New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-18
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
CLOSE CT THE ACADEMY NOTES or THE EXIT:
BITIONs-ART NEWS ABROAD.

BITIONs-ART NEWS ABROAD
The sxty-fft annual exhibition Of the Academy OF
Design closed last evening with the smallest amount
of sales known for ten years. The total Is only about
az 600 The amounts obtained in past years have
been go 800 in 1889. $4,000 in 1s7s, S2cooo IN
1857 S27 900 in 1856, $4,000 In 1855, 100000 In
1884. $4,000 in 1883, $4,000 In 1852. Si2'7oo In
1881. and $4,000 in 1880 Ihis years result has
not been unexpected, can it be said to be unde.
served IL is to lie hoped that this lesson may 10
opplied next year The pictures sold in the course
Of the last week have been "On the Retired LIST
NJ C. Uhl. $50; With the Tde' j. C. Brown $1,000;
~ yolets,o c. NJ. Gasll $50; "Winno"ns Field
W F. Netleton $50, and 1.-THE Marble hau!er'''
Lloyd Branson, S4Oo.
The exhibition of the society Of American Artists q
the Fifth Avenue Galleries, viii close on saturday
next. The attendance, although much smaller ihan
at the Academy has been better than ever before.
The number of admission tickets sold Is reported al
LOO for the first week. 300 for tie second and
about |, 400 for the third. since the last time u
writing, three pictures have been sold Al the Head
Of the River r. l. Laisioh sGC and ;. R %."s
Landscap',' Theodore KoD.N'oh, fo'V' "hu iN"sc'''
A. II. Thayer, II 600
Mr. Robinsons "Wintcr Landscape which Oh.
tanned the Webb prize. /, clever study OF snowy
hou,etops below a hillside and Of a valley and 'res
beyond. There is reddish cooring IN The fore
ground and the distance shows the usual purple tones
colors are comparatively strong. The execution IS
free and open b. the charge Of PAINTINGS. bur at the
proper distance the picture holds together well, and
the effect is truthful. Mr. Robinson'' pictures have
been seen at local exhibitions for the last two
or three years and the artist has proved that no
possesses the modern spirit Of inquiry and the
modern freedom from the older conyentionalsm
His effort to paint nature trUilly ha' not resulted IN
tho sacrifice of pictorial effect which IS seen in some
~ b. ~
represent school work and Independent and maurs
performance. They primarily studies Of elect,
and by no means complete compositions. Inc artist
appears to be strongly Influenced by the painting Of
Pssarr0 and >erret and Monet and MS indl-
yldual quality Is, yet. only partially apparent NY
time for awarding prizes Is when an artist ma, louui
himself" and developed his own style Inc cholce %
Mr. R0bn,OD's pictures enpha. Ie' me ~ .n' ae
character and pfomptuc,, iB the adoption ~ foreign
fashions which have been noted ~ the society ex'
hIb!tions Mr. Cofin's After the THUNDERSTORM !, a
picture which Ia, claims 10 consideration a, ON,
POSITION and is a seriously considered ana ci''sui
enbIer picture than usually come. from our tldio,
II Is strange that the exhibitors should nav p'u
sans Enchanted Hour" and It Is probable mat MI.
Ochtmans Moonlight Fantasy might De du'c4' ~ Wv
picture could be seem
Mr. : F. Avery. ir. exhibits one Of Munhac'y VOC
interiors with figures. two entirely artificial Young
women in bluc and pink who are placed in a grassy
ope,.ny which is dotted with flowers against a Dd'h
ground of artificial foliage. The execution J. hd''n ana
the paintiness of the picture smells 10 heaven INV
has heen little care for drawing and stu Jess i'r
modelling and the brush work is suggestive 81 series
q snears. several pictures Of this class nav on
shou, here but they can only cause regret tiat an
artist # 80 much natural force should have '''sHt@
to send out such unworthy potboilers Mt ANeT' a."
>bltits fresh green study II marshes oy pauo.sM
SNu ~ rt and Whaling road and gray and broTn
foliage an well harmoulzed ana g.atl"l Ter and
and the other View If snowy mar,he, W. -" The
/ distant city underneath heavy gray ,nF J. = = in
onay Is les- afmirabe .ii Ine The salon IS
tcre,t and merit one II e b.er,r' - The subject, Il
t. come TO this gallery IN the autumn ,lt", Where
a g'rl picking chrI .anthemuilS l1 " -i'"r'
light snow lies the ground
rho cr~,bhe ard Eothan ,ae, in Paris will probably
vcn som. pictures for American colectoA'' ~"
dealers will be well represented and the' are nAIS
/ % make several purchases for Themselves anu -
Amateurs The modern pictures In tne '1, , s,d
lection described a, b 'pa aiba G OBJECTION include
portraits by Cranach. Holbein 'orune,iti"n Of ma.
| which seem likely to enlist the Co"P'''''
! seu,Hs as we'll a. ~ private cohe''o''' ,o,
,ho.,os y,pdcrmaessen the exhibitor Of the io'''
. ,,-.,r.- in Rouon was arrested a. "e WAS ~,
:, Leave the CITY to seek fortune c'-e"'.e'0 -, IN
.,,relus' lust returned from Nher''a' ~, an
was examined by the commiSsaTy u pm -,
reared astonshed that he snouu p' - Uis
r,,ir,inr that his picture was the genuine oNo
,,,r, f,r which he had paid So to pil'"' WV
r. ~ t.tr.s..d circumstances. was he ,4d' V.N ,h.
copy Of the AngeUS and De had ny, escs t,e renuina
la, IN si,ucd j T. Mile. While ~, !, s.s rs.
Mgtniy .Iet But the enerprisns eAnoor Tt
rcman'eH l ,S Tank u Montreal waiting the opening
/ ~ large exhibition. whore It VIII be S''"''
A, tho second exhibition Of painter-et'herS ~ u.
D,'a,d pucl gallery I'm Paris. some dry points avs
'.,,,. -, Nt.. Mary Ca,satt were purchased i''
The state well deserved recognition "i All ~ -
/ nit Among the other purchases were e''iuI'rs ="
p..,ari and Ps,arro and Autographs hy serre'' Univ.
orher, If the modern school u impre''iohl'l, a"i
e,,,nes BY zilken were among the purchases AA''
ctcacr u great freedom and iaGy whom eH he u :,
don Like other Holland e',rrT T,, among ANA
a, H,', Imerican, are hardly aware 81 the eA,,l
once Il TIL, school IL would be an eACeShi ttr Il
The ,,rolcr club next season T. HON az ~ ~ ths
Work nv Zlken aud other io.lahd e'eherS u ''''
day. NJ.
,,,,o,lp- more has been learned regarding Peter
de Uooch or Hooch. whose lie haS ieHa'c' 'o"i"'".
,ivclv unknown. All the biographical SAet'he' d"
,,,.., , fact natural enough when il Is remembered
h, peter d.. Uoo.h was held ia ncnt esteem ~ Ms
c,ntcmporarle,. and it is only within t"eHN years
,h,, D.. pictur,, have been highly valued. 49, ~
, ~ m, superb examples owned by VIZ Ii'NeHe, er
, Ms Cotticr A 90. give tie new disco, c.,s
an immediate interest. The late resear,"c' oil '.o
, a. ~ ,',,"I srholarS Brcdiu, and DE Recover nave
rb IN ush several Interesting facts. " In spite o!
yrryhtug the biography Of De lloooh remains I. r
b,cury and the number OF his conteinpoIatcs vo.n
committed. Thus mud at Harlem IL I..3 a s
dc Mo1Ch another IN 1850 Is orsanist AT the nssLe
I'M tie same city another IS married III 1901 anu
p la,, i'm 1871 Is A dealer IN whaleoone npNeNvi,
/ r'Sfy Documents which have been found concern We
banter From two formal declarations certlheu ~
him /, IS learned that he was born about i.5o' 90 II
hans he lived AZ first I'm Amsterdam. bur AZ the age ~
twrniv three he was established al pe as Nale ao
, / named Iusus de Ia Grange. TINS famly VIM" -
ns,rs IN have come from Leyden, lived IN great ,tse
~ 1r.t I'm 1853 another OF the Wallets having dlsap
nrarcd and taken. doubt. some Of the properly ~
Ii. master and of the painter they DVtn MeIc -
thnr,lrI by the Aldermen OF The Hague 70 lndeini,
themselves from the proceeds ot SiIr OF M "A
mo" / ,trr Justu, dc Ia Grange, having squahucos
- hart ~ his fortune. compelled 10 furnish Sua,
antcr 10 one Of his creditors Pesyn de uo9ru' s
~, tho Inventory We ind several paintings bN 'el0
hrnted artists Lie,ens, Gerani Donn, Van bcyeNm
IN GnXrn and cluS-and amOnc these worn, A.,
t,,rcs' which PETER de HOoch had painted for ~
master In hi, moments Of leisure. Their vaIutuo,.
; ,"Itrh vas more than modest ranged from ~ ~
,,,o'v hnrins Thl, would mean from = 10 70
~ % II viii be remembered that Mr. laNems'e q
paid $4,000 for his De hoogh ri the Se're'A" ''