The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

pllshing the sclf-choscn task. Mr..
Lathrop's landscape is about the most
successful in the show. lie had in
advance apparently a Gear concep-
ton of what he was about. and each
stroke neatly assisted the effect. II
IL merely "A matter of an early eve
ring SKY with a canary culored moon
struggling against the warm tones
flung upon the blue by the dy Al
sun. The earth below j. divided into
light and dark. and there is n sugges-
ton of a barn and n sailhoats mast
sticks up from a creek.
The color IL agreeable, hlt one
understands 1t so easily that there Il
very lite mystery about 1t. The art
- had two great piles of ready mixed
pale niue and pink upon his palette
and as he slapped In sky in ne
adroitly mixed the pink and blue with
zach stroke. There is a certain pleas
ure 10 &c gained in the hand deN-
terity that il displayed. Aut there u
absolutely M appeal to ones imae!na-
ton. ANY one who has seen a brush
used knows precisely how NJ. LA
,hrop's work is done. la that respect
Mr.. I.ntSrop may Ice compared not
untairly with Cain.
Zen Foster lacks The surcncss ni
hand of Mr.. ~l.athrop. and there vii.
he no especial excitement among the
students over the way he has applied
the paint IL his landscapes. hut lac
knows u nice subject when he sees
n. and his landscapes will pleas the
"safc and sane portion Of the popu-
lation. In Chicago. where Mr.. Foster
is very much appreciated. sixteen ont
Of the ,%hirty-two pictures he
hihitcd there were sold.
Mr.. Bcllows's two portraits are So
vigorously executed that they. OF
course. quite distract ore from ths
landscapes spoken of. but at the same
III" there i not 90 much confidence
in tho spectator 'hat the artist really
accomplished all of his 'selt-cn"Sei
task The most interesting thing
obouI IN" woman's portrait ''Iu"ie'
Is the giaring light. somewhat rcsem-
ling that tllng M by f"StlightS ur
the STAGE The drawing goes off II
p.aces. and the color IL rot especially
captivating, The portrait Of Tho llttls
g.rl IN ;hc ridlnS habit Is so difficult
10 comprehend that n charitable critic
viii cuppose 1t 10 have been paln,"t
for u different background than tn,
n that a, present supports it, Paint
iuGs often look quite differently II
different places. You know.
Tn Winter Evening" by Joseph r
Pearson. Jr.. has a decorative qua ity
hui the sky is really too big. oul
a -. leg .,o a. - n nDaip ShN. Z. hon. .aninttn,
pictures in queer sizes and Away,
dutifully work upon the stretched can
vas just as it comes from the shop
II would he shocking hercsy. | dar,
say, even 10 suggest such a thing. bu
Mr.. Pearson might make twice a
much OF a hit if he would cut mos
Of the sky away and make the pictur,
over into a wide, short landscape.
The Jonas Lie "Harbor" picture /
dashing in style and color. and tho sail
boats are cleverly placed in the mi
sitlon. Mr., Dewing's Rose and Black
is n seated figure painted with tn
usual blend Of refinement and uncer
tainty Of technique. Childe Hassan
and Arthur G Dow show artistic draw
ings Of fine old houses; Jerome Myer
a characteristic group ot school chill
drcn, &. Bcrtram Hartman "A fantasy |
theatre color and Howard CJ,uzzi al
Arrangement OF color in splashes tina
~Hs suggested to him, he says, by som
Ines Of Shelley.
XAe department OF photography {
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