New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-23
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
NOTES OF ART WORK AND ExHIBIrIoNs-ARr xsws
HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

est will be taken just been finished in this CITY, ia,
the past years Mr. Oin Warner has been earnestly
engaged upon the statue Of William Lloyd Garrison c
tended for the city of Boston Mr. Warmers upo,
the clay model Ii completed The statue has teeu
successfully east In plaster It will be placed
In the hands Of bronze founder. and three four
months win probably pass before it is ready to be un-
yelled. brief description Of this statue appeared IN
| The TRIBUNE last spring.
tits stated that between 1,lO0 and 1000 pictures
have been sent to tho Academy. The catalogues win
probably contain about $50 numbers, that tho per-
centage rejected will be smaller than the
water color exhibitions.
The of the sales the recent water color ex-
hibton little $2l 900 at catalogue prices.
The actual receipts distinguished from receipts based
upon catalogue prices, were $4,000
request is made by the American Art Association
that visitors seney Collection should choose the
morning in order to avoid the discomfort OF ovee
crowded galleries Tickets Of admission to the sale caa
be obtained from the secretary of the Association
Mr.. 8. P. Avery has received photograph OF Mess
soners last painting just completed and dated 1881
Two horses and figure introduced In landscape
said to be study from nature the artists summer
home Poissy. In the centre of the foreground is
white horse ridden by . postillion Who leads .
horse wearing a harness Tho rider clad in short,
braided Jacket tall hat tight bree ches and with his legs
encased in huge jack boots leans slightly backward
gagged in lighting his pipe. Meantime the horses which
are beautiful examples OF drawing, pace along the
sandy road at lesurely but sprighty gait. Beyond
the road field slopes down river which stretches
from right left the Picture and beyond this
again the low, slightly wooded hills The painting
spoken remarkable for its color and light Its size
by 29a inches. and the modest price asked BY tho
| artist Is 100000 francs or $4,000.
The frontispece of tt April Ma0asine Of Art is -
study of drapery reproduced in sangune from draw
| taxt o9 tha haa
| a daellanie character which possesses no vital
| interest Articles upon FASHIONS In
| Waists" and Venetian Knockers" and even
the papers called "Profles from the French Renais.
sance" and The Artist in Corsica are not calculated
to arouse much enthusiasm the part OF readers Mr.
W. j. Loftie contributes welllustrated article the
first OF a SERIES upon "The Older London Churches"
Mr. Albert Moores The Quartstte, engraved for Mr..
Cosmo MonkhOuses article is not unsuggestiVe OF MI.
Dewings Prelude" Mr.. Monkhouse writes OF Mr.
Moore the eulogstc manner which seems inevitaDs
whenever English artist is discussed In an English
magazine collection OF extracts from English artst
biographies appearing In the magazines OF any given
| year would constitute a pean OF praise than whicn
nothing higher could be accorded to Raphael himself IL
| IL unfortunate that the reputation OF these modern
should rest upon printed natery rather than
upon their work. for their work in many cases I'M
known outside OF England But II is difficult to see how
artists constantly breathing this perfumed atmosphere
| can produce anything at all OF consequence.
The portion of this magazine devoted to American in
terests contains the first OF series o. articles upon
. American Art Industries,"-a new departure which
TO be interesting and valuable The first paper
upon Heating Apparatus is illustrated by designs Tor
stoves including Lewis phototype OF tile stove and
one or two other presentations OF the Low ART es mo
Record OF American Art contains an estimate OF tho
number OF American pictures which have been and wiz
be exhibited and offered for sale during the current sea-
SON It's stated that three Thousand pictures were
| shown at the September exhibitions In VEST
ern and Eastern cities. Some 1000 works appeared
at the York. and Philadelphia exhibitions OK
the early winter and nearly 5000 were simultaneously
on exhibition in different elite toward the end OF rep,
ruary Altogether the writer estimates that over ioVVo
e alS' Of the season OF Issl-s5.
in 5 S be as su g es shown
mistake MT sshaa. has expressed 9is iatention to re-
Madison Square, between Delmonicos and the New.
S GH w Tss RS9af % w nGf be eshed In M
gard the mention OF Professor j. Weits design Tor
the secretary Of the association called NOT long al
this office 10 state positively that Professor Weirs de
on an eminence in the midst OF hilly mountains
country aud the general preference OF those directly
Simple and massive and far as possible in harmony
even u" Of the conventional colossal size would
be out Of place the 0 ns@ mne were o made iSs
association are proceeding with remarkable canton IL
their anxiety to take no false step " Is
by committee next passed upon by the directors ana
|
eases by nearly Unanimous vctc before IL is accepted
Under these stringent conditions Is probable that the
lual acceptance OF any design is stu Tar distant
The April number Of The Art Journal contains an adj
mrabe line engraving from The Courtship Of William
H. OF Orange, painted by d. W. winfield The ensravers
are Messrs .: anu a :, for paper dc.
scripiiye Of Arden Mr.: Richard Jeifores begns
series OF articles upon Field Sports in Art with con.
siderable tAeorzng about the performances OF ths
based 6sy upon the familiar w %s1Sr sy
strong asserts that Mr. Colin Hunter is far from being
least Of fine E ss , oas b u
catch more q the seas % 9 fsa an M
Hunters great" pietures painted the deck ota
steamer, while he was violently soaslex, au aehie'ees
worth recording among the cariosilies OF art.
The cataogu. OF the Delacroix exhibition at the Ecos
DIES Beaux Arts contain. 45o numbers including por.
traits OF Delacrox by Gericau David and others many
exhibition includes many OF Delaeroix's well known
Tsnrs; "Jesus Sleeping in the Boat" by NJ GALL
mard and other variations OF this theme ana t.e
's sPs cs ne pastel er
e sf' essay ss1 ' by NJ Paul Mantz Prefaees ne
list In strong contrast to this modest lltte eataioSGs Is
the catalogue 81 's s hS.Oa in yea
cover which bears ornamental lettering printed IN REQ
and black it is generously illustrated with etchnss
and phoogravures OF the principal paintings contained
the collection; There are three Pretaces one IA L
Collectors one in German BY Herr Alfred Won wazoasa
and one in FGnch II appears E t iaa Tine ns Bosch
collection is TO be sold at Vienna on April rs n9df,
| direction of Nj. II. haeser iicr
seems affected the paintings OF the Holland ana felhs
Schools of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries anu
taking the catalogue authority ho must nave as9sS
| many rare and precious works There are only MY
Of thase odd masters" all OF which are said by Mr.
| Prescott to DO "perfectly authontieated some oi
| tsem came from the DemidcH and Hamilton saes;;
Among tho works OF Holland school are examples OF
! Rembrandt two paintings by Franz HAS, three Dy
aJrian van 0stsde, two by Philip Wouver-
mana. two by Albert Cuyp, and exam
nies of Solomon Ruyslael. The Flen-
h school is represented by two paintings by Rabens
| and examples OF Van Dyek and David Teniers tho
Younger Herr Bosch are informed, was tho state
rchect for the city OF Vienna and he spoken OF as
| connoisseur OF uncommon acutcness