New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES

THE WEEK IN ART ClhCLES
NOTES OF THE ExHIBITIoNs-ABT NEWS nhhA
AND ELsEwHERE.
The mast week has brought the opening Of the Prizd
Fund, and Pastel Club exhibitions, the lnsugurauon
of another effort to establish permanent ss'osroo
for the exhibition Of American pictures ana au aucu"n
sale of paintings at the Fifth Avenue Art oaneros'
Yesterday there open in the city three exhibitions
Of oil paintings and one Of pastels, all by American
artists, and special exhibition Oh paintings ~
Japanese subjects also by an American
This will be the last week Of the Academy exhioN
tion and Notwithstanding the high character OF tnd
collection IL Is probable that the amount of the sales
will be smaller than last year. Tho total
amount realized thus far is about slo'ooo Ihs
pictures sold the last time of writing are
J. f. H. Dewey S45 Carnations L. r. Conheys
s35 tho Sculptor and the King George DC Fores
Brush, 81, 500; and The Last Furrow'' E. n 'roen'
$3.50.
The exhibition of the Society Of American Artists Al
the Yandeu Gallery closed last evening oniy Two
pictures have been sold, Mr. simmons's Bay Oh Que
Iyess and Mr. Wyatt Eaton's study OF the nude in7
attendance has been small except on the days vhoa
art students have been Invited
An exhibition Of paintings by Michel will DO open
10 the public at tho Brooklyn Academy OK AT,
Montacue-st on Tuesday and Wednesday Ins
exhibition. which has been Organized py A"
Henry T. Chapman and other members Oh 'ho
Rembrandt Club of Brooklyn. will contain over
forty examples Of the Master OF Montmsrto'-
1t is only within a few years that the pictures
of Michel have been received with any u'sloo
of favor In this country and even in Paris the ume
Is not long past when his pictures which were painted
upon paper, were bought for few sous py young
artists who painted them In order TO gam tho
advantage Of their rich, mellow tones AS amateurs
know Michel loyal to the HUI OF Montmsr'ro
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exhibition will consist Of his paintings OF woodisnu
scenes and other subjects Michel tonaiist " OF
uure blood admirable in his feeling for tore and also
his expression Of distance. HIS pictures owe ,neE
scape painters but their quality, artificial though y
may be, is delightful even At TINS Gay wnen ~ 'eA
A circular has been issued by MI Henry NJ Stevens,
calling attention to tho Crescent Art Exhibition 70
DO opened at No. 1873 Fifth-ave. AIr sevens's pur-
poss is explained to be tho establishment OF per-
manent place of sale for the works Of American art
sts, and II IS argued that the enterprise Is one WHICH
must appeal every one interested In American a''
owing to the almost exclusive patronage which foreign
pictures have so steadily had for round number q
wears pastn Mr. stevens believes that the idea Of
the superiority" Of foreign art can only
be controverted by permanent exhibition OF American
work "Spring and fall exhibitions are interesting bue
tho interval allowed to clapse before Important "ors
arc seen again, except in the studios whero so ew
American buyers found nowadays, is so long thas
an immediate and It is 20 be hoped an effective measure
to overcome this difficulty is taken In the case OF tho
exhibition in question. frivolous and most ignorans
Impression is abroad, evidently, that home art can
gain no prestige and confer no distincton. Ap-
are described as interested in this movement and the
majority Of whom exhibitors Tho list includee
hers Of the society OF American Artists, and OF tho
Water Color Society and others.
The proposition that good American art should b
presented to tho public under favorable conditions
as those usual in the exhibition Of foreign Is one which
The Tribune has often insisted upon, and lt may %
added not without effect. The exhibitions Of care
fully chosen American pictures at the Union league
Club proved helpful object lesson, like the slmas
exhibitions at other clubs The Academy has Az
vapced the material interests Of American art oy ras-
Ing It's standard Tho fact remains, as Mr' Stevens
polnts out that these exhibitions are only temporary
and the larger dealers Of the city, with one exception
nay comparatively little attention TO American ART
Messrs schaus & Co. rarely have American pictures IN
their gallery and the percentage handled oy Mess'
Knoeder Co. and S. p. Avery IT,, Is insignificant as
though few examples are usually to be seen IN 'no'n
galleries. Messrs. Rechard Co.. on the contrary sp
pear to have built up considerable business Ia AMER
can art 1t has usually been said By the other deae'
that 1t Is impossible to do business in American PCT
ures because tho artists undersel them at the studo'
but the possibility Of such business has Deen o',s
lshcd although the profits arc undoubtedly smA'ei
proportionaly than the profits OF dealers ID Iorcsd
pictures 1t is TO be hoped tnsa inc pte he 70.
suits OF similar experiment by the ar, .tnon q, bs
years since The Influence OF CLIP G tbe increasing
number of collectors OF American piotulcs' @ must
strengthen American art with tne puoS O .tter OF
individual In the main, ana II IS S,a %, srs
argue people into choiro of any special ANU " IA
Al the recent Montross sale many OF the pictures u
adequately represent the artists sn ;ayors in.
will best combat the prejudice when 1i.en az choice
ferlor foreign pictures Dy exercising d hDoi' 20
In making up his eAhiDiuoh.
Messrs. Cotter Co. exhibit painting by Constaole
which is an uncommon expression of The srs.s ioc
ing for coors This Is study OF little ssmrsbs
ia it's lquldity and coloring. There IS ooy o
tmbers of the lock. whose dress furnishes
OF OF trees painted in with an eye TO rather than
exact definition In the same gallery arc ,ormer an
early picture Of Normandy Giles against ilninTyS s
sky, picture remarkably rich ana yoie ont
corot Is moonlight Some charming asd ~ the spire;
OF village IN the distance touched by the ,n a
These pictures are much out OF the usu Gallery
or the large Monticello scene sampt1Sais ".
harmonious in color and without trace OF the
ganee which dsfgured the artists latest "o'A'
There Is A renewal Of activity IN the erection o.
monuments and statues The award OF ne ~, S0y Usn
statue In this city TO Mr. st. Gaudens anu NV, bays
Ter costly Revolutionary monu a,esr proposed under
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