New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-19
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.


CLOSE OF THE ACADEMY NOTES ON THE STEWART
cOLLKcTToN-NEw PAINTINGS AT THE DEALERS
Tho au,unn Academy erhitldon closed LAST evening
with amounting to about fl7ooO rbe resun goes
TO confirm indications Of Improvement In tho pctnfs
.rket which have oeen noted since the opening OF tho
season. In 1895 the sales amounted u $1,000 In
1884 TO $500; IN 1888 70 $l1.7OO' ana IN 1857 70
$1ss00 This autumn exhibition. therefore, s"rpsssos
all tho drst Ia the amount Of ssss, fact which,
considering tho quality OF tho collection, Is certainly fo-
marksble. The number OF admi .sion tickets sold 10
given as 5000. q smaller attendance than last year.
Among sold In the last week Glimpse
of Uuswater." J. W. casiIesr, $780, and Winter
Twilight" O. w. Eaton, 500
Now that the OF the Stewart sale has been def
ney ed hsro Is the usual speculation as to Its sssct
upop the sales OF artists ami dese The ssoguins Wow
ia that every ART excitement helps business On the
other hand It hold that picture buyers are attracted
y large sales would otherwise do moro or less buy
ing at the exhibitions American pictures In welknown
rrvate collections offered auction have frequently
brought excellent prices. but In the stewart coheouon
the Movements American a. which have n Sde the
last fifteen years eventual and encouraging OF
its history are represented. Some OF tho Amsncan
work has an Interest which may fairly be cse hisor.
ica like Mr. Huntington's Lady wasninstons Recep-
tlon and Mr. Church's Niagara the latter h upright
picture OF the subject replica OF Powcrss Greek
Slave would have hssn eag-ry sought ami yet
on, Of these repicas been waiting purchaser for
some time in tus city. II is trusm 10 say that tIe
best American EFFORT IN sculpture to-day mas gone ar
beyond tic achievements OF Powers and other Amer
leans OF his time. aud OF Harriet Hosmer as we'll In
oautng tn. Dusseldorf 10 this collection belongs 10
mast hch mi ght have beer represented had tho
colecio advance OF his time But As every ono
knows gallery contains several paiptn2any
one of which would be tue feature" OF loan cxhf
btop THIS collection drscriosd In THE TRIBUNE
last year personal examination AMI s unneces
sary TO do ors recall the appearance OF tho gallery
TO an actual visitor present He 10 confronted by mr.
Hun ingtons picture on entering the oits roon "'o
Auruse Bonheurs painting OF cAtls In f'srst
glade hangs right AZ the asorn ead OF tue gallery
and Erskine Ncol's Dis ,uted Boan iAr7 hangs on
the the door In the cent" OF tue northern Wal"
1. Messooisrs 1901" with Fortuuys serpens Charm
or" and the brilliant La Ptage de Porfce on one
side aud Mr. Cburch's- Eagara between the Messonier
aud the Huntington Other examples OF hessonicr
stand upon eases BY indesd. tue miidis OF Inc
v.erv IA with statues and with easeIs bearing
Geromss Police Verso" and other paintings me
central picture OF tue south wall Is bouSuero~"s
Return from Harvest" aud near the corner hangs
| Plotys Thusnelda at tue Triumph OF Germanicus.
Rnsa Bonheurs Horse Fair hangs at the western emu
of gallery which interesting and yet strange
| place 10 visit
| The Horse Fair" the Serpent charmer" and the
1917" NAV be regarded as upon tho whole the most
-importaut" pictures In the coee ton. fhe Serpent
tharmer r,ca, bat II Ia most brilliant piece OK
Painting. an admirable example OF an artist whose
originality has fed a host OF mit'tors. The 1907
illustrating the triumph OF Napoleon as tho 1914
illustrates his hou OF defeat represents Mei'so"ers
most ambitious undertakug that OF Napceonic SERIES
Last year part OF this picture on the Spectators
right was badly cracked tue net work OF cracks being
most noceabls IN of tho cuirsssers who ars
charming past Napoleon. This tact. as stated III iHE
TRIBUNE at the time observed IN personal eXami
natou and was open to dispute. Since then, us
| said the picture rcpared 1t may be as
suoed that the pictures will be put In good condition
befors puolic exhibition Piotys Ihu'neiia Is
replica this Is less Interesting except of tne SUD
ect than the AM Daubigny the Two examples
of DE Nits whose work is oo little known In this cou
fry the examples OF the FancoSpanlsh painters Lana
co.'s Madrazo and Amanda. and the admirable e&ahPies
of Erskinr NcoL The Gerones Mtssouiers ana bougue
reaus three In number the four examples OF meyer
Won Bremen Kraus's Child's Party Constants scene
m Morocco and the pictures by Detale Jacque Jacquet
Dubnfe fhis Prodigal SOM, Michett Munkacsy ana
Boldiui will undoubtedly excite emulation among
picture buyers, the TRIBUNEs description OF t"is
| and OF her yaiutugs need not be repeated fhi' sao
will he compared with sale OF the Morgan collections
aud it may latter in the amount OF popular
tr erest will be aroused but IL s not likely
that paintings will bring the $ss3oOo paid for the
Morgan ictures- The size OF the Horse Far sld
of Aususts Bonneurs cattle painting adsrts them to
museum her than 10 private gallery. tut American
Inc exception OF tue Corcoran Caller, are
not prepared for the parchase OF cosby paintings.
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there "a climax Of popular excitement a. Wa seen
at Morgan the average price U! Inc pictures
taking our perhaps twenty VIII not be remarkably
hgn unles, tue renowu OF tue moro famous pctr"s IN
Lo collection helps Others TO SURPRISING rIIeat At
al events repetition or the daily crowns at the Moran
O. XIII oition may looked Col thu Stewart oxh-
DItis is opened TO all always curious public
The announcement OF the Stewart sale has
brought forward other sales collections. Mr..
Avery issues circulars regarding the Haistead
sale The Graves collection Is 10 Do
exhibited at the American Art Galleries next month
The American paintings this collection are by lnness
Picknell Weldon, Isit, WhIttredge, j. f. Weir. q.
C. Church and David Johnson Ii includes Bouguereaus
Day. one three examples, jacques Shepnerdess,
largest pictures in this country four landscapes
by Michel karel, Ooms's Flemish Pirates, and paint
ings 10y Corot Daubigny, Dupre, Monticello Meyer
Won Bremen. Frere, Deu Rousseau Van Macke. isaDey
and schreyer Like the Stewart collection this contains
a "od masters"
Various new features, according to the custom OF tho
season. have appeared Ia the sllories oil thc 'ssers
| during the past week Nj. ScDaus shows remarluo
IrooIs OF waLn1r's eIchng after Reinr ands rignt
Wacn socalird, properly Tue Settling out Of
tue Com pany OF Banning Cock Tue Avery ssilery has
Dceu rearr god tor eXnnition OF paintings many
.lthous h there iiu ortatons. Tue csntro
| of the Knosder GALLERY Is Corots I" ferryman." In
the Salon or 1872 Corot represented by two uict-
ures The Ferrym ana A Psstor-L" The former
WAS thon owned 10y n. Herman, but 1t subse-
uuen.ly purchased by Mr.. knOodlcr.
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