New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
PICTURES FROM THE SALON TO BIZ SHOWN HERR
NOTES OF TIE INNEss EXHIBIuON-ART NEW
HERE AND OFT OF TOWN.

HERE AND OUT or TOWN.
For the first time since American artists be-
gan to contribute to the Paris Salon. exhibition Of all
the American Salon pictures OF the year will be held
in this city Circulars for this exhibition were i'sued
yesterday, and mailed TO all American artists resident
abroad. In past years incomplete exhibitions OF the
Salon pictures have been held in Philadelphia, but it Is
intended that the Ncw-York exhibition shall contain
every picture shown IN the Salon OF 1884,
which ia painted by American ar
list. Mcssrs. Alexander Harrison, Walter BlacEman
and +. NJ BOggs all resident in Paris have Interested
themselves in the plan In behalf Of the American Ar AS
ISOLATION in whose galleries this will be the inaugural
exhibition intended also to fresh picture
from every artist The circular says As we shall have
four galleries and ample space 1t would be desirable to
have additional picture contributed by each Of the
artists represented at the Salon" This exhibition Will
be opened early in November.
The time OF the forthcoming exhibition OF paintings
by Mr. George Inness determined yesterday. The
frat view will be Friday, April IL, and
the exhibition will DO opened TO the public
Monday April IA. Enough paintings have been al
ready received at the American Art Gallery and promised
with the cordial cooperation Of their to show that
this exhibition will be distinguished and noteworthy
event II will include nearly sixty paintings Illustrative
Of the earlier and latest periods OF Mr. Innesss art from
1857 TO 1884 Pictures loaned by the Long Island His
torea Society, Smith College, at Northampton, Mass,
i
and Fletcher Harper Roswell Smith, Mrs. J. G. Holland,
Thomas b. Clarke, j. d. Ripley George II. Smile. j. s.
Hartley, Robbins Batel Clark Bell and Thomas Wtgges-
worth, Of Boston
Mr. Roswell Smith loans the Niagara" OF which, 1t is
understood engraving is TO be made for The Century
MoJG.ne This picture will be found in the place Of
honor" when the collection is finally hung Only one
work OF larger dimensions will be shown, " The Old
sketching Ground" view Of Mount Washington, begun
H,s-I, no
Der Mr. Inncsss painting of "The Short CutWatohung
Station" exhibited year ago. VIII be surprised aud in
teresed his nObler and inspiring treatment OF the
theme IN this collection Other surprises Will be
found in the group of sunset effects painted within the
last three years Ofthese 1t ia sufficient now to in
stance "Jhe Glow of Sunset" with its radiant blush sPs-
ing sky and water; "The Setting of tho the Harvest
SUM-" "sunsot in Woods" aud several less striking
works. Another group OF early morning effects, with
studios Of storms and tranquil summer scenes go to IL
luSre the power OF the artist well as his wide range
of subjects. Two figure studies well as the Niagara
examples of new departures Of painter whose pecu
liar province has always been landscape called In
the Cleaning" shows the figure OF feeble old man
touering homeward upon his cruchcs The other The
Wanderers" study of motherher infant In her arms
passing through orchard with a home near by.
telling of quiet settled lie in which she
has part Whatever verdict the artists figure studies
may there be doubt Of the reception which
earlier pictures will afford exceptional opportunity for
studying the growth and development Of the artist
On the close Of this exhibition work will DE begun at
upon the additions for some time contemplated Dy
the American Art Association, and referred TO In last
Sundays TRIBUNE IN the statement that the demand for
new galleries would meet with response. These
changes will consist OF the addition of three new galleries
to tue present space The south wall OF the present gal
ery VIII cut through to afford entrance to a stairway
nsitI nd Ia tVi fIru IN he
give admission TO two galleries 16x3j the Broadway
Beyond these will be the fourth and largest gallery,
which v be 35x75 larger than the south gallery at the
Academy. It will be lighted by a raised skylght and
graced by the presence OF huge open Fireplace on the
north side These galleries Will occupy the upper portion
OF the block Nos. 910-94S Broadway.
Order has been brought out Of confusion the Acad
envy and the larger part OF the pictures hung as they
will be Friday next
Circulars are issued the third annual waercolor
hibon OF the Philadelphia Society of Artists, TO open at
No. 1725 Chesmutst. on Monday, April % Works will
DO received at the galleries from Monday April IA, to
Saturday April 10.
recent cable dispatch stated that Mr.. Donoho was
represented this year the first time in the Salon. Mr.
DOnOhO first picture accepted at the Salon in 1881
and he was represented in 1882 and 1883 well The
salon of 1884 contains his sixth Salon picture.
1t was hoped that the pictures OF the amented George
Fuller which exhibition in Boston just before his
DEATH could be secured for exhibition IN this city,
Efforts made with this end in view but they proved
unsuccessful least for the present owing to the I'M
ayodabc delays administering upon the artists estate
Private letters from Boston depict sense of
the artistic circles of that city which can be compared
the void caused by the painful death OF william NJ
Hunt. BY the art lovers Of Ncw-GOrk Mr.. Fuller Is
incurred with equal sincerity for his death is not the loss
of any one city but loss to American art During his
I,v{nf Io,aa bapo I'm tba lafnr ha
associate OF men like Henry Peters Gray,
II. X. Brown, Sanford K. Clifford the Cheneys
and Daniel Huntington After his reappear
New York. which dates only from 1873 no found
himself in sympathy with the younger generation
1t natural regret that the intervening time
not Of prOIuctiyeness From 1860 when Mr. Fuller
returned from Europe. 1876, when his friends per-
saded him to show fourteen pictures in Boston, he re-
NAMED shut up upon his Deerhed farm and exhibited
nothing. Perhaps he dissatisfied with himself per
haps he felt that he had not received the deserved need
apprecatye recognition, he may have wished TO
develop his powers alone apart from the influences OF
studios, schools and exhibitions. Probably no viewed
with ts satisfaction his lrlier efforts, including the
portrait OF H'K Brown exhibited at the Academy in
1857, which gained him an election as an Associate.
1t ras rs comparatively an old man. yet to most
hibtiongoeIs IS artist that Mr.. Fuller appeared
At the academy In 1878 with the Turkey Pasture in
Kentucky" His " Romany Girl" and And She
Witch" followed the year. tho "Quadroon" aud
portrait in land" Winred Dysart" la 1881 In 1882
he sent the Society Of American Artists Loreto and
Priscilla Faunteroy," and last year "Nydis" The
charm of his delicate treatment OF low tones the faso
nation OF HE dreamy cOorrg quickly recognized and
for the last few years the pictures OF Mr..
Fuller have been among the st sought for at the open
ngs OF exhibitions His Arethusa, lately shown in
Boston. said TO mark his highest achievement" and be
lived Ist long enough TO ths verdict upon his
last important work Happily tho expressions OF his
poetic nasinat IN were appreciated when he emerged
from his retirement, and he permitted TO taste the
sweets OF before his death Of the personal loss
sustained by many nothing need be said here More
than New York amateur had learned the way TO the
studio yith looktng aoroa.