The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-24

Ff ''N'NAA ~ klAAlbf AAf9 lAlllAf NANNhh9H open 10 the expression of the best and highest in palntng whether by an old master or . modern, he ha9 kept him self young h spirit and In the appre- c!atlon of earnest endeayor,
 He Is in his attitude and his pow CT or appreciation to be enVled by many younger artists. Ills power Of assimilation has been great and in his desire to know the best and the latest he has during recent visits to Paris worked in the art schools just that he might get Into toucn with cer- tain modern masters, 10 know taelr viewpoint, to get Into the spirit of the thing and to be again one of the fellows"
 Few men of middle age have the courage to do this, nor tho desire, They prefer to leorn upon what they have gathered in the past and to think therQ can be no different future or any furtEer development of art!s. tic perception All this haa kept din 1 youthful 70 that now when he s ready to lay down the task of teach- ing and to devote himself to hls paint ing his onthuslasms are as fresh and spontaneous az those of youth of twenty-one who Is just setting out up- on his journey along the primrose path"
 He has asslmlated of the best, as mote his beautiful copies of Volesquez, of El Greco and other famous masters, He has culled here and there adding q little from time to time to that already rich store Of knowledge, yet he Is dis tinctly himself and no other, IL Is not necessary for us to mention the names of other painters as having had an ln- luence upon his art. All artists worthy the name are impressed, sometimes possessed by the good in the art of other men, and with some 1t almost be- comes servie copying. while with oth- CTS 1t is something appropriated per haps already their very own yet they have not recognized its possession un- til they saw the quality" in the work of another The man who possesses the richest store of knowledge is he who can appreciate and appropriate the
 
 his own, but 1t takes an artist pecu- liarly free from prejudlces to do this,
 The mind which can appreciate and love Botticeli and Monet at the same time Is perhaps rare. yet there are such and in the author of these canvasses we have mind of such callbre. A mind free from prejudice and always ready to give credit where credit is due.
 In preliminary glance through the exhibition the observer is struck by the individuality, not only of the sitters, but of the canvases themselves. It would be easy to have them look much alike even if the individual features compilations and costumes were differ ent: but here the canvases as units preserve a distinct individuality,
 In one we have fine scheme of greys, blacks and blues. in another, a scheme of beautiful golden brown and silvery white In many of the portraits :he sitters wear black. yet one can hardly find two similar blocks in the whole collection. These blacks, by the way. are beautifully rendered and are a delight to the eye.
 Note the fine grayish black in the gown of the Rev Hugh Black. por- trait of very great distinction the att lmospheric black that stands in the frame" so well in the portrait of Prof. Hubert Anson Newtown and again, a different and very harmonious black in the portrait of pr John S. Ely.
 Each canvas has presented different problem and that such problems have teen attacked with enthusiasm and rendered with verity of likeness and values is not to be gainsad.
 Among the later works we must men tion especially the portrait of Theodore Blake Anyone would know this Is q good portrait even without knowing the man himself. Carefully drawn and con structed, painted in a scheme of beau tifu warm greys, the landscape back Iground low and harmonious in tone, 1t Is a unit of rare distinction and per- ception and full of good homely com fort
 The portrait of Miss Clifford Williams (arrangement in brown and whlte) alone would give Prof Niemeyer his standing among painters of the first rank
 The beauty of the golden brown coat placed against background of low toned silvery white is an expres- sion of the highest artistic perception and taste. The canvas seems to em. anate golden and silver vibrations of tones which interplay with each other giving q movement and life of coloi rarely attained. The brown hat and the warm tones of the flesh finish q most pleasing scheme of harmonious masses of color and of contour
 The portrait of Prof. Hubert An. son Newton Is Q most artistic arrange. [ ment of blues and grays. This Is dis , tinctly one of RoyNiemeyer's best DOT. traits, both from the view point o , likeness and arrangement. This stu dent with his hand upon the tuquois, , blue globe, his attention riveted, hi 5 thoughts deep In the problem of tn, , moment Is rendered with truth O likeness which seems the more rar, because of the portraits unconven