New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-22
LRT NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.

ACADEMY-ART NEWS ELSEWHERE
The Jury OF the Society of American Ar"s.' n "
meet this forenoon to award the WeDD priAo Vi ~
for the best landscape in the exhibition pahtea Ny
an American artist under forty years OF age 1nero
NAV possibly be question as to the CLASSIFICATION VI
some pictures In the exhibition but Mr. simmons's
admirable Bay Of st. Ives' is certainly =" water
sc,pep and In Mr.. George HitchcocRs superb Iunp
Garden figure occupies conspicuous pace'athougn
q was not for the figure that the picture was painted
Rut there is plenty of landscape work. pure ana Sim
nile. which has merit, although there Is nothing Oh
surprising excellence.
Taking tho catalogue list in order, the hrst land
.ores are Mr. Bocert's studies of the delicate and
Elusive effects Of light and color to be noted az mooh
rise and in the early twilight Mr.. Chases charming
study of simple subject, The Winding Road Is
one OF three examples Of HIS clever recent work In
Landscape Mr. Coffin exhibits four landscapes which
indicate attentive study Of effects so subtle that they
are ant 10 be neglected or expressed In purely
formal manner In his largo landscape the arus'
seems to aimed at tho expression OF tho qualV
and tho effect upon form and color OF the light rom
the rising moon. The subject is valley, with
Isolated trees In the remoter middle distance the
sbadovs not vet clearly indicated, and dark, green
forest IN the background the color probably too de-
cided for the PALE yclowish gray of the foreground
Yet tho picture holds together and 1t shows study
OF nature though It may not assert ITSELF as te
expression Of vigorous personality. MI. CONN
which shows lack Of tact in composition, and deli
| cate study of DAWN with another Of I" June sun
| shnen Mr.. Crane sends Late Afternoon" pict
IRE specifically pleasing, but without POSITIVE cnar-
| acter and Mr.. c. H. Davis has contributed large
| gloomy Opaque Evening"" picture which must DO
| regarded as a disappointment Then come Mr. DO
Campss Moorlands,n picture OF metallic hardness
| landscapes by the Messrs Eaton; promising study
Of "WlnterD by Mr.. Eichelberger; Mr.. Hoebers
" Along the Marshes another sign OF the painters
Improvement in color, although form and texture re-
| main weak; Mr.. F. c. Johess "Foggy Day on tho
| Iands a difficult effect, imperfectly realized; Mr.
| n r. Jones's Evening" and Evening by Mr..
| Kost
As Mr. Murphy was a prize winner last year, he Is
probably not TO DO regarded competitor, and moth
! ing need be said OF his specimen OF gloom Which
| s certainly lmpenetrabe. Mr.. Palmers Red OAK
f. an example of the brilliant winter scenes with which
the artist has occupied himself Of late, and there IS
vigorous execution in Mr.. Middeton's Hay FIELD ana
Mr. Platt's landscape. In his peat Ponds Valley OF
the somme5 Mr.. Sawyer has expressed distance Win
remarkable precision and painted his picture through
out with care and accuracy unusual In these days
when distance and form so often sacrificed 70
tones and slapdash mistaken for breadth and Vigor
Mr. sayyers work IS not likely to be popular, but It
has tho merits Of simple yet large design and intel
gent expression although the artist has not yet fuy
| developed a manner Of his own. Tho tones OF
his picture must be taken as memory OF PuVs uo
| ChayanneS. Mr,
| OF the forcible minor works Mr.. sewelPs suburban
sketches show a right idea of home subjects, and Mr.
Teggin's sketch has much freshness and vlgor. MI
Tryon contributes important WORK, a large ocUo-
| Der Evening" a study in gray and yellow less mel
low in color and less finished than his Academy pet
urn another study OF a moOnrise and an interesting
winter scene. Winter has also been painted Dy UT
Tnachtman and with power OF striking SsDt IN
his treatment Of all his various suolects. Mr. van
Bosherck, who remains coloress ana te1tueies9, anu
| Mr.
the Sand Dunes" are among other painters oi laho-
| scape.
The awards Of prizes at the Academy exhibition
appear to have given general satisfaction In every
case tbe nrze went to an artist Of undenabe promise
Mr. Mowbray Will do far better work than ne has done
| In his Evening Breeze" but the refined draughts-
manshp and the fancy which he shows are entitled 10
| recognition Mr.. Brush has labored most faithfully
over his Aztec Sculptor" which Is certainly most
credable performance, although 1t IS little confus-
ing TO find Central American sculpture a Navajo
blanket a Pompeian oil grain jar, Italian marble,
one figure Oriental In color not In face, and another
a North American Indian in face and very largely In
costume, all combined in ono picture But In paint
ing Azecs in writing Of them 1t is to be expected
that liberties will be taken. Mr. Currans Biceky
Day which thoroughly bears out It's name, Is inc
N patb marked out for himself and Miss Brewslers
| portrait IS successful attempt at difficult enect
on the part of most promising painter.
For some time past circulars have been freely dis
rIbuted and other agencies employed to call attention
to painting OF cattle which was to DO exhibited in
this CITY, This picture which may now be seen at No.
SO Ffthavo is entitled The Right Of Way and tho
painter Is Mrs. T. ]. Lakey Biographical notices OF
| the artist which have boon thougtfuy provided,
furnish the information that this picture was begun
four years ago. and finished last autumn, when 1t was
exhibited In London and much admired by representa-
tves Of tho London press 1t IS impossible to quote
at length from tho interesting information which IS
furnished IN an
have been Of unaoyed triumph, but tho fact may
bo noted that In England large studio has been built
for the artist with every facility for the production Of
large canvases' 1t is very large canvas which is
now exhibited here, but description Of the subject in
wolves nothing than mention Of huge white bull
at the head of group Of cattle standing In fore
ground pool, broad stretch of meadow beyond trees
the left extending backward and sky well covered
with light gray clouds. There hints OF an atemp
follow the fashion OF modulatng and harmo MIXING
certain simple colors which Troyon for Van Marcke
and Others With whites, browns and ono very dark
color all heavily laid or Troyon fairly modelled in
paint In his later wor he obtained depth, richness
and even variety which seemed impossible But
Troyan was a born colorlst, genuine painter 1t is
necessary to confess that there color In the Right
OF way and that there IL present painful dryness
and cLalkDess. There is evidence of study Of form
careful so far as has gone but Is hard to see where
in the naturasm the art Of the picture can afford
tho pleasure which IS promised by the aluring cir
culars.
The sales at the Academy exhibition amount to near.
" sl5,500. The paintings sold since the last time
Of writing are Knights Of DID, Percy Moran s675 !:
ain tho Month Of May Arthur Parton 800: sun
shine and shadow D. b. +. Hasbrouck. 1925: Au.
tumn.1 Daniel Kotz. 500; Roses A. b. McCloskey
Tde' G. c. Everett, $50 I" Apples and Oranges,5 W. j.
McCloskey, SO: and Old Road to the Rvcr.' J. f.
Cropsey, $3.50
Apropos Of Brunei Debalness etching Of Trafalgar
Square In the May Art Journal the editor says I:
Whether London Is more possible for treatment by
the art of color or that of line may be a question
but In either case 1t is certain that London is only
possible As regards form, there Is perhaps no
city lacking In distinction; and though art may
do without almost every kind Of beauty It can Ill
dispense with that subtler quality OF distinction
quality missed with universal and unerring instinct
6y tho builders Of London as know Il, and as re-
CARDS color and light, there the standing grey
Of the smoke. The blackness that comes from SCOT
has neither depth nor lustre: Il Is vague. gritty.