New-York tribune., 1886-04-26
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
xorrs on TEE ExHIBiIioNs-ART NEWS HERE AN


-, NAY 10 More paintings than tho galleries can
contain are already promised and II should 10 possoc
20 make ur exhibition OF higher character than that
of last year The contributors to tho "fund will meet
Cor the trs time week and the "prlkc pictures
,u bc selected before the exhibition opens The seec-
,ons may prove open to criticism az was the case 's
xear especially with 1.-The Last Sacrsments, out ~ Is
safe 10 say that there will be nothing 50 uncaeoor ~
the recent award OF the Clarke prze at tho Academy
This prize was given good American hSure
mining. IL was not expected tHat "'is'S "'"o io
verse the g,ver's Intention
nh, m,c,u-osSonIst" exhibition at the American Art
,,,Ior,es will be closed on Wednesday: Terms have
bcen oaered by the Academy authorizes ior 'he
,aesc of that building for MONTH ana 10 Il 'ho le'
,r,cntou of the American Art Association 10 'rAnS'
rho " ,nrressionst" pictures 10 the Academy "uon
,ooomes vacant aaG TO reopen their eNhoiuoh '"c'o
ohout MAY 90 This with the " Prize Fnnd eNaiouo'
and that to be held at the Metropolitan M"seu" ~
o,,hers NJ the Society OF American Artists VIII msho
,hrce oil exhibitions running into june Ihe last wiz
be open all summer. Nevertheless tue teaio'' 'i'o
ooson ornears TO grow shorter every year. ana ater
warm weather comes pictures fail to interest i"''
year there have been signs of hacgns interest," ,.
thsn usual due possibly to the glutuhS oi Puo"0
.,os,,v ny the Morgan exhibition and saies Ne''"or
f ,be tyo open at present mas oeeh "ei at
,cnced At the "impressionst exhioi1ioh uul'"S '"o
last week the highest paying attendance nas "".
cee5ed $50 a day. The galleries have never been
~,
the Morgan exhibition there were over l'o' Visi'ors
daily for much OF the time bat for this there were OF
course exceptional The "impressionst e1hi-
bition has been popular success ana VI. Durahu'
Ruel is disappointed although few connoisseurs IN
Guiding two three wellkn0wn collectors nave recog-
uizeI the merits OF these pictures seven or eight OF
the "impressiOnst" paintings have been sold. An
important painting of another class Lerolles The
Organ has also sold TO gentleman In this City.
but IT may said that the public will have further op-
rortunos for seeing It, These pictures were imported
in bond for exhibition purposes only" AS was .ex-
pancd At 9Th in this column, the dealers objected to
such importation the ground that would give the
American Art Association an unfair advantage mas
much the dealers oblset to bay out and out any
pictures which they import While the association couli
give the public choice from number and send back
those which remained unsolL The members OF tho
Amercan Art Association still say that they had no
intention OF eectnS any sales whom they brought the
pictnres to this country Whether NJ Durand- Rue or
the association made the sales the fact remains that
pictures been sold just they were sold from Mr.
Henry Bacxburns collection of English water coors
imported for exhibition purposes only" The duties
will be paid and the paintings will remain
It's strange that no more general interest has been
taken in an exhibition which has furnished our hrst
opportunity acquaintance with most interesting
phase OF modern art, embodying some truths.
and represented by strong painters There
has been some outside recognition, as We
have said Fer example Mr. Howells finds the work I
the pressonists 10 be IN line with his own doctrines
representing phase OF realism of truth to nature But
the exhibition has met with most appreciation from
artists although mpressionisn to be attacked as we'll
as defended by at the Wednesday evening meet
ing of the Nineteenth Century Club painter like
Degas appeals mainly to artists. naturally enough, for
his vivid sketches attractive only in their technical
ceverness not at from their subjects Yet his rich
htte group mounted jockeys should 90" any where
The pleasant little studies in gray by Boudn and Fain-
eng are conservative enough for any company and there
ia very little "inprcssionisn" IN the works OF j. l.
Brown Montenard of Is outside OF the brother
hood and his Road the Seine" should commend him
to us as artist worth knowing. And 30 with Hu9uet,
whose Oriental scenes much better in atmosphere
color and texture than the Fromentins of commerce
or the "mpressioniss" proper nothing more need be
said regarding Minet. Next to him comes Claude
Monet, the versatile and IN mahy respects
the bri liant painter OF the school HIS Road OF
Chuily shows that he can paint in the manner moro
familiar to his usual sye AMI this is his most
substantial But there other pictures, some OF
which have been mentioned Ike The Seine at CIV
erny" and the " PetH Bras DArge'.euH" which have
frt shress and beauty peculiarly their own kehor
shows merit of vivaeity IN his Dance at BougiVa
and he is frank enough risk unbeautiiul ana simply
striking effects outdoor studies OF the nude But
Renor can be spared and so can seurat 1t Is pity
that there is only good picture by Morzot, the
Portrait Nine. X, but that is very good, simple
and effective Pssalro and Serret should be seen again
III work more important than these pastes which, so far
as they 60 cause desire for better acquaintance II Is
unfortunate these artists arenot better educated
ana that they permit themselves such violent effects
but combination Of Academic accuracy aud fresh in
Gividualty Is rare enough.
Among the Academic painters OF Paris those connect
with the state schools, here has naturally been re-
luctance anything as good that came from
the rebels the "mptessionsts" GerOne, whose later
.la - fnnhn niOla hQ.
missed the work OF the empress ssonists" as "coch-
ounerie" Bouauger taken the trouble to write a
pamphlet them. He sees grave symptom OF
decadence "the search for originality aprOpos OF
vcrything aud apropos OF nothing and lie appears aoe
10 perceive nothing more in the work Of the "impres
sioplse" Yet the same thing said OF Gelcaut AMI
his followers by other conservatives OF DaVids school,
The fact Is that any movement is accompanied by
extravagances which deserve severe reproof. Yet
stlying for originality AMI uneasy painting Tor eject
are not confined to "iupIessionis,s." Boulangers
pamphlet probably due to the severe structures made
nv M verop The editor of LArt and others upon the
influence of the state NJ Veron considers that
that schools have produced very few noteworthy
artists hundred years. ara that most OF the men
who have made French art iustrious were cd ducated
outside OF the Government institutions There are evi-
denty stagnation and rOunsm IN Paris as at our owl
Academy VI. Ernest Chesneau' In ms new oooK me
Education of The Artist" Says III style IS the out
come OF d narrow conventOnaty, OF tradition grown
stale through all the ages since the tine OF raphael ana
more particularly debascd IN the School OF booSha II
sivle consists IN q regular fofeseen and cllkn0wn
manner o. surring color of eliminating tone. OF efaciug
modelling of extracting all fe, OF doing without imaGi
under pretext OF dignity Of expression ana purity
of drawing this is style there IS no lack OF painters
Of styio m our time The Paris School of Art is the hot
house where these artificial flowers are cultivated AMI
taught 10 Open" NJ Cbesneau quotes Basuen Lcpaeo $
account OF the of the Ecote des B.a'I Ars
upon his art. a. learnt my business at Parls
and have wish 10 forset IT; but really
/ dId not earn my there. When hist came "a
Paris knew less than nothing hut then at any rate
was moi burdened with the farrago OF formulas whlch
peryert the learner At the schools daDed sketches
Of gods and goddesses; OF Greeks and Romans had
never ard Of which did for and only laughed
at repeated TO myself again and again mat perhaps
this was high art, and nowadays sometimes wonder
whether anything remains 10 me OF all that teaching
NJ Chesneau's book not published here until the
closing the "impressiOnlst" exhibition, but
many of his comments may be commended both to those
who have in these pictures simply subjects OF
rdicue aud those who have shared NJ Durand-