New-York tribune., 1908-11-11
ART EXHIBITIONS
Paintings and Prints Usher1ng IN the
Ne1o Season.

PGint1ngS and Prints L sher1rg IN the
Ne5o Season.
The art season opens with number Of Interesting
exhibitions. As often happens at this time or year
prints are especially 10 the fore. but there are
paintings 70 be seen IN more than gallery.
One of these. by the way, not made the subject OF
q formal show. but exposed casually In hnoedIer
window. Is work OF unusual significance It is an
example Of the late Alexandra Falguiere. that dis
tinguished Frenchran who is best known
sculptor but whose occasional use OF the brush was
apt to result in mastery piece Of painting This
study of three figures, grouped with Dull
that is about die is boldly composed and broadly
painted. The artists grasp of form is splendldly
manifested, and he gives you. too In his reserved
fashion, some very handsome color Best OF all
this painting Of Faguieres. like the well known
figure piece in the Luxembourg, bears Enthusiastically
the stamp OF style. 1t had long been lost TO sight
we understand, in q private collection. t is good
have it brought out to public view. for masculine
authoritative work like this is always rare and
always a privilege to behold. At present the win
dow through which it has to be seen is scarcely an
advantage. Fortunately, however. 1t is next week
to be shown in Of the inner rooms. where its
merits will be more fully appreciated
The New York Water Color Club is holding at the
Fine Arts Building its nineteenth annual exhibition.
This which is made up of three hundred
pictures IS the whole Of the pleasantest
shows the club has aever arranged The two CALLER
!
jury of selection has been discreet The collec-
ton is particularly strong in low toned land
scapes-pictures like Mr.. c. P. Gruppes "Herder
with Sheep Mr.. c. ". Eaton's Moonlight.
Bruges" Much work of fresh and personal char
acter is shown among these out-of-door impress
sons Mr- Alexander Robinson's vigorously painted
Dutch scenes more particularly to be noted
Mr. Edward Dufner, in his "Springtime, Taormtna
does quite 10 have achieved the effect
sought. but is interesting TO observe the direction
he is tai he figure q
but two of them at least clever In
single instance. Miss Hilda BeIcher's Auburn and
. White, recognize q skill that has positive
charm But does not expect too much outside
of the landscapes in these water color shows. 1t is
enough that they illustrate fair and CON
tain numerous attractive bits" sympa theticaly
felt and adroitly painted.
small but choice collection Of water colors and
pastels by American artists is on view at the Non
tross gallery. It contains rather ambitious per-
formance, "Linette Of the Boughs," a portrait
drawn in full rich tones by Mr.. Louis Loeb but the
walls are hung mostly with light Landscape notes
by Mr.. Walter Griffin, Mr. ChiIde Hasssm Mr J.
Alden Welr, Mr.. D ". Tryon and others. These
include some exquisite passages All of the artists
mentioned give a good account of themselves
There is also exhibited group of twelve or fifteen
water colors by Mr.. La Fargo the studies and
memoranda of an imaginative colorist and designer
Ihese fragments give a delightful glimpse into
his portfolios The outstanding contribution TO this
collection is Mr.. T. ". Deuing's Head silver
point marked by just the subtle precision the deli
cacy and distinction which are Indispensable to 2
work Of the kind if it is TO be perfect Even d
breath Of inadequacy spells complete Il lure in a
Silver-potnt drawing. The production Of head like
this one of Mr.. Dewings means a sort Of magical
evocation The artist record his impression of
Beauty at once with sureness suggesting the
strength Of tempered steel and with seasitiveness
recalling the soft pressure Of rose leaf His line
must De equally firm and tender. and he must use
II. TOO, with consummate economy. NJ Dep-ing. :
lovely silver-point fUIfls every condition Il is
/ without flaw.
Ar Howard Pyle is one Of those latter-dav illus
traitors who profting by the deveIopn1ent of color
processes are painters into the bargain. He has
! at the Macbeth gallery thirty pictures most of
| which have been reproduced within the pages of
e magazine That is fact readily 70 pe OWNED
= from his canvases Ir drawing and in color thev
are marked by a certain sharpness OF definition
| Of contrast, which you fee would he more
pleasing in small reproduction. There IS g note
! Of dehberatton about Mr.. Pyle's craftsmanship.
| IS there is one of p-osaic and even bald state
naent about his color: considering the dramatic
| nature Of many OF his themes he IS stngularly
! Unconditional In his rornance-and he is tncurabIy
! romant1c-there is never any mystery. there are
never any thrilling surprises His rnedevaI and
/ his buCcaneering subjects almost incredibly
/ wanting in the poetic or wild glamour which one
| demands in them For his curious ooldness he
I
! effective compositions. by drawing them we'll by
making Srnost of picturesque costumes and by
exercising a really powerful sense of character
/ The physiognomes of his people full Of mean
ing Note the shvering minstrel ar the castle door
/ and the pursy warder who receives him Note the
pfrs tlcal r11fians IN The Sack Of Carthagena'
! or in the duel scene called Who Shall Be Cap
/ tain" Nj Pyle is alert in the observation Of
! types though he may have the gift for en-
velopins them IN an atmosphere Of passion. With
alI his dra wbacks he ls-as an illustrator of such
Gus and vivid. His work is alvavs telling in .
theatrical way.
! There may be seen al the Kerpel gallery 4
/ fine collection Of engravtrgs ana etchings by
/ A1brecht D1lrer an exhibition Of the sort which
| cannot be 100 warmly commended. Il is always
| bAInfuI to go back to the old masters there Is
/ and Of all the serene influences which lie in the
! past there is none more fortifying than Durer's
His Gothic Imagination held in check by a
sense Of form which savors Of the antique Even
without his Venetian experience he would have
/ developed IN Northern art something Of that
noble and stately strain which We associate with
, the Renaissance in the South Beauty. he
understood II Uas scarcely affair OF grace. of
charm He Is austere and even bleak IN his out
look ,1pon the world The consciousness that
q Greens into his work now and again is something
/ of which We feel he NAV easily have been IN
conscious Il is an accident due 70 the character
Of his material rather than to any trait of hts
own His ideal Of beauty is one OF truth. Of 2
kind Of grandeur that is half corporeaI and half
moral The collection at the KeppeI gallery en-
braces many Of his greatest inventions in very
beautiful impressions It should not be missed