Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-19

F., play of light and shadow across the
/ landscape which gives it its charm, the
better than many. understands and
transcribes. Here is the secret of the
charm of Redfield's work-it is not
I supiect-it is simply light and air
! transforming and clarifying.
| AS Sorolla has interpreted sunlight on
I white tapping sails and the sea, SO
Rcdfield has chosen to interpret it chief
ly on snow, the texture of which he has
/ learned to render with great dexterlty
And what is more fascinating
| Woodland Solitude No. IA in the
| catalogue of this exhibition. shows in
! this line most successful achievement.
| 1t is a picture painted at short range
woodland brook flowing between snowy
| banks overgrown with vines ana oushes
all snowladen. There is no SKY. no
| vista. but the sun lies in dazzling spots
on the upper bank almost binding the
observer The leaf forms cut sharply.
the snow lies deep. but like powder. II
! is really wonderful painting, not
| a little in the spirit of the Swedish
| painters. yet more positive in express
| sion than their renderings would have
/ been of such a theme. Here is almost
I a poetic suggestion. such as the Jap
anese find in snow-covered nature
! The Old Homestead. No. 33, is very
different in character. but also espe-
cially notable. In the foreground
I parallel with the lower edge of the
! frame is stream. gray and cold:
among a grove of trees. leafless and
grim. stands the house. plain, substan-
; tial and homely. Here again is sugges-
! ton of the northern painters. 1t is
Thaulow, the Scandinavian, however. to
whom ones thought reverts. But there
/ is bigger, calmer. quieter note in this
picture than in the majority of Thau-
lows paintings. The adjustment here
of low-toned values is very lovely.
| In the place of honor hangs THE De-
serted Farm a typical Delaware river
/ landscape and a thorough representa-
tive Redfeld painting. The sky is
cherming and there is delightful play
of light and color across the hills.
To either side hang two very recent.
and Overlooking the Valley" both
more subtle than usual in handling. but
otherwise quite characteristic, two tall
| cedars dominating the vista in one;
masses of dead grass uncovered by
snow occupying attention in the fore
ground of the other.
Birch and Sycamore" is a colorful
canvas with more decorative feeling
than the majority and beautiful draw
Sleigh" one again finds the merry kind
| of sunlight which seems to ally itself
with human enjoyment.
| There are three nocturnes in the COL
lection. all painted in New York. One
! is of the city "A night seen from some
! high building, one is of the river front
! viewed from a height. and the third is
of the Brooklyn bridge retreating,
it were, into the darkness All three
are very veracious and engaging.
i There arc also several pictures paint
ed in France before Mr.. Redfield really
established his own definite PERSONAL
| ity. One shows the road to Calais
stepped in the moonlight, one is of
| boats, I'm Port-France." and another
| shows The Plains Near Boulogne.'
All show intelligent study and observa-
! ton, but all reflect still the minds of
the masters under whose influence he
| had at that time recently come.
This exhibition continues until the
| 9Th of April.
IN the Moore galleries there is now
u on exhibition a collection Of water
colors by Col. Anthony Dyer of Rhode
| Island. For some years Col. Dyer has
| held an exhibition here during the
| seas son; his pictures are always liked
and he is always welcome 1t has
long been Col Dyer's custom to spend
his summers abroad, painting in Eng
land, France or Italy such picturesque
bits as later found their way into his
exhibitions. For the past two seasons.
however. on account of the war. travel
! dpTOdO mas DcSIi IHlpOSslDle, anu
IN the present exhibition appear pic
| lures painted in New England. near
Narragansett, which have charm
| quite their own. There are some New
| England farmhouses which are very
picturesque set among apple trees:
| there is a quaint doorway or two, and
| there are pictures of blossoming fruit
| trees in backgrounds against the sea
| which are fascinating in color and
full of spring time suggestion. Then,
! as one looks around, there is a door