New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK In ART CIRCLES.

NOTES on THE rxHIBrrToNs-coMING AUCTION
GALES IN PAR1s-coMaEyTs on THE SALON
Tho sxb,htson OF the Pastel Club closed last evenA
,, U,,dIv half dozen pictures have been soid'
r.suI, especisliy Disappointing IN view OF In'
.dIr,bie Quality OF the collection Nevertheless VOC
exhibition has a,uscted the attention OF atS" @Ie
n, some amateurs II not OF the pubic Ano 'ap
butiey OF this adaptable medium have Deen 80
hrtIliantly demonstrated that other pai'ters wiz %
tainted TO enter tho field, and thero VIII un"'uo"
10 material for larger exhibition next year. INV
=, toor,sd des,rabls For the clubs sake, however
- g N he hoped that the exhibitions may % hen
earlier in the SEASON, some regular time ana
place
Tho ars, week Of the Society Of American Artists
rencats tho familiar story OF recent years Inc ~
tendance sincr the opening days has been VerS 'ms
and only three pictures hav, been sosh lhese arc
- Midsurnmrr7 by X. ]. LAngion' ENonlhs W
Henry G. Dearth and 81 Road to village" oy br"o"
crane This exhibition contains so much good WORK
tba. Il s impossible not 10 regret the course Oh Na
socity's managers II the best OF these pictures ESQ
hscn cent 70 the Academy they would have received
general attention, and their excellent quality ~ouia
have strengthened the exhibition, and SiVahoH w"
cause OF American In the estimation OF me puohc'
The Academy Of la's years has shown Hscf apsous
70 give the younger artists fair treatment and ths
original reason for the socttys existence has there
t,rc dSanpearcd Tho soclety's exhibitions furnish
. Ssason of congratulations for the contributors ana
their immediate friends, which IS dououe>s s en-
,ovable for tho participants As Is amusing lor I'M
.r.,,l outsiders But tho practical question -
whether this pleasure and the 10Y OF MANAGEMENT As
spn,cent conversations for the sscrfnce OF the wors
.ho,rr at these EXHIBITIONS. However good tho
pcturys may be, II Is q fact that they are seen oy
romparatlvcly few people. They msEe tne shehes'
iu,prcssion upon the public al q TIM when American
., nccds To siren ghen Rseh with the public In every
way.
Tho SewY York dealers in Parts sppcar to be buying
littSr but in any they are not IN tne hsol' VI
taking the world into their confidence. Mr. s. Z.
Avery r. "a supposed - be awaiting the reSnh %
various commissions to Paris artists. Mr. Hooscs'
q, Rrchard & Co who "a now m Paris, reports tho
purchase Of q Dsubigny and Fibert MI. EoIaao
Rnoeder has bought Leon Lhcrmiitc's smaller saxon
picture, Women Washing Lhcrmittes lsrgrr pant
ing Is the decorative panel representing Caoda
Bernard engaged In his experiments, which Is DE-
signed for tho grpst han Of the Sorbonne. of hss
NJ Albert Wolf says at does not plesSc me N
Nc ensemble The general tonslNy IS unQuct, ana
aafhv remark this d"cct stu more In the smai
picture by the same painter, as have already 90
served Il IN his pastcls. wish TO see NJ Lhermitts
return 20 more simple methods He needs 70 WsHo
himself and very carefully" But without reference
10 tho sorbonne panel Les Lsvcuses,' II may be
SAID that rank a. a coloriSt has never been clamec
tor Lhermtte by dISpa< sonate students OF MS WORK
He IL n designer Of remarkable power There are rev
Salon dIaushtSmcn combining. vSor ana accuracy IN
srch a degree but imperfect tonslity is nothing new
IN his work.
T. IA stlil said that some pictures have been pr
yatey sold from the SeCrctan collection, but IL Is UNI
dcrstood that they will be exhibited together with
The others when the collection is shown noHt month
Drrvious 20 the auction sale. Tho number Is put a.
fifteen and rumor has II that they Will be uominaly
sold over again. returning of course, TO their present.
owners But this may be an unjust report. In any
case the sale Is certain 10 be memorable event so
far az the modern pictures alone concerned this
may prove TO be the greatest sale known at tho
Hotel Drouot The twenty-six Meissoniers alone viii
bring an ENORMOUS amount There may be lively
American competition for Millit's Angeus picturu
declared by many amatonrs 10 be by no means tho
artists finest work. aud yet picture which has GER
talny reached the pOpulsr heart, and earned for IL
self fame which few modern pictures have attained
year two sinco II understood that the Anti
Art Association had made offers for the Anseius'
and perhaps this firm will enter tho contest ~ inc
sale The Angelus7 Is likely to come 20 this country
and II will probably be accompanied By other notable
examples Of the school OF Barbinon.
Meantime the artists OF Paris arc reported 10 %
much dsquteted over the Dreyfus sale which Is held
this month and the sccrctan SALE which follows IN
the last week OF June They had expected lays
sales at the salon and the Exposition but now thsy
fear that the more generous pcfurc-ouyes VIII "a
diverted to tho great auction sales and that the eAt
billions viii suffer greatly in Consequence.
Reports concerning the Salon agree that there is
scarcity Of genuinely imaginative and even OF really
serious work The painters seem 10 have little n SAY.
although their methods OF expression often show TO
maiksble technical proficiency. The criticism iha'
artists are becoming painting and modelling
machines finds abundant IuSthca'ion, Gahsnanri
Messenger says: Historical painting on the whole 10
weak, although there are few meritorOuS examples
IN this noble range OF art The poverty OF imaginative
in the great majority Of Instances In whtA
direct appeal to tho fanciuI and the IDEAL Is mads
Is dcpreS sing Characteristic OF the Exhibition. when
tho ideal Is not treated Ideally, u falls At once iuo
tho grotcsque IIgh-soatng birds noei to have wnEs
for the purpose wise sparrows do not try to ny like
hawks. In fact, st is only men who cannot take
lust measure OF their capabilities NEUROLOGICAL ge-
iects have been treated this year manner quite sp-
pang and yet In Instances such pictures have
been given excellent places The strength Of the
Salon 80 far as painting Is concerned Is to be found
mainly I'm rustic figures aud landscape, genre subjects
and pogtraits."