, 1880-10-03

practictng art through the past yintar.
an epltOue hf the best OF art. ana ~ % n
actual observation what good piriura eata b
statue, or Youd engraving .s. Among shs x1R goR
daily there IRE many quiet, npeu-e ri ~. ~ hlQ
taking lcs5ous never to be fs.ryotten ,p Ppsfstsa
tn benef1tlnE these earnest spectators ~ ,Sa,a
hoernitGy M OF such private owners a. Seol1 < q
its worthy reward. We may well fse, y +. md
! personal obligation to these gentleme1 taIa tGI u
posing the treasures of their private III. g.
10 10 me rlsks of unc e4bihtea y
1of me art and give us prorincaIs An 1e e,s Isas
| tuuty to see what picture By Corote - copTo
boaguereau, Merle, or Carofus Duran. IL IT,
THE COLLECTION OF ESGRAv1Ecs
~ merits ta an especial word rs the least shovr nw.
to be seen again. Mr. Claghorn, Of Phi9sea HEY ~
to whom they belong. Is the Presdens suelphIa
Ph1laaelpo,a Academy Of Fine arts and u !. is ns
knowh a aa t4e as leading collector of en3ru1as,s
ries ot engravinR5 Ut different kinds ana Ss
executed upon wood. Steel copper. or srpeo4 pefo4
tan a hRe, stsEpfE En;as eehnf and 5, S n
tcan artists, from the earIiest tjmes ~ Amee>
ing to the present day. The ind ywgna, eagtas,
1ngs are OF the best description, rare nrnasnt snt
caFefuls ce selected 6g f f. ss1 ana
frrN
great collection, and arr7anged by biz nan a.p@
to illustrate the successive epochs ~ ,s alat
The sarllest ere "nIeos." plates nass S e
ing before tho invention WA YaIris euXFaT-
and the latest are PRODUCTIONS ~ n@4Aa
and @ hnden. the greatest living french a,ta taSoa Sa
s.sq 1 an1Ss n sweHn a these IN regular otd
names are found in every history Of ennrs,s Wv
and among them many Of the rrear a.,aNEE, 1a.ts,
RaintlngGD@nrsr @ Ai6era, Guido the csis ca9fs.tSt i
Of these pictures illustrative NJ fh u9 .ntete
craving. it u to be borne in mind that tha
ings are original works OF the authnrs ' ~, 7
1os ~ Will wh1sn the actual hand'work of Ii.
satisfaction of knowing that hers ve saa aase ~
line exactly where Guido or Reubrnudr M sIe4
II would oe impossible to tind more efe,.,.,. -
ennloluon OF ta's sort, and the elegance ot ~
P1rthenon ab0ve. classic statues in ,hs $3.50 " y
and the accOmp mptniments OF the exh, h;,G.eaS soteaS
New YORK Etcning Club und Ii1apy. corre.nns ~ ss
VII ha ~rsn P,r1hen1 th .S ot nF: CLghoras loan =
well displayed for Inspection elsewhere eu =
VI the picture collection it Is more inta,aet,r.
70 ooserve general tendencies and cbanssteE
tna sen,l r. srtc Pan
business. Whoever looks fur interest IN 81. -
JecIs among American ptclures hnrc a. a1as susr
wnere r. y destined to Disappointment Amao- ns1o
search IN vain for single picture ~ rs.i,..ts as
or historical theme, whiIo iiterary afiss:s, ~
scarcely more frequent. Even ehe innast;a ~ -
E'nar E.uem1, Gnsen aarnisnes 50 many subjects to
krench, GernGn. and especially English sxti.rs
Is but sparinely represented. Nothin9 c;s,'dS+
more striking than this deociency of snhistro
t9 and It suggests curious line Of inquiry a. u
or dist1ncti,clv IL w tnfee,tnl., e1 o. any 1eaecsivs
American art Is It due more to liz S edsca,,d1 ~
and character Of the artists or to The fastsa ~
rhe paattons OF ~ II an incident OF the present.
are ln the apprentice stage ALI our picture:
are views. Scenes, studies, not 80 much apnilcs,
lions OF an acquired arr to the expression ot:
IDEAS, as exercises in the practice Ut the III
The general weakness In bxure drawing M
doubt accounts for much. but this is u,entlfnr;
fAst in the hands Of shirlnw, Eaton, Chsse,
Ward, Eakins, and their nssoeiatcs, 81 tha1. xet
to the German, French. and Italian pictures.of
which We have some tine examples Id the loaa
collection. 1a 81 landscape we have nothing to b
great artist, Swain Clifford and Smillie NAY b
said t'1 have completely mastered ves7 !
charming phase Of quiet level iandscape L
Quartley's marines are strung and trangpL1lks 4
the mountains. Indeed, it seems invidiu1s to se.
Iect from among the excellent landscape paint
ers- But for the present the nsure paiasn
scorn suhjects~ Such men Us Shirluw aud Chas%
ayoW themselves purely painters, interested he.
yond all things in the technical quality af tm
picture, the arrangement OF line. the schema 1t
color, and quite careless Of the subject 10;
cordfngly we have Shirlaw's study Of an asM
head tf43l~ one of the hest pictures IN the exot
6inon, Wards eolid peasant girl t43a)-J Aaaa
Ne1rs brass kettle and peouies {a:SSl and Casssx
or1ck wall t4lG}. and wafer cOlr splash t5aA H.
Interesting and ali skillfuf, but atmust IT
-. DEVOID OF SUGGESTION. ~;THS e
,eyund what may be impaired by the spectacle; +
Chis ts especially true Of Chase's pictures. mt
hull scarcely see plain brick building heid3tI
'ainted, but the trickitnS blood, il blotl itst
lnucr the door Is pece.uf no very dne dr21Is
ointment, ind may as well Indicate q slhuyhtetseS
ouse rs u Tragedy. Shfrlaw. though one 0faa
toutest advocates Of treatment rs nxninss Iaxr
sr, almost always, by accident ur happy kn1tt r
naming, attaches some pleasing idea 10 In
totureS:. for example, Cares FurIzArtenEK r.
Am Wanted" Gs2l. 1.-The Little Brown jb11 i
o. To the sumo era OF execution belongs@
resent hEtead or impressionist school OF AhetF
an landscape painters, whO acknowledge IL
renca E0rut as one Of their exampiars tsee ST. =
nd who are e'repsesented tn tns present e1hIhr T.
on, not wisely but too we'll. by two of our hight,
steemed local artists, Mr. Frcer and Miss ShaE
t these and Of nuran's magnificent oil skesa
Mod5eska 1913. for it Is little more than shak<
Parters rich portrait ut iady t503,. Of Conts!s
eautifufly executed genre picture {511J. { fshQtH
ke to say something, but my letter has alreadF
roWn long. The arrangement and cAtAl0EY
the exhibition are excellent. i: q T.
". 81. r. FREscH1is g
= Secretary Chicago Academy Of Fine As&5
.. THE ARr-scnnora. : :. no.