New-York tribune., 1886-02-01
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ARR CIRCLES.
NOTES OF THE EXHIBIuoNs-NEw nc UEEs Al
The DEALERS.

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ginning OF sales. DESPITE tho wrctchod weather Several
pictures wore sold at Friday nigats reception, apons
,hew Mr.. Abbey's "Tie OH song" which Il uaiofst:l
! to have been purchased for Mr.. Clarence King Tho
price, $4,000 k the best OF oar knOTedc the largest
ever raa at tho socets exhibitions indeed tbs largest
! ever paid for any American watcr-cOlOr. several
thousand dollars realized rom Saturdays sales
Among the pictures sold were" Fne OF Sorg Etwn 4.
! Abbey, 5000; Amid that Flush Oi Crimson LgiI"
Henry Farrer $3.50; Waiting for the Ferry" Eiwagd
! Moran, $500; "Reminiscences" Brace Crane. $50;
Solitude" Edward Moran, $3.50; The Evening Gay"
! G. NJ Dewey $50: "Autumu," Bruce CIsne. 800;
Near Deppe" $l35; Love Bridge. Corn WALL" 200;
Sketch in Cornwall" $25; F!sheImens Daughters"
! $40; washing Pcnarls," $50; aud Glimpse Of
Venice" SD oil by Arthur Quartey; Woods In Winter"
| c. W. Eaton, $50; Ndnh Poo ant Yum lum," Il. r.
Banner $50; Rainy Twilight" c. Graham, 500;
Near ROTTERDAM" r.. W Van Boskereb $lO9; a
Day Dream" Percy Moran. $3.50; Wet Morning.
Carlton i. Chapman, $50; " An Old song /. A.
Francis $50; Winter EvenirS," G. ". Eaton $lj;
| 81 Fautasy" Percy Moran, $3.50; "Reaalng the Poe
lamati1n," Leon Moran, $50; Close OF a December
Day." Henry Farrer, $50; " An Upland BIZ w. II.
Gibson $780, Blanche" irving Il. Wiits $40; Where
soft Gray Clouds" Carlton I. Chapman, 800; Nlshtai'
Carleton Virgins $780, A Sonny Day ia EoVenber,"J J.
A. : MONKS, $50; "HaybOats," @. II. Clements. $40;
Dreamy Autumn" L. L. :. Adams $50; rrlmIoses"
! II A. Phipps $40; Twilight" Albert Insley $40;
Roses" c. X. Herrck Sl5; Fishing BoJts," Carlton
T. Cnapman $25; snOwballs," ". A. Thomas, SIP;
| ' ransies" NJ Brown, S25; aud Iief Grace" f. A.
Francis S65 TIE prices given in all taosc OF
the catalogue
The exhibition OF the Saimagundi Club closed at the
American Art Galleries Satur lay evening with saos
amounting to $3,l72. The pictures sold for 800 and
over were Autumn the Catsill.,' d. T. IGsbroack.
$50; Behind the Yew," T. B. ScheIl, $50; Fosgy
Morning" X ". Roln 500; a stranger in the
FELL" Carleton Wiggins, $780, Moonlight Low Tie,"
e. H. Ea:on $50; a White Morning" W. II. Gibson,
$40; Autumnal," q. II. Eaton, 30; Eos" NJ b. o.
Fowler S75 fhe Lark" \. NJ. Turner so; Wiae,
Women, and Song" Charles BrlSman, $50; An
Urgent Dispatch" Gilbert Gau, $50; Attack on an
Indian Camp" T. Do Tnustrnp, 1928; On Hot Tfai"
r. De Taulstrup. 1928; A Gale at Whithy," II. p
smith, SiOO Evening on the Peqnannock,' Julian
Rx, $50; Granimammas Books" W. V. BFncy,
800; TIE Fairy GOtmOther," T. H. Nichols $40;
Through Summer Fields" G. f. Cookman, $50; The
Dancing Lesson" c. J. Taylor $50; Day Dreams"
Percyal Do Luce. S75; Winter Nornlns" G. II. SIC.
Cord SlG5; "SIornng"' Julian Rix 500; AT sea-"
Carlton T. Chapman, ?65; stalk and Flower" Newton
\. Wells. $50; aid rne Brook" ". B. Baker, SO.
In addition 20 the sslmaguud sales. water cOlors
have been sold from Mr. f. X. M Rehn's exhibition
/ for Sl.OG0 making total for both exhibitions Of
Sa532 The galleries will be closed for the Eext ten
,ys while tie arrAu cement Oi the Morgan collections
is In progress. fhe Morgan exhibition VIII 10 oFen'd
to the public on Friday, February II. The sales Will
/ extend over q week After the sale OF the
paintings the evenings OF March g. 4, aud at Chck-
ering IL. some three days viii be taken up by the sale
OF the Orient rorcoains, etc. which VIII DO followed uy
the silver and glass sales closing with the books en-
cravings and ctchings
Attractive Illustrated catalogues are issued nal
by the Wate Color society aud the Etching CUB For
the catalogue OF the Etching CluO small plates have been
etched after eight weseiocted works IA the exhibition.
These Illustrative etchiugs make NJ collection watch
50 far goes may be termed representative 1t Is
certainly than the selections for preTIJls clta-
locues and the permanent value OF the present catI.
lo ne l. therefore increased. There admirable lcduc
tions OF two OF painter etchings ia the exh0
| ton Mr Z. A. PlAtt's Deyenter, Holand.' ani Mr.
| STEPHEN Parrs's London Bridge" fhesc are followed
| by Mr. lame. D. SMILES Rough Sport IN tue IOse-
,G,e !" and Dr Leroy ". Yales White Chute. Nepyon
RIVER ontario In landscape work there Is Mr Alex
nnIcr scniigs sHech ot storm clouds which
T.. seen tie catalogue at al especial DISADVANTAGE,
| with Mr. J. + saon's Long Island Lead an etellni
vich will hardly sis spite its pictorial rrst
| apge.raIns. Messrs r. ". Wood aud Hamilton IIani!-
TON furnish the hsuces rae M SrFss P : rspreSlte Os
popular subject treated even in tnis sketch, iu the
nse OF the needle There usual protusion o. Illus
tratious fohd in the Water,coior cItalogde aud
these ttl4 prints will be found TO be at least convent
| ent aid to the memory
Another Of Jules Bretons paintings has found tome
in this country The Last Ray from the Satgn OF
OF Mtssrs KuoeItr & ca. TAe picture approaches tao
vening Fiulstere more closely IN character AMI
quality any other painting 10y tue artist which mas
seen exhibited here but the resemblance Is o. coaI9d
entirely superficial Ile Last Ray t. win tue Poss!-
ure by freton owned in this TIE scene Is
the oatslrts oi te NilaIe, the time sunset. Dr-cy
IN front u grassy sketch rOr the most part Ia shadow
with gray matched cottage on the eit another AMI
further back the rglt house whose reItled rJOl
gows the sunlight which makes itself et on The trees
AMI on the adjoining cottage. THIS Is the setting for an
expression OF sentiment which Is more simple al dFeet
than II Tho Evening at FIpstere" On tho le beside
the gray wall sit old Ieassnt his wife and
Younger daughter pausiDg IN their flax hacking, III
Mug and Sewins to welcome al roach OF another
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in tie rather they watching the warmer
grass pathway OF light marked out by he last
ray which ilumines tue face OF tIe mother stletclhs
little This Is the picture. Ih5
s! ray glorinos this little scene of childish usneiivo
affection and mother love. and as fervid French COM
mentators phrase H. the same ray warns wa anu or'
winter time OF the sympathetic old people !aNt ray "l
rtnibtsI Ia Paris two conventional comments were
never wanting There always reference 10 the poet
from descriptive This was sometimes s ghy
saGd sSt & e "i paints @ OF baccic & and So on ra Of
could lead up to bat Que thing. and 50 has hap
peuoi that the French writer is who has ern able
| to refrain from some comparison between Mlet and
Breton Even at the sk repetition 1t seems worth
while to point out that while Nil ct was slmp.e nncoh
scious painter OF Gel tain things which he e.t deeI yo
qualities which he expressed IN the marvellous tntu OF
from the consciousness Of picture making and figure
posing he tells story rather tsan eHpFt sse sIlns, &
and since he Is unable 20 90 thus luy IN te nS'
OF his figures he helps out his story by lnVafhhe depend
painters the day Breton's peasant paintings have
whOesOmenoss and slmT Tlicity which make themselves
lively sympathy with and ready apprehension OF Ger,
tam phases o. the he which he depicts Bat us way o
looking al his subjects Mets. and he sees less
deeply, AMI he expresses himself far dHerei uy; ~
Gntd ST pelap pscf so siIpr 70 The Last Ray that
comparison is involuntary In Mhlets PSIue, 1 wsh
dellciOusy uncertain action 60 reach the mother VINO
waits holding out her arms. her auie ami AMI loys
In one OF tho hasty pen drawings done bl nle ' -
the @ Ss S nS%ras spp"' He @ @conpreho
slve truth OF action instluotiyey recoSnl1e heTo