New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-17

san, nc few Of their sex unhappily de- to be led by
man and to have every pretty originality ahu sci
timental cOnceit which makes WOmans WOlA
charming. snuffed out by vigorous mascullne syb
tenn with which their work seems to show tney nave
not much sympathy. These artists, VINO ~ nuIG To
said work bard to please. have just had an eAlUl,
ton and sale of q cir works. which, as WnOe, VIZ
smeary underlined and vague enough 70 saClsi{ VIC
most enthusiastic admirer of Hunts later meinou
and vet they sold for pitfully small sums Inc re-
suit is perDleXty, for many OF these plctuLes Moi
undeniably better than some Whlch DIougnI S III
surprising prices at the late sale OF Hunts postum
mons works. Are We beginning TO tire OF Inls
school, or must we draw the line at orlRlna! Luz
pressions " The masters impressions were MS OWu'
those of bis pupils impressions OF DIS iIiploo
sIOns and the Impressions gained by the pupuG ARC
now at thlrd-hand. Evidently there can be no ilao
mann in Art, and the public viii not nave us ilu
as well ms ITS body dOsed with intniteslmal rlturh-
tiOns. Most of the newspapers did their pest 10
praise the works above mentioned, but the artlsts
could not have felt that the success OF o
much promoted thereby. One Of our critics. lndeeui
after prOtractcd hemnling and having dispii!eu
the true inwardness of the situation by admitting
that after all 1t must DC IenaTh at ;bn prfnres
were not more worthy of attention from an artlstiC
as we'll as from a social standpoint" when crlu-
cism observes, from " social standpoint peOPlc
Sf large will be apt to Judge for themselves. =,
Social influence. indeed is felt in every branch OF
our intellectual effort and it is doubtless 0Wlns 10
this fact thatthe Art Club, which IS now eXhlDltg'
has never been brought 10 book as 1t deserves; Is
exhibitions are never representatives ana allh99Gn
IT is too close corporation Tor the outsue "ou 20
much narrower than that of such an association
ought to be. The present collection Is the most I'M
satisfactory in its exposition of Boston art OF an
that have ever been brought together George ruler
Anpleton Brown, FOXcrOft Cole EnnekDg. Brack-
EFT, VintOn j. Harvey Young, Edgar Parker, MISS
Robbins and all of the disciples of Hunt are IN
represented, and in default Of the interesting work
these artists usually display, the walls are hung
with many decidedly bad pictures Our progress III
water-cOOr painting Is not shown Mt All, our Dcst
artists i'm this branch hayng been snubbed by the
committee. who sent back many remarkable works
while the task Of hanging the pictures has been so
bunglmgly accomplished as to bring the most repcl-
LIANT works together, and, in ono case at least
water-color il turned upside down. Several Others
might as well be, for all tho idea they convey.
Even to those who stand outside come Inur1nuIs OF
chickering's and jcaOuses, and the result is that tho
club becomes less and less an exponent OF boston
art, and more and moro q disbursement to tue
lovers of pictures The outlook for its future ~ not
encouraging Several of our best artists. including
Foxcroft Cole and Appleton Brown, who are unde-
niably the leaders in landscape art, have al
ready Withdrawn from the club, and are energcu-
cally working to promote the influence OF the new
ST. BotOlph. which is soon to give an eXhl-
btion of pictures and, understand, viii continue
to do so monthly 1t is likely to become iornid-
able rival of the older organization but II IS doubt
ful if It's effect will not he to break up still further
into chques our art interest and study.