New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-12
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
CLOSE OF THE AcADEMY-NoTEs ON PAINTINGS
AND PRINTS.

The sIxtv.fpurth annual exhibition OF the Natonsl
Academy OF Design closed last evening. The resui'
Of the sales Is not brilliant, and 1t Is certainty @
satisfactory than expected. Tho exhibition hA'
been q good one and the attendance has boon iaiT'
| but tho sales amount 10 less than $4,000.
last year the exhibition was universally rccogiiEeu
| as the best which tho Academy hsd held anu
vet there was a falling of in the amount Of the Saios
which reached only So2, oOo against $4,000 In 1887
| In 1885, 125 paintings wcro sold for S27 600 IN
1885, 100 were sold for 900, and In 1854 the
sales amounted to 100000 In round NUMBERS III
1888 tho receipts from the sale of pictures eScee"ca
! $40 Ooo An amount nearly as large was reS''hed
| in 1882 The best year, financially in tho Acadcmys
history, 1881, when 100 pictures brought Sf1'o"'
| In 1880 the sales amounted to S2s'Ooo.
| It win be noticed that marked falling of in
sales occurred in 1884 and this continued for the
| next two years. In 1887 There seemed TO DO some
| promise of q recovery, but last year the sales fell
OF again, and this year tho story Is Fepeatod- Ihe
exhibitions OF last year and this year have been mo
| best which tho Academy has held, and tho results
| among other lessons teach again tho impossoility
/ Of gaugng merit by tho money test. IT Is probably
true that for business and other there has been
less picture buying IN the last two years. The latter
part of tho present has suffered from demora
iEation caused by two unsuccessful auction sales, as
well as from the increased conservatism OF picture
| buyers in general
| The decision OF the Buffalo committee 20 purchase
Mr. Henry II. Poore's picture at the Prize Fund
! Exhibition has probably surprised no one. Dir
Poore has painted croditabo picture Of Ths Night
Of the Nativity as the might actually have
| been before the appearance OF any supernatural
clement There Is pothing distinctive In the scene
| but the picture Is Of much interest and merit
and It deserves recognition as the ambitious enor OF
an artist OF ability IN new direction The picture,
which has been bought for 20 oo0, Will DO presented
| tbo uuH Ipta AesOClaNOu
paintings have been sold tho Prize Fund Exhibition
| since the opening Among them arc Evening In DC
| tohcr D. +. Hasbrouck $780, Hcad' Ellen H. BAKER,
$3.50 Phoebe Chester Loomis, 5000; Hesd,' Perry
| Averl 300; "Landscape and Cattle j. ~ Hart
$3.50, and BootblacRs,' J. G. Brown 1850.
Tho exhibition of the Society of American Artists
| will be the last Of tho season. 1t Is unfoftuna'e
that this exhibition comes 30 late as 70 attract 'e
| attention. but tho officers had the matter IN their
| oun hands, Tho members and some OF their immediate
| friends ind tho exhibition Of extreme interest
| aud others might share their opinion, Il exhibition
| visiting were inviting after tho middle OF May
The Acadcmy's recognition Of American sculpture in
| tho election Al Messrs warner and ST. GAudsns was
really uore eredable 10 the Academy self than to tho
| artists Both should have been osced long SINCE
but the point need not BE- pressed, now thM tne &C.
CASTOR has passed Ono Of tho curious gestures Oh tho
electi was tho failure TO mako Mr.. " ~ 'b"'c an
| arade Ch8se'S
| o. art for srts sake" has been conceded by Tie
aradsiciars who have welcomed his pictures OF Ia'e
| years and have msds him an associate. Ihere WAS
| certainly nothing unworthy IN his portrait SHOWN thh
year and the decision wait little longer s nara
10 understand Is to b. rrgrrtcd thar TIE huulUos
OF new associates not large enough to nciudo such
| urynising painters Mrs Amanda Brewster 9e~sh
ana Mr. Elchelbrrcrr 10 60 o. further and also one
Arts, Of well established talent OF very high ORDER
| Mr. r. T. simmons Each artist contributed painting
n distinction 10 tho exhibition whch closed yesterday
| Mr. snmons's Old Mar and Chlld' although panty
and hot in places showed remarkable truth OF action
and tenderness Of tecng Mr.. EichcloerGers hariem
River IN win'cr,- which was fooishly shcd' VIII De
| remembered by many amateurs as one OF tho most
,tic and truthful ard Of the best pictures
M the exhibition Mrs sewalrs success in her studies
Of ngurcs in outdoor atmosphere aud Hght mieo' %
called feature Of the exhibition. But there VIII
! be another election next year.
| NJ nurandRuel exhibits landscape BY Milles
raIn,rd IN 1872 for a friend. This Is large STUDY
| ~ hilltop aud breezy sky. whore Tying whte
clonds half conceal the rch bluA Tha brown hilltop
with ia and scAnty growtLH Of shrubs ana grass
| occupies only quarter thni OF tho canvas ana
the rrst Is devoted the luminous SKY JUST beyohu
the crest OF The hin the right S gray donkey me
attitude indicating the sIoping Of the ground on tho
| other side Of thc summit Tho landscape popr
| might he dismissed a. Agreeable. though lrhe
forced In color unreal IN texture hut III, picture
Is really study Of tho sky. and the orIlIancy Of tho
| Interpretation will DO new 10 those who arc TcuS'
| toned 10 Mlllers usual low tones. This interesting
| picture Is accompanied by another unusual example
| Of Az artist q baltic painting BY AIRY Scheher'
executed under tho romantic influence. This belongs
10 tho nrs period Of Schener's art, from 1919 10
,hou, 1922 a limo whom no often endcavored to realize
tho courng OF the early romau'ic>ts. aud frequently
chose their subjects resor'lnG to Byron and Dante
m, Creek war and stirring historical events The
| picture or rather study. shown by VI. Durand'Ruei
IA based on an impressive Incident, the Neeling OF
the Swiss IN prayer before engaging the troops OF
charles the BoM at the baltic Of Morat Tho hhcrs
soldiers arc gathered In the foreground In COM
| narrative shadow forming confused mass OF
| -lnots lAnces banners and outstrctehed swords
| An open space separates them from the
| awtssi who arc In the light, standing VIII
bowed heads and clasped hands or knceng IN silent
PRAYER The nrt!on OF individual figures Is incscaeN
with sufciont clesrneSS, but there Is little mon" at
| cmp, at detail than In III" figures OF SON" OF DORIS
night scouCs Nothing could he more unikr tho man
per Of Schcrer's third period Than this summary ex
| Ccutlon The coloring, which shows recurrence oil
du reds is reflection of tho eOlor1ng OF romRnucism
but 70 has forCo rarely present In scheHers l1'or
| vo1ts There is third picture In this gallery when
| ~ hIbits an Une1 pected aspect OF an aists WORN
orc's paintings and studIes familiar to amateurs
a, examples If remarkable precision and command OF
details qualities notable IN the OIL studies anu piS'h
| ard white drawings which have been SHOWN mere
Rut NJ Duranl Rurl shows head OF an Italian mOdei
skc,ched IN a broad, sweeping manner which Is any
thing but chu actcrstc OF nnrGne. Tho face Is com
rorntIyely finished but there Is an absence OF nara
ress and worrying detail The flowers OF tho nat
arr p,ntcd with perhaps an excessive care but thn
| Inns, has been dashed OF in manner summary out
or,to adequate. In sptC Of tho flowers tho picture
h,s n dlngy look rs II darker ground were asserting
Itself beneath the design The merit OF inc picture IS
considerable. but Its novelty VIII be likely to attract
more attention.
n Dnrand RueI deyotcs upper uOor TO the
,c,prcs Of tho "impressIonts,' Claude Monet Renor