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LIGHT AND AIR.
American and French Pictures and
Some Old Masters.
The filling of a picture with light and air docs j
Hot m-cessanly imply that it was painted out of
Boors Velasquez long ago showed that he could,
In Whistler's phrase, dip his brush in those ele- j
ments and bring their life-giving force into the
Mill chamber in which he was wont to paint
Xii - Philip Nevertheless, in oar modern time.
and especially since the rise of Impressionism,
|ha painter who can use light and air to good ,
Purpose without going out of doors la rare. We
Oeo much of what can only be described as the
■tudio picture, a work of art even further re- ,
Oioved from nature than the canvas executed
Within four walls, under a cool pray light, so
long characteristic of the academic school in
(■ranee. The type is perfectly illustrated by Mr.
Shigo Ballin, who has placed a couple of dozen
ilf his productions on view at the Bauer-Folsom
galleries. Presumably he has some interest in
HEAD OF A WOMAN.
, (From the j :istel by Zandorneneghi.)
the problem which apr <¥ al^ '° most of his con
t> mp< raries. There is a study here, called "In
Sunlight," which shows that he !i:l.s tried to
w'.:h an open-air effect. But that effect
has eluded him. The work shows not a glimmer
of th< tl< (,-erness which he us. s when he follows
his natural bent and Is frankly decorative rather
than ri alistic
His paintings of beautiful women, posed in
rii'r.- or less romantic attitudes, disclose the
jr.>::ii.-. of ;t large feeling for f ■rin. a sei ■
sumptu >us contours and Bowing line. His color
i h yet restrained. These pictures all hav<
something of the subdued opulence which is as
ei.i iatv i in the mind with tapestry and th<- like
It Is unfair to ;ssk an artist to be something
thai h was not Intended to be. We must tak<
him as he is and ask only if he is adequate t<
the fulfilment of his own aim. Mr. Ball hi do«
very well what he sets out to do. and it seem:
; ble that he will ultimately do it even
drawing a ham!, for example, with more ski!
than he shews in his "Portrait of Miss 1; ." and
putting a tin. r quality ii r 11 1 • - his flesh tints. Pei
baps, t' 1 i, he may extend the gamut of his color
achieving greater variety, and h<- may, into th<
bargain, make it more transparent and mop
charming. Hut when ?)•■ has done all this and
won cordial commendation for the completely
successful exploitation of the vein wM. '.. he Is
making his own. it may be permissible to ask,
not thai he slmuM abandon it or change it. bu
that he should seek to enrich it. He treal I
Interesting subjects too much from the poini of
view of the painter of still-life. They dwell,
with i < t-rtain immobility, in a breathless envir
on m- rt. Fou wish that a <!'"i" or window might
be opened and that the pulse alike of the sitt<-
ariii ili'- artist might be quickened. Yon crave
more ..f nature and less of the studio. In other
woi '■- . tins exhibition, creditable as it is to Mr
Bal ■-■.. wakes speculation ;us t<> win th< r he is not
lingering in a halfway bouse, whethei be is not
neglei ting some <>f th<- indispensable sources of
artistic vitality.
11. .w precious those sources an may !■< gath
ered from a little collection, now at the Durand-
Ruel galleries, of pictures by two Impression
ists, ' ■ : ■ d'Espagnat and F. Zandom< mgh .
Neither of the two is a great artist, but both
an- inteiesting because they are alive, becau c
the truths <.f nature are somehow caught up
ii n tt > • their work and presented with a frej hn<
making them impressive despite defl . i :
technique or style. D'Espagnat, for example, i?
a si ::•■ li draftsman, and l.is. color is crude,
foul ' ..- landscapes have a curious vividnes
atmosphere with which th< y brim over very
nearh distracts attention from the artist' I
naive pictorial faculty and from his harshness
of tone. Zandomeneghi also provokes a wish
that he were more subtle, that .'ic!.- by side with
his powers of observation th>-re were working
a finer a nse of beauty. But one reposes with a
con I d< nee that is in Itself ;■ pleasure on his ner
vous, .'-i nsitive, and essentially persona] notation
©f things seen a* they are. Even in t li- • small
l*la.ck and white reproduction of his "Head of a.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900.
\A, Ti£\
A^IDE^EfeSWoVFANDINQ
Of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
NOW ON VIEW AT THE
EHRICH GALLERIES
Fifth Avenue and Fortieth Street
SANCHEZ ART
ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS,
420 Fifth Aye. (S. W. Cor. 38th St.)
SIR C" ALMA-TADEMA, R. A.,
"CARACALLA & GETA"
OX VIEW FOB THE FIRST
TIME IN THIS COIXTRY. A
COLLECTION OI PAINTINGS
BY THE CELEBBATID
DUTCH ARTIST
J. H. JURRES
FROM JAN. INTII TO StTfl,
INCLUSIVE, AT THE GAL
LERIES OF
C. W. Kraushaar
260 sth Avc, near 29th St.
Woman," given on this page, you <an discern
the hand which takes account of nature as it is
1 by light and air. His touch is swift
and sur«-. H>- gets the nuances of expression
about the mouth and eyes, th.r.' Is life in the
thick mass of hair, and beneath the lightly
sketched bodice the structure of th<- human
ALL ART LOVERS
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THE EXHIBITION OF
Spanish masters
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Dealers In t'n.- Putntlnps of all schools. Ensravlngs of
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fnnne Is f. It. T.->ok at this or at almost any of
this Parisianized Venetian's fifteen of twenty
casual studies In th<' present exhibition, and you
recognize the strength which art trains from
direct contact with nature.
It is when they po afnearely in pursuit of the
STUDIES OF HAHD&
(From the drawing by Watteau.)
M.KNOEDLER&GO.
IWITE ATTENTION TO THEIR CARR.
ITIXY SELECTED COLLECTION OF
PAINTINGS
and Water Colors of various schools
OLD ENGLISH MEZZOTINTS and
COLORED SPORTING PRINTS.
355 FIFTH AYR, N. V,
(Cor. 34th St.)
London. 15 Old Bond St. Parts. 23 ITaee Yendome.
HENRY SCHULTHEiS
DOWN* TOWN
Art Galleries
55-57 VESEY STREET
Permanent Exhibition
OIL PAINTINGS
by American and Fnr^l^n Artists
Large Assortment of
Water Colors and Etchings
ARTISTIC FRAMING
Tel. 319 Cortlandt.
POWELL ART GALLERY
983 SIXTH AYE. <brt. 53th and 56th -its.). N. T.
Exhibition of Paintings
BY
PAUL CORNOYER.
J.VM \KY 18th TO JAM 30TII.
Pictures, Frames. Artists 1 Material
Telephone— S643 Coliunbtu.
Paintings by
AMERICAN ARTISTS
Choice Examples always on View
Also Small Bronzes s.nd Volkmar Pottery
WILLIAM MACBETH
450 Fifth Avenue New York
t ■
LOUIS KATZ,
ART GALLERIES,
303 COLUMBUS AYE., Near 75th St.
Established 1334. Tel. 391 1 Col
Artistic Mirrors Specially Designed.
EXHIBITION OF
WATER-COLORS
ET
HENRY PLYMPTON SPAULDING
KLACKNER'S GALLERY
7 W. 28th Street.
IBM wholesome quality, 11l . - the younger ar
tists represented in the current exhibition at
the Macbeth gallery do most to justify them
selves. In this group of forty selected paint
ings by living Americans there are divers in
teresting works by men of experience, such as
Mr. J. F. Murphy. Mr. Arthur Eocber. and Mr.
Ben Foster, but the special note in the show
is provided by a number of unfamiliar con
tributors who are obviously feeling their way.
They are clever. Mr. C. P, Ryder in his "Poet
d'Austerlitz." Mr. G. A. Thompson in his "Early
Moonlight." Mr. Klmer I* Macliae in his "Cos
Cob. Snowbound." and Mr. W. B Derrick in
his "Heron Cove." are all moving In the right
direction. Their work is veracious; so far as it
goes, and it has energy, sprighUlness, It was
a good idea to give these young artists a modest
opportunity. At the Xoe galleries there Is an
exhibition of new water colors by Mr. F. H"P
kinson Smith, his annual sheaf of Venetian an I
Dutch impressions. They have all of his wont
ed picturesqueness and facility and in one
respect they mark an advance In several of
the Venetian pieces, notably "My Lady's Gori "
dola." and In tho note from Switzerland. "Bj
Swift Waters: Lucerne." the color is bolder ar.tl
richer than has boon customary with Mr. Smith.
His blacks are particularly good. Three artists
ha\ recently been brought forward at the
Knoedler galleries. Mr. E. S. Crawford showl