New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-27
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
TIE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.

NOTES or THE ACADEMY EXHIBIrroN-NEw PIC
rt'REs HIRE AND OUT OF TOWN.
Nearly 10, 900 people have purchased tickets
of admission the Academy Exhibition. some 4'ooo
have invested catalogues and 1000 In the illustrated
Academy Notes" The time has arrived when the out
oftown buyers arc to be expected and during the past
week several have visited the galleries. The sales Of
mixtures amount in round numbers 10 S3l5OO. at
catalogue prices Paintings sold since the last time OF
writing are view of the Doge's Palace" George H.
Brown. $500; Through the Woods" Mrs. Lucy
HolnroOk 1925; a Street In Old Santa Re-
r. Moran, sI25; "U g. Frgate Constitution escaping
from British feet 1912 u. o. Davidson $3.50 " Study
of Oranges" F. s. Smith, S75; Beacon Street. Boston,
tn Robinson $50; "The seaward PATH" NJ De Forest
Bolmer, 500; Autumn" widgery Griswoid' 40;
Monmouth Beach, n j." Francis A silva, $500; and
Roses" T. Addison Richards So.
The recently elected officers OF the Newfork Etching
Climb are Henry Farrer president u. c. Nco secretary;
Fs Church, Thomas Moran and Frederic Deiman
members OF the executive committee.
Thu attendance at the Inness exhibition IN. been in
creased OF by presence Of the students at various
boarding schools. On one occasion seyentyhye young
ladies' visited gallery in body Mr. InnesS has gone
10 Virginia.
The May J[aga:.ne of Art presents Home Sweet
Home" from the painting by Phil Morris, A. r. ~ as a
frontispsce and there is fulpagc engraving OF Pa
Stades silent COloIuy, the participants III "hicn az
skeleton aud buffoon Mr.. Robert Louis Stevenson
writes I'm his usual entertaining fashion OF the delight i'll
sprcd in his youth by Skelfs Juvenile Drama with It's
portentous Illustrations. Among the pictures loaned ~
Mr. A. T. Dixon for exhibition at Leeds is Green
Leaves Among sere" here reproduced, figure com
position By Mr.. George H. Boughton. Mr. Cosmo Monk
house describes the school of china painting at Mc@sr
Howell & James, and Mr. David Hannay indicates in an
illustrated article the scope OF Captain Richard Burtons
remarkable Book Of the Sword"
In the Record OF American Art" in this mag zine it IL
stated that American artists invited contubutcto
an international exhibition OF art and industry TO BE- held
in London In 1885. Particulars may be learned o.
General c. b. Norton Hotel vendome, Boston, secretary
OF the foreign exhibition lately held IN the city
named"
The late George Fuller, although not OF an anayt"
turn Of mind given reasoning out his results, was
guided by certain general ideas principles. In his art
"when you a thing" he used TO say "gct behind
H. Don't take the surface 1t Is what you choose that
makes your picture" More definite than this was Mr..
Fulers practice OF always putting hi. figure IN the mid
die distance to carry the sense Of atmosphere
throughout lie painted his picture at distance. 80 10
speak atmospheric perspective explains in part
the hazness and absence OF sharp outlines. He was
opposed 10 careful painting OF details for he thought this
brought the figure too much forward and he aimed Al
WAYS TO keep II back. Hard lines and any
thing approaching severity he abhorred, and he was
watchwords II wa. always feeling that he worked
for IN his pictures and in striving for this he bore pre-
yious painting in mind although the similarity OF his
results il obvious. Ills pictures were painted over and
over scraped Stumbled changed again and again rho
"Nydia originally blind girl trying to find door
handle. priscilla Fauneroy at drst was 10 be taken
for a whte-capped French bonnie In 'And She Was 4
Witch" the foreground originally filed with trees.
and the whole picture low in tone as the portion d.
recty around the doorway Other pictures underwent
similar changes In the "Arethuss" the feet and lower
limbs the Introduction Of full light upon the thigh as
well as head, and the shadow at the waist which
gives inadequate of the continuity of the body,
show technical shortcomings which readily forgot
ten In the Ipressou Of the face.
Fuller Memorial IL projected IN B0stoa but its shape
definitely determined. II intended 10 issue
HE the artist be written by Mr.. Howcls and sump
tuolsy Illustrated but this may be done. An article
upon Fuller by Mr.. L. ID. Miet, personal frient.
will appear in tue August or September Hrper'S Mr..
Henry Saudhsn had nearly finished a portrait OF Mr.
Fuller three-quarters tho time OF the latters
death Mr. j. j. Ennekng's admirable portrait shows
strongly marked face. with intent eyes looking out frOm
be bushy eyebrows and patrarcha luxuianoc OF
gray NEARLY whitcl beard aud hair
This portrait accompanies an exhibition of roarly ey
enty paintings and studies by Mr.. EnDeknS at williams
& Everctts The large Summer twilight in New Ing
land" asimple substantial and pleasing landscape
eral lttie Of interest. few figure studies
and gray coast views are we'll worth lingering over ia
this collection. Mr.. Ennekngs most ambitious picture
a November Twilight" still unfinished in his sul.o
In the middle OF tho picture of foliage whose ,h
hues felt rather than pool aud the sunset IN
the distance grouped In harmony of notably fine
quality. The other portions OF the composition les'
striking the picture throughout Is soft and rich
tones quito likely remind the observer VI MI Enc.
kings friendship with Mr.. Fuller.
Masterpieces OF Modern German Art" by Fred.
n. Allen Is the title OF luxurious publication To be-
sued ia twenty five folio parts by Estes Lauria Of BOs
ton. The work will contain 100 unusually Largo
photo gravures and echngs from paintings, in nearly
every selected by the artists themselves together
with portraits Of tho painters engraved or wool.
Among tho Munich artists TO DO repre-
sented Pioty, Zimmerman. yoltz, Zi-
gel, Braith. Kaubach Defresger. .Grutrner aud Neal
and Rosenthal included. Knaus, Bremen and
Booker among the Berlin artists Preer among those
from Dresden; Oswald Achenbach, Camphausen ana
Munthe from Dusseldorf Leltzenmeyer from stuttgart
Hot from Carlsruhe Hans Makart Leopold Muller
MunkacSy aud Probst from Austria These are nut
few names taken from list OF 100 whose co opera
ton In the work Mr.. Allen has secured by personal
visits.
Mr. Frank Fowler states that his portrait OF Madame
Moeska Is not to placed exhibition until the latter
Dart ot Mar