New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
NOTES on THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WORK
AyD FNGpAv1 yG-ART NEWS ABROAD.

galleries OF the Academy will be needed for It's exhibit
ton. Consequently there will be no exhibition of the
Etching Club az the Academy The Tribune has al
ready announced. The necessity, even the al
visibility Of the Water Color Society's action Is Ger
tanly doubtful. OF recent years this exhibition has
usually contained between 700 and 500 water colors
or little over onc-half Of the number submitted. OF
the number accented probably onc-haf could have
been rejected without lowering the standard OF the
exhibition and the omission Of at least onc-thlrd
would have raised the average OF merit. Every year
many pictures have been admitted which were deri-
mental to the exhibitions character. II has been
said that the south and north galleries alone would
be sufficient for carefully selected exhibition An
attempt to utilize tho popular interest in this de-
ghtful art by increasing the size of the exhibition
without regard to quality. must be regarded as mis-
taken policy. The Etching Club has tried this plan
II is impossible TO bring together a thousand new
water colors which deserve admission to an important
and representative exhibition. II IS impossible 70
collect 800. as past experience has shown II eX-
hibltions like those of the Water Color Society ana
the Academy are to be regarded simply as opportnn
ties for sales. it is no longer necessary to take them
seriously. The "iurlcs7 might as we'll be abolished
and everything accepted without question. These eX
hitions have been supposed to represent an honcs'
effort TO select good, representative work The water
color Society will not gain in the long run by IN
creasng the size Of its exhibitions.
Meantime the Etching Club is homeless
The Keppe and wunderlIch galleries are
considered to be unsuitable, and other regular w
hlbiion galleries are too large or 100 w
penSve. Nothing has been decided upon As yet
but il is not unlikely that there will be no exhlbi-
ton II a regular exhibition cannot be held. II NAV
be suggested that a wcllchosen collection oil ne"
American etchlngs would De an interesting feature OF
the March meeting Of the Union League CLUB.
The February exhibition of the Union League club
will consist Of Persian ceramics and metal work. ana
Moorish pottery in addition to collection OF paint
ngs.
collection Of examples Of modern French art IS
exhibited in the gallery Of Mc,,rs. Schaus q Go.
The central picture IS painting Of cattle and sheep
Nv Trovon small in size. but Of superior qualily'
In thc foreground are three white sheep and one OF
dark brown color and cow, reddish brown. win
dark neck. standing partly in the inli Hsht' ana
admirably Illustrating 1royon's realization OF r'h
erect, by the use Of simple colors modulatcd with
light and shade In the distance. on the right. is
another COW and a figure. Like the Trovon the
Duprc considerably larger example, b, an excellent
illustration Of the artt - way Of working. The
subject is one Of the pastoral landscapes which Duprc
painted 80 often. There !, TIE usual thntchod cot
tacc beneath the trees. with cattle grazing hard bv.
and a landscape with rich browns, subducd greens
and foliage. balanced Dos great ma--c- Of cumuh in
me SKY, WHICH NllnNH . l'" li4t' 't 'i't'' i''
picture g. frc,hcr in color and more vigorous in cN-
ccuion than the ordinary Duprc u thc galleries.
Examples Of Diaz and Nauyc are accompanied by
finely drawn crudcly c0orcd landscape, hy Jacduc,
A picture Of considerable importance. and there is
group Of four small landscape by Cain. which lila,
tr,ic mi, artists command Of harmonious touhity
and sympathetic feeling of the four. which are all
minor work.. pcrlap, the moot effective :, Wow
II feds with haystack, at ni,ht. D'onmp,'s
81. Il /.
Illustrated in an expressive water color painting OF
two monkey enjoying cards, pipes and beer
The usual sale Of paintings and sketches viii follow
the death 81 Jules Duprc January 80 Al the Pctit
Gallery In Paris There is Illustrated catalogue 81
the collection containing culocy Of tho artist Nv VI.
Paul Mauiz. In addition 10 the paintings. the col
lection offer eighty drawing IN various mediums repre-
scntlus -tudic, for painting some 81 them were cN
ccuted in -hctching trip, which Dupre made with
Rousseau IN tho south Of France In The Of other
artist, II TN, school the poetumou. sale has been ac
companicd and followed hy dngrut efforts to "b'om'
the price, Of the artists work Moreover. Il Ia, been
often -ad that in the case of Daubigy many slight
,kcichc. were rctouchcd7 ard even finished pfrFl
ou- to the sac. In tli, case the condition, are some
what different for Duprc had shared the great r"putt
tion Of hi- associates for many YEAR. Ills fam" had
Increased with their, long before Dol, death and -u'"
the work Of Dbl. last wear, proved the waning Il DDS
movers IL wa possible 10 form Just c-tmat" al h'
art aud its limitation, while the painter "a> alive.
These limitations VIII b. more clearly recognized W tie
future.
one Of the few remaining English steel cncravcr' "f
distinction. Thomas Oldham Barlow. recently dl'n AZ
the age Of sixtynvc in point Of time Mr.. Barlow-
career coincidcd with the decline Of engraving which
egan toward the close Of the first third II Thu century
The late samuel Cousin, practically the last oi the
great English school q mcIIotnt cneravcr~ Inc uh
ditIon- Of the great line cnravcr, were kept a'' b'
Mr. Barlow and a few Of hi- a-o'iat"- II thc school
had continued to flourish Mr. Barlow and few others
might have held relation 10 MIiai- correspondents u
the relation Of the later eighteenth century enea'ef-
to Eevnoid-. A. IL was, Barlow became closely as"
,,tcd with Miilas who painted h.- portrait ana h"F
lows engraving Of The First sermon ana -" Ih'
Uurucnot are familiar prints. Another almost
equally familiar J. h- Emc Dcau-.' bnlo" death
make, vacancy m tie ROYAL AcademN WIN '"'
pa.Ins Of 10, elder practitioners, engraving ' ia-l De-
coming lost art write, the critic Of The London
oloh,r. ,ec know Of only one pupil n the whole OF
ENGLAND who b. being trained 10 tie profession.
Meantime the protest against the steady advance Of
.tro,c,, work (, repeated here and ul"tr, but ln-
.rc,tu,lIv The saturday Review" Of December II
contained a forche argument against the ne OF pi'
Geese, in book Illustration. II Is admitted ~ ans
article that artist, Who draw in pen and ink Ill.," Nj
Abbey have lc-s 10 Dc dissatisfied iiah aIIl--
ybo work in washes. Here the artist maize h'
drawing, on a much larger -cale than the prpco', re-
productions Consequently pas ages Whic may uc an
yefy well i'm the original drawing, come ont ia the
nr,tcd book a, distressing and amorphoua botcr' "l
black open any book illustrated III TINS WISE ana l'e
odd, are that YOU are confronted WIN the 'uuc anu
shapel,,, Ilottesduc. Again there Is most dis
,,.,,,, Maid like texture In this Kind Of work,
te xturc uniform In the pacing OF lt chcYucr, ana
only rradatcd sic) In depth OF darkness: We ma ~
b0ps, MASSES OF what We presume l. ioidrc. uh,"
exactly a, black well polished boot Ana inc
urnblcrn arises, how 4, IL possible Tor the ariist 10
dismal plaid textures ~ representative "f tWl own
drawings There Is no help for IT unless publisher,
will take pity on the remnant who nave not bowed
me Knee to The Baal Of PrOccssc, ana VIII publish
small edition of any readable book without any Nus
tr,tnns At all When the outline Of wOmnn's arm
is cnicd a. black thick wOOlly, smudgcd, iiirSi
lar line on side. dwindng into unputllnrd pIih
,.tt.rt other the interest In the heroine VINO