New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.

| SOME COMING ExHIBIrfONS-SEw Picio""'
THE DEALgRs'-SoTEs or THE PAsf 'A~" "
ARr-ART NEWS OUT OF TOWN. m,
Tbe frat exhibition of the new year VIII DC
,., ., Tho Ar,,,. Fund Society This will open at tho
| Academy on January AMI close January i-' "s s
onnna, sa,e will be held at Association Han Oh w"
.yo,,n, nj January 10 and a. Members o' 'c s"o'o,
arc reaurcd to send In their pictures Oh
! not later than IL O'Clock
Tho salmagundl Exhibition elosed VII" s"''' "''''
ing TO about 81 700. a, anst 1000 receive" ~ '',
YEARS exhibition. Tho Brooklyn efh'p"o" "a' '''''"
| with small results In tho way oi s"'os'
Circulars ara issued Tor tho Pfite Hinp'''o" " V.
ouenod ON April In tho galleries ~ 'he "mo'o"" ~"
| Association, .Enongh money has p'en s""'','"'" "
uroy,ds three prizes of 300 eaoh ana 'ho hummer "
he iucressed 10 eight Ths arisis addressed are ""s
" ,,,. IN ,he suecess OF tho exhibition by enter
An, ,,o mn. ,ompoon and sending the pest p'''"''
ma, van cau pa,n" Tho poluros accepted Tor t"e VI
bbitIou will bo shown In oil the cho' '''' w wv
Union" Tue Jury of award VIII oons'"' "' on o' 'o''
subsoribsrs 10 the fund.- aud tho Distribution W w"
ul,urcs will bo left to committee of tho "tmpols WI"
viii deternlno tho question by drawing l",S' Nv. "
.,,,,on. nneced by tho managers ~ r"rip'nH o' '
n,yo ,c,ures aro the Metropolitan Museum tue rom
| syyanIa Academy. Hoston Art Museum 'o''o'' ~
0alery Chicago Art Institute. n'thor tnn '''o'"'a" '"
Detroit Art Museum. tho Rembrandt cl"" o' n'o""y"'
| and probably similar instltn''oh !" ~,
| Pictures Tor thf ethi"""" w" 80
| galleries uD 20 March TO-
AT tho exhibition OF skctchcs and s'uhor about tW'mV
pic,urcs hays been sold for oycr $1,000 Iho tt"oo'
| .,d s,,cc thu iast time OF writing are "r"i tomoo'
| Mcaaows" w. g. Filter, $50; "bkctoh ot uoos''
| Car,etou Virgins $3.50; tho Shore E"wh'" ."p'
$40. French shrimp Fisher Walter satteree, roo
| " ON the shors" Il. W. Van Boskcrch' sooi l''"'""
summer" Du Bos Y. iIasbrook. $25; ana a spring
| Study" Bruce Crane. $50.
| A neS picture by Mr. Bolton Jones N SHOWN nv tn'
coicrv OF Reichard Co., one of the hftst '"'o'o
sccnes IN the low-ying country near orange ~ D.,
ra,,,ed for tho most part odt OF doors, ana pah'eu
| hn,ost,v and faithfully other new works are mn c1-
,,,, ~ pcnouf an old sailor with lad upon MS knee
n,,,lno hy fro which IL realistic thah tno sKctcy
ar,,rcs n characteristic Cays and WORK ny hunuors,
| whose piscatorisi monks present clever variety o'
| ,,prcssious One. lust succcssfnl ~ 100 human 10
ccnrra nj, sniul pride over the captured ,sh which IS
,i, ,tru ,o,n tho hook by another buty priest, VINO
,,o,nh, shatr, in the i,tle triumph. thfi cienf3
mn ,r,tr,rt M tho nonnstrfy leans hnnrtiy fofwau
srtt,nr hr iis with his eycs nnh tho others ranger
,p a wal, brsiir the wntet nihhc the nost w tne'r
atlanta u,ras,,t, snia wa,ct co'ot w 'eo Hrtnnnn
Il ,s,tte NJ n,letisrurr tSnrthr's w etecn''oh ihe
.ria. s.a t.s uav,e. W the ,ibNt sbtt." rt'ftt
,.,s, h,e,,sh approximations ahh tNs s ~ the shnir
Yvg,lii.s te,n iiete u ea,''ha w seft'et trNrs
eaoieg,.NiY Hliafetffi w Wa N'''fl tNWhh"s WIZ
Saua ueuk whifh NN eNe hN1 the A''i' NNNh fNNf'
| a.
yayloty rha yarllng dseNioalinAs w 'lr e'hte9 w
te baokgound aud al ihe details VI Ihp Gea'nFs peS
tune are marked out win mechanical peN''NH'
IL is said that tho Raising ~ iaiFAss iaNshIe'' w
Gabre Max, was purchased Nv tho Tenent W"f' SHs w
Mr. John y. Kennedy aud has been presented To the
| Presbyterian Hospital
Tho year which about to close has been on the whole
a hopef fl season for the friends OF native art AMONG
tho AK xhibons of tho past year that OF tho Water Color
| al mn
Of tho decorations and the freakshness OF the hanging q"
hv tbe work OF Messrs. Homer, Weir, &. Y. Turner
| Church. Weldon, Thomas Moran, and the others VINO
| contributed the T.orc noteworthy examples iho "o
| compauyng exhibition showed the Increasing popu-
larity of etching aud signs of Improvement IN
technical nnesse and deXterity The clever display o
the Pastel Club tho impressive Inness exhibition anu
the dlsplay of paintings by the Mcsss Harrison proved
interesting In varying degrees and the especial featufe
OF the Academy exhibition was the showing maze py the
young detail painters aud the iist awards oi Tue "Ie
and Uallgaren prizes. sMuch good work appeared at
owing to tho traditional and selfish system
| of acceptance and hanging. The members oi tue
Society Of American Artists made spectacle oi 'heni
ssle at the close Of the season. hut fortunately 40 late
that few people paid any attention 10 ef performance
The exhibitions of the autumn are too recent 10 require
more mention than that the Academy display proved iS
anpointing In every way, that most OF the American
Salon pictures shown here aud hat The salnasnhd
| Cub gave "a good account ~ itsoli'
| Notyith.tandng tho lack Of important works IN
tbn annual exhibitions tho paa year is distinguished w
tho appearances ~ h0o pictures ana sta'ioH ~ hiHh
| character aHi permanoDl Woiih 1ha hlara'" ~ NJ
| Gao,ea Inness Nj iiovnuinnH Johh hr0wn ana h'
Aln,nudes iiariaons b O,eu'ef aio ~ bo oounnd ~
so,lu,a pld elevated productions NJ ~ uab'nhHH
sl,inn ~ lpbot jiaDdaii apd hf oll" \" W"f""''
statua of ooynfunr Buckingham nDa hf-l ~ any men
llon NJ tho sculpture NJ tho joa MI ff"nohH H.''"o ="
jam Harvard and NJ iaunt ibon'p'on" "h''"' :" NJ
u,al Dupont have resolved mioh local COMMUNICATION
York ,y IL ~ richer ~ solI ,uro Than ~ tin open
,ng ~ the YEAR indeed tho city may be colaldfi,h
uoorcr since tna Bnyar snino has been "iiod !" 'ho
| ifonIa aud sona ounoaltlos ~ iha PARIS
II Ia ,u enc mfnglnt agp that moro essibltion. have
,''h n' ,',"s -, M .,n.,, deufr.slon Although thu
snle. et to regular hibnns have shown docl"iHo ~
, s,. c s.s - "T""a o All T na SSH s sca ali
| pare muie fnyOrably with past fcHnts Ihn Af'mh
ihe ,alrs q, tho walor. Color Exhibition tho SPRING and
i1l exhibitions ut thc Academy and t." sSnlntlon ~
ON thc other hand the salea ~ the nncs' Harrison nn
e,m,b,on In tno American Art Galctlcs have prob
ably kept M tho average. Tho saDayunli CliD m was
| expected, improved upon its last years record
,-,ndcr tho prevailing conditions. which artists them
selves T tnst american art Is receiving
so generous support II the figures were known could
upon pictures during the past year In this clty than In
pr ccdng years Its probable that fewer foreign pic
in,cs a,e cng sold and tho demand tor the more costly
examples OF modern masters has greatly dim,nished Az
the large dealcs teli me came S0ry o & naa ,nts anu
Within the last Two months nearly 100000, according 70
catalogue prices have been paid for American pictures at
that some former enycss p iSt,gn wG,a & ARE now seek
WHseh,T n'sT ,Sls Is tac 10 An improvement IN Tie Quality 81
American work, ot 70 desire tSt cgmrata,itsly lcw-
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