New-York tribune., 1888-03-25
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.

ART.
The first view OF the spring Academy Exhbi-
ton Will be oa,Fiiday next. The exhibition VIII DO
opened to the public a week from tomorrow. Ii Is
said that tho exhibition will be large one, ard this
Is not reassuring but at the tmc It seems prob
able that the painters who still known as the
younger mon" will be better represented than usual
Messrs. Sargent sbrlaw, DcHing, Tryon, Mowbrsy,
Horatio Waller, a. 7. Ryder and Mocller have been
mentioned already a, contributors Mr.. Frank Duvc-
neck, whose paintings have been rarely seen In New
York OF recent years, Will be represented also, and
Mr.. W. NJ. Chase has sent in five pictures.
This partial list seems to dsprove the existence Of
any academic prejudice against the younger painters,
and 1t is hardly worth while for the latter to keep
on maintaining that such prejudice exists. It is
pleasant enough for those who are not In the Acad-
cmy to control society of their own and TO elect
themselves to Office but it would bo of more practi
cal benefit to Join In strengthening the Academy as
an institution which is considered BY the public to
represent American art. The Academy has erred on
the side OF conservatism, but moro generous spirit
has been shown within the last year. and 1t should
be remembered that the who exhibit with the
Academy regularly those who Will be able to In
fuence It's management hereafter.
At the annual mcctlng of the Water Color Society
on Wednesday evening, the following officers were
elected J. Brown, president; Henry Farrer, sec
retary; James symngton, treasurer and c. d. Vel
don, J. f. Murphy, J. c. Bcckwith and c. W. May
nard members OF the board OF control. MeSsrs.
Charles A. Pfatt. Rufus F. Zogbaum and Charles
Mente elected to membership
The project to secure building for the permanent
use of the Water Color Society Indicate, a gratifying
prosperity. A special meeting Will be held at the
Academy on Wednesday evening to discuss ways and
means
1t seems impossible that any American picture buy
t-iaxr nf tha raf
foreign portrait painters who have invaded this coun
try within the last six years Herkomer, Reid, Mos
cheles, Walker, Rcnouf, Munkacsy and Bertier are
but few OF the painters and Raion has done
something in portralture. Mr.. Frank lIoll has con
templated American tour in search OF commits
sons but for one another his visit has been
delayed 1t appears that another name Is TO
be added to the list inasmueh Benjamin Constant
proposes to visit this country In the fall. Tho
nouncemcnt Is made that he Will remain only two
months and will not consent TO paint more than six
portraits. This resolve may cause much sorrow and
heart burning among the hundreds of Americans who
are expected TO Jump at the opportunity thus gra-
ciously accorded, but NJ. Constant will remain firm.
Considering the disposition which has been made OF
some Of NJ Constants pictures in this country, his
willingness visit at all VIII be taken as proof
of a forgiving spirit. But perhaps he is not aware
OF the important part played by high art' IN Amer-
can barrooms NJ. Constants projected portrait
Boussod, ValadOn & Co.
1t IS announced that NJ. Basil vereschagin, the
realistic Russian battle painter, has yielded to the
fatal fascination which the American lecture plat
form seems to have for foreigners. His paintings,
as THE TRIBUNE stated few months since, to DO
exhibited next fall at the American Art Galleries. They
Will probably be accompanied by various trophies and
bangngs collected by the muchtravelled artist and
they will be watched over by two attendants who
have shared the painters wanderings Meantime,
yereschagin proposes for himself lecture tour which
Will enable him tell the story of his varied expe-
rIences In the principal cities of the East and perhaps
of tho middle West. NJ. Vercstchagins religious
controversies" IN Vienna and elsewhere have borne
suspicious likeness to advertising devices. 1t IS
to be hoped that the Munkacsy performances arc not
TO be repeated.
A collector of this city has recently discovered
a picture by George Inness, painted In 1892 which
has surprised even those who have accounted them
selves familiar with the artists earlier work. The
subject, In the Delaware Valley, Is
ambitious and comprehensive, like most OF
the subjects favored by the artists Of tlme when
viewsn were regarded essential, but the painting
Is thoroughly pictorial The artist has represented
lrregularly wooded fields and broad ntervae between
ranges of low mountains on either sde which con-
verge In tie purple haze Of the distance. There arc
various details I'm the foreground, but they arc u-
obtrusve, and the breadth of the composition is felt
at once The coloring we'll the large feeling of
the work is remarkable Probably tho melowness
and perfect tonaity owe something 20 the effect OF
time, but time has not changed tho design and the
coloring can never have been inharmOllous. The
work OF Mr.. Inness has been compared with that
of almost every great landscape painter OF the cen
tury, and although such comparisons unprolta-
bic, perhaps It may help description to suggest In
this picture likeness to Constable. At all events,
the largeness of feeling and charm of color arc most
remarkable in early work-remarkabls indeed,
In any of Landscapes. The owner, Mr.. Thomas Il.
Clarke, IS fortunate In the possession OF an lnness
which present seems to stand by itself among the
artists earlier paintings
At the gallery of Mr.. S. p Avery, jr, landscape
of importance by Mr. w. L. Picknell Is exhibited
This is view of river In the foreground with irregu
lar slopes clad in and yellow on the oppo-
site side, house forming white accent, and forest
further removed underneath brilliant blue sky The
composition Is comparatively simple, the broad Hill
side slopes drawn and painted with much truth
fulness and force. The indication Of texture IS not
Mr. Plcknells strong point aud his pictures are apt TO
be dry and metallic throughout, but there Is less of
this than usual and his presentation of the IS
characterized by much simplicity, freshness and
force. In the same gallery Is painting Of single
figure by Diaz more conventional than usual in de-
sign and showing some charm OF color although tho
coloring becomes splritess In comparison with the
audacious color scheme of Monticello, excellent
example.
Another picture gallery IS to be added to the many
along Fifthave. Mcssrs. Boussod, Valadon Co..
who have occupied the house at the northeast corner
of Ffhave. and Thirty -hrst-st, are TO have A gal
lery built in the rear, opening from iho suite Of rst
floor rooms occupied at present for the exhibition Of
pictures
"Galignan's Messenger publishes series Of let
tors from prominent French artists setting forth their
OF the present and future of American Ro
bert Flcury amaby processes himself impressed by
the natural originality and ardor7 OF American az,
lists and predicts for them Important position
In the world OF art" Cabane shows himself moro
crifcaI IIo slnals Of his Amcrlrnn nnnls a. q cnn