New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-27
ART IN LONDON.
r,,r GRosvENoR GALLERY AND IT'S PIC
III" TURES

IRON THE Rf0o1N" LONDON, May 2.
rv Gears ago the opening OF Grosvenor
bibition W as the signal for an exhoitlohoi
N"s ~ the female sex robed In many strange
,;a,es of costume called @sthetic. LEG te'i"
800 ,;ghtgown was favorite win some VI wv i'
~ Green bathing dresses pleased others Eiueiy
D .o :, n,nafores stalked about Once, think,
oms the dual garment. but the aesthetic ones "ou'u
.oneofit Aud now the esthetcrament isitsei nuhg
'i5s The very women who only last year concealed
,her fpnres in loose lank frocks with no Waists APP
r.a,sd on Saturday all bestayed and becorseteu,
and trim in the tightncss Of the newest lashion''
dress that can be turned out i'll Bond-st, "hioi'
ia perhaps already last years mo"'
PARIS and New-York The craze OF ou'''
has passed away for the present. he."l"I"s
reason-or at least cOnventionality ana uei'ionI
10 the opinon OF the many-haVe resume" '
sway The comraD at this private VIC" wac NV
90 fashionable company as has sometimes 'hrohseu
these galleries, but it was company Oh men anu
women clothed and in their right minds' ino GA
ssn,ions served but to show that they were excep-
lions. Gee.
This gallery remains what 1t was when hrs'
.n.n.d a nr;vate gallery 1t belongs to Sir Coutts
LINDSAY. and any pictures to be seen here are 10 10
een because Sir Coutts has asked the artist 10 'enu
them. or because, being asked, he has cohsen'su
thew should be hung Mr. COmyns Carr anu MI,
Halle are the advisers of Sir COutts Lindsay, anu a."
three are men of exceptional competence lor 'ho'
work. The influence they have e&ercisc"' VI.
they have done to the cause OF arl' Is ho' " "
measured by the merit or demerlt Oh 'nis -
H.. s;nols ex bibition. Their influence is almost
a. v,s;ble IN the walls of the Royal Academy do
here Not TO 60 outside to-days coiiee'io"
there is enough in the aspect OF these pictures
TO make one thankful for the eAls'ero0
of an institution younger than the Academy inue'
n.pdept of it's control. governed by different mo-
tiyes not the slave of tradition nor inc e&preS'on
of particular prejudices or principles.
The "poten Of the Grosvenor is Its readiness OF
recognition for new men, and for men whose IDEAS OF
art are q barrier to their admission into the Aeao-
emy. must be permitted to utter WORD OF regret
that any section of London society should'Iof "hat
ever reason set Its face against gallery 80 con'
Quoted. / am not going to say word ABOUT INC
scandal which is at the bottom OF the hostilly 10
the Grosvenor which some OF the most e1ceiieh'
women il, London now think it their duty to man.
ifest. in more ways than one Art Is, ana ough' "
he free from personalities and 1t is 1or art sake
that one feels inclined to protest against
the effort to empty the galleries which oeiops 70
Sir Coutts Lindsay Social influences OF nign
hind are used against it, The fat of half dozen
great ladies has gone forth. They voted It not
Good form to DO seen at the private view on satur
dsy. will not say they were not missed, they ana
the friends who followed their lead. Many faces
were missing that used to there with pleas
ure But the actual throng was as great as ever
and presently the absentces may oethihk 'heih'
ssves that there are other matters at issue than the
wrongs. if wrongs they be- of the lady they wish to
champion and apparently. to avenge. Later IN
the afternoon went to tea-party at the mousse OF
friend of this lady. was met at the door OF the
drawing-room with the remark; :" You arc not 10
come in if YOU have been to the GrOsvenor." 1t
was not said very seriously and had my cup OF
tea but the saying oft at all denoted how Keen Is
the feeling some people have in the matter
The mere arrangement of pictures in gallery
determines to some extent the degree OF attention
lbet will attract Nobody refuse TO look at
Mr. Burne Joness Wheel of Fortune" while 1t
bangs in what is known as the place OF honor In
the west gallery just opposite TO the main entrance
II NAV almost be said that Mr.. Burne Jones ceased
If he has indeed ceased-tO be caviare to the
general from the time he first to be seen on the
walls of the GrOsvenor Gallery. Whether he is TO-
day popular artist may be questioned. 1t Is no
longer questioned or disputed by anybody that he
is an artist of extraordinary power, OF dehnite anu
well considered views, one of the most learned
draughtsmen of his time, imaginative, individual,
pertecly sincere and of very considerable original
ity III he chooses TO paint living human flesh
of corpse.lke hue and to eoRgate the human hgure
bevoud what is seen in real life, those are eccen-
trieities which may be pardoned to genius Inc
impress of nobility is the less on his best WORK.
and his Wheel of Fortune is not less impressive.
because the goddess has put on pitllesS form Let
those who decry MIR. Burne Jones expound the
secret of the irresistible movement he has impaired
TO this huge disk, seen almost In profile. or the ex
nre sion of intellectual despair ON these strong
-. ii f.olar ist
may he melted equally TO enter upon criticism OF
"Tbe Hours; a work in which blues and reds
and orange and green are flung upon the canvas IN
the most brilliant harmony of contrasts that IL
less competent hands would be impossible.
Mr. Alma Tadema, whose work lately hlled The
whole of the large west gallery. contents himself
with two pictures, both portraits. One is OF count
Bylandt the Netherlands Minister OF winch yor
, would say at once. this is a Oh plonatst-the lace
smooth, perhaps too smooth. and an expression o
what can only call upright astutencss diiiuset
over those finely modelled features. Near IT hang
the most remarkable piece Of poItraltnTc recently
seen in England, the Duchess OF CLEVELAND
lady mature i'll age, Oh whom ibe arts
has bestowed not one touch OF flattery, vet ha
made of this strong featured bauehty, masterIu
face one of the most attractive oil pictures. In
fidelity with which he has wrought is almost APP
Mailing and tue art is nevertheless so subtle tina
every accessory of brocadc and every ornamen
seem but the fitting frame to the face, painte
with a soliditv that is sculptural in effect, ant
with q finish that IS like miniature.
Nh Mlas is here with three portraits and j
nav as well be said at once that though MI
Millais does not exceed in number the redundanc
of portraits which portraits and nothing else
blemish upon this exhibition Mr. Richmond ha
seven Mr.. Holl and other popular painters appea
10 devote themselves to this lucrative branch OF
and upon nearly all these examples of what Nigh
he noble work, there is to be seen the mark
,tamn Of the guinea is on them. Mr.. Mllais
amone the most productive of modern EDglis
..ai,.a-s 90 hn nssnredly is among tho most xper