New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-23
ART THEMES IN TOWN.
Auctions VACATIONS. EXHIBITIONS

ends for time precious To permit te 10 e away
even the Summer months. when the purchasing "o' y.
ont OF town and disspatng Its time; and brush ana
brain are accordingly kept steadily busy from one emu oi
IN. vear In the other with reference 10 sales however
for artists buyers, and dealers. there Is weueneo
season in art activity the heavy work OF wmch enus h
June lust as does the heavy work OF the socal campaign
| n town. Once fairly past the hIst OF june enoi'
with the majority Of artists has reference 0hy 10 tne e
ibtlons aud sales of the season which Degns WIN
a., ,JIvtpg O,toper when the early frosts have de-
nooulated The mountains and the seaside and sent the
world home again. The season Of 1867 Is tnere'ore
now fairly over in New-fork summer Guinness
reicps Last week The TRIBUNE noted that III cohse-
ouence of tits fact the studios were closing In Town. ana
artists were themselves ling to the country for themes
ond ,spraop for next Falls and Winters serious work.
t least such as occupy themselves In any degree Win
landscapes cattle, and shrubbery the names OF many
were given To-day give fresh batch, Doth OF tnoNe
oops away for the sumlIer ami those who Will remain
Before doing however, it may not be out OF place 10
refer TO "A few of the season just closed wich
are 40 interesting rs to deserve moments attention
remarkable season has been in some respects Its
mort prominent feature has been the number OF ART
sales The Winter OF 1876 was remarkable for It's
sales bui it has been ecpscd by that OF 1851 In all
there have been so noteworthy auctions OF pictures
china and bricbrac this year, and the largest single
sale that ever took place in America was among the
number namely, that of the John Taylor Johnston col
lection which brought S32S,000 The total amount OF
money expended has been 81 100000 The follow
Ing notable sales took place BY someryie, the john
son collection, 800 pictures, S32sOOO; the Henry n.
Smith gallery, 20 pictures, $5,000 the Evans coeo-
ton $50 pictures. $4,000; Mr.. Edward Morans col
lection $50 pichres sl30O0 the Caghorn collection,
75 900 I,y Miner the Beaumont collection, 272 pic
lures SCI OOO the Faulkner allery $50 pictures water
colors arsey, 100000 collection OF 179 pictures OF
American artists COO; the Charles Knapp gallery.
SOS 900; Peegrin collection. $4,000. BY Matthews,
tie seabury collection, co pictures, 10000; Charles L.
Frosts gallery, 200 pictures. $4,000; an American
artists collection. 101 pictures $4,000. Leavitt
had 25 sales, sggregatng over $350.0oo schenek had
10 auctions counting to abont S1S0,OO0, the coec-
tions averaging 125 pictures each baker ~ Co. had
several among them being that OF tho Henry
Prse Cooper collection In addition TO ali these great
number Of china quaint collections were thrown
OH the market. Nearly all the unsod stun In this line
from the Centennial Exhibition was brought here,
,ncIuene material from the Chinese japanese, Turkish,
Tunisan French. English, German. and otner depart
mens. The amount 81 money spent Tor ms SUM CANNOT
be estimated exactly but thing true 1t was enough
10 INTERFERE with purchases from local dealers ana artists
Possibly the fact that local firm OF porcelain decorators
was obliged go out Of bsness this Winter ana con-
soldate with another rrn be traced In measure to
the descent OF this avalanche Of ware from the Pha-
delphia Exhibition upon this market
The season has told very hard upon local artists. The
public sale Of such unprecedented quantity OF PIC
lures and art objects could not 1a 10 HaFe nicl'icu
with local sales The demonstrated two or three
things however which, after ALL must prove encouraging
To ALI good artists, whether their work In OIL water
color decoration o. china and pottery or the produc
ton OF statrary. One thing that the American people
arc manifesting mere eager appetite Tor beatu
works of art than before known. Formerly buying
was confined almost entirely to the merchant princes,
the railway Kings and people Of great wealth The zeal
to buy has become almost universal and hundreds
of new buyers have into the market this past Win
ter and esed at least small sum OF money in PIE
lures china brcahrac. OF sthtuettes Another TACT Is
the greater discrimination OF buyers The profu.len OF
extraordinary auction sales OF works for tho past
two years and the several great ara exhibitions nave
been 30 many schools to amateurs. There has been
crowd at al the sales aud they have in many ways
proved important means OF education the results OF
which have escaped the attention % dealers Another
fact consequence of the above, Is that works bright
piauant and refreshing in idea and form, in nine
cases out Of ten have brought and now bringing
every dollar they worth either at private or public
sale whereas trash IL bringing lower prices than ever
This ia not saying that everything which has brought
low prices this Winter ia trash because the eXtraor
binary quantity OF objects thrown on the market de-
pressed the value of things OF merit somewhat
but dealers and artists viii testify the fact taat
has brought good price this past Winter aud that
the really good ia nine cases out OF ten, have sold wr
These facts, tho circumstance that all the surplus Ez
hibon stuff has been disposed Of and the greater pop
Ular eageIuess buy, are full OF hOpo for home artists
tiles as 10 the next season may have IN store Tor
them. Certainly one who does good bright, fresh
work need have any FEAR.
An incident OF the past season is what might almost be
called the rise Of CHINA and pottery decoration enong
local artists particularly among those OF the genor Sex
1t really "rose time ago, but the business has
taken such new and lively start since the Centennial
Exhibition that Its brisk days distinctive thing
among artists this country may be said to date from
the present year. Some very good landscape artists
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large number Of ladies' have devoted themselves 10 it,
Decoration h employment both adapted 10 the femi
nine mind and congenal to and public opinion now
fully sanctios their devotion to the AIT they are gong
INTO it extensively Time WAS when pabc opinion dii NOT
sanction tin 1857, for Instance, when number OF lady
artists rSt attempted in tns city to master the mt ste
RES Of china decoration Those ladies foIncda littie
school, and obtained teacher ho the great emma mousse
OF L. " Haughwout Co. 3nt the men Of that estab-
they would strike il HaughwOut sent ont teacher To
train ny ladies IN the profession ld tnere cee9 cor
now, the latter would have succeeded intheir pm ~
spite Of this demonstration As II was, the movement
was killed by outright, aud has reappoared
professional decorator of china only within two years
mi, Winter she has produced large amount Of work.
and the owners OF the local furnaces glad TO
bake her FOX her. and the public apparently glad ~
| buy.
10 return The ont-of-town migration among local
artists continues AS stated above time is too precious
to be wasted among the disciples OF form and color and
almost all OF the expeditions away from the city Oh their
part for work. Wyatt Eaton has gone for serious
occupation Canada at Phllipsbrg, just the
border OF Vermont He has number Of orders, and Will
complete them there in the retirement and GOODNESS OF
that romantic region. Mrs. GreatoreX Is already among
the beautiful landscapes OF Frederick County, Va.
| ard will sImmer there. Mr.. j. o. Wood the animal
painer preparing TO 10 10 spot where he Will have
An abundance OF macrlal for hs fayOIitC studY-thc
farm Of Mr. Backman At stOnyford in Orange County
| and later In the geason will spend time Long
Island Mr. Frederick Dielman is at present hard AZ
WORK in town. He has motive for large canvas
which he hopes to get at before leaving the city.
| but will go 90 Maryland during the summer. Mrs.
Chamberlain viii bring back 10 town this Fall port
folio full OF things The Grcon Mounsains unless the
distractions Of the region too mnch Tor dgent
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