New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
NOTES OF THE ExHIBITIoNs-NEw PICTURES
THE GALLERIES

billion has been opened 10 the public, admirable
exhibition Of Rembrandts etchings has been opened
at the Wunderlich gallery, and there have been two
picture sales OF degree of interest The PICTURES
collected BY Mr. H. T. Chapman have been placed on
exhibition at the American Art Galleries, and the
Manufacturer collection Is TO be seen at the Fifth
Avenue Galleries. Tomorrow the exh billion of the
Society of American Artists will be opened at the
Yandel gallery This activity is likely to
continue for month to come. and there
will be plenty Of opportunities for picture seeing
| and pictue buying. But IL must he said that
there has been marked falling of In picture buying
this year and there is little chance Of any considerable
Improvement before the season ends.
This has been noticeable at the Academy exhibition,
! an exhibition OF more variety than in past years as
well as of much higher order OF merit This OK
hbItion better deserves to be called representative
than any which the Academy has held. 1t includes
painters painting and objective records Of facts.
Illustrative art and decorative art, and in its caho-
lcity 1t certainly appeals TO the general public. The
great Improvement in the character of the exhibition
has not been followed thus far by corresponding In
in the amount Of sales, although the sales,
which amount to about $4,000, have rot been
dscouraging. Tho exhibition deserves general sup
port but 1t would appear that less money is being
| spent for pictures than for some years past
The attendance at the Academy has been unusually
large The paintings sold since the last time Of writ
ing are Heodr c. c. Curran, Sl15: Leone," f. l.
Major, $50; d" Brook in the Woods" ". Whitredge,
| 800; "Chrysanthemums,' A. II. Earrows s75;
Maternal Solicitude,' A. F. TAFT, 800; The First
Sdow,- W. L. Palmer, $3.50; The Window Scat Her
bert Denman, S125; "Moonrise' LEONARD ochtmaun,
1926: Still Llfe' l. NJ. Nichols $50: " on the Ter
races F. D. Millet $500 Queen Of the Gariens
II. W. Parton, $3.50; low Tide at Marblehead Neck
| George II. smile, 1928 Evening after RAM
Robert c. Minor, 1913; Modern Eve" J. G. Brown,
81 ,oOo Old Age" Peter Gowans, Sj5 "The Pets
NJ. r. DixUl, s75; English BREAKFAST W. " Brnoy,
300; and "a PerpleAlng Letter. Frederick James,
$3.50. q u,
! The following letter has been forwarded to the
widow Of the late F. o. c. barley by Mr.. G. H.
Jewell the secretary Of the Artists Fund Society:
| Dear Madam: At the last meeting of the Board Of
Control of the Artists Fund society OF the City of
New York, | was INSTRUCT ell to convey TO you the
sorrow felt by our society a, the loss OF a momhcr
so highly valued MI. Larlcy and fa hful In the
discharge Of all duties To- Tho society, OF which he
distinguished of gencr alton Of American artists now
raj y PasSnS MA, sTsy tn A IT. Fund S soGey yr al
the roll OF ifs memb,r hp; and his icllow-mem9ers
part 10 also tender you n n pr,fOUn1 sympathy in
this sad bereavement you have sustained
Mr.. S. p Avery. jr, exhibits examples Of Fro
mentn and Corot the interest Of which is not de-
pendent upon the signatures. On the Lookout" by
Tromentin, which In the Perreau collection, is
picture Of medium size representing Arab scouts
among the hills at sunset, with mountain range IN
The distance. There is mounted horseman with
his back turned upon the rising ground In the fore
ground. Beyond him are two or three comapnions and
another figure appears In the distance. The sky yell
low and red is generally warm In color and the whole
picture has richness Of tone which Fromentlns
minor work often lacked. Moreover, the drawing
Of the horse In the oregr ind IS less precise than the
drawing in many of the artists finished pictures ana
the execution throughout is less hard and labored
! fs by the OF
tho contrary the comparatively free execution Of this
picture Is a positive gain. OF course, free' as ap-
piled to Fromentins work is only CONF aative term,
for he draughtsman Of large manner and
his tendency always TO conclusive rather than
suggestive treatment But this picture. with its mel
low cOloring and expression OF intense but restrained
energy, is an unusually excellent specimen.
The Corot, which Is shown by Mr. Avery, differs
from the conventional CorOt, like several examples
which have been shown this year. Many American
amateurs have grown Into comfortable belief that
Corot must be a view at VILE dAvray, with willows,
slvey gray and green stretching half across the can
vas, against luminous sky, with redcapped figure
or two accounting the foreground, and meadow or a
stretch Of water beyond Anything radically differ
/ ont has been deemed forgery, but unfortunately
| Corot's works arc not readily identified. y few
years ago dealer imported a nude figure ny Corot
which was returned to Paris because American anna
tours secuted the idea that COrot could or would
. paint such subject. MOI lOnS slnco d SIccH "oou
Interior in June was exhibited here by certain anna
teur whose wise friends assaIled this unconven-
iona example Of Coro that the owner parted with an
excellent picture Another green Corot,' d paint
| ing of a canal lined with tall trees, and showing
| figures I'm the foreground, IS now exhibited oy NJ
| Dursnd Ruel Everybody should know by thls time
that Corot painted figures, animals, still life, village
scenes, indeed all the usual subjects, which Will DO
found set down in NJ Robauts catalogue ralsonnee'
/ "A bfe ask iS
shows a courtyard and CERTAIN houses in the village
| of Douai. There are shrubs and small trees In the
centre Of the court, but for the rest tho picture
presents gray walls with their various breaks ana ac
cents the roofs and a glimpse of sky. There Is
figure in the immediate foreground another In the
doorway. The corner of house slightly relieved by
a btuminOus indication OF vine, MAKES a sHai
vertical line the left. Further removed on the
right is roof which said to belong to the house OF
Tfoy0n. There are charmlngly soft graylsl
in the picture, and feeling OF U
no one would claim a very high rank for the work,
| although its interest Is undenlaDle
A recent number Of ale Livre' aud one Of " lie
Journal des Arts both contain articles upon Felix S
BuhOt which appear to have been called orn oy tno
exhibition OF his etchIngs in this city Among otngr
from /. Harper's Magazine" In which American anna
teurs cordially invited TO pure base NJ Bph ts
etchngs. Nothing is said Of the surprise when ms
publication caused among Paris amateurs nor OF thcI
disgust at finding BqhoRs stlle WORK crcdl'ed
with higher rank than the work OF JacqueHsft
the success OF NJ. Buhot. HE TRIBUNE IS spech-
cay mentioned, and the Inference would seem 10 be
that THE TRIBUNE committed the absuldity OF chasing
Dubot with etchers like Haden and Whistler. rms
wholly uuwaraDtabe liberty may make II worth Whlle
70 repeat what THE TRIBUNE actually SAID, Whlcn
was: The exhibition introduces 10 us an artist OF
lively senslblty, fancy, humOr, and keen appreciation
Of what Is termed artistic effect and his work VIII Oe
found entertaining and occasionally brilliantly express
I've There Is no question here OF great ar, and
sometimes the question Ecary becomes one OF artisan
ship but NJ. Buhot rarely falls TO prove himself an IN
eresting and often suggestive companion" IN the
~ atpfca al avpg Of
on both sides of the Atlantic has been not uncommoni
but Buhot is perhaps, the first etcher In whose DehdH
such methods have beer employed.
The subject of " Art In the Coinage IS being dis,
cussed I'm England as we'll In this country, ana
Mr. Holman Hunt condemns English coins IN IAN
guage almost as strong that applicable 10 our owl"
in a recent lecture Mr. Hunt said Here is sApence
here a penny Take up In your minds eye CON OF
old Greece and one OF Italy 1--WE have lately had
nrecI nns cnllecfm OF these last cNhlbod and com