New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11


notably in his Dog Town" The Har-
bor.' Land and Sea" and Gloucester"
But at best they are the works Of a
young man not ready for an exhibit
ton, or of an amateur content with
the colors he fnds in nature and care
less OF the form with which he eneir-
cles them.
The portraits by August Franzcn IN
elude Hon. William h. Taft" loaDed
by Yale University; The swedish Min
ister." loaned by Mrs. Ekengrrn. Mrs.
George :. Palmer and Children" Mrs.
William b. Beekman." Hon. George
Holt" loaned by the United States gov
eminent: Mrs. ID. Fairfax Bush" and
A. Barton Hepburn. Es'Qre," loaned by
the New York Chamber Of Commerce.
There is also a copy OF Nelasquez.
Philip " of Spain" and a single sub
iect picture entitled Congratulations"
WHICH. strangely. for 10 was apparently
not a commission. is quite inferior. in
manipulation and conception, 20 the
portraits. These. for the most part.
are chiefly commendable for fidelity
and accuracy Miss Smyth. whose por-
traits are shown in an upper gallery,
has looked for inspiration 90 the paint
ing Of Florence. While these portraits.
as portraits. may have a very definite
reason for being. they have also rca-
son as pictures. Few portraits OF to
day are thus able 20 inspire interest
in those who are strangers 10 the sit
tiers. Her Head Of Young Man
not a portrait IN this instance an
deal head i'm profile done with the
conscientious attention 20 detail OF Hoi-
bein, has ponderable dignity and more
real force than is found IN the other
heads Of men here. There is in the
Henry Lloyd Smyth' and Raphael
Pumpelly" a romance of conception
which inclires a little 90 sweetness.
We find this again and again as We go
around the room, but since IN most
instances the application deals With
children. 10 is. perhaps. less n0tlcably
evident. Miss Smyth Is rather
draughtsman than painter, sher brush
moves along slowly going over past
ground 90 cover rs trail. with more at
tention 10 black and white than 10
actual color values.
The collection of Minor Art" on
view az the Canessa gallery should be
of interest 10 those connoisscurs 20
whom a Limoges reliduary vies ~
significance with a Rembrandt Tho
objects Of this collection, dating from
The sixth century b. {. 90 the six.
teenth century A. d.. are examples o.
Greek and Roman goldsmith work,
medieval and Renaissance sculptures.
worries, ensmels painting under
glass and jewelry. Among the more
important pieces are a statuette o.
St. Louis in painted wood, nineteen
inches high. which includes along with
an element Of caricature the human
sincerity Of the medieval sculptorS;
reliquary, Virgin and Child. French,
Limoges, of the late thirteenth cent
ury; another Of the same period which
comes from the collection Of Prince
Baucina Of Palermo, and, like the
first. is in Champleve enamel; and. by
a master artisan Of the middle Of the
sixteenth century, Pierre Raymond. o.
Limoges. painted copper plate rep
resenting the Descent from the Cross
and one representing the entombment
which have gone into the collection
Of Signor Enrico Carus0. Amid the
examples of goldsmith work are
Flemish tumbler of the end OF the
sixteenth century. bearing the coats
of-arms Of the states which formed
the United Provinces. and at the bot
tom the medal Of Albert Of Austria,
Governor Of the Pays Bias. and the
signature Mont used by Jean de
Nontfort. who was medal engraver 40
the Antwerp Mint in 1902. cup IN
rock crystal Of the Italian sixteenth
century IS ascribed 70 Benyenuto Gel
lini. despite the fact that Or. Rode
gave il 10 the school Of Augsburg.
Attributed 10 Valerie Bell Nicentino
is reliquarv representing on one
side the Ascension and on the other
the Coronation % the Virgin. We
can do no more than give this cursory
review Of the collection. Some Of -
was shown az the San Francisco In
ternational Exposition. The hand
somelv illustrated and exhaustive
catalogue describes one hundred artl-
cles
Twenty-Five paintings Of California
bv Francis Stilwell Dixon are shown a.
the Folsom gallery. For the most part
marines. blue seas seen past fore
ground Of red rocks, painted In the I'm
pressionist STYLE. 20 describe one or
them is 20 describe them all. Even
good story can be told too often. We
turn naturally 20 the exceptions that
relieve the monotony. One OF these ~
the "Moonlit Cloud spacious and Dig
nifed. Another is Quiet Pool
wherein the cool disregard Of nature. in
the application OF rigid, immovable
scheme Of color, which suggests the text
book and the color scientist. tends 70
give the canvas an air Of irreverence,
or OF imDertinence. The most interest
ing of the marines is the minus Tide"
which has enough spontaniety 20 sug-
o,oe+ fha. tho ofhara arc roaorf IONS Of n