New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-11

pIcrrrrs ron TIE AcADKMY-Nfw rNNrN''
TIE WEEK N Art CIRCLES.

prcrf,rPs FOR TIE ACtpEMY-NFW fhNIlN"S ~
me prALrRS-Arr NErS rIsrWHfR'.
Picture, for tho Academy exhibition have been col
lc,,rd during tho past week which has been S'I'7
tine for b~la'rd artists. The number oi pi'"''"-,
, a., ,u,.,r 10 he ON the Increase. but h, does "''
necessarily moan larger exhibition wear = I" 'i.'
members ~ the committee ~ selection PERI" H' mn
luty fairly and couragcou,iy. aud the result was "'
lest exhibition for wears. Noih''c is gained ~ n''',
Oh. Academy callcri'- with ""ih' acc .i 4 ~. o. 49,,
- ,,r.,f- ron. irfaon,. aud u ;, perfectly c\ a. IN
,"' .' it ,,,f.r,v .f,. for American ar. 1ul
nos vi, control o., exhibitions luclf SERIOUS r.
-Ionsihuty.
Amateur. who have followed o." preparations f"r Tie
Academy repot the exhibition lholy to De- ~ excellent
or,ltv some of me- o'i"r mon have dln' unHsna.y
strong work and the Younger men arr realizing ih'''
and moro that IL {, not worth whie io nl'i.'Nh q"
a,ttlic ~ hostility 90 an Institution which i-' l'ai
the wisdom II lDcralJy. ID f. possible thar 9i.
lnuess may not bc represented Mr. a-iinh J"h'''""
IA, sent a portrait ard Nr Vyaut some laniSrai''.
Mr. T. l. Henry has painted ambitious picture oi
coaching I'm colonia DAYS Mr. ShiraW who has s'nt
ours~a,ivclv little - rc"n' exhibitions VIII Do rIf'
>ontcd by a nsur, pioco and study ot ~ - I"'''
VIII 10 Landscapes by Nt Iiyon ar
, LARGO rlctu-r rs Nr. / :. ChnlTh
SIR p,Nlus has sent a figure piece and NJ H"iA'''
walker has painted picture - cattle on mo bank q
a c,n,f. entitled Morning. Mr. Loui5 Mo"llcr has
found a subject AZ home sccnc IN an oih'' IN me
dryEoods district where IN aplfa'Nh 3i ,.ih- ir r.,
gross THIS "1ampe OF realism Is t'.A,,. - a.,
Mo~hray'- deal subject, lsgrc D,re' i Ty,,e1
,as e.n in new paintns hris' Appearing to Mary"
Sono pictures which have been shown NJ tho Athletic
.rmb Will ~ again Al tho Acaifhf. Nn"N~
thcm viii h, Mr. Win,low liomcr'' Hat N,i'' cNN
llllfcA al the Athletic club year ago, ana Mt g T.,
noir.cd portraits OF Mrs. " II. Vanderbilt and Mr..
IIcury g. Narquand. has been unable 70 obtain any o'
hls hns he'd portraits Tor this exhibition hf ne may ~
represented BY portrait study owned b Nh ). t
Beck~lth
Tho recent action Of tho Academy tends 70 Simplify
election methods and to Increase the number Of
elections Both results ara desirable. The Academy
ha, needed to adopt more generous policy resArdn-
elections and this VIII lee 10 IT. aIN aiiaoe ard - TIC
advantage Of American art
The exhibition Of wor, by Mc>,rs. ". H. Gibson and
Kru,cman Van Elton Will b. opened 10 the public at
tho American Art Galleries on Wednesday. 1hcro
will be a first view Tuesday, and "a reception On
Tuesday evening Mir. Van Ellen Will exhibit
$50 oils There viii be- nearly 500 numbers
in Mr. Gibson, catalogue. The collection includes
nearly $50 water coor and tlack and white drawings
studies I'm smoke" aud rrmargne proofs ana artists
pront, Of wood engraving, after Mr. CtOeons drawings
Tor illustration.
II "a understood that Mr. 7. \. Brdcman has found
+ f. impossible to issh certain important picture, IN
time for the proposed exhibition % his works al the
American Art Galleries and the exhibition Is there-
for. p,rfp oncd until next year Perhaps this Is rs
well for Mr. urlsman's recent pictures have shown
loss rather than gain Much OF his work bears marks
Of hasty and careless execution, which nnavodahY
suggests greater interest I'm the market than I'm art
QUO Of hi, later works {, exhibited by N'Sis knoodlcr
4 Co.. and no one can claim that this picture shows
7 the advance upon the work exhibited hero seven
wears ago which might have been expected. Til, is
one Of the usual Oriental subjects. the preparation ~
, an cXpcctant bride for her wedding. Tho SccnN
passes in a court yard and there IS tie conventional
asscmblago Of costumes OF white gaury stris aud Of
bright colors. with olive faces. snowy rugs, and strong
effects of sunlight upon white walls relieved by boLcn
lights and shadows In the trees 1h"r' are passages
Of good painting and color, hut the picture IS scattered
md without harmony and there 1, very little Oh>"rNa
ton ~ values The chal,y whites are unnecessarily
Fromcniln painted pictures intense IN their atm0s-
phcrlc effects. and Vet rich and harmonious. ono of
lrllancy and sharp definition. together with pictorial
effect where Nj. Blideman exhibit, ,r1do gnr,hnrN,
ling in the of some hguwS. Mr. hrdsman /,
said to be- Studying outdoor or plrn air elects,
but IS not easy to believe that his present study
of art Is altogether serious
NIcssrs Knocdlcr & CO., also exhibit a now picture
by Mr. Charles sprague Pcarce entitled Consolation
a group Of three peasant girls by the roadside The
picture has especial force although II Is n clever
example OF tho entirely artificial Franco American
peasant genre which has been common for many years
Mr. knight supplies auothsr example OF tho school
Elsewhere there IS picture OF peasant children shelf
cnng themselves from Inc rain behind pile Of fagots
! which painted ly an artist who probably viii
! always be- known tho son of Jean Francois Nillr
The figures show some ruin or action, but II Il clear
thai Mnlct pcro has not left SUCCESSOR New picture,
by Rico and sanchez lcrricr arc also exhibited I'm this
! gallery.
Tho resumption OF auction sales, and the Spencer
salo In particular has reacted uron the galleries of
the dealers Several works To be seen In Tho
! gallery of Ma,srs. I,cichad 90 The gallery of N
Durand Euel at No. @o7 fifih ave. offers an oman,
| tuuty for the study Of Claude Monet and Other I'M.
prcSSioniss and there also pictures BY the rrenr
| painters who aro In greater favor
Mr. Robert Kochlcr's mission In behalf OF the Munich
international Exhibition of 1888 has proved unsnc-
ccssul far concerted action by New York artists
concerned Tho committee OF artists appointed IN
consider the matter has decided that would DO I'M
wise to attempt tho formation of collection to be
| sont To Munich. The plan Of obtaining aid from