New-York tribune., 1911-03-01
ART EXHIBITIONS
Some Small Collections OF Works
by American Artists.

vast art building In New YORK -Which'
FOR some occult reason. always includes
thc proposal that an Immensely Fd'"-
able site should he supplied by the ''V-
arc fond Of dwelling upon the ne" oppo'
tunity which would thus b' given 10 tne
American artist to exhibit his work W.
arc told that there II now TOO niue rooi"
for all the things that ought n he SHOWN
Porhaps this is true but. on the oth''
hand. II is undeniable that prodi9'o"S
ouantitv of our native work is put before
the public every season Some cheerful sta
ustician once estimated that more OK
hibitIons were held I'm New York In year
than in either Paris or London. this IS
easy TO believe. In the present season ior
example the shows OF American pictures
alone have been almost bewildering IN
number and the tale Is not ehdeo .e'
The spring Academy which Will bring TOT
ward. We suppose, three hundred or noIF
works. IS only ten days of, and meanWn'e
there are zone man" exhibitions open OF
in prospect which certainly suggest tndt
nobody having any talent at all is coi"-
PEELED to hide his light under a ousnei'
Two clever American artists are In pos
session al the Folsom Gallery, both paint
ers OF landscape. One OF them, Mr.. n. van
Der Werden. has lived long abroad, and
his style denotes Partisan influences pu'
his sincerity has saved him from the 'rg
rot OF the Salon. His technique Is SOUND
and though his color does not disclose
much originality II is refined ana soi'le-
times handsome. His pictures OF inc
French countryside have both strength anu
charm Especially admirable are the TWO
pictures one done in the winter ana 'he
other in the summer. OF the old P1carny
manor house in which he makes his nome.
The snowy study is remarkable for It's
treatment Of light and air. This is. IN
deed. the outstanding picture in the show;
but there is much else that is attractive
including, by the way. one howery scene
I'm Nv Garden" which has a fairly poetic
quality. In another room Mr.. {. X Bacon
shows a number of American scenes. un-
even in execution, but all pervaded oy true
feeling for landscape sentiment The pict-
ure called THE Vilage-Winter" Is most
beguiling portrait OF a place, and 1t IS vel
painted into the bargain.
At the Haas Gallery young painter re-
Gently returned from his first artistic ad-
ventures abroad. Mr.. Julius Joseph is
showing some ffty-odd pictures and
sketches done in France. Venice and the
Low Countries His best resource is his
sense OF color. His tones are delightfully."-
fresh. occasionally brilliant. and through
out ne leaves an impression OF good TASTE
and vitality. We like particularly the dell
cacv of some Of his paintings In quiet Key
NJ gray. 4 sketch like THE Seine. Near
Moret" shows a genuine gift Mr. Jo-
sephs work is. in fact. very clever, ana
he should make good progress. out no
needs 10 study ground and tree forms. ~
present he is gravely uncertain in his den-
milton Of them 50 that many ot MS p'c'-
ures which arc pleasing enough on super
fetal examination. seem. when closely scrp-
tinized FAR too loosely painted and TO nave
In them too little Of the truth or nature
The current exhibition at tho Powell 'Ial-
Iery is devoted TO the works OF four paint
ers One of them. Mr.. F. J. Mulhaup'
shows a clever nude study. and another MT.
n ROWLAND has also a trifinS figure piece
HIT for tho rest the show T. made up Or
Landscapes Mr.. Paul Cornoyor sends some
Of his familiar and always agreeable pict-
ures Of the city. and he has one suburban
scene "A Bit Of The Bronx which IS
oven more successful than the things done
in his wel-worn path. The salient land
scape in the entire exhibition is THE Winter
/ Woods" by Mr. Hobart Nichols. Tnis is
/ powerful bit of painting. and 1t has very
! engaging individuality. Not in long time
have We seen so good picture 81 winter
as this.
Two great artists whose work has heen
/ finished are represented in the knoehler
/ Gallery. Whistler and WinsloV Homer
/ Tho Whistler show Is made up ~ q guam
titv Of his etchlngs. SHOWN in beautiful I'M
nressions. The Homers are thirty-one of
,he water colors lest IN his studio at the
/ tinc of his death. Some were painted
only few wears ago. Gut others date from
the late 70s and the early S's. The group
embraces souvenirs Of his travels In the
Caribbean. as well as studies Of his favorttt
subjects on the New England coast
Through them all there shines forth the
rough beauty Of his style. the quallty only
20 he had from a man OF genius. Here and
tbore too. arc examples Of that passion fo'
color which so often Jared out with Nno
or volcanic brilIiance in his work. This
makes a delightful pendant 10 the memo
rial exhibition at the Metropolitan Mu'
scum. a few .of tho pieces extending the
/ knowledge Of his art which that remarha'
ble display places within our grasp
Mr. Charles Hoffbauer the Nouns
Trenchman who is showing collection o.
paintings AT this gallery. is facie crafts
man. lie has devoted himself for uIn'
to tho painting Of our skyscrapcrs and th'
broad spectacle presented by our streets
andea,uildings He gets the facts. but u
can hardly be said that he turns them u
nuite satisfactory use. There is, perhaps
an excess OF detail in his pictures 'h'
lighted windows in his ranks or ofhct
buildings twinkle in too literal tashloh
/ There is no sign here of that fehcity u
composition which transmogrifeS the ra"
material provided in New York scenes an'
gives them artistic character and cnarn
Despite the skilful painting 10 be obserNe'
I'm this exhibition. We miss the clements
originality and style. as we miss the beauty
of color. needed above all when them''
so prosaic are 10 be raised TO a hiShe
mower. Mr Hoffbauer is. on the WhoIe
more ingratiating in his two or three eN
otic subjects tnan IN his numerous atteinpu
10 illustrate the physiognomy OF New
York. ~ -