New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

trade Winds. There is a shadelessness
about tropical foliage, a refraction
rather than an absorption Of light.
quite different from the cool. inviting
shadows beneath Northern trees. This
inhospitabe state of affairs lends it
self 10 Mr.. Balls method of work lie
quickly learns che language Of the hills,
and, what is more, as in the VALLEY Of
the Rio Blanco," and the Sierra Lu-
quillo." brings a'tapestry like warmth
10 light key.
Twenty years ago Mr. Bal would
have been made especial note Of a.
impressionstic. He reproduces land
scapes in terms of innumerabe spots
Of color. He is interested rather in
the light on the object than the OBJ
ject itself Twenty years ago it was
a fresh point Of view and caused at
tention through its fresh eyes. But IL
il an old story now and must be well
done to convince. Somehow these
Landscapes do not quite achieve that
mark. The spots are there. The color
is there. But the spots lack form. Mr.
Ball seems 20 fail TO realize that the
shaft of light counts as well as the
light itself. .
Mr.. 5. Montgomery Roosevelt can
paint himself better than he can paint
anybody else, if we are to judge from
his exhibition also at the Folsom
gallery. In that one canvas appears a
little real feeling, some slight ANNA
ton. For the rest, Mr.. Roosevelt will
be best liked by admirers of the so
ciety portrait painter" and all that the
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kind. grows upon you as you enter
his exhibition room, and eliminates
in picture of painter in black at
the end of the gallery. Also beauty
has her place The Portrait of Lady
with Rose" for example, is the kind
that hangs on the wall of the theatre
set representing a painters studio. In
.he middle Of the studio stands his
masterpiece II invariably has its
back to the audience.
OF what use are spoken words
Twenty minutes at the Grolier Club
exhibition OF maps, plans and views
of old New York is worth hours in
your sons school history. Did you
know that in 1917 our part of the land
scape was called Belgii Novi? II was.
Also in the totally uninhabited interior
lived monster turkeys and elks and
Indians called "Wappingers," hence
"Wappingers' Falls" of course. In
1872, however. such frivolities had
passed. New York Of that year would
compare favorably with Stamford OF
to-day.
BY f71S the Dutch were no more.
Instead six-foot panorama from
BROOKLYN Heights, called "A South!
Prospect of Ye Flourishing City OF
New York" by William Burgs, tells
of a harbor crowded with ships Big
and little. of city houses up to Cain
srine Street, or whereabouts. and OF
New Jersey still sleeping beneath us
primaval forest. Grand Street was the
limit in 1895 and more to come Just
north of the adjoining fresh water
pond. September 2l, 1916. and we
boast of our first ruin. Trinity Churcn
but recently burned; 1895, and TRINITY
Church has been rebuilt.
Now. fancy takes airs and graces 20
itself once more. Samuel seymour
produces an inspired view from some
where in New Jersey, the location 10
ne obtained from the white horse ana
the birch tree down in the foreground.
Also the city was laid out with com
mendable regularity to As far north a.
NcKim's Dam Bridge. Luckily the
poard OF Aldermen kept all the streets
back of Lafayette Drive from being
completed in quite those regular lines.
otberyise our civic debt would be
even highea In this year, also, came
bv far the best lithogrsph Of the lot,
remarkable for really delicate coloring::
II was published by +. BerthauX, Of
Diion. France. and represents the
steamer Claremont passing West Point
Then follow more illuminating con-