New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-25
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
NOTES OF THE ExHIBTJioNs-SEw PICTURES AT TIE
DEAEERs'-ART NEWS HERE AND ABROAD.

Water Color Society Will De opened 20 the public
from today. private view will 10 held Friday
afternoon with the usual reception In tho evening Ior
this exhibition 300 eOlors have been submitted
and between GOO and 700 have been hung. Last year
the exhibition contained 7i0 pictures, and the year
before 663. The number sen, In Indicates remarkable
activity water color painters but the number
accepted has been limited In degree by the prevalence
OF large pictures The tendency TO increase the on
water which has been noticeable In past years Is
still marked In the present collection. This
| true OF the Etching Club exhibition. which includes
about 800 Impressions. This devotion to big pctures
will cause fotebOdngs but the whole the water
color exhibition Is described being strong and inter
ostlng.
one OF its features" which may or ray not be tina
most important will be "a large water color By Mr. Edwin
! A. Abbey who was not represented last year. The
scene is quaint interior OF an old English country
hou 49, and the picture contains three hgnres IN
exceeds he two Sisters the water exhibited
| two years since by Messrs Abbey snd Parsons Ths
| latter sends nothing to this exhibition. The most
prominent foreign picture will be watcr painting
| by Detaille OF "a military subject which is lent from
a private collection In this city. The Young Datch
painters Messrs. keyer. Bastert AMI Poggenbeek, WHO
have made favorable impression at past exhibitions
contribute interesting work this Mr. ". NJ Chase
sen Is important figure pieces. and Mr. J. Alden wolr
will be represented In figure, flower aud still-lic
painting Other conspicuous figure studies are furnished
by Messrs. G. Y. Weldon and 10. John uarper Mr..
| Edward Moran makes a new departure IN sending
landscape instead OF marine painting, aud Mr.. W. T.
Richards Introduces innovations In his painting Of
q shore aud ci scene. There Is work by Me-. Walter
shlrlaw, and the regular contributors like Messrs.
Parrer Nicoll and Church be counted usual
There Will be nothing. however. from Mr. kappes, nor
from Mr.. winslow Homer BostOd will be represented
by Mcssrs. TrscOts, Hassam aud &. L. Pierce. Mr..
Ross Turner sends several marine studies. but Mr..
Turner is understood to have deserted Boston for this
city
Tho Etching Club exhibition, Ia addition to work by
the members tho Moran family aud Messrs. Farrer
Clifford Van Ellen ard smIllie will contain mE ressions
from plates recently etched abroad by Mr. Charles A.
Patt. and etchings by Mr. I. G. Farror. DR.. L.
VI. Yao will contribute etching Of rapids on tho
Nepigon Rive in Canada. New etchlngs by Messrs.
Parrish and Duveneck have been recently received by
Mr.. Keppil, but It il possible that the formers
excellent London Bridge" and the lators interesting
" DesiemOnas House E" aud Tae RialtO may not DO
sent to the Etching Ciab exhibition. Tue series OF
twenty etchngs alter painting which will appear To shs
catalogue OF the Morgan collection viii bo exhibited by
| til, American Ant Association
| II has been tue custom to appoint committee
! decoration from the members OF the Waler-Coor
Society elaborate results tho
year when Mr.. Anderson arranged remark ,ble pro
fusion OF Oriental hanglnss. pOrceains, brOnzes aud
other trapping. which more "yirtuOus than
.! the water colOrs This year tho task Of decoration
I
Fickens the architect OF the American Art CAT
rries Tue usual generously illustrated catalogue vii
Do issued by the Hater-CoOr sOcet" and the Etching
/ Clut catalogue Will contain etcbinss OF Permaocat
value, Of which described being of eSceI-
uonaly due quality. The merits Oi these exhibitions
cannot OF passed mon until Fridays Oeuiul
but tie Color Society safely be depended upon
for at least the prettlcs showing OF the season.
At the gallery OF Messrs. Kuocder & Co. a Ian i.caps
by Chaliya Is ON exhibition and scssrs. Rcclard 60.
continue to exhbit Mr. J. L. stuarts Hunt Bai" rao
trouble II the kind OF art exempihed In tie Latter
painting IL that It has no staying power. Au episode
! OF fashionable lilo may be good a subject q. 40
incident peasant mo- II it be backed BY . worthy
motive. invested with genuine human Interest. aud
| treated ia way which translates Il scene int a
picture OF lasting value Nothing OF this lou- u
MI stuart. lie PROBABLY presents some very good axe.
nesses especially those OF ;h6 mon. tut ccl
any lasting interest IN any OF his ngarcs because tao
artist takes them SIMPLY means OF showing be
| ceyorness. HB paiuts In the shOwy. dasllug sDls
Characteristic OF certain ItancO .nsh painters. aud 10,
confused Kaleidoscope musus Ot .f.ct Goals plnA
anI white bali dresses, white shoulders jewell. and fans
In this brilliantly lighted ballroom Viii speedily pail
upon the sress taste which is al first moved 70
| admiration. Tue scene has a forced animation of %,
own although picture 1t Is further injured by tas
uyorcrOwdlns OF the canvas. ana Mr. stuart paLts villa
ever . moro facIle cleyerucss thIn shown iu Li,
Five O'Clock rc1," managing bis lyroiechnic4, ca,ts
with considerable leN Crlty Bus tle saCh
he best appre 'istcd by In ignato enough
10 redhLc what existence would he compelled 20 lnc
, with tls picture.
The salEncundi exhibition continues 60 attris fair
amount attention indeed there appears 70 have been
visitor too many last week, Judging from tIe
mysterious disappearance Ot MIR Ksrke's Little
picture lron side room This method OF encouras,ug
galleries. one two HldtOn, have been made g. tas
SaiaA uud collection since the OIrniug. tho latest
"A .al va ~ la
j. y Marble. IN tni' tue aust shOgS not merely Lls
ABILITY to produce good likeness asp The rar,r t
| OF thoroughly sympathetic treatment. Mr. Marble has
draWn ca 'racterlsic portrait win 4, aSo aneJ
! tlULal and invested with much pictorial merit
Mr.. John :. Sharp. president of The Gotham Art
stuuept,," writes: Mr. Eoeer hiOgiu den, erred
se,oad of course of technical lectures Friday
~, a cr & ~, ITs masni,ctnT lie dcriet ,
process ot making the skrtcn, the WORKING draWingS
the selection aud cutting OF tue glass It's oolorhg hrns
leading etc. wtb tho mistakes OF most frequent occur.
renee anI th"r rrwcdy. lie Was head 10y large and
! Interested audience
Notices Of the free art classes opened by the Metro.
polltan Museum FOR the benc1t Oi young srusI. .nd
artisans have been issuoi BY Mr.. j. W. stiuisou. ths
superintendent Among the nsraeicrs. In si,li Ion
crnau JuIcn iauar, +acas Baker A. LCe.cr, Lrhe,J j.
nlles, aud ". l. \o.e The circular says: fhosc arc
| metropolitan Musedn OF Art with tbs iuteation u
furnishing superior opportunities at mJderaie cost ur
thorough instruction IA oo.or design, moi-llug FREQ
maud. architectural. ca lnot mechanical dIa"in- aul
! work. ties textiles, etc, harmOniOusy combine
creative taSto WIN practical industrial sAil TnI,
done VIVA view To tue bruvht ~ the artist artisans
vino. industrious, self supporting aud tastefUl
contribute essentially u the growth oi
the nation aud tJrtn the Das" or IT'S artistic wealth
In the January Portfolio Mr.. HamertOn enters into
lelsurely psychological discussion OF ImasLnAtoH 10
IaudsUapc Painting. illustrating hts theories 10y repro
of aud Turner. Tue frUutlspese oi
| magazine Il mr/z0-tint after a drawing by David
COY There Is "A vigorous etching toy Mile. POyuu, aer
Rubcnss portrait OF Elizabeth OF France which is Ia tho
! Louvre aud Mr.. &. %. Murray has etched Cattle ma
Rerent's Park" by James Ward The irontisl LEGO ~
| the February Art Journal Il engraving by J.
ster heusou of j. W WAREHOUSES painting che Favor
itrs OF thr onoFius" Al article upon Ifenoh
! art II accompanied by photo-prnt Oh IIrnner's
Fabiola" "a etching which will appear In the Morgan
catalogue The picture was purchased bl the late Mrs
Morgan but arrived after her death. Mr.. Charles g.