New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-13
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES
NOTES ON THE ExHIBITIoNs-ART NEWS HERS
AND ELSEWHERE tt

NOTES ON THE ExHIBIrIoNs-ART NEWS HERS
AND ELSEWHERE.
Nearly two hundred artists have expressed o.
sire Tor representation tbs Paris Exposition. am
have notified the American CORNERSTONE In this
city In Paris 212 American artists have sent sinllle
notifications. The pictures this side OF the
viii DO collected and passed upon by the jury nexS
month, and there should be delay In sending IstS
OF works to the Commissioner, at No. Broadway.
The necessity for wsrgling is shown BY the abb
scnce OF so many desirable names from the roll Of
intending contributors For example, tho name OF
MIR. Inncss docs not appear but 1t may be expected
that the owners Of some OF his pictures Will lead
them Tor the exhibition. There arc other absentees
Of hardly less consequence and among the sculptors,
although Messrs. St. Ga1dens and Boyle promise
various works, Dir. Warner has sent 10 list. Misty
OF the contributors certainly have not earned general
regulations whatever may DE their deserts bat tbs
jury may be trusted to dispose of amateurs, students
and local prodigies. Yet the jury cannot supply the
desired material. The artists should clearly UNDER
stand that It is not worth while to send collection
the Exposition unless the collection Is really repro
sentative Of tho best American art.
The club exhibitions Of the past week have Illus
rated the work which can be done by clubs In placing
American art before the public, or rather por.
ton Of the public, under favorable conditions
b. Lotos Club IS naturally disposed give first place
to native art and within three years there has been
an increase In the number of American pictures at tbs
exhibitions Of tho Onion League Club. Two years
ago the committee made special effort TO bring forward
the best work Of which American artists were capable,
and the results certainly made some impression On
collectors accustomed to think that no American pic-
could be worth consideration. There ere many
habltucs OF clubs who Interested in pictures bas
IDEAS ressrdns s WORK q NoMYors %
are necess arfy hazy. They are apr 10 20
essariy bettes painter than any American.
have been at the Union League and Athletic Club
mean revelation OF the resources Of native art
1t IS impossible not TO feel a certain sympathy
with the English artists who were recently thrown
into state OF excited expectation by the announce
ment in "The London Tines thas Americans hsd
begun to prefer English art to the art Of France II
the remarks of Mllas and Leighton in various inter-
views and the addresses at the recent Liverpool Con-
gress. to be taken truly representative Eng
lsh artists not burdened with excess Of modesty.
Tho mutual admraton' Of certain academic circles
has moved Mr.. Harry oulter, whistier's "Arry.' to
exhort various London artists to live less In ttls
nicely warmed dollhouse Of sympathizing friends and
admirers.D OF course there Is moro less of this
everywhere, but the Englishmen, in addition SEE N to
be curious,y Influenced by insular pretudlces. IL
frequently assorted at the recent Art Congress
that no one need go outside Of England for the best
Academy unexsclled, inde,d unequalled, and
| that the leacing painters Of England OUT
ranked their continental brethren. We do our
best to teach pupils at the Academy SO that they
need not go to Franco to learn 70 pa.n pictures OF
sand with a little bit Of grass and figure In tho
| foreground said Leighton, and his contemptuous
allusion was warmly applaudedL This spirit of self
sufiicency has prevented many English artists from
learning lessons In the Of color and the manage
mcnt of values, and In fee broad manner OF
painting which they might have learned in Paris
e IN 'ic for oo the scotch
show themselves finely sensitive to color 49, 1he
eternal sneedoae and eheap sentiment 1a tsInar thu
storytelling of vbert s ct least redeemed by clever
ness ia execution and by point Every one knows IONS 1s
orit alone but American preference for French art e
ws aug our mnGs ns @ ses
art viii be always held 70 BE- On evidence q o%
bsrbarous tastes seems that the rumor rov wn w.
y Morgans purchase Of the arse Reynolds pr s ses
Museum. Tho picture was received here over -
age ss' IN '1 fonSo But the
mate may BE- ms q sas ssa e Legation
| are not upon an equality with sir joshua heyhoHs'
| Sir John Miliais has been claiming that modern
English art ais as good ancient art, and time ana
varnsh are two Of the greatest Of old MASTERS Them
upon Mr. q. +. Watts has proceeded to confufc Nn-
las with specific illustrations drawn from the wora
| of Titan In the course OF Mr.. Watts's article N
turns aside to discuss the gospel Of realism Of whoa
he speaks as follows "a lltto book by the Russian
soldier and artist verestchagin Is interesting to ths
student As realist, he condemns all art foundea
on tho principles OF picture makers, and depends Org
on exact init alton, and tho conditions Of accident ~
our seeking after truth, and endeavor never TO y
unreal or Affected II must not 10 forgotten thas 'ms
cudcayor after truth is to DO made with matenap
altogether unreal and different fon the object 70 ~
initiated; nothing IN picture is real 'n sss waSs
| iangs OF our efforts. Everything IN work Of "a
must accord Though gloom d c agscA ~ real us
such acconlpanlmcnts are not necgsSy @ m,
feel thrill OF horror or awazen the enes. s pSsr
Inc mUsu s~ v and amid the most lovely surrounding,
Rmt {o avalon IN picture similar impressions. certain
artificial aids must be used; inc scncrai aSf''' "'-
| be troubled or sad
sThe London Globe sketches Fritz Won uhde' the
{. realistics German painter OF religious themes
follows, sThis saxon sodierpalnter Is forty'io"
ys.s =, ars. His features arc clear aud regular
with penetratng eyes, His hair Is parted In the MO
d,a and he wears no beard but very heavy mas
t,che At twenty-five, after an Intermittent puisaSs
~ art, no entered saxon cavalry resimsn'h "a ar
SOCK the military life for art produced several a uutc
and IN 1885, with Let the little children CEN, "a ~
| in some Instances the contamely.'
The same journal gives the following prices Obtains
ut a recent London sale sheep and shepherd ID
| randscapes by Auemn Bonhsur sos; SvIew
Geneva BY A. Celame ~ 2o5: The Lake OF Geness
near Mon.rcuxr by the SANE artist, S1,3do fol''s
az Lady Taylor" by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 49, 49,:
| . portrait OF q Lady, by Roinnoy, 1Svxs
portrait Of Lady, seated in black dress, with
Golf and collarsste.' b. Rembrandt, s!sS. ,ssse
.ad PcSd, ' sSss, sad Bclton ABBEY sias.