New-York tribune., 1886-04-05
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
SALES AT THE ACADEMY-NOTEs or OTHER Ex-
HIBITIONs-ART NEWS ABROAD.

usual crowd OF Visitors and the announcements OF man
sales. soms of the pictures sold are September II
Bolton Jones' $780, The Dolls Concert" W. V. Birnel
sl75; IAN Earnest Effort" Thomas HOvcnder
$3.50; "Old Music" George II. Yewell. $3.50 " SEWN
Carpet Rags" NJ. r. Dixon, 1885, Considering tb
Answer" F A. Francis. $50; Feeding Chickens" Z
| p. Bradley 1925; The Dull Sermon" II. RoseaDd
$780, The Way Of tho Transgre-sor,' A. c. Rowland
S275 Contemplation, O. II. Barse, ir.. Sl25; Some
thing worth Reading" r. C Jones. 1925; "a Hand
mad," - ID. Mile. 81 .2OO Head" + DielmaD; " Th
Fayorite." " Toetti, $1,000 Landscape" c. NJ
Dewey, 800; Head" f. c. Bannister. 500; Twi
light" l.. T.. Van Gordcr, $780, Flowers" NJ. Brown
800; sunday Morning." W. H. Snyder. 1878; Hang
Ing out Clothes" c. c. Curran, $780, st After
noon" A. G. Rowland. S175 A Pool in the Woods
W. Whttrcdge S175; Fruit Piece" A. l.. Morgan $50
WOolcock," T. C. Corner. SO; Head" C. e. Curran
Si5; Early Morning." A. /. Chaplin S5O The Latest
Village Scandal T.. I. Henry. $500; Morning in
Northern ITALY," n. p Smith. $1,000; "A Birthday
Gift,r IT, A. GranDery. 800; Roses" Mrs. f. ".
Scott. $50; Fruit and Wlne,' r. Mitchell. $50; His
Favorite SKETCH" C. Muller. S125; "a French Waiter
V Coyer, $50; Still Life" V. Hsrrck $50 and Chill
Airs" NJ Olmstead $50.
The exhibition OF paintings by French impression
sts will be opened to tho public at the American
Galleries week from to-day il possible The number
OF pictures already received is 2ss and twelve more
which have been exhibition In Brussels daily
pectef There 200 oils some forty pastel draw
ings. few colOrs. There many paintings
OF great Size and al the galleries will bt filed. In ad
dti,n to tho paintings by mpr essionsts there will he
pictures by few other artists Among these will he
The Death of General Marceau" ny Jean Paul
Larens There will also be pictures by Lerole and Roll
The names of % OF the "impressonists like Manet
ssley. Cain, Degas, Monet Renoir, j. l.. Brown and
PisSaIrO already OF less familiar As
toned time since, Mr. Avery is exhibiting group
of small pictures by of these artists. The other
liaprc .soDsts" who will be represented in this
hbiton Boudin, LeIine serret, Flamene, Buguet.
Forain Malin CaebOrte, Gull ,umien, Langu. Monte
nerd Morrizot, sen,cy Latour, Langu Benassit,
Seurat, Besnerd. and Dnmaresq.
There promise OF an abundance OF paintings for the
" Prize Fund " exhibition, and the number should IN
clude many of fine quality. Mr.. W. T. Trego of Pbila
del phia Will send large picture called Battery,
tTat! and NJ Charles H. Davis has painted for the
hibton landscape described OF considerable impor
MI c. f. Ulrich Will contribute painting OF The
Lsiccmalers Of BuranG," and Mr. Robert Blum will send
a picture, presumably Holland genre. called Knit
ting" Messrs. H. K. Poore stephen Parrish. f. f.
simmons Kenneth Crawford q. r. Fitz, Carl Gutherz
Clifford Grayson Barnsby, and T.. A. Bell will send
work when should illustrate current phases of art
abroad Mr. Tregos battle pece will have companions
III marine warfare by Mr.. James c. Tyler and
another battle painting by Mr.. Gilbert Gaul entitled
Hold Line all II yards" Mr. W. C. Bauer is add
represent Niagara There will be marines by Messrs.
+. r. NJ. Rehn, W. T. Norton and VI. f. H. De Haas,
and landscapes by Messrs. A H. Wyant, J. F. Murphy,
r. c. Minor Julian Rix and orato Walker and others.
The beloved Jersey COWS Of Mr.. Thomas Allen may be
trusted reappear and there will he Uhet pictures bv
Miss Ro,ina Emmett Miss Cecilia Beaux, Miss A. d.
A bbatt. ana Messrs +. = Delenbaugh. F. ID. Miet.
Alfred Fredericks, p. VI. Boyle, J. H. Dolph Scott
Leighton, j. G.. Brown. G.. W. Brenneman, f. Leo
Hunter Z. T.. Rudel, Walter Lumley, Chde Usssam,
Chester Loomis. Grenet, Hamilton smilton and c. r.
Grant There Will be sculptures from Messrs G. T.
Bre wster Karl ,iebhardt and H. T. Kittsen These OF
course few OF the contributors hut there
10 be hope OF Interesting exhibition. II will be
opened the last OF this month.
The suggestion OF Millet exhibition made In this |
column last week appears to with favor although
action has been taken III this city Messrs Ticknor
Co.. OF Boston, offer the plates Of the pictures in
sensur life OF Mllet" for Use In the preparation OF
IN illustrated catalogue. Another Boston letter nt
mates that Met exhibition NAV be held in that city in
my case. steps have boon taken dato at
Msdsme Met's lease Of the BarDizon cottage
,ircs and to OBTAIN further dstails
The catalogue Of the collection OF NJ de Lafauotte,
.eived trom Mr. 5. p. Avery. contains list OF a
thousand examples OF Falence Of kinds. Limoges
,nanel. eighteenth century French miniatures aud
,ronzes old silver and wood carvings, with many
riicles OF furniture Chinese porcelans Japanese pot
cry and specimens OF Seyres and Dresden waIe fbe
objection appears include examples OF finer metal,
wood pottery work OF three centuries Some Of the
rticles the subjects of phoograyures in the cata
psue. This collection IL to be sold this week at the !
Iotel Drouot. Another SALE described OF some i'm
ortance will he completed this week at Christies in
ondon The modern pictures OF the Graham collection,
hch included four Turner's two paintings by David
OK and some by Stanfeld have already been sold The
ale of the old in this collection Will begin
II Thursday. There said to be several fine eI-
mi les OF the FlOrentine and Venetian schools. The
oldon World Of March "a says: The Nation will be
monQ the bidders; France is sending representative
ussia has given some commissions and the great
merican connosseurs will attend" 1t would be inter
sting know to whom The World refers. No foreign
ri sale is held these days without an invocation to
le American dollar
As compared with the Miais exhibition the Holman
Iunt exhibition in London has attracted pu blic
enton any remarkable degree YET the opening was
el attended, the galleries appear to have been usually
-eu filed. and the London journals have given Mr..
unts work respectful attention, although there has
cen little OF the uureasoning enthusiasm so freely
hown in the OF MiIlals rhc frat painting OF the
Exhibition In order is the Britons succor
Ie CHRISTIAN Priests psiued In 1850. or this col
,ction me ftnes says I" Between IA Milais Of 1850 ,
nd MllIa, OF 1855 there Is an almost imineaslra ole
stance in aim in conceI tion IN technique the two
ictures have more In co.mon than there must
nnt OF 1880 AMI another OF lS74-the date OF rhe
low OF Death are essentially painted with the same
eutlOn. the execution; tue artist has In the
,rier and in the later nature with the
ges Perhaps may say That Mr.. Hunt reached his l
in the year 1854 the IN which The Light of
10 World was exhibited. and In which The scapo-
)at painted; and though he cannot be said to :,
advanced since then yet lie has not In any
en back. There is painting in the Virgins dress III
The Shadow Of Death which Is quite equal to that
hieh astonshed tho public and the In The
ght or the Wor H. while the Pot OF Basil Qs67) in $
'ery single detail miracle OF execution. THIS feature
Mr.. Holman Hunts art, its uniform attainment OF
hat In certain be called The highest level
the least remarkable feature OF IT. though 1t Is
,rty explained by the comparative scantness OF h,
% octions Some thirty forty pictures are all that
has to the outcome OF forty years OF intense
udy aud occur Eation-a small total certainly. II one
npares IL with that OF Rembrandt Reynolds, or I.
Illa g. small II remembers that each Of
represents the master at his best, at
at the point which, the moment. the highest
could att ain to-
eighth exhibition os the French water color painters
cupies much space in LAr for February u.s. followed u
OF the Pichel aud stein sales collections the
tier rich Ia Barye brunZes Tho echug o the number
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