New-York tribune., 1907-11-20
ART EXHIBITIONS.
Paintings, Prints and Miscellaneous
Objects.

sows certain American artists give particu-
-, good account Of themselves There is Mr.
Hugh H Breckenridge, one of the younger men
,6entihed with Philadelphia, who has some thirty
sc or forty pictures at the galleries of FisbeI
Adler & Schwartz He has achieved some good
tb;ngs and his work is full of promise When he
Paints the figure he hardly rises above common
rsce in neither OF the two examples which he
brings forward in this field, ''The Nautilus" and
summer" does he suggest that he has ANYTHING
important 10 or that he has beaten out style
for himself His landscapes. the other hand.
rhich make the bulk OF the collection possess
the vitality of original impressions set upon the
canvas with knowledge and skill
A picture like Autumn Cold shows that he
hes broad way Of looking at nature and abun-
dsut feeling for light and air. Everywhere among
his open air studies effects OF atmosphere of sum
shine. vigorously and truthfully rendered and
everywhere he dscloses too a sincere if not par
tcularly refined instinct for color. A poetic con-
eeption Of landscape hardly comes within Mr.
Breckenridge's Kange. When he tries for it. as in
"A Forest Temple" he drifts into artifcialitv The
tone here is altogether Fictitious and it is only
little more persuasive in the other romantic cam
vas that he exhibits. the opaescent picture called
THE Sheltered Moon" So long as he is content
TO keep his eye on the object TO make straight
forward realistic study OF his material. he is al
most uniformly successful His paintings Of gar
densI "Phlox and Hollyhocks' and The Open
Garden" are capital in their truth and energy In
half dozen pictures like THE Village Creek"
"The Wissahickon.'' "A House in the Country
and "Near the Creek" he is unconlmonly pleasing
for these are sound in execution and are painted
with artless emotion. The time Will doubtless come
when Mr. Breckenridge will develop finer qualities
OF design and greater subtlety Of tone. Meanwhile
his landscape studies have the merits of fresh
ness, holiness, and the true. sentiment of the
American countryside. The painter of such a pict-
ure as The Village Creek" is bound to go far
Mr. Augustus Vincent Tack. pupil of Mr.. La
FarFe's. has hitherto been known chiefly as a
painter Of portraits In a collection of fifteen
pictures. which he shows at the Macbeth gallery
he appears In the character of a student of land
scape. His portraits have left good impression
but TO judge from the present exhibition he would
do well to continue workingsout of doors He Is
sensitive 10 natures moods and already fairly ac-
oomplshed In the notation of them. The winter
Deerhed Valley is sympathetlcally observed and
Il is delightfully."- painted bargain the quiet
tones Of the trees are decatey registered and the
whole composition is we'll held together. The same
fine feeling. If not quite the technical ability
may be found IN the "Cloud-Wrack' and in the
airy ''Uplands." Elsewhere Mr. Tack is often dis
appointing. His treatment of ground forms Is not
precisely feeble. but he does not define them with
sufficient clearness and force. The color. too Is
uneven, sometimes rejecting the beauty of nature,
but more frequently suggesting only an arbitrary
manipulation Of pigment. Very nspriting though,
Is the broad effect of the exhibition of genuine
interest in nature. Of freedom from convention and
the errors which spring from too great reliance
studio light. Obviously the vitality that is in the
open air has touched his brush. He is on the right
track.
Mr.. Harrington Mann, English portrait painter
who shows half a dozen works at the Knoedler
galleries Is also moving in the right direction. He
has profited by the example of Mr. Sargent In
one of his canvases. "A Fairy Tale which appears
to have been painted some time ago. he shows that
he impart rich but quiet note to his tones, IL
he so chooses. Since he has in him the power Of
restraint which this illustrates, he may learn
avoid the garishness exempIifled by his later pro-
ductions. The facility and dash Of his portraits
may be momentarily engaging, but, as we know
from many instances, such cleverness is apt not
70 we'll Mr.. Mann will be the more welcome
here he develops the sobriety OF his Fairy
Tale and moderates the surface glitter which
would seem TO be his present aim. Another Eng
iishnan, Mr.. Sutton Palmer. has at the Tooth gal
lery. collection of pastes reproducing scenes in
the Lake Country, amongst the hills of Scotland
and Wales and in other parts of the British ISL
ands. His portraits of places accurate, and
often very pretty, especially when they en-
brace luminous Skies but this artists style has all
OF the excessive smoothness, and a good deal Of
the inspidity, which belongs to what may be called
the niggng wing of the British water color school.
The visitor at this gallery will find much more TO
interest him in the charming portrait OF woman
by Dagnan-Bouveret, which hangs in the upper gal
iery, and in three notable landscapes which are
shown downstairs. The early study Of Oxford.
Eeen from a distance by Turner. IS superb speci-
men Of the English master in his solidest, most
conservative vein. The picture by Constable is
fine one, and the river by Troyon is, in re-
Epect 20 the background Of trees and the water at
their feet, an exquisite souvenir Of the French
painter.
Old Spanish and italian pictures go to make the
exhibition at the Enrich galleries, the
score Of examples hung including some interest
ing bits Of design and color. The latter quality
is particularly appealing in the Madonna and
Child" Of Cavazzola, the interesting little Adora-
ton Of the Shepherds" given to Basaiu and the
charming Holy Family by Marco Bello. There
are several Italian portraits, the best of them an
"old Man. by Bassano The large and picturesque
Landscape by Salvador Rosa should also be
noted. Among the Spanish pictures the most per-
suasiye are the two by Sanchez Coello and Greco.
one an excellent specimen Of the old formal por-
trsiture once SO much in vogue at the court OF
Madrid and the other a characteristically sombre
ST. Jerome
There Is an exhibition at the Keppel gallery of
etchings by Rembrandt, exhibition made up of
some OF his most important prints in beautiful
Impressions Though it to only hftyodd num-
hers Il has been so formed TO illustrate nearly
every aspect of his work with the needle. Por-
traits Scriptural subjects and landscapes here
snd with them OF his nudes and the curious
etching OF The She'll" The familiar masterpieces
In landscape and portraiture make especially strong
groups. but in this array of brilliant proofs the
STUDENT must be grateful above all for such i'm
pressions are shown OF certain OF the great
dramatic compositions. like ''The Three Crosses
This monument in the history OF creative art is
ooubly imposing in the print on vellum which Mr..
Keppel has had the good fortune TO secure. In
fact, he has never before assembled rich a cOi-
lection Of Rembrandts etchings. This exhibition is
TO be followed. by the way, by one Of early Ital-
ian engraving. subject OF peculiar interest
Mr.. whIsters art presides over the wunderllch
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