New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-16
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES
THE MUSEUMS WINTER oPENING-CL0sE OF THE
ACADEMY EXHIBITIoN-NEw PAINT

! especially The opening Of tho new wings. VIII az
tract attention TO event which Is regarded as
the most important in the Museums history since the
dedication Of the original building In the PARK Inc
new wings have been already described In The
Tribune In the arran cement OF the collections there
has been an effort to indicate the evolution OF
feeling for the artistic The general pan therefore,
is Ike that which governs arrangement In the Museum
/ Of the Smithsonian Institution Archaeology ana
ancient art are Illustrated IN tho Babyonian and
Assvtan collections made by Or. Ward, and In the
Egyptian collection already described by The THbuhc
but not yet publicly exhibited. The Cypnote col
lection Is presented illustrating stages or ans
t,on and advance 70 the art of Greece and the de-
pendent art Of Rome. In pictorial art beginning
NAV be found in the Byzantine examples OF the
Jarvis collection Of old masters The Van Beresyn
portraits, two noble examples of Rembrandrs earlier
PERIOD which The Tribune has discussed at length
have been lent for exhibition by Mr. Ii. o. Have
meyer. Modern French art Is illustrated by the
Wolfe collection and several famous paintings and
Mr. Havemcyer has lent DelacrOiXs Expulsion from
the Garden OF Eden7 There IS also the nucleus
of a collection of American art In addition TO these
exhibitions of academic art, applied art Is illustrated
I'm the collection Of Chinese porceIans and japanese
worries and acquers, in tho Aston collection Of rare
old aces. and In collections of tapestries, armor.
glass jcwelry, coins, canoes, musical instruments,
| and the Ellington reproductions OF metal work Tho
picture galleries and the "Gold ro)m,7 containing
Iewelry win he upon the upper floor Of the new wing.
Delacrolx's Expulsion from Eden" which Will
be shown at the Museum is the largest Of four studies
| Of the subject three Of which almost identical
! in composition. The first, which Is only pencil
| sketch was In the Delarrox sale. The second IS
painted upon hexagonal canvas. The present
picture No s54 in Robauts catalogue. IS described
by him as a study" This was in the Gerard collection
1t was painted a short time after the opening Of
| DcacrOlxs ateier TO pupils, in 1883. Bella, who
OF these pupils. has explained that " the
principal effort of the master was directed 10 the
composltion.' The same. nearly the same, com
position was used in Delacroixs painting OF The
ology7 In the fourth picture OF the Expulsion
the artist represented the angel as driving Adam and
| Eve from doorway
The autumn exhibition of the Academy came TO an
end last evening, and the results, although by no
means extraordinary, considered TO be encourag-
ing. The sales amount to nearly $4,000.
The paintings sold since the last time Of writing
are soefyord Norway Robert Kluh, 5000; Z" Old
! Road near Plymouth T. De Haven $3.50; my
studio.7 c. Muller, $50: " Head" f T. Abberey.
s75; Help YOURSELF NJ. K. Dixon. $780, At the
Fountain C. Foster, 1900; Cinderella II. b. Kel
logg 1915 and Breezy J. NJ. Hart, $3.50
Several new American paintings Of evident merit
have been placed upon exhibition in the gallery OF
Mcssrs Knoedler & Co. Mr. Bogss, who appears to
be one Of the industrious of painters, exhibits
a thoroughly sympathetic study Of the harbor of Hon
heur, a favorite skeching ground. This is a har-
monous study in grays, with the relofs offered by
the ed-tiled roofs of the town. familiar motif but
treated with remarkable delicacy and truthful
ness. Mr. George II smillie shows view of the
low, brown and gray fields at Marblehead Neck, with
the beyond excellent example Of the artist
and Mr. Virgins shows a clever study Of sheepfold
Mr.. Van Boskerck IS represented By large painting
of lOw-lyng country, in which Mr.. CONN has also
talccn refuge. Both the latter and Mr.. Hoeber have
painted a landscape with WAFER. few trees and some
high grasses in tho foreground and plain beyond
barely suggested by Mr. Coffin but fully expressed
by Mr. Hoeber. The latter shows a better spprecia-
ton of tonality and possibly gain in texture as
well color, and both these pictures are Interesting
examples of the present Ondness for the painting Of
hooks and corners, the selection of picturesque bs'
which hardly be called compositions. These
landscapes are accompanied By ono marine, harbor
view by Mr.. Edward Moran
In the same gallery several examples Of foreign
have been brought forward TO supply the places Of
the Bretons. and the Rebecca,' Delacrox's Les
Convulsionnares, is still to be NJ. Emile
Renouf, who seems likely to become American by
adoption, exhibits healthy, vigorous painting of two
old sailors brought out upon the quay by tho Using
storm, and scanning tho turbid waters with their
glass. NJ Renouf is workmanlIke painter, although
neither his color his expression Of action is re
markable for di tine ton The admirable portrait
which he showed last year proved the soundness
Of his technical knowledge, and here he has realized
The homely truth OF the scene most satisfactorily.
even though the painter Is always IN evidence The
picture has for its companion OF Mcsdags views
at schevenngen. a study I'm gray and duh brown h
tones, with strong cliefs OF yellow in sky and re-
Elections Pasnrs large painting of I" Turkish Bar
racks and Van Marcke among the other sddi-
lions to tho gallery. Those who followed the story
Of Blackmorc's last novel may be interested In
painting representing Napolcon's pepa atoms for the
invasion of England at Boulogne in lsci.
Mcssrs Frederick Kcppel Co. announce an exhl
billion Of ctchings Of landscapes and interiors. dry-
points, and original drawings by Van Grayesande.
whose work Is familiar to our public. This exhibition
will be held in February.
The same firm call attention to their publication
Of five prize etchings from the Paris SALON. These
etchngs received either medals or honorable mention.
The first is etching by Faivre after painting by
Roybet representing two seventeenth century French
roystcrers comfortably established in the COURTYARD of
inn, passing their time with WINE and song. The
original painting was much more sophisticated than
Roybct's earlier work, I'm which he showed his feel
Ing for color without any regard ~ the multiplying
of details TO anecdo'age But 1t VIII be seen that
color and texture have remained very important
slderstions. This may be noted In the choice and
management of the costumes and In the Introduction
OF effective stllfe like the jug. tho glass ami vino.
and the polished mellow wood of the violonccl0.
Jscquemart might have exultcd in some of thrse OPP
poriuntes. NJ. Faivre has chosen TO work by strong
contrasts, I'm a broad rather than remarkably
subtle but he has reached HIS end and the etching
which he places before IS an excellent lnterprcia
ton Of the painters effect Mr. {. : Pcarcc's paint
Ing a Toiler Of the sea" exhibited al the Academy
TWO years since and purchased by Mr.. J. J. Asior.
has been etched by Ricardo de Los Rios to give the
Frarco-spsnsh painter and echer the fun benefit OF
his name. Mr. Pearce's workmanship showed much
and this translation, although somewhat cold
and engravcrke should be found satisfactory by most
purchasers OF etchnSs. 4 little studio Interior by
Jlmenez Amanda has been cleyerly etched by Alfred
Bollot who has done admirable work I'm rendering
an old ebony chair and other bits OF stu life. without
neglcctlng the seventeenth century amateur, super
cIllnnslY considering tho work OF the obsequlous