FINE NO 237 .F75 A4 1 1918 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LIBRARY The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924100356173 THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 10:00 A. M. TO 5:00 P. M., EXCEPTING ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS, WHEN IT IS OPEN FROM 1:80 TO 6:00 P. M. FREE DAYS: WEDNESDAYS, SATUR- DAYS, AND SUNDAYS. OTHER DAYS ADMISSION. IS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. MANY OF THESE PAINTINGS ARE FOR SALE: FOR PRICES APPLY AT THE DESK OR AT THE OFFICE OF THE GALLERY. COHNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 100 356 173 THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY ROCHESTER NEW YORK Paintings by FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE JAMES R. HOPKINS GARDNER SYMONS Water Colors by WINSLOW HOMER AND JOHN SINGER SARGENT AND A GROUP OF OIL PAINTINGS JUNE Nineteen Hundied Eighteen Winslow Homer WINSLOW HOMER was born in Boston, February 24th, 1836, and died at Scarborough, Maine, Sep- tember 29th, 1910. At the age of twenty-three, he settled in New York City, studying art at the night school of the National Academy of Design and for one month under Frederick Rondel. At the outbreak of the civil war, he became special correspondent and artist for Harper's Weekly, accompanying the Northern army to the front in Virginia. His first pictures in oil were begun in New York about 1862, and had as their subjects incidents observed while the artist was with the army in Virginia. TWo of these war paintings were exhibited in the National Academy in 1863. Others were shown in 1864 and 1865, and in the latter year the artist was elected an Academician. In 1876 he visited Petersburg, Va., for the purpose of making studies from life of Southern negro types, and during the period from 1876 to 1880 he produced a numher of paintings dealing with negro life and character. He also made many pictures of farming subjects and of scenes in the Adirondack Mountains at about the same time. The years of 1881 and 1882 were spent at the fishing- town of Tynemouth on the east coast of England, and here Homer found in the "sea and the lives of those who go down to the sea in ships" the subjects which were to engage the greater part of his attention during the remainder of his life. The series of water colors which he executed at Tyne- mouth, dealing with tempests, wrecks and the fisherfolk, were a significant introduction to his later achievements as a marine painter. Influenced by a desire to live in closer contact with the ocean and to escape the distracting influences which sur- 3 rounded him in New York, Homer removed in 1884 to Prout's Neck, Maine, where he resided, except for winter trips to the Bahamas and elsewhere, until his death in 1910. Prout's Neck is a rock promontory which juts out into the Atlantic. The surf breaks with great force upon its exposed cliffs, and the aspect of the adjacent country is wild and rugged. Amid these surroundings Homer lived and worked for almost twenty-five years, painting in oil and water color the wild and tempestuous moods of the sea. Among the pictures either completed or executed entirely at Prout's Neck are "The Fog Warning," "Banks Fishermen," "Eight Bells," "Undertow," "On a Lee Shore," "The Lookout- All's Well," and the "Coast of Maine." A trip to the Bahama Islands and Cuba during the winter of 1885-86 furnished material for numerous water colors of brilliant tropical scenes, and for several oils, notably the "Searchlight, Hartor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba" and the "Gulf Stream," both of which are now in the Metropolitan Museum, Neiw York. Homer has not painted the charm of the ocean, but rather its majestic, almost threatening power. With knowledge based upon close and enthusiastic observation and study, he has depicted with impressive veracity the titanic weight, the tempestuous force and the grandeur of the sea. — Special Exhibition Catalogue, City Art Museum, St. Louis IVater Colors by Winslow Homer IN EAST GALLERY 1 The Berry Pickers 2 Boys Wading 3 Weary 4 A Flock of Sheep Lent by Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Pulsifer 5 A Wreck Near Gloucester 6 Watching From the Cliffs Lent by Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 7 The Return, Tynemouth 8 Tynemouth Priory, England 9 Marblehead 10 Sunshine and Shadow, Prout's Neck 11 Campfire, Adirondacks 12 The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks 13 End of the Day, Adirondacks 14 The Lone Boat, North Woods Club, Adirondacks 15 North Woods Club, Adirondacks 16 The Gulf Stream 17 After the Tornado, Bahamas 18 Stowing Sail, Bahamas Lent by Mr. Martin A. Ryerson 19 The Portage Lent by Mr. Desmond FitzGerald 20 Salmon Fishing Lent by Col. Frank J. Hecker 21 Sun and Cloud 22 Waterfall in the Adirondacks Lent by the Smithsonian Institute (Freer Collection) 23 Market Scene, Nassau Lent by Mr. Robert M. Thompson 24 Hauling in Anchor Lent by the Cincinnati Museum Association John Singer Sargent JOHN SINGER SARGENT was born in Florence, Italy, January 12th, 1856, of American parents. His artistic training was begun at an early date in the Academy of Fine Arts at Florence. When he was eighteen years old, he was admitted to the atelier of Carolus-Duran in Paris. Under the tutelage of this well-known master were laid the founda- tions of that brilliant technical dexterity which lends so much of charm and strength to Sargent's work. In 1878 he re- ceived honorable mention in the Paris Salon for his composi- tion entitled "Fishing Excursion," and three years later he was awarded a medal of the second class for a "Portrait of a Young Lady." His first well-known portrait, painted in 1879, was a likeness of his master, Carolus-Duran. It was followed in 1882 by "El Jaleo" and later by "Garmencita," which is now in the Luxemburg Gallery, Paris, and by "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose," which was purchased for the Royal Academy, London. Although making his home in England, he has traveled extensively both in America and on the Continent, where he devoted much time to the study of Velasquez in Spain and of Franz Hals in Holland. Despite an unending succession of portrait commissions, he has found opportunity for other activities, including landscapes in oil and water color and the notable mural decorations, "The Pageant of Religion," executed for the Boston Public Library. Mr. Sargent has been awarded innumerable honors. He is a member of the Royal Academy, London ; of the Societe des Beaux-Arts, Paris ; of the National Academy of Design, New York ; a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France ; his works are admitted hors concours in the Paris Salon, and a 6 self-portrait ha^igs in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. His portraiture is distinguished by fluent brush work and sketch-like spontaneity, combined with a rare ability to grasp and render with striking reality the individuality of his sub- ject. This same technical virtuosity is displayed in his water colors, but here there is even more of freedom and less of reserve, if that were possible. For the artist has worked in water color as a relaxation from the tedium of innumerable portrait commissions, and in this medium his personality has found free and untrammelled expression. — Special Exhibition Catalogue, City Art Museum, St. Louis Water Colors by John Singer Sargent IN EAST GALLERY 25 The Bridge of Sighs 26 Santa Maria della Salute 27 From the Gondola 28 Spanish Soldiers 29 In Switzerland 30 Zuleika 31 Stamboul 32 Arab Stable 33 White Ships 34 In the Hay-Loft Lent by the Brooklyn Museum 35 Camping on Lake O'Hara Lent by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 36 Study of Lake O'Hara Lent by Mr. Edvyard W. Forbes 37 The Derelicts 38 The Pool 39 Palms 40 The Patio, Vizcaya 41 The Loggia, Vizcaya Lent by the Worcester Art Museum 42 The Mother Lent by the Bohemian Club, San Francisco GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THE object of the Memorial Art Gallery is to further the interests of fine art in the city of Rochester by maintaining exhibitions of pictures and statuary, an art library, and a collection of photographs and prints, which shall be a means both of pleasure and of education for all the citizens of Rochester. In order that a large number of lovers of art may share in making the Gallery useful and enjoyable for all the citizens, provision has been made in the By-Laws for membership in vari- ^ ous classes. CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP 1. Supporters. Persons who shall contribute two hundred and fifty dollars a year toward the maintenance of the Art Gallery. 2. Sustaining Members. Persons who shall contribute one hundred dollars a year, or more, but less than two hundred and fifty dollars. 3. 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