New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-25
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
WHAT THE ARTISTS ARE DOING.

WaterCOlOr Society came to close last e'rhnS' 'H
pecuniary result is disappointing Whe tnero mas Dee
largo attendance az shown by the amounts roceNeu
for admissions and OF catalogues the sales OF pic
lures show a remarkable fallingof and the total Is
smaller than for four years All OF which appears to In
dictate that while people retain their interest in pictures
they have money than past years TO expend npon
them. The gales at this years EXHIBITION have
reached only $4,000, against $4,000 last year;
$4,000 in 1881, and S2l,OOO In lSSO.
The number OF pictures ex lifted has been little
smaller This year COS shown, last year CAS- and
in 1881 ia Comparatively speaking the sales OF etch
ngs appear better advantage than those Of the water
coors Last year there 800 etchDgs exhibited,
and the sales amounted TO $4,000. This year only
1915 etchngs were shown and the sales bave
reached q total Of $1,000. The last week as usual
has brought something of revival In the sales, iact
due largely the advent Of many outof-town buyers
There have been about thirty water coors sold and
nearly seventy etching,. The more important water
coors sold during the past week The Devonshr9
Coast" Edward Moran, 800; a Rainy Day Among
the Marshes" VI. De Forest Bolmer, S75; "What Shall
the Answer BE Z" Fred W Freer $780, still lle, +.
Lumey $3.50; Little Greta, Daiecarta
$3.50; taking Your Picture" j. ii. WITT S5Ooi
Autumn Colors," Agnes D. Abbatt S223 AFTER
the Storm Wreck Of the husband. Long Branch" A. I.
Brioher 5000; December Evening" Henry Farrer,
$50: Ripe Corn" Ellen I. Fisher 1928; October.
Henry Farrer $500. "An April Day" DE Lancey W.
GILL S75; Far, Far Away" ]. Symiugt0n 500; "Pace
de la Concorde," f. H. Lungren, $3.50; and Landscape
in Ulster County" Kruseman Van Eten' SOU IL 10
always safe to predict that there will be another oppor
untv OF seeing many OF these waterc0ors al Tue COLI
| ing exhibition in Brooklyn.
| The interest Justly excited by the exhibition OF
the Watsr-Coor Society render interesting orIe
OF Design back to 1926 there wa no movement
nors Tue Tr is5s In that Year appeared
exhibition in the Crystal Pa ace, ID TINS cry fy
amt cotaIocned "a Water-Co Paintings by
| members OF tao NeH-YOrk Wa er Co or sOcety. But
TpS 7I oe for Water coors hal not been developed
some years Later 200 English " ter. ol rs were
40 o maj for The most part they rturned 10 Eng
| land. Mr.John VOTES collection was sold mere ia looo
considerable inter st. did tie French ana German
water-color, contributed to the zero olI,an Far ne
foIlovlrg year The spring ot 1866 brought an mpOr
Ia nj stimulus in an ex .biion Of wat rcOon Dy tne
French Etching cab, wine IN 'hG autumn mn mo
Arfs,. Fuud society Included iterc'lOfs ~ ther cA
hb ton, 1ng the cast gtlerf an coIIiuor Vi vac
National Academy win petlTes en- ny D! hnropeSn I
I.rniau. .Ircd nv samuel Gilman William Craig,
| William 4art and Ghb,r Burling artisis
| aid amateurs were invited to meeting . hed Ia
MIR BuLug's studio Drcembrr ., 1866 aud ir9m tns
esripg came tue organization OF the American Society
| Of Painters IN Wa crColOrs. samuel Coman WaS
elec,ed prrs en James - smile ra,urer ana held Al
| the Academy in December, 1867. Ietit was consa-
cradle time before the socety elt abe I" stAhd soho'
! The * ibitlous were held III The u1a WINTER meet
| ing Of tho aieuy and under us con nlio,
undcr IT, own IN ma cement Ia 1877 new consutu-
ton was adopei and he name changed u " ae Ameri,
present sX yur rc-lent and twentyiou non.r y
member. aud IS eiJJyin- condition OF great HuaHe4a
property
Mr. " NJ Chase gave private view on Thursday OF
his portrait Of Miss Dora Wheeler which ~ IT, go u me
-. Ian Mis- Vince or 10 SHOWN al ful lclgth, at
ing In chair with japanese screen Tor background
= will he interesting 10 the many inquirers fl
In
aut ,,d III, Fr dov rycnine at a M ct ug Of NewYorb
artist. called nv Robert kocher, pres cnt OF the Amer
can Artis.' cub Of Nun en-. ms co ni..,oc y M
Ten Edward Moran. Is. +. Eeuhar', G. II. SIHer g. H.
Level. T. -. Niirt, Walter IA ria" ana D. e. bttk
win Tho dec dedy c1mplcared plan Is tn be alop Ell
If requesting artists by means ~ crcu r to nomna
uetceu men, who sral serve a. alurF OF rNtlhui'l 81
acceptance. A. already sta Ell IN lhE ibuNE' VOTE
Munich at the expense OF me man ger, on lu eA
me press conii,s on OF m exhibition ma lasted
letter Aud circular Both haycb en- translated, pr0Dao
b.. some member Of the "cominls-Ion nhu t"r I'Io"h
Ii cr 4 ,Xtulcl VIII convey an idea 81 the "h"le'
what on the Continent hailed with The most par
tcuar satisfaction J, ne a l. that a, uns
America nic.ds 20 appear Tor the hrst ll' - AZ l
! ncufrnt urtncial rulr' win = sle'ai Ainercah ue
parchment, arrIngcd according 10 tue "o'''ne"'o"''
"Tbe numerous American artists, who hither,s b,
loug,d 70 the arti4'cal corporations OF the ga M1u
united ~ a e. artctcristICal entire, IS an AmeIl'N
group it-cL this mus, call rh me interest Oh LAT
the country the most Develop d mdu' ~, nov a. =
rug, FOR tue palm ia the dopA'omcnt oil ART Win c
mother iOuu-ts'
,,-co roirtln, nv 7. T. simmons has been latcl,
hung M kuoei cr's study ot Young French peasah
lri Who Is c-rryug basket OF clothes "hch she ~
been washing at brooS Ter nsTT mana umu
perspective seycral Of her companions kh'Il :"
picrrre Marcus smons shows forest road IN wh,.i
lad, q pony phacton has paused WINE 'ne l"I 1
gun ON h- uack aud his hounds DISPOSED to 'o
close acquaintance with wraE-mnue1 pCou'e ,,f -
clergyman all IN black PAGES slow Gown me fDau nit
| l. Tia ewes from the volume WHOM he nous 10 car
urye aud SHOWING CLAN at me Page oi Hnpn
seen small cattle piece by otto de Thoren, stud!
~ sleeping figure by t. Gros, and blght niue gdIdel
scene by Charnay, are also among tue reeeu' uuton'
At Richards there rs usual some interestln
american LECTURES 20 be seem The latest is new wOr
| hy F. g. Jones This is n study OF garden IN which
venerable spectac ed darky SIS close AGAINST rn
hrnkeu board fence with ltle baby on his knees IN
foliage grass aud atmosp ere show freshness whI S
new foreign pictures decor uye Palmaroli, al
elaborate woman In eab rate balcony gazing upOi
| an elaborate sea; with more interesting STUDY OF
fisher girl rmptyng basket mussels, by 3 NJ Boyle
and an Elefeldt which produces the impression OF som
crio, de Get I'm the ghtOf tne OehOdtr mere ar
tvyn iris sitting in a misty atmosphere cut b.
the vertical small birch trees Then there Is
Mr. Eihn Vcdder will shortly hold exhibition Of hi
works In Boston
II appears from descrpton OF Benjamin Constant
,y tndio in The Paris Gdycttc that tue gorgeous ny
mysteries which play the most prominent part IN ~
picture. conveniently te1dy to ms hand Inc spdi
RotIey ,rd de llchy. The account osiudo and pctur
sounds like the inventory of brio a-DrAc shop' Ile 10
having Is eNtractI
Few painter. possess such vast and snmptuous quar-
,cr or their work Tho studio Is of colossal prOporto on
and o great height Two salrcaSes,One AZ each side CIV
access 10 the apartments OF the family wnch are Over
heod The whole Il mlscum OF gorgeous Orlcnta
|, ooirct. The walls disappear beneath carpets on
broderies panOpeS OF arms aud specimens OF Dsaullu
Eastern SUITS The curtain that ShrOuds tie entrance
marvel of delicate and sab0ra Oriental embro derry
- A splendid carpet, reaching rom Moor to cenns
liza ground dark blue patterned with mtrlcdI
nr,besduoa clothes section the wall. To the rlgh
an entering a narrow ale represents, with rs 10y
{ dtyan IN cn drapere., It's lattice windows and pt
fnsr display Of goG-wrOugt Vclvcs and Eastern 10Y;
y inc Douior Of some Orrntal princess, and as such
has figured In than Of the artists pct1re'
- But the most interesting object of oil was that VINO
we hal come to sec. namely, NJ Constants latest COR
IS pccd picture. IL Is the iie-sze aud fu Length pSlu
OF Young girl. Her lace, with the aquh nose Ssh