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“THE SILENT WOODS/*The pictures by Edward Potthast are, of course, good. He never sends anything carelessly done to an exhibition- The Silent Woods. pne of his pictures that he has at this exhibition, is a piece of impressionism that has driven the admirers of that school wild with delight. It is a small study of dense woods, with growth of underbrush and carpet of dead leaves. The strength and delicacy, as well as the simplicity' with which he has treated so difficult and intricate a subject, are the chief charms of the picture.Long Island Sound, another or his pictures, is full of the sunlight for which the impressionists are ncted. A quiet cove whose waters come up placidly to the white sand, a heavy foliage of trees whose green foliage forms the background. On «tho beach are several immense rocks, and in the white sand the marks of wagon wheels painted in that wonderful way of Pott-hast’s, which makes one looking at the picture to feel that such a place really exists.FARNY’S WATER COLOR.Farny sent an Indian picture, and the fact that it was sold the second day of the exhibition conveys an idea of the public appreciation of his work- It is entitled' “In Full Feather,” an Indian chief in all the glory of his gaudy eagle feathers, ready to take the war path, painted with that fidelity that Farny’a knowledge of the modern red man enables only him to paint. It is a small water color, and has been admired perhaps more than any picture in the exhibition.Leo- Mielziner has four pictures at the exhibition, the most Important of which Is a portrait of his father. Those who have ever seen the subject will need but glance to know that it is a good likeness, but it goes further. The character, the individiml-ity is there. Mielziner’s technique shows that he has received a most thorough artistic training, although at times his work looks as though he was feeling his way—a sort of uncertainty. The portrait has attracted much attention and has been the subject of much criticism, some adverse. It is one of the best things in the exhibition. Three water colors and two monotypes are the other pictures shown by Mielziner.STUDY IN PASTEL.A ballet girl is the attractive subject that Vincent Nowottny selected for a color study in pastel. In places it is only suggested. By suggesting the gauze skirts of the ballet girl, and securing the effect of a strong calcium light on the fair creature, Nowottny makes a picture to be remembered. It has had a crowd before it every day.An Autumn Day, by John Rettig, is a faithful reproduction of an artistic interior of one of the aristocratic mansions in Clifton. The charming young mother, with the child—perhaps evoking pictures of its future in the fire which blazes in the grate—must suggest pleasant thoughts of home to the owner, Dr. Graydon. Rettig’s “Folly as It Flies and his two study heads of Cree Indians show the versatility and talent of the artist at their best,Paul Doering’s “Walt Whitman” Is a strong*manly head, admirably treated in the difficult medium of porcelain painting.“Old Man River,” the Cree Indian, by Debereiner, Is another souvenir of the band of noble aborigines that Infested the Zoo last summer. The study is bright and sunny in color, and one of the best things of this rising young artist, although his head of Mr. B.” lacks the suave expression of the original. However, Mr. B. has one of those plastic faces, which adapts itself to any subject, from a Roman Senator to a Sioux wat chief.Meakln’s Silence is by far the most serious piece of work from his brush, and to many people it is the chief picture of the exhibition. A long line of forest closes the sunset horizon; a lonely, deserted road in the foreground; a marshy middle distance—that 1s all there Is of it, and yet it has an tdeflna-ble charm. Every one who sees it remembers having seen the same thing in nature, perhaps in early days—perhaps only yesterday. The stillness of evening, the peaceful endihg of the pastoral day is expressed in this canvas as one has seldom seen before in a picture. The best description was one overheard in the gallery yesterday. Some one In' the crowd said to somebody else, Isn't it just like one of Riley’s poems?
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The Cincinnati Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Oct 27, 1895
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