New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-23
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.

NOTES ON NEW PAINTINGS AND PBINTs-ARr
NEWS ABROAD.
At the schaus Gallery paintings by Kpaus and f. W.
Won Kaulbach have been placed upon exhiDluoh'
The Knaus which is a straightforward excellent ex-
ample Of genre painting is dated 1874. The sublec'
is shabby, forlorn old man. who is extracting some
comfort from the blue and white tearcup which ne
holds, sitting meantime upon stool beside stovo
ugly enough to delight the most uncompromlsins
rcast. All this is well painted, ccvery and not I'M
alphabetically, and there some excellent points
in treatment OF still life. The kauibach Is large
painting Of garden scene, containing several figures
At the American Art Galleries another painting has
been added to the verestchagn exhibition. THIS is
picture of DEATH like considerable proportion OF us
predecessors but 1t is genuine and not sensational IN
its i'm pressveness and IL has decided pictorial quar-
ty as well that truth Of facts Of which the palmer
has had much to say. The scene Is an ipdiah Jun
gle or II might be a place not far removed from inc
coast where punches Of tall grass are separated Dy
arid patches of hot sandy soil. The only tree Is
tall slender palm, leaQess to its crown, which rises
well toward the top of the large canvas Near i's
foot royal tiger lies outsreched, its splendid yeho"
and black coat relieved against the whlte sanu' ho
DAVIS resting upon bloody corpse. The language vi
suggestion is unknown TO the artist, and so we nave
the full benefit of tho naked, rigid limbs, ana tho
CHASTITY reminders of horrible death great pnu
wheels above the slayer and victim The tlger rests
complacentIy sure o its prey, and wearfed oy inc
fierce heat which is felt in the air ana grouiiu a"
vivid blue sky clearly the spectator gains .ne
impression OF the stiffness Of everything ABOUT 'n7
tiger, lair The picture shows characteristic man
nersm but IL will be found TO be one Oh the be1er
of the painters larger works
Messrs Klackner & Co. announce the separate pup
ucatfon OF new wood engravings by Messrs frchch
and Kingsley. Messrs. wunderlich d. Co. exhibit
new etching by Mr. Stephen Parrish, a large pIaIe VI
excellent quality representing little village WIN VI
IIrrc :
a luminous background.
Before the recent election Of a Royal Academician
10 fill the vacancy caused by the death OF Frank hol
the favorites we're Messrs. Herkomer and George H.
Bouohton Tho voting at these elections Is secret,
each member receives a list OF the cahulua"' dn'
marks the name Of the artist whom nc prefers iho
papers are collected and the names OF the cahulcso7
who have received four votes or more are wrt,eh
upon the blackboard The lists are distributed again
hut this time members vote only for one OF the Diach
hoard names Next time the choice IS between inc
two candidates who receive the highest hunioer VI
votes The successful candidate at the recent ecco"
was Mr. Bagnold Burgess, who Is certainly no. Ano""
in this country, and IS described ID EhgnSn Iou'Ha'
az "a good deal less known than the man ne sue
Goods, He IS called genuine product of the Acad'
amy educated In its schools" lie has made spec
ialtv of Spanish subjects, but he has always painted
them as a good En- Elshman and this means tha' thoS
have gained In proprety and sense Oh the seliou'
ness of things what they may have had TO sacrioo IL
local color Mr. Burgess has had to wait long Tor MS
nromotion for he was born in 1880, and ootaineu MS
assocateship at the age of forty seven lie IS ono Vi
those steady-going solid members whom acadcnies
especially delight honor, and whose cons'ancy Hos
them az perhaps it should their choice OIL ,ho peS
things Of fe.'
custsve Moreau. who has been elected to tho chair
of the late Gustave Boulanger In the section Oh PAM
ing at the Paris Beaux Arts received nineteen No'o,
while Lefebvre was second with ten and henher 0il
vt,b five NJ Moreau's Orpheus' IS in the LuAen-
hourp and he has received medals for his oedIpu'
a,d th. snbinxp JASON and similar WORKS bou-
Ian oer,s nlace as "Profeeseur Chef d Atei'er mas
been filed by NJ Bonnat
NJ pbun CaIderon R. A., is spending much OF his
t,r,s IN court not on account Of any legal connpho%
tons. but for the purpose Of making sketches i'r
a large painting Of the Parnen Commission
In b,s address before the National Art Congress
~ Ijvrpool Sir Frederick Leighton made some
comments upon English sculpture which misn. "'ai
DO applied to this country. In regard 10 sculpture,
he said a. the public apathy and bIndness arc ye'
more depressing and complete, ana ilus'ra'o @
deafness OF tho many 70 the perception OF INC
.ssant,aI onalities of art the overwhelming
majority OF Englishmen sculpture MEANS sunpv'
the perpetuation Of the form OF MI soahuoo !"
MARBLE bronze, terracotta-thls, anu no noi'
That marble, bronze, or terracoua may, unN'i
cunning hands, become vehicles Dor tnoso VIM nov
ewes TO see of emotions aesthetic and poetic not less
lofty than those which stirred in us by ne verse VI
a Dante or a Milton, or by the strains Of noolest
mustc-of this the consciousness is for placucai
nurposes nom existent. For sculpture lor an ar
through which, alone, the name OF Greece wog nTy
been famous for all time, there is ontslat d
even now, under conditions admittedE ,np tatne
little or no field in our country p ortra'! SHt no
galore bristle indeed, within our strecl9 Vuo w,
notion Of setting up IN pqo r aGG R'V and dignity
or of monuments that shall remind us OIL deus s ma
which our country or our town mas earIcu la't ~
and deserved gratitude, and incite the young 10
emulation Of those deeds or that shan be inc All,
49, has had great ideas and clothed them In deeds
as great-hartily ever It would seem, enters ule
heads of people whose aspirations are surrey Iot
less noble or less high than those OF other nauohs
Nav even a monument commemorative OF ihS sIrumH
nu6iic services of some individual man which shall
monument 10 him rather than exclusively an
image OF him. a monument, Oh Wllch hs I'M III a.,
form part but of which the man feature sa ar Of
tbe virtues that have earned for him The homage OF
hIs countrymen-even this Is suggested IN Nain Nh
tec,,ire what shall of our tolerance In res@u
TO lis sculptura adommcns Whal shau we ray i Va
the compalsant Acceptance aoobe Si and The like
buildings OF wonders such as no cNlHIou
munity would accept IN silence thousn bre g
the architects who suffer their work To be so deiace
are themselves not wholly blameleis ana, ln'e,
ncbtenod workmen I'm every branch Of art VIII Stand
by me- that among ourselves also INC s'.sa III VIZ VIC
knship Of the arts is too often mere epIS, Zone
cciyad no doubt with respect an abstract piopo,
sition but not perceptbly colorng our piaSS'vn
activity In sculpture Ihe GI' Sns mainly TO the
want to which have alluded, OF sense Oh au JS
I'm the purely aesthetic quality in artistic pr0uuc"Vn,
a. own Virtue Of producing emotion and exciting
the Imagination power on when inc usIS Soiv ~
this pure and severe art does OF Sho"i' i""'AN'