International studio (14.1901)

American Studio Talk

EXHIBIT OF PICTURES, PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION PORTRAIT OF MRS. ALBERT STERNER, BY ALBERT STERNER

tenderly poetic work, representing a very different
but legitimate use of water color, in which the trans-
parency of the pigments contributes to a mystery of
atmospheric effect. In Docking a Liner, with its
smoke and haze and swirl of water behind a tug, the
confused energy of the whole scene has been ren-
dered with admirable directness and sufficiency, so
that the little picture has a very large significance.
The same is true of Alexander Schilling’s Upland
Fields, with its stretch of brown land, a ploughing
team pricked out upon the horizon and a vast
expanse of cold sky above; very sober in color and
unostentatious,jbut seen in an unusually big way and

recorded with a vigorous simplicity that conveys a
distinct and stirring impression. Horatio Walker
has often proved his skill in water color and his
instinctive appreciation of its most valuable and
individual qualities ; and the cool silvery landscape,
Morning, is a masterly example. There are several
specimens also of Walter L. Palmer’s methods, and
to many persons none will give greater satisfaction
than The Vale oj Tawasantha. It is on gray paper
which shows freely ; indeed the charm of the picture
consists in the knowingness and feeling with which a
few strokes yield so much suggestion. It contains
more art than many of his more labored subjects.

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