New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK ~ ART CIRCLES

a.
Importation Of pictures In bond s likely to interio,S
materially with plans for an deportation ip i
campaign next year. Tho point Of the RUIN
II any picture thus imported is soia the thi 49,
must be paid, not only upon this picture pW Go
upon all which have been brought IN by the niin
making the sale. The feeling among pctTY no"o.1
is so strong that attempts to evado tho Jaw III any
way are not likely to pass unnoticSd. inc on,y
method Of evasion which SONS possible Is one airo'
familiar, and that is a verbll agreement with Duyer
the return Of the picture % France and us ress,P
ment to this country, whet the full duty "oui' '.
paid. 1t might BIO difficult matter to secure Prooi
that the picture had been efered for sale, but inc
dealers will be the alert, long as ther Wv"
interests concerned
"As The Tribune has already pointed OUT u
was the formation Of cart association vi
much strength which led tho recent renewai OF
action by the dealers This association IS uhoer-
stood to be practically Identical with the -forh
branch Of the firm of Boussod Valadon Co., OF PARIS
the of Goupil& Co. in that CITY, ms ID
q large house, commonly credited with abundant re
sources, and 1t is not surprising that the plan do
wholesale mportatons in sondD dsquieted the oeai
dealers. private letter rom Paris describes
representative of the firm as announcing that gal
leries would be engaged In the chief American MUGS,
and that the pictures imported would BIO exhiDi'eu
throughout the country. Unless this enterprise Is
due to philanthropc motives, the dealers sre likely
Tho award of the medals at the sPrize FUND.-
exhibition last week proved to be recognition Oh
"home talentn No medal was given to the Ameri-
artists resident abroad but perhaps 1t Is as well
not to press comparisons between some OF the work
from Paris and the pictures selected. Mr. X. ).
Clifford Mr.. Tyler, Mr. Chambers and a TOW others
exhibit work which certainly deserves recognition
but the artists contributing to the exhibition have
formally recorded their opinion that the pictures OF
and
were superior to the other pictures, and that the
figure by Mr.. Dan vas better than any other
example of sculpture The picture by Mr.. Eaton
IS a landscape OF ths placid and pastoral order,
presenting sketch of green and grayish brown
meadow the left and group OF huge trees on the
right underneath sky we'll nigh covered with heavy
clouds There is special charm Of color or atmos-
phertc effect but the picture is an example of very
careful, faithful work in the objective manner Mr.
Percy Moran's painting of girl in black, with the
usual eectsn of costume and accessories, is clover
piece of work in its way but the Photographic effect
Is marked the figure feless, and the flesh tones have
a yellowish tnge. Mr. Nicolrs marine can be found
by visitors IN the first Of the smaller galleries, and
Mr. Dallin's crude Indian has been noticed already.
large portrait Of the late Chief Justice is exhibited
In the gallery of Messrs Knoedler Co. judge Waite
is represented as sitting in a large chair clad in
tho long black robes of his Office and facing the OBJ
server. His hands, which are firmly modelled rest
upon the arms of the chair The coloring of the face
is forced but the effect partly due to the unduy en-
phatc white Of the linen The artist, Mr.. b. +.
Peixoto, has accomplished nothing Of distinction In the
management of color the expression of texture. but
the picture is pronounced satisfactory likeness.
fulength portrait, by Mr. +. D. Millet, IS shown in
another, a picture Of young lady in evening
dress against background of rather trying pinkish
tones. There Is much excellent work, but perhaps 1t
IS Mr. Mlllet's devotion to detail painting, which pro-
duces some feeling Of labor and constraint
There are two Interesting American pictures in the
Knoedlcr gallery, both of which, If We are not mis-
taken, sent to the Centennial Exhibition One is
a marvellOusly elaborate study of forest glade, with
a little waterfall messy rocks and tall trees all about
which painted by Mr.. w. T. Richards, I'm 1868
Instead Of the generalization affected by most painters
of the day, there is pre-Raphaellte fidelity, 1t
might almost be said, Z" Chinese exactness." The
wrinkles In the bark of the trees, the leaves on each
branch the the rocks, and even the blades OF
grass have been recorded patiently and faithfully
This objective photography Of details is not kind OF
art which finds favor at present, although Mr. Kluth
has contributed excellent examples to our recent
exhibitions Mr.. Richards may not have painted this
forest interior the best way We certainly hold that
he did not, for he presents only cold impersonal
record but 1t must be acknowledged that his picture is
a remarkable work. judged by the standard which the
artist proposed to himself The other picture, entitled
Moonrse and Sunset is by Mr.. NJ. f. H. De Has.
1t is large painting of waves washing upon ledge
of rocks the foam illumned by the light from the
setting SUM- This is focible presentation of subject
Characteristic of our New England coast and the pct
IRE NAV be accounted, with good reason, of the
best works Of the artist.
Delacrolx's Seizure Of Rebecca," which was pur-
chased by Mr. Roland Knocder at the Godschmldt
sale represents ono of tho many subjects
which Dclacrolx took from literature and treated like
an artist, never like reconteur Every one KNOWS
the ondness of English artists of the day for subjects
which are essentially literary, which imply elaborate
stories and require explanation. Although the genius
of Dclacroix allied him closely to Byron than
TO Scott the latters romanticsm sufficiently VIVID
to invite the painter Explanation may be interest
ing in connection with many of DelacroiX's pictures
but It is rarely necessary. In the case OF the Re
becca" 1t is seen at glance that the theme Is a
medieval abduction. The painter has set forth the
brutal haste of tho Moorish slaves, the heplessnesS
of their fantng victim, the ardor of the knight in
troduoed squirting to the rescue. The drama eX-
plains itself The catalogue description tells the
familiar story of the novel with
slight variation "Rebecca taken away by
tho order of the Templar, Bols-Gullbert, in the
midst of the sacking of the castle of Front de Boeuf
already in the hands Of the two African slaves charged
with conducting her far from the scene Of combat.
The ravishers preparing TO fly, while on the right
a cavalier at full speed dashes toward Them In tho
background the high walls of the castle appear IN the
midst Of flames and smoke
Among the many curiositios Of magazine ilustrar
ton there has been nothing of late more curious
than one OF the designs accompanying an
article upon salmon fishing in the May number
OF "Scribner's Magazine The artist Mr.. Frost, is
usually competent to deal with all manner OF out
door sports, but his idea Of the way In which salmon
are gated is extraordinary He depicts canoemah
waving a twenty pound salmon about his head. Mean
time the salmon dees the law of gravitation ana re-
mains attached to the barbless hook of the GAM fact
almost as extraordinary as the boatman's. strength
The actual action in Calling at the waters edge Is not
unlike swift blow with hoe, followed by rapid
SCOOP up on the beach In another drawing Mr.
Frost is not to be blamed but the title OF the picture