New-York tribune., 1908-03-10

beyond the boundaries prescribed by the schools.
He tells Us nothing new in his large pictures OF
French peasants and fsherfoik Partisan types and
on does he bring to the treatment of these
subjects fresh accent of style At the same time
he has two virtues which arc not always en-
countered among the rank and file at the Salon
There is forcefu direct touch in few Of his pro-
ductions, notably in the pastel Mountain Goat"
and to the vigorous craftsmanship which charac-
terIzes this picture ne adds occasion. the merit
which comes of sympathy for light "On the
Way to School" and Water Carrier Her Morn
ing Trip the paintings best illustrating his
aptitude for the Of the figure against
the luminous background. HIS landscapes some
times, though not always disclose the same faculty
for a truthful and interesting rendering of open
air effects. The collection whole. which con-
tans more than thirty pictures and studies in OIL
water color and pastel, suggest, a free and mas
cuiine talent not uniformly exercised with abso-
lutte seif-possession.
An English craftsman. Mr. S. Garstln Harvey.
shows at the Knoedier galleries a number of
pencil drawings. silver points and paintings al
portraits. The three paintings. though interesting
in method not otherwise of serious import.
The artists touch Is too nelastic too wanting in
style. As regards the iat'er quality, indeed he
nowhere departs from the metculous and nerve
less tradition which is perhaps best represented by
the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones whose thin. deli
cate outlines he immediately recalls. But. grant
ing him his formula, Mr. Harvey produces not
unattraetive portraits. They have precision and
elegance, and they have always an air of truth.
The thing in the collection is the "Senatore
Finale The strong and flexible execution in this
shows that the artist can occasion. let himself
go to good purpose Silver point, OF course I'M
poses laws of its own but with the pencll MT.
Harvey would be well advised to cultivate more
often the vein of the portrait just cited 1t would
nroAt Mr. Maurice Fromkes too, II he were TO use
in oils something the same 1uency which ne
uses in pastel There portraits by him In botn
mediums in the exhibition he has arranged up
stairs at the Knoedler galleries. The oils. though
soldIy executed lack quality. The pasteis are de-
cidedlv clever performances. In the same room
there is a full OF suavely painted miniatures
by Mime. Renee de A1irmont.
At the Noe galleries there some new snow
scenes by Mr.. Walter l. Palmer He gives
veracfo,is account of his landscapes and TO tnat
extent he ple.ses in pictures like The burdened
. Branches >and THE Pine Grove. In these anu
In two others he shows also feeilng Tor
the pictorial motive, and he has made some prog
ress In the handling of light. The thing that is
missed is the temperamental strain. the indi-
vdualized Interpretation OF familiar themes There
are some oddities TO be seen at the Photo-Seces-
sion galleries. Miss Pamela Coleman Smith ex-
hibts there Il collection OF drawings in color, sup
posed to syrnboze divers Of the masterpieces OF
the great musicians. Beethoven Mozart, Schumann
and others. The compositions suggest fancy
rathe- than Imagination. and they waken no
the catalogue. There is no power or charm in the
technique. The etchings and book plates of Mr.
Will Geiger provoke amused reflection on that old
maxim anent the danger of possessing a little
knowledge Mr.. Geiger is presumably acquainted
with the "C.aprichos'' of Goya and the ''DiaDoii-
oues' of Felicen Rops. It is probable that he has
also studied drawings of the late Aubrey
BeardSley. But he has not developed apttudes
qualifying him TO succeed in the emulation OF
such types as these, and though he has skill
his efforts to be Iurid and sardonc only excite a
smile At the Schauss gallery there is an exhibit
ton of plates from Les Femmes de Versailles.
beautiful reproductions in color from portraits by
Natter La Tour, Van Loo, Mignard and other
famous French painters. The Clausen gal
iery brings forward a collection of pictures by Mr.
Malcolm Fraser and at the Georges A GIaenzer
galleries there are paintings by Mr. George H
Macrum and Mr. John f. Carlson.
The saImagundi Club holds this week an exhibi-
ten of paintings by twenty of its members. The
Engineers Club will open on Friday the frs. ex-
hibftion of paintings be held at its home in
West 10th street. The spring exhibition of the Ma
tionaI Academy of Design opens at the Fine Arts
Building Saturday. II will last until April Is.
At the place. the 50th of April, the Amer
lean Water Color Society will open its forty-first
annual exhibition Tonight, Boston. the Copey
Society opens its important loan exhibition of
works by the French school of $50 Next month,
in the 9th Regiment Armory at Baltimore. the Ma
tonaI Sculpture Society will hold extraordinary
exhibition under the auspices of the Municipal Art
Society of that city. More than four hundred
works will be shown, representing a hun
dred American scuptors. The Corcoran Gallery
Of Art Washington has just ISSUED its prospectus
for second exhibition of contemporary American
paintings. II will be held during December, 1903.
end January, 1903 Four prizes, offered by Senator
". A. Clark, will be awarded. prizes respectively of
5000 $l500. sl.c00 and $500. Full information
this exhibition may he obtained from Mr.. F. b.
Mcguire. director of the gallery. The first exhib-
ton, held year ago, from every point OF
view successful that the plan tor another exctes
the liveliest hopes. r c.
DIES IN HER 1ofST YEAR.