New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-19
THE slLulGUyDI SKETCH GLIB

PRIVATE WV or TIRE THibD WEAKLY EXHIBITION
The members Of the Salmagundi Sketch
Climb invited their friends and the Gentlemen of the
Press to private view of the black arr white draw
ing. the ctehmrs and wood-cu-s which make up
the t,rd yearly exhibition Of their society As
Thorelu once said o. certain day. that IL
was 30 dry ID might most be SAID 10 be vet, 30 we
might say ~ Last ~ ,hrs assembly. It so very pr
vate e might allaps' he sud TO be pfhr. Everybody
was there with u4 wife. ami by harDlst cirructon
h-clmc iculr. unless tac vice OF pas. v " abn
douiug ones eif th rcam. ana 1'a'ng along NJ the
WI 90 others. What could see OF the
drawings through u,e tiickest ro>e-hcdge Of
lalie, head. from ai mach pleasant enter
fanmcut. 5ut a. anything wei was impossible and
al ;h4t can to-day g. Civ summary OF the
couteuisc tEcsa wclLflod ath few notes mad
I'D passing
The exhibition seems 70 d. very even one and the
Wors Nc. d.srihu d. that each room, and ne cor
ri5or rs wcn. contains sometime 10 hold tae
VISITOR. There t. also good deal or variety
TO- the cta.ogue; the drawings proper, tie real
suhsiauce of tle exhibition have OF course abe
lIoas shay, or tnc wai-p ce, BAT "a re- rrr bead
ech.ngs creditarle numbers and excel ence hv orr
Own men, Wt scmc fine WORKS by artists OF ot Ger com
tries; aud fhe SLOW 81 Cravings is aao al great
rorrarce rcu there sueeimers o. pnit-sy.
Decorated here 90 home, AMI pieces of sculpture,
bus. aud plaster and portrait ha.-rc leis $50
bi.uzc The h-liotvpe process also blavs part,
and we have % series o. plates q owing the whole
m4nufac from beginning 10 end. and n the Truth
must Zee iold artistic at any stage Ean 70 IS when
the flushed plate rs arrived 1T. The e.cbiuGs mus.
aston 81 those WHO look bacz further t4n the uue
when tots society gave is frs exhibition and remer-
Der mat then w leS Sing of e,rlng It a~ We
saw 30 iu tie productions OF European artists. And rbr
some said of wood engraving, aith'a'n 100 tAls
aeld the m,1s OF Americans nave been m r. witcf
acknov cd L1n has as .ci arrived 20 'll cichcr'
This year last year. the enterprise of t" new Amer
&C., u Art Review t2 Ester Laureai; =. T..
Korhler, cliJor has supplied the exhibition with M
les attractive material IN ibe WY o. admirably
printed ctchiAgs and proofs of wood-ah-ravugs by
our best hands. This ourla al-o sends snrcimens OF
drawing. framed SIDE by side with their pu0r0typc
reoucrons-ot tines SIC stall have something % say
hereafter: a, this TIME have only nouee the splr
"a cuterpure OF tbs yilu4b journal. which seems
determined pursuit n the best not 30 leo he grass
grow 1nJer Us lcet
tbs gear figure suj r's ui,k' an IMPORTANT part
OF the xobiuou n may be ouv 10 appe iraner bui tne
impression carried away from n cu sor} yev * thai
the figure subjects more 10 Numbers and better In
qua On n tIe landscapes No DOUBT o. closer e%''-
nauoa the .onpes VII bee found 20 mold ttor own;
hut me h4ure-uhiect rerainy more telling. though
us possible their appeal public curiosity may be
muro forward than lasting " ''r G. H. 3llrr MT t.
lIopsinsuu smith. n Bruce crane Mc. T. I. MurDuy
and Nj &. Melville d wey. 20 VT Only rev Of tie
known pame among our dscaP,t> have no mind
70 ae forgotten bus send works taa answer O. their
putah1us
The tendency 10 eccenrcltv, whcAa, one time showed
itself "a all our .x.bitpn- rather ailrnuglg s not l,lt
all in tae pr -,eni collection; there arc no aDsurdly
comic IT .sqI. 'arcci -utiects the artists mud
enough occuVa il .n 'orn., simple everyday scenes
or m inventions Illustrating -c,ua 'acts our human
story or u tie Eovcl'sts' version or
themes The so-callrd high-art il thank
fully absrnt or Il mere, hides "a curuers-.he general
impression is Oh "a rnnc ana OF fr'sl. youthful
sympathy win tlc ifc 40 pulses IN our VEINS to-day
Yesterday is given tAe goDy.
SIR. Abbey clever II moi "a versatile designer ~ here
in a max affected qnantness which he has put on
where once he a mask OF affected oddly Couccd
gan thar his mauy admirers can claim NM we con
Tess TO king Inn little in cit disguise hut less IN the
ew one than Old He 0coupesa large splc~ these
walls and MS industry SHOWS Tor something remark-
able bd W. sha. lever, W rear he aDis to praise ann
u uis 49,, 9non NJ, Ab5cy mas ervrr don b!e
tiougn ne has talent III plenty 20 p aionr II na DC
is new TO u, has ne mas ey.iea.iy TOO
elsewhere. He, to3, ms tSrn 70 l.
match bst win their poer5 LAVISH praises tnan do
Mr. Abbr,'s. NJ Pylc's Od Wilmington &" mas much
nretty material u f.. but IL smacAs little % TIE n ate
nayay school well as OF Hr. Abbey. Miss jrsaO
Gurus mas Kindergarten group which l. one OF ire
best child pieces ~ have sen lately Mss Curtis has
greatly improved IN druwn-, and thar is all
So needed, for she always showed tue power To
svmu.thz with the nature of little children Mr. A. b.
Frost SUBJECTS containing many figures give.
proof OF careful observation humIn character. Of
carestuess spirit aud % rema klbe cleaIness Of
preston. His NOT arr sic, pui DuIt on the
hard realism whir IF several uf our ceyercs;
men from eXeriing that influence on the
art when certain qualities III thelr WORK WOnli
seem 10 promise. Bui Mr fiost il far ciey-
orr and goss deeper than the Woods and
j. G.. Brown. who have INNS far mad monopoly almost
or popuI 4rty. Mr.. Frost belongs. with men like Mr..
Kanpes Mr. LANDER. Mr.. Burma. 10 the more serious
sidr tbe one tnat Ond viii be- found have the
frmrst hold. tn man VINO designed - The Funeral"
No 245 north viii yet be- heard uoin But tnen,
MIR Frost IL not alone. There many men here WHO
Will yet be heard from.