New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-13
ART EXHIBITIONS
Recent Pictures by American
and F0reiun Painters.

side Of the question In such little exhi-
billion as the one now open at the Montross
gallery. IT contains only twenty pictures.
contributed by only ten men. Landscapes
predominant. but there are a few subject
pictures. Nothing on a very large scale Is
shown. so that the walls are not crowded.
The broad impression received Is decidedly
agreeable. Mr.. d. W. Tryon exhibits some
charming things. His most ambitious
work. to be sure, the "Springtime.' Is
empty and disappointing. but his three
other pictures are capital performances.
one OF them. the "Autumn--Moonrise." be-
ing an exquisite poem. This fine painting
has a notable rival in Mr.. w. J.. Lathrop's
Summer Afternoon" a small and quite
unpretentious work which Is nevertheless
one of the loveiest landscapes we have
seen in long time, and beyond all ques-
ton one OF the subtlest and most personal
studies this artist has ever produced. There
are excellent landscapes also by Mr.. J. F.
Murphy, Mr.. Alexander Schilling and Mr..
Henry G.. White.
or Mr.. Elliott DaingerfieId's two pictures
the little Camp at Night" rich bit of
tone recalling Diaz. is the more persuasive.
His Christ Sitting the Tempest Is we'll
conceived and has some emotional force,
but in color it lacks the noble quality which
should go with the solemnity of the theme.
Two pictures are sent by Mr.. Horatio
Walker, a "Moonrise-Winter." which has
the virtue of truth but is not otherwise
impressive. and a "Mlking-Evening,"
which is delightfully."- luminous and contains
some sonorous color 10 boot. friendly
word is due to THE japanese Screen OF
Mr.. Edward A. Bell. He has not quite
succeeded with the figure that plays an i'm
portant part In his composition, but the
screen in the background is charmingly
painted and the general effect Of the thing
is very winning Mr.. Dewings Lady
Holding a Rose" very nearly turns the eI-
hibtiOn into "one man show" This pict-
ure, like the Lady in Grey" In the exhibit
ton Of the Ten American Painters, domi-
mates its surroundings. The seated model.
clothed In green robe, is not a robust
type, nor Is there anything to invite that
epithet about the artists style. That is
delicacy itself. as Is the key In which this
pure color scheme Is set. But behind Mr..
Dewng's fastidious refinement. behind his
injurious temperament. there glows a pas
sion for beauty and for the art OF painting
which Is ten times more effective than
mere rugged force. Nothing could be less
assertive than this painting, but In Its calm
way II lifts itself above everything else In
the room.
At the krsushaar gallery there ia an ex-
hibition of eight pictures by Henri LIE
Sldaner and four by Frank Brangwyn.
The French artist is a type of romantic
reverie. In Venice, in England and in the
old towns Of his native land he seeks out
picturesque buildings and paints them in
tints that may be never so bright but must
still yield to the atmosphere OF kind VI
poetic twilight which is inseparable from
his vision OF things. A film OF mystery Is
flung over his ancient castles and bridges
In a picture like that of the old sheds
where the washerwomen labor along the
river at Gisors one sees a place of hum
drum toll as in q poets dream. Stiffness
broods over these scenes. They seem re-
mote and little unreal. even when they
are feryid and opalescent In color. His
English comrade in this exhibition is rep
resented by work unusually restrained.
One is accustomed 10 find Mr.. Brangwyn
painting on a generous scale, in distinctly
gorgeous manner. In these pictures, three
OF which appear TO have some literary and
illustrative significance. his holiness is
kept we'll In hand. The trait is only the
more attractive when It is thus controlled.
His two pastoral groups have full bodied
but still very charming quality. and the
"Othelo' is a delightfully."- spirited note. A
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OF course, a more varied account Of his art.
but not necessarily a pleassnter one than
We get on this occasion.
Mr.. Walter L. Palmer. whose winter
landscapes long ago won him repute, has
an exhibition OF twenty-five paintings at
the Folsom gallery. Some Of these are of
Venetian subjects. and they are sufficiently
meritorious. but the most characteristic OF
the pictures are the best, more of those ia
miliar American scenes In which the
ground is covered with snow and the trees.
too, carry their white burden. Repetition
has not duled Mr.. Palmer's interest in his
beloved motives. On the contrary he is
painting better than ever before. His
touch is freer and broader. His blue shad-
ows are not quite 80 blue, and this makes
them the more natural He was always
adrot in putting his pictures together. and
there are many good compositions on the
walls 1t Is a workmanlike and interesting
show
The exhibition at the Keppel gallery OF
etchings by Zorn Is mostly made up of
plates that have long been familiar, but It
has the special interest of including GER
tain number OF rarlties. This Swedish ar
list makes rather mixed appeal. His
feeling for character gives great vitality
10 his portraits. This collection of his
works fairly tingles with actually" But
IL is only for character and not for beauty
that one goes TO his etchings. The numer-
Gus nudes he has drawn expose with merci-
less clarity the materialism of his senti-
ment, the essentially prosaic nature OF his
inspiration. In style as in substance he has
everything save distinction and charm.
The popularity Of Mr. W. Elmer Scho-
fields paintings. now on view at the Kate
gallery. has led to change in the ordi-
nary programme there. The exhibition will
he open tomorrow afternoon from 3 TO
o'clock and on Tuesday evening from S to
10 O'Clock. 1t lasts until April 70. The ex-
blbition OF French portraits at the Enrich
gallery has been extended to April q. At the
Snedecor gallery an exhibition Of paintings
done In Alaska by Mr.. Leonard NJ. Davis
has Just been opened. At the Clarke gal
lery there opens on Monday an exhibition
Of the Celia collection OF antique furniture
and art objects, which is to be sold at auc-
tion later in the week. News comes from
the exhibition OF thirty-fve paintings by
the late George Inness. which Is being held
az the New York School of Applied Design
for Women, that one Of the landscapes,
,to .Edpe OF the Meadow lent by Mr..
II Ainalie has been bought by