New-York tribune., 1909-03-20
ART EXHIBITIONS
Nesc Pictures by the Ten american
Painters.

There are only t~enty-two pictures in the collec-
zion which the Ten American Painters have brought
together at the Montross Gallery: but they roaLa
an exhibition yielding TO none of the more nretep
tous displays OF the year in downright living in
terest- II is. too q delightfully."- varied show, The
men Who make 4 have their oWn points Of view
and they Justify their temperamentaI tendencies bv
good workmanship. II they disclose no inar1na-
tive impulses they az any rate invest their mundane
subjects with beauty signifying emotion. One of
the Ten appears more or less in the character Of
the poet, though he has had, perhaps no intention
save that Of recording visible truth This e Mr.
Nsir, whose five or six landscapes are OF very
unusual merit. In the single figure study that he
sends. The Peacock Feathers he is interesting
but falls to exercise the charm which was noted
TIE other day giving his picture in the Spring
Academy e place apart But in his landscapes he
expresses himself with sheer felicity. They are all
good and IN one Of them. "A Corner Of the Field"
ra has produced such picture as you do not or
dinsriy encounter IN years L IS this picture that
more particularly is eloquent Of poetic feeling The
composition is so original the color is so tender
the atmosphere IS so full of the fragrance OF nat
r.re mat one cannot think of the thing as Just a
patient transcript Of fact A kind Of inner Joy
must go the production Of work like this; in il
--ou feel the instinct OF the artist creating out
the thing that he sees original web of form and
color. individualized memorial Of experience
q beauty.
The landscapes in this exhibition are to be sure,
very much in the foreground. With Mr.. Weir they
are a1-importaat. With Mr.. Hassam they have
almost II quite. the same preponderating value.
There IS some capital color IN The Black Hat
and The Music Room" Of this artist. but both
pictures are painted with unduly heavy touch.
and The Music Room" shows very poor modelling
il The arms and hands OF the figure Mr.. Hassam IS
Ia more engaging in his landscape with two nude
figures The Summer Idyl" and in his coast scene,
-he '.Neptune's Hall-Appledore.' he has produced
lovely BIT OF painting, fun Of light full Of color,
and. ike Nj Ueir's best landscape, somehow COM
ha rEr7 land
scspe contributed by Mr.. -Metcslf. The White
Veil IS beautiful impression OF a New England
scene yelled in snow. Not exquisite or so orig
.-al painting IS The White Mantle" that mas
-erlv winter subject which he exhibited a season
o. rva ago, this is, nevertheless. a true and fine
performance. Mr.. Reid IS represented by both q
figure subject and 4 landscape. The latter. Wild
IRIS IS very attractive in color and Is. indeed.
Of rhe best of his recent open air studies but he
K seen to,even greater advantage in THE Yellow
Flower wherein the graceful figure is al once
broadly and daintily portrayed. The light tones,
TO. this painting. very beguiling. Although
FE--es provide the leading motives in all three OK
Nr. Bensons pictures his work IS chiefly Of inter
because OF the skill It reveals IN ths manage
rnent Of light He this skill effectively, though
n rather dry. sJaccsto fashion IN Summer After
noon and Eliza beth" On the other hand, in his
Evening Light" he has put It at the service Of
much more delicate and subtle mood The al
most i11perceptibly fading light Of evening IS
charringiy rendered in this painting.
Though the Landscapes, has been said, are 90
conspicuous upon this occasion, the figure studies
pure and simple include Two three pieces which
are Tot by any means Of minor import Nj Dew
frEs yellow Tulips. the painting which was noted
in this place at the time OF its appearance in the
Corcoran Gallery Washington. is a work Of fascl-
mating design and most distinguished color ana Il
has into the bargain, that rare element OF s'yle
hch Is his greatest gift. It does not matter that
his fEure is iuamobils and significant OF no ORA
rrsric OF other intellectual motive. It is enough
that Il should exist in thoughtess tranquility, an
image Of feminine grace transhgured by a magical
brush. The Blue Cup" Nj De Camp $ picture
IS something tn the nature Of an academic eAeT-
else The composition is not by itself especially IN
e~estnE nor Is the color scheme indicative OF any
very subtle feeling. But Il is delightful TO observe
-ra ACCOMPLISHED craftsman in this, 10 see Win
what zdroitness and weight Nj De Camp mas
gtser7 reality TO his model The play Of light too
n this picture denotes ability. tnolgh N I''7
vz-rrn about the face there is possibly forcing
~ rhe note Mr. Chase, IN his study o. BOY
Head ,r1presses US as does Nj De Camp win
Ms LrozyIedge and huency. He gives US sorelllllls
mora : richer quality, in his stiI Hfe' Inc "1i,u
1ffl Etching" To his series OF interiors
.C.- in their conception OF the works Of Yer MeeT'
Af- Tarbeu has added Girl Reading "ll-e1 -
In ,,-srisbed but has been carried far enough 10
,a,.e Main the splendid growth o. MS AT
e. N -oonotonv about the succession OF s-iiia-
designs mon which ne has been ~orklns' Ilioe-'
-. -, ,,avv ricture his technique seems 70 gam
- h-ea6+h in precision, and IN personal Q4at-lS
= - iris latest canvas is more Oeautlful thah
nv If it's predecessors The tones are S- '
-, hut they seem richer and deeper.