New-York tribune., 1910-01-05

hnoedler Gallery represents the more recent
work OF Mr.. Aston Knight, the son of
hadgway Knight. 1t is obviously the work
of an artist trained in France. Mr. Knight
is clever. and long familiarity with the
standard fostered by the Salon has made
him an adept in pictorial design He puts
ms compositions together In deft fashion.
seizing the picturesque motive and making
the best of it, The late Fritz Thaulow
must have influenced him, If we may Judge
from the effective handling of moving water
under rich light in his Sunset on the
Qrne" and Towards Evening" His i'm
pressions are warm and sometimes roman
tic They are most interesting when, with
a certain fulness of color they reproduce
the charm of the French landscape In
the anteroom TO this show there are half
a dozen new portraits by NJ FRANCOIS Fla
meng. They have much fashionable ele-
gance and reflect abundant dexterity. but
are not otherwise impressive. At the Oehme
Gallery there is a small group of new
water colors by Mrs. Marie Stillman, per-
sonality well remembered in the annals of
the Pre-Raphaelite circle. She is a pains
taking exponent Of the British method in
water colors and her sketches of gardens
are accurate portraits The best of her
pictures is "GadshilI Village" in which
fewi cid houses are very pleasantly drawn.
There is an interesting exhibition at the
Enrich Gallery of early italian, Flemish
and German pictures II includes e num-
ber of religious subjects and a striking
group of painters. Among the latter the
'Seigneur Van Peeman, of Hemessen, and
the Portrait of a Gentleman" by Joost
Van Cleef, are especially noticeable, being
excellent studies of character, well drawn,
and with some good color to their credit
into the bargain. Very attractive too, are
the two panels of Bartholomew Bruyn,
each showing a Saint with Donors in
the charming fashion of the past. and each
distinguished by firmly if somewhat thinly
modelled faces. The Portrait of a Man
by Amberger. should also be favorably
mentioned. The most striking Of the re-
ligious pictures is The large Christ Before
Plate" by Paolo Zoppo. This is. indeed.
one Of the most interesting old Italian
paintings brought 10 this country in a long
time. Though not, perhaps, expressive of
that sweet naIvete which is so endearing
among the Southern Primitives, # well IL
lustrates the capacity of the earlier italian
10 paint a momentous theme with an art
less realism altogether beguiling. The fig
ure Of PLATE in this picture offers a de-
Ightful example of freedom in characteri-
zation, of absolute naturaineSS in the de-
termination of pose and gesture. This vo-
iuminously robed figure shows too, some
handsome color. Next to this in impor
tance we would place the lovely figure of
saint Catharine," painted by SOgliani;
the cassone panels telling the story of ''Su-
sannah and the Elders by Jacopo del
Seilajo; the delicate Madonna and Child"
by the latter artist, and the similar sub
jects given respectively to Francesca Botti-
cini and a painter of the school of Baido-
Vinetti There is always a peculiar grace.
there is always certain tenderness. in
the conceptions of design and form devel-
oped by the Primitives, ard in the spiritual
content of their work. This exhibition ad-
dresses to the student, therefore, an un-
commonly persuasive appeal
There opens with reception tonight, at
the National Arts Club, a retrospective
hibition of the works of Mr.. William M.
Chase. Some Introductory remarks will be
made by Mr.. J. n. LauTvik and Mr.. Chase
himself viii then deliver address on
art. A dinner in his honor Will be given at