New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-20

ratve feeiing-in word. the things that make the
ordinary portrait OF The day presentable Are any
u mem heoe more than that? With the best Will
in the world TO answer the question IN the afirna-
tive one is. nevertheless constrained to admit that
these works do not have the deeper and more
original qualities which make a portrait llriger in
the memory. Indeed. there are times when all this
Ls1' near eo cleverness pals when tires the
To" JroH or the average study OF feminine model
ana turns with sense OF refreshment to the sim
pie Observation-Disclosures and worlnnanlile qualities
OF such masculine portraits as Mr. Fowler. Mr.
Eakins Mr. Beckwith, Mr. Frazier and one or two
others send 20 the show
or work in the open air. after Mr.. Hassarn's in
sprung canvas there are a good many attractive
II not momentous Illustrations Sometimes # is
true the landscape work shows more regard for
charm OF sentiment than for truth, as witness Mr.
l@oeps feVerie, but IN the main the accustomed
merit OF our school IS clearly visible You find il
IN MT. SneIls delicate study OF The Coast Guard
cliffs, Poperro'; in Mr. Fosters rather novel and
very poetic Sunrise from the Top OF Mt Equi-
noX'; in Mr.. Grolrs breeziIy painted and vivid
Arizona Clouds; in Mr.. HOeber's Back from the
Beach with its good composition and soundlv
modelled sky: in Mr. Redneld's THE river D,la
ware, the simple but strong qualities Of which
have Justly won for him the Webb prize and In
Mr. Nettleton's Midnight and Waning Moon"
picture as roousty painted It is imaginatively
conceived. The list might be extended almost in
oehnitely, for there are many landscapes OF sea
pictures which possess Individuality truth and
beauty Mr. Mygatt's Solitude and his June
Morning Mr.. Cerisen's "A Lazy Sea-: Mr.. Will
iamss Nay Morning. Great Notch. y j.; Mr.
Granville Smiths The Old Mil" and Mr. Child's
Entrance to a Marble Quarry" form only hand
ful out OF the quantity Of work done from nature
on which favorable comment may be made LASTLY
we may note that the little collection OF sculpture
contains Items Of interest by Mr. Calder Nj To-
netu Mr. Piccirili, Mrs. Vonnoh and a few others
Looking back at the exhibition in its broad rela-
uons' we are struck, as were struck az the be-
ginning by its generally persuasive accent. To
what Is this due, since We have shown. so many
Of the pictures only be applauded with reser-
VationsF II Is due 70 the improvements in tech
mque which have been developed since the society
MADE Its hrst appearance. The schools have raised
their standards. and they have turned out, as the
saying goes. any number of young men and women
capable OF handling the brushes with enough
able Picture after picture in this exhibition is
in the rudiments OF technique. entirely creditable
10 the painter. and in consequence any one stand
ing in the middle Of either Of big galleries and
looking casually around him is bound to think we'll
OF the ensemble. But II is mistake TO let the
superficial appearance Of an exhibition like this
cloud the judgment The society has done good
work for American art and so has the academy
but the lesson for both draw from the present
display Is that they carry into their corporate
existence heavy responsibility. The first exhibit
ton that they hold under the new regime must be
better than this one