The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

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"Rouen" painted with unusual cOolness
and sincerity. Bolton Jones's Spring
need not DO signed. Its green and it's tree
FORMS are his. h. o. Walker presents a
large canvas, a portrait Of two children,
In which the fanciful and the realistic are
gracefully blended
W. n. L~ppincott. whose aarly work in
Paris We recall with pleasure. has In addi-
ton to a small portrait head a striking little
landscape. ACROSS the Hudson" very win
try. with a sullen setting sun and n strip OF
yellow exposed water. A sketch, tiny and
warm colored. is called Chop Suey." II is
by A. Alsdae Blum. Morris Weston's Gar
den Party" is pure Monticello and clever.
Carroll Beckwith has a stylish portrait,
duffy and with a compelling hat. The
equestrian portrait OF a young woman Is by
II. r. Poore. IL attracts much attention
Can we pass by j. g.. Browns Sympathy
a boy and a dogP Fetching as ever 10 MIR
Brown. whose absence from an Academy
exhibition would be- like a clock striking
thirteen-unoanny. Mary f. MaoMonnies
shows an effective view OF MOntS st. Michel
in the morning.
The centre gallery ia a revelation because
OF the abundant lighting. II is hardly nee
essary to tell readers OF THE SUN who are
Interested In art that the old morgues have
vanished and now the one large gallery
which replaces them In better lighted than
Ito sisters. the South and the Vanderbilt.
Earl H. Brewster's three girls bathing at
moonrise are with their environment quite
exotic In color. We admired Ben Fosters
Fairly Autumn" because OF it's large sim
plicity, its depletion of both a mood and a
natural fact. Hugo BALM, al IN his wont,
In the astonishing prestidigitator. II you
talk to any OF the conservative picture deal
ers they will pick out at once the name OF
Balm and laud him for his mastery. And
there is no doubt as TO this brush mastery
or the strange sense Of rich colors. He il
truly a gifted painter, Hugo BALM. It is
only when one fOrGets the dexterity and
questions the sincerity that this young
mans work is apt to lose. You ask:
-Who is Hugo BALM? Why doesn't ne
paint Hugo Ballin2" And he continues.
does this young old master" to turn out
with absolute impersonality his Venetian.
his Florentine. his Dutch-but we antici-
pate. A portrait mo. 1881 displays some
uriou fOreshOrtening which almost sug-
gests reformation. But she Is Florentine.
Da Vincian. this sweet young woman. posed
like Lisa among rocks under a deep blue
sky. Potthast's Autumn" Ia golden.
COady's -On the Park Benches" is good
imp~ressionism. Robert David Ganley this
year has not given US one OF his enigmatio
girls. His Miss NJ. " is sitting on an orange
cOlored chair: she wears black gloves and il
alfred in an orange tinted gown that is
almost terra Gotta. She is thoughtful under
her black hat. But we can't read those
thoughts. for she suggests them not. Well
conceived. well handled. his portrait.
Charles Vein. as ever modest. shows a
little chord Of colors. full OF sentiment.
The cIOu of this centre gallery is Robert
Henri's hfelike. life size gin. in a yellow
satin dress. a three-quarter pose. the face
turned full toward the spectator. II IL
one OF the best Henris seen for several
seasons Every line shows the strong grasp
Of the young master. Ii is the face that
disappoints. and this is not meant as a
criticism of the young lady's features.
There IS generally something to be &C
| counted for in Henri's portrayment OF the
human -countenance. He IL always sum-
mary; that Ia a highly specialized quality
in any p~ainter-what Walter Pater. and
after him Oscar Wilde. called the tact OF
! omission But we cannot admire the
lace OF this g~irl-apart from the admirably
indicated supe~roiliOusness. II is oddly
empty within it's silhouette. The tonalities
Of the dress-they are mastery and show
Henri's prowess in brush work. Walcott's
wish" is n very charming evocation Of
childhood and the lazy sweetness OF summer
days.
Simple and direct is Louise Cox's little
Master Sherry" Norman MacGilvery's
"Picardy" is romantic. Another portrait
by an expert is that Of Douglas Volk. -The
Maid of the Manor" Here all is prettiness
and balance-a winning. a graceful arti-
ficiality. Brewster's Mountain Harbor' is
Monticellisn. Cimiotti has a blue Sky"
and Warren Davis a cleverly foreshortened
though mysterious nude -Where Shadows
Linger.' Rose and gold. The Blue Gown
is the Whistlerian title Of W. p. Henderson's
portrait. Alexander Harrison's sunset
and Potthast's path through The woods
are neighbors. Carlton Chapman's "Re-
turn Of the Fleet" occurs in a misty orange
light. the ships in mere silhouette. Rather
spectral. You look for Vanderdecken and
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