
has lust been brought forward at the knoedler
Gallery This shows some of his hnest etchlhss
in rare states and in beautiful impressions, and
collection of his Autographs is also TO be seen
Of fresher Significance is the small group OF
studies filing one panel IN the room In the cen
ire is an early oil portrait Of an old mower seller
small and not particularly brilliant piece or work.
but good in quality and interesting as a personal
souvenir The drawings also characteristics
slight but worth while to the collector who values
every scrap of an artists handiwork. and there is
one enchanting little water color. This sketch OF
an old shop front, with two or three children IN
troduced into the street scene. is in fact one OF
the most gracious bits of whistlers color that we
have seen in a long time
Mr. S Montgomery Roosevelt has at the galleries
of FisheI, Adler & Schwartz twelve portraits ana
other paintings His taste is for bold and forclele
treatment of form and for vivid tones. He gets
the likeness of a sitter well His portrait or HIM
self Is a straightforward, truthful performance
and he has caught the expression of childhood with
vivacity and point in his 'Mdlle- Lottle GadsKl
The masculine portrait of a picturesque type Ihe
Anarchist has also a certain realistic character
The full length OF a lady in red. MIRA Horat> 3
Rubens" is ambitious but the artis: gets more
decorative effect in his smaller study Of feminine
tyne the one called "Reverie.' Most OF his paint
ings are in the distinctly modern vein, but there
is a hint of romantic intention in the picture OF
the Baths of Diana at Mines" with an auburn
haired figure swimming in the placid pool An ex-
hibition of portraits by Mr.. Harrington Mann has
Just been opened at the knoedler Gallery; Mr..
Charles r. Davis shows some new landscapes at
Macbeth's at Klackners there are some drawings
by Mr. Albert Steiner including the Illustrations
made for Mrs Humphry Wards Marriage of Will
lam Ashe" and Louis Katz announces an exhibi-
ton of paintings by Mr.. Wilhelm Ritschel-
There Is soon to be an exhibition and sale at the
American Art Galleries Of paintings belonging to
several collectors In the interim there is on view
a quantity Of embroideries and 1aCes, the property
of Mr.. Vital Benguiat. which will he sold on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons OF this
week The collection is rich in exquisite pieces, not
only Of lace but of old velvets and brocades-vest
ments altar frontals and miscellaneous fragments
disnterred from the sacristies of Italian and other
churches. There also some beautiful old fans
and a number OF handsome sanctuary lamps Of
Renaissance origin In the uppermost gallery there
are a couple OF hundred old English and French
coored prints. with a group OF Italian engravings
belonging TO Mr.. Arthur Backbone. Of London.
The sporting subjects embrace some amusing ex-
amples The collection as a whole is not impress
sive but the discriminating searcher after modest
bargains would do well TO attend the sale, which
occurs tonight.
BIG ORE LAND DEAL COMPLETED.