. Review of reviews and world's work. to hear th(>ringing of the bells, so Homer wishes us to liearthe voice of the lookout as he calls Alls Well and to liear the ])ooming of the surf in his•Maine Coast, •• Tlie Gale, •• High Cliff, Coastof Maine, and he succeeds as far as paintingcan succeed in sudi suggestion. His art is notsubtle, but direct and frank. His compositionsare never confused, but are clarity itself. The connoisseur derives from Monticellisl)aintings some such pleasant as h(> does fromthe rapidly painted figures on a Chinese or aDutcli jar. He is not temj)ted to scrutinize
. Review of reviews and world's work. to hear th(>ringing of the bells, so Homer wishes us to liearthe voice of the lookout as he calls Alls Well and to liear the ])ooming of the surf in his•Maine Coast, •• Tlie Gale, •• High Cliff, Coastof Maine, and he succeeds as far as paintingcan succeed in sudi suggestion. His art is notsubtle, but direct and frank. His compositionsare never confused, but are clarity itself. The connoisseur derives from Monticellisl)aintings some such pleasant as h(> does fromthe rapidly painted figures on a Chinese or aDutcli jar. He is not temj)ted to scrutinize thedrawing of the figures, but lie finds lieauty inthe cobalt-l)lue outlines as they vary in intensityumler thi^ transparent enamel, like jielildes in apellucid stream. Monticellis tonal language isa closed book to the public, ])ut to thosewho care for color in the al>solute. The American, Albert Ryder, like Monticelli,concocts color fantasies the subject-matttT ofwhich it is tlifiicult to comprehnul. IIm- names. T.\UI{ ET GENISSE (IIEIFEK .VM) UIM.).BY OlSTAVE COIHBET. (CDurbtt (minted with a breadth that was revolutionary inthe The landscape here n)lls off iuto the hiick-tfroimd with a fine .suvcKestion of t,ri;i tiniin ; the fauii-eolor of the heifer is as beautifully rendered as thoughthe artist were paintint: a deer: the sky. a broad expanseof vibratini; blue.) Kind permission of the owner, M. Dtirand-Ruel. Siegfried. •• Custance. and •• Tlie FlyingDutchman give one but a scant idea of hispictures. Tncolierent as to subject, they are ni>twithout charm, especially the sky in •• paints landscapes in somewhat thesame vague suggestive manner. Both succeed, in
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