New-York tribune., 1886-02-22
| ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
NOTES OF VARIOUS TxmBIuoN5-ART NEWS HERE
AND ABROAD.


dsfavor such importation of works of art in bond"
Whether the resw i'll he the change OF various art firms
into Incorporated associations remains to hc seen
The exhibition will certainly he or interest 10 the public
IS illustrating a phase OF French art which has been
Almost entirely ignored by American dealers and coec
rs The dealers hold that these pictures will not Please
the public and ney regard W. Durand Reucls eulogics
as an attempt 10 create boom for "a class OF work
which shall succeed in popular favor the work OF the
painters OF Fontanebeau Barbs son, and Vile dAvray
The point raised is delicate Tho best paintings
OF the latter artists will always he ranked among the
work OF this century. But it Is also true that no
pictures have been shrewdly and pefslStcny
doomed those OF COrot. Diaz Dauhigny. Rousseau
aud even that conscientious painter Millct. The
slightest sketches LEFT by these artists have been in
vested with exaggerated Importance aud mere pot
boilers " have been held as priceless in the
American market. This increase in the hcli-
tous value OF dead artists works has plainly
reached its limit II VI. DuIanl- Reucl is trying TO
boom the paintings OF tho Iupros-iosts. lie is only
adopting n policy which has been pursued successfully
before But American picture buyers may have learned
something from experience.
The exhibition OF the Morgan collections is clearly
the popular success OF Iesent There have
BEEN from 1000 to 800 visitors daily and there Is no
prospect OF a falling of in the number OF visitors. 1t
is pity that the collections to be dispersed 40 soon
but and tho curious appear 10 be making the
most o! their brief opportunity.
This will be tho last week of tho water color eIhbi
ton The attendance has not been remarkable, hut thc
sales Oh the whole have been satisfactory. and the con
uued popularity OF water cOorS srcns 10 bc sufficiently
attested. In exhibition OF SIG ictures may "hlch
worth mention must pass unnoticed but something
may yet said "A few which have been briefly alluded
to or omitted OF necessity in previous notices. Mr..
Quartcys Interesting contributions. Tor example show
sympathetic appreciation CT low tones and also OF
the value accent. and increased technical facility
Now and them in the " Fishermcns Daughters, Corn
wall" the artist pays unusual attention to his tgures
this Instance ut least with excellent Results Both Mr
Quartlcy and Mr. PAt prohtcd by their foreign eA
prrences and the latters - or the quay, " Holland
Barges and other studies rank good examI les OF
progressive work. Mr.. Blum also sends encouraging
contributions Window light effects rle Overdone,
but his sisters Advice IA picture OF importance.
delisatcy handled and distinguished by points IN the
action OF his figures particularly rcsaids tho hgure
the lett. With the excel ton OF do trying glare oil
li.ht the is simple and natural. Yet with all
allowances for medium could sh little more
care Tor relations happier indication ot Nturcs less
Of the sieve like effect whica aud there proves
distraction In much greater degree this is to be seen
in the ncighboring landscape by Mr. Wyant, who has
tried express the effect OF light and sunshine by letting
his paper show white in sIots where the work has been
scrapcd away method often effective but here carried
too far. Yet there l. much elaboration IN wafer
color work that rc-olute cndcayoi to secure ELECTS
with slight Is seldom unwelcOme, provided the
means are appropriate. Mr. shiraw has more iorchle
touch than OF the artists last named His work
has much richness IN cOlOring, but II LACKS certain
grace which Mr.. Blum has expressed. AIT. Well, who
has other additions pictures painted with the
solid Is OF oils. and subjects best adapted to treatment
In oils has adopted this year very slight and skctchy
ehod OF execution, which Is carried to an extreme IN
his landscape In 'hc east gallery. an Irc--ion re.
corded with Htle thOufAtiune.-. There is much TO
-,iI Mr. Mstr' gl IA SCI
drawn vasu animal Gut usual the artist sends some
ooeIus OF oes. The water color exhibition s
never without good examples OF Hover Iuin'ins.
OF credablc landscape work tho exhibition shows an
abundance. thoIourhly pictorial winter landscape 10y
MI H. T. Jonos IN south gallery is pcrhnp- the
best Of several winter scenes Mr. Palmer sends
Winter Moongsc." Mr.. G. W. Eaton Woods iu Win.
ter" Mr.. Murphy Winter Morning, aud thero are
other attempts either interpret blue shadows snow"
or to convey o. snowy, dc-oiato hcds oadon
skies aud the cold heht oi winter sunsets. Autumn
continues TO bc a fayorc subject with Mcsar- Murphy
ANA Ciane and the former invests Bis landscape, with no
little rchue-- aud harmony IA their coioiine. although
the OF bOth these artists j. dstrcdr "lth"ul SAoH
lng especial originality oI i"r'o' NI l'l"h La, +" a'iI
toned excellent November IA the sol 10 gallery, win
a co.dy ntncd PASTORAL hy Mr. e. T. Pierce on one side
ana warm well rendered Florida scene by Mr.. Gnord
On other. A. cAamllc of nnc quietly elective
Sanur! Culuau', ON The Rhine, lu tue cf-t gall cry
The artists VIZ "f Norbns resemble, mat o. i.c Ens
fish SCHOOL but i- beauty thhu the
work Ol MI ". T. EichhIt- who may crPidiuly hc con
liberal a. ntl.ctcd hy Iusli-l iuuuenc,- Scar NJ
Colmau's picture nunss ntlr water color boy Miss VI.
L. Hrs clearly belongs 10 the younger school, aud
ryurc-..- IN fhr warm land -ripc aud bright shy aan-
which a windmill f. den iciui,-ly posed a iccllng
for color which Is much more telling tho :"ncth
feature OF - simple comuo-Iti"n than II irttcrcd
away upon details. Elsewhere. IN 80 1'J
the ARTIST leaves less 10 tue Imagination. but
loss oi "a part "i thc t"p"rhFy shy "o"" H''P "',
competition "u. INC NHII'u Ways VI r''lns % alt W
rendering nh.urc rom one OF l"o m"Il lh','e,IInh
studies oi Inc cAhlhuOh ana Ait.oHkh lio'h' gray
aud mp arc mere i IuH IVto'' n peasant 10
mud the older painters llko MeS~f- OOnhu anu iIcE
holding thril own - well. Nh fHltcr sends several
dcliutely drawn landscapes well harmonl/'d anu prhc
tfatcd with feeling bdt he l. at us bcat ~ the No ald
Hcapc-, Nos :" ana "p, In the north gallery MI j. d.
Smilic, Rough sport m the Yosemite Landscapes ~
Mcn-rs. Ranger {. IL. Idloh, W H. GIBSON ana g. IL
Smile, ana LANDSCAPES ~ Mr. T. u McllH'hhy III
VIII Tie human ,lrnch' J, str3nEY iei, arc nnonS
many remaining Waei co"is "lch Sho1u appear 70 Tue