The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-07
Buck WATER COLORS
NOW AT ALDINE CLUB
All American Collection Shows
Works Of 1875
Artists.
LETTERS IN SAME FRAMES
Painters characteristics Inter-
estingly Revealed in
These Notes.

To the great good fortune Of the men,
bers Of the Aldine Club and their friends
the club has received the loan Of the
c. n. Buck collection OF water coiors
for an indefinite period. In honor Of the
installation OF the pictures the club gave
reception yesterday afternoon. fol-
lowed by dancing.
The collection as a whole Is no Inter
esting. contains so many works OF merit
and suggests so many points OF view that
u is to be hoped an arrangement may
be made by which the public may he adj
mitted to see H.
Mr. Bucks collection Ia retrospective
and exclusively American. He began
making It more than twenty years ago,
and practically every prominent America
painter who ever dipped into water color.
with the exception Of the great John
= Sargent. Is included. one hundred
and eighty-five artists are represented
each with one work. OF the 1855 artists
seyenty-fve are dead. so that already the
collection begins to have a historical as
well as artistic Significance.
4 majority Of the pictures are accom-
panied by photographs and autograph
I letters Of the artists. which add greatly
to their interest Although these notes.
which are framed, In with the pictures.
are short for the most part, nearly all
OF them reveal characteristics traits. Wins
/ low Homers. for example. will amuse
4 those who already know Of the forbid
ding traits that developed in che grea;
recluse. Mr.. Buck. at that time con-
nected with the magazine Truth. had
written requesting permission for a GER
! tain article. Homer returned The ar
ticle YOU suggest | have not the slight
! est interest In. for reasons that I have
| not now time to explain
The Homer water color 20 which thi.
letter is attached Is "A superb example.
| II Is one OF the hunting scenes. depict
ing an old man and youth In a boat
the old man helping dog to climb In
from the water. slain deer show
ing In the stern OF the boat. The vivid
white lights In the water and the noble
Shakespearian appearance given to the
old man will not have TO be insisted on to
Homer enthusiasts. who must be legion.
II is impossible to say which painting
tops the list In the Buck collection-ths
Homer. the John II, Fargo or the Whistler
| for all three are equally typical Of theiI
makers The La Fargo is stud,
for one of the windows OF ~. Thomas's
showing woman with long cream
colored skirt. almost covered by rec
cloth which she holds tightly about her
self. giving the draperies the lines OF a
Tanagra hgurine II is most serioui
little study. The Whistler may not b,
SO serious. but Is equally charming. !
IS called Maud and shows youn,
woman in a hammock reading, probabl,
the famous poem. or II may be that he
name Is Maud.
The l.. a. Abbey is small picture
quaint and refined. The Ralph Blakelocl
has curious technique, resembling tina
! Of oil painting. picture of
tiger that at first glance seemed to hav'
been painted by pelacrioN and TO hav'
wandered into the collection by mistake
turns out upon investigation to be by n,
less n person than Arthur r. Davies.
Among the other celebrities well rep
resented In this exhibition are Georg
Inness. William NJ Chase. Bry son Bur
roughs, Alden Weir. J. H. Twachtman
, George Hitchcock. Homer Martin, wy
, ant. Irving Wiles. Jonas McEntee. Rhod
Holmes Nichols chiide Hsssam. Georg
Wharton Edwards. William Keith an,
Theodore Robinson