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1 PAINTINGS AND PRINTS.
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tvrrcnt Exhibitions, Mostly of
American Art.
.Amonp the men who have made Independent
exhibitions of their work this sra.«on— and the
list has boon lone -no one has Justified himself
tnor- clearly than has Mr. Emil Carlsen. Ho
is a skilful painter with a good sense of color,
and the pictures which he is showing at the
Bauer- Foisom gaDerj leave a ver>' Interestfaig
lmi ression. His best work Is done, in studies
of the pea. sparious and luminous canvases to
whhh be gives you the truth delicately touched
nith his temperament The sparkling picture
THE RETURN HOME
(From the painting t> Messionier.)
called "The Bin* 1 of the Ocean,"' the silvery
"Moonlight on Kattegat," and the wild, moving
seen.' which he has painted in a light key, "Ska
gens Odd* — the Meeting of the Seas." are all
fine in conception and fin»-!y painted. Curiously,
however, even these beautiful pictures leave
the observer wishing that they might have been
Biad< just a shade more powerful, that they
night have been painted with greater gusto
and freedom. -Mr. Carlsen has a feeling for
breadth He could not, otherwise, have painted
-The Blue •■• the Ocean." But Ik never seems
to lei himself go, to paint with an eager emo
tion. He would appear to work, rather, in a
literal mood, carefully recording his facts and,
bo t-' say gathering up all the loose ends as
though he were in pursuit of an ideal at neat
ness and finish. He is too sincere an artist, he
%as too genuine a gift, for his work to become
jierely hard and dry. Bui with greater flex-
Sbilit\ and boldness his art would be enormous
ly strengthened. He would then make, we dart-
Bay, a better picture of his "Fishing Boats Going
to Sea," for example, a work which, as it stands,
with its woolly surf, is oddly disappointing. It
is because of the somewhat nerveless handling
in them that his four or five blond impressions
of Venice fail of their full effect The suavity
and restraint with which they are painted go
perilously near to landing them in insipidity.
Nevertheless, Mr. Carl sea, with all his limita
tions, exercises a charming talent. His exhibi
tion should not be missed.
At the Macbeth gallery there is a collection
of thirty-four pictures by Mr. Louis Loeb. It
1? a retrospective show. Several portraits and
other paintings reappear from old Academy ex
hibitions and in fact we renew acquaintance
with most if not all of the more ambitious pieces
which this artist has produced in a number of
years. His ambition is one of his chief virtues.
He is interested not only in landscape and
portraiture but in ideal subjects. We have
more than once paid tribute to his imaginative
aim, and it is a pleasure to praise him again
for this none too common trait. In such pict
ures as his "Nymph" or "The Dawn" or "The
Summit" he loses a winning vein of r.>
ma!. 1 . i sentiment. He is, too, a capable crafts
man. adequate though not at all distinguished in
his draftsmanship and modelling. These merits
are especially conspicuous in his portraits,
■which are all straightforward and sound per
formances. There Is, however, a strange dis
crepancy between Mr. Loeb's abilities and the
attitude which he holds toward nature when he
turns from portraiture pure and simple. Just
twice in this exhibition, in the painting of "The
Lake' and in the figure study called "The Pea
cock," he suggests that he has come to close
quarters with his material, and painted it with
direct For the rest, his facile pictorial
habit steadily betrays him. He makes his pict
ures graceful and pretty rather than strong and
beautiful. The assembling of a considerable
quantity of his work only emphasizes his be
setting weakness. An air of unreality hangs
about this collection, for all that it testifies to
such conscientiousness and to such thoughtful
feeling
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL rUJLOOO-
A number of paintings at the Durand-Ruel
galleries Illustrate the art of the late Victor
Huguet, an artist who almost but not Quite suc
ceeded In exploiting an exoUc motive to truly
brilliant purpose. There have been many
French Orientalists since the great days of
Matrilhat and Decamps. Rarely have they pro
duced works of the highest order. Huguefs
studies of Arab scenes are clever, animated bits
of painting very effective with their staccato
play of light and shade. I>ui not in their finest
estate do they persuade you that he had a
wholly satisfactory warrant for painting them.
His composition is good, and sometimes he
achieved a certain quality in his tone. Witness
"Ix Ravin," a decidedly handsome canvas, and
the mildly Impressive picture of "The Statues
of Memnon Near Thebes." But Huguet is at
bottom a rather commonplace type, a man des
tined to fill only a minor place in the art of his
time. Pome water colors by a young French
man of the present day, M. Fernand Janin. may
be seen at the Knoedler gallery, vivacious im
pressions of Spanish and Moorish scenes with
others noted in Belgium and in Paris. His
work is a. little spotty and his drawing espe
cially is without .harm, but he uses his bright
colors in pleasing fashion, and in a. small way
makes an entertaining effect. In the next room
there are half a dozen portraits by Mr. Edwin
B. Child, decorative canvases painted with some
aptitude. At the Photo-Secession gallery there
are some sketches in oil by Mr. Alfred Maurer
and some water colors by Mr. John Mann. The
latter pears to be beating out a method of his
own which may some day be productive of in
teresting results. His color even now is not
without merit, and there are signs of good ob
servation in his sir. seems, but in respect to
style his experiments are u-s yet unconvincing.
Mr. Maurer-s crude sketches are even less prom
ising. At the Montross gallery there is an ex
hibition of pictures tainted by Mr. ChiJde Has
sam in th.- desert in Eastern Oregon. The cur
rent exhibition at the Powell gallery is given to
pictures by Mr. C. P. > »rupi •
A Whistler exhibition, about evenly divided
between his etchings and his lithographs, has
been opened at the Wund rli. h gallery. M i*
small bui choice. The etchings ineluie some
i.ire and very Leautiful impres.-ions. They
rang< rrom early plates like that amusing "Title
t.i th Frenth Set" in which the artist portrayed
himself with such graceful humor, to- specimens
..f that period in which he • ncentrated tfce
learning of a :i r ' time into an exquisit* ly dainty
play of line. What amazing freshaess then s
in hi? etchings: He could, indeed dispen ■
that ••In. man interest" of which be was so
picious. Take, for example. -The Velvet Dress."
thai tighth touched portrait of a lady in which
elements of • haracter have no i rominence what
ever. Just the carriage of the figuie is what he
drives at, and just the Bow of drapery These
things ;:n enough. With th'-n: he produces a
design of incomparable elegan • The litho
graphs make a fas inating array. Among them
i £ one littl known portrait the unfinished
sketch of Lady Haden. This, to \m sure, is more
Interesting as a raritj tlian for any other rea
son, though there are some characteristic
touch. .- in :t More appealing in every way ar<
sucfa bits of picturesquenesa as "The Pantheon
j^ytAimMMTAwm
Anglo-American
Fine Art Co.
J. D. Ichenhauser, President
523 Fifth Avenue
(Feiwen 43rd & 44ih Streets Nelt> York
PAINTINGS
by
Old Masters
of the Early Italian, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch,
Herman and Fnglish Schools.
Galltrin Off, <> •*< •'' IM—4 o'c. t
INSPfcCTION INVITED
from the Luxembourg Gardens," of the delight
ful drawing made at Vitre II is interesting, by
the way, to compare the full rich quality of this
lith.-irrajh and of two or three of the figure
subjects with a condensed note like the "•lakty
Stage Door." In thai little sketch Whistler
works a Kind of magic, celling his picture as
though ly sleight of hand.
Then is an exhibition of eighteenth century
French engravings at the X- ppe] gallery which
ronti-ins many good plates and has be* ar
rani^ed on an especially good ! lan. The de
signers are placed in. the for. ground; we are
asked to admire the tine « raftsman:-hi;> which
went to the making of th-se prints, tut we
are asked even ore to consider th« painters
without whom they could searce'.y have existed.
The artist* of the eighteenth century «>n both
sides of th. Channel were singularly fortunate
in the reproduction of th. ir masterpiece* Side
by siov with Reynolds Gain^borousli and the
other i-r.-a: portrait painters ■■; England there
flourished a large group of mezzotint engrav
ers, consummately qualified to translate their
work into I iai and white. Watteau and Lan
, ret. Boucher and Fragonard. Chardin and Lav
reinee. were equally lucky. Then • Frenetanen
even had a certain advantage over the English
jainters. inasmuch as the stuff in which they
worked was more per>ct!y suited to th'- uses
it the engraver They, too. were skilled in por
traiture, but they were above a!! things inter
preters of a serial movement, i<-'» brants >f
fashion .-ostume- and the lighter emotions. In
their graceful compositions the gayety and .••»-
K an<e of a Measure loving period are daintily
poetised and at the -a ■■. time most truthfully
portrayed. Their decorative interiors, carefully
copied from the boudoirs and drawing rooms
OolNt; TO WORK.
(From ;tie painting !•> M:l:«-t_>
V. G. FISCHER
ART GALLLRILS,
527 and 529 l>th St.,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Dealers tn *>"•" Pa'ntinr* "f a:: *r*ino\n. Kner.-iv!n«» -f
IJurer It-mbrandi. Whtxf>r Marten. Meryon. Hr.t-v
Brae. BiodinK» and Rare Book*
Ainslie Art Gallery
ONE VALL ST., C.r. 8.-oidw.
Exhibition of Ten Cattle and Linfscapj
Paintings,
By F. C COURTER,
AT SPECIAL PRICES.
JAMLS E. UNDfcRHILL
- •
PICTURE FRAMES
; ETCHINGS. GRAVURES ar
33-35 John Strec;. or. Nassau.
manners, i .
ored to r ■
THE -tVS'TINF.t.
(From the ... nting by Bars :*.>
genius f>f the turin was in this instan^ - in
absolute harmony with the genius of the > r:-h.
Witt: and his followers live their own life
in thes- prints. It is au< rdingly almost the
essence ol their art that you get ir. this *n
chanting little exhibition. With the ab?*r.. - »l
color there so*-s. of course, much of tocir
beauty, but the spirit of an epoch remains.
Th*> exhibition at the Anvri. an. Art Galleries
this week is <•' th. paintings of trw Barbizon and
other modern schools which were eoßeet<-«l by
the late John T. Martin. The sale takes r'.a<-»at
Mendelssohn Hail on Thursday and Friday even
ings. The pit-tunes repi«.d'Jced on this pa?? are
from the Martin collection. The pictures be
longing to Sc*M Mendonca. which were plac^i
on view at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries la.«t
week, will be sold in the Grand Lail R.-om -r
the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday. Tuesday ard
Wednesday evening*. The American Art Asso
ciation announces the dispersal c the ar:istic
proper) in the resident eof Mr. Henry W. P.».r.
on Oramercy I'ark. It consist.-- of old Italian
carved and decorated ceilings. Italian and Span
is* .arved mantels and d<*>rways. ;ir.:uiu p &&■
niture, Gothic and Renaissa.r.- -c tapestritt
bronze?, silver and divers miscellaneous objwt*
Cards to be obtained on written application »s:i
admit visitors to the h.'U=- on April 19 and L'j-
The sale is set for the aftt-rr.t.«_ r.s of A; -;: -" 5
and -'4. p - c .
XA TCRAL A/>T>\/>>-
It was at a. railrfad junction :n ::• sonth t?;-t
the Northern traveller foun.l h:n.-=-:.' bassrj".
but with only two mir.utt-s to ypa« bef<we h-i
train left. -Til take a cup of eoffe< " h« sa^ »
the young woman in charge o' thi r-.staaran
•Tve no time for anything tlse."
•You can take a!! the time yon want s:r.
said the young woman, cordially. -Too iwfe -t
this bill of fare, and 111 telephone to the su?*r
intendent to delay th. train a little while."
'"Why. can that I- JoneT" askf-d the travt!.»r,
in amazement.
-Certainly,- said the young u.rr.an.
-ours, it can. Its a bru:.. h roaJ. and no t.tfrr
train* coming or going «>\er it t.-Jay-ar.a n*
superintendent would want you t* l na*e * &**~
m^at He owns this resraurunt." -Toutlt'S Cw»
j>a.ni"ii.