New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

The exhibition Of finished paintings
and sketches hv Matilda Brown az tho
Arlington Gallery continues q tradI-
ton no subject matter that was rum
ming more strongly twenty years ago
than AZ present Miss Brown is AN
animal painter descending from Rosa
Bouheur an the love of animals and
from the lmprcssIonlsts m curiosity
before color truths. Rosa Bonheur m
the matter Of drawing had more l0cal
interests. Hers was a literal mind
with a romantic twist. She gave Us
the animal complete the texture Of
his coat. the play of his muscles, some
thing Of his individual character;
portrait. Miss Brown. throwing light
upon her animals. DISCUSSES many
things that a Bonheur or q Carleton
Virgins. pushed By strict conscious
ness OF the demands of their role as
animal painters, could not permit.
Her animals are very often incidents,
spots of color iu a landscape not the
salient factor. predOmlnatng BIT OF
ROYALTY, before which every other
thing is background and forced INTO
comparative significance. Her story
telling The Wanderer' may De 10
some extent an exception 20 tins RUE
The excitement OF the lost Dull upon
houetted. Is as much reflected through
a troubled skv as through the pose o.
the animal. Here Dc a story carried
ont consistently. with the instincts OF
"a rood stage manager, the accents
placed where they will be most telhns
and the color become almost slrldehI'
In deed. As an example of stage dlrec-
torship this lone bull on this bald MIL
crest NAV well stand az an exception
al success. There IL color ~ IL pc
lido an eve 10 quality despite that
IL h, not completely realized.
The Loading salt Hay ana inc
Grange Fair" are not so AMBITIOUS as
the French painters Horse ar q.
The Metropolitan Museum OF Art Du.
In these we ind the ARTISTS Ihteres'S
less concentrated, less speclai'1e1'
wider. She admires the settings as wen
AS the stones. Her landscapes are as
sympathetlcally seen "a the ah'iidL'
that live in them. Her vision Is JOY
Gus. She envelopes her compositions
in a sunlight that Is rather ldylllc man
real and while she does not always
force vs. into agreement WIN her' "
NAV still feel this vision 10 be the
nri,c;naI charm OF the works. The
aGrauge Fair" with its half circle OF
animals and multitude OF colortully
yarbed traders and tents and trees ana
blue distance, might have Deeh IN
spIred by love Of color as well as oy
love of life. These two factors m
picture intermingle. Through the urst
we get at the character Of the latter
and get at u without a monotonous
and sometimes even stupid duphca,
ton of forms that we know so well
anyway Miss Brown deals quite
little in the obvious as cattle painters
have always done even IN those PRINT
tive DAYS when il was considered that
,o be able to draw COW was 20 De
possessed OF genius and deals IN 10
most when. outside OF her regular SUB
iccts, she puts her brushes 20 the &c
lncation of the colors and lines OF
lowers and Of other artistic objects
Of purely decorative utility.
or the latter type o. still life We are
Getting an overdose these days. Paint
ers repeat fashionable beauties. lhey
rcport. letter for letter. whims OF the
interior decorator him on the
back thus for the quality he attains.
We can regret that Miss Brown should
also have devoted canvases 20 MS
praisc. She IS not faddist. Sne
49, ~. kourraotg COW QuItc ObllF-