New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-09
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS.
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.
NOTES on THE EXHIBITIONS - ART NEWS
ABROAD.

Three new exhibitions opened last week. Tho
admirable collection Of Whiser's ctchngs, purchased
from Mr.. seymour Iiaden placed upon exhibition
In the gallery Of Messrs. Wunderlich q Co. Col.
lection of drawings by Messrs. Edwin A. Abbey and Al
fred Parsons shown the first time the gallery
Of Messrs. Rechard q Co. At the Fifth Avenue Gal
lcries tho Wynk0op pictures placed upon ex-
hbltion previous to an auction sale Mr. u. Avery,
ir continues to exhibit collection of landscapes By
Mr. Charles II. Davis, and complete collection Of
Lalannes ctchngs may be seen II the keppel gallery.
Two studio receptions announced for this week.
Tomorrow and Tuesday the artists Of the Iiolhen
studios and others at Nos. 1903. 1866 and ia West
Fifty fifth st. will receive their friends from until )
O'Clock. Messrs. George Inness, G. w. Eaton.
Leonard Octmdn, Elliott Daingeriich. J. {. Hartley
Benoni Irwin. b. II. Fitz George Bosart and \. F.
Bnnner are among the hosts. There Will be a studio
reception at the Knckerbocker Building, No. = West
Fourteenth-st., Tuesday from 10 a. H. until p. m
and from 3 until 10 in the evening. Mcssrs. G. H.
McCor,i. 4. r. Brcher T. b. Craig, DC Haven Bcls
nell and others. will open their studios.
Mr. william schaus announces that the collection
Of paintings at his home may be by artists and
art students, If application for cards OF admission ia
made to him at No. 30 East Thirty-cghthst
The Treasury Department has not announced a do
cslon regarding the importation Of paintings in bond.
but 1t seems to be regarded probable That the de-
csion will limit such importations t. art museums.
art schools and organizations which have not
mercial character. The railing regarding the mporta-
ton Of antiquities has attracted much attention on
account Of the increasing interest in Old masters" and
in Greek fgurines Assistant secretary T'chenor has
instructed the Collector to apply the ruling Of tho
court in the OF william Baumgarten NIester Bro')
against the late Collector Mr. Nagone. The question
in that whether certain articles were exempt
duty under the provisions for cabinets Of coins,
medals and all collections Of Antiquities Mr.. Tcle
wrote to the Collector in this city follows: The
opinion Of the court to the effect that the term
collection of antiquities imports "a collection Of
articles where both the antqueness Of tie articles and
the circumstance that they. were assembled together
into a collection unite to MAKE them attractive use
full valuable otherwise desirable .: that the term
did not embrace articles which grouped together by
the mere accident OF enumeration upon the same In
voice list and that the chance aggregation Of two
more articles cannot fairly be held to be collection II
antiquities. The Department is satisfied that this IS
the correct Interpretation of said provision of law. AID
YOU will hereafter be governed thereby in the c'a
hcation Of articles Of antique production or manufact-
ure. The rule. however. laid down in the Depart
mcnt's instructions Of February -. 11r7 that articles
produced subsequently to the year 100 not en-
Tilted 10 exemption under said provision Of law. ], not
affected by the decision Of the court and - stu IN
force"
The practical application Of this ruling appears to
be that neither old masters the terra cottaS from
Tanagra and Myrna nor Greek can bc imported
and unless the fact that they compose collection ADDS
to their attractivcncss. de,iablity value. oil
masters and Myrna hguriue, are hardly 10 be im-
ported in collcctionS,r and even If collection weF.
brought over it would DC difficult to prove that no
value of the objects depended upon keeping them To-
gether.
Messrs. Durand-Rnel & CO. exhibit a large pastel
drawing which formerly bore the name of j. F. Nillei
The subject is a peasant woman, distah in hand WHO
watches a flock OF goats. As the story gees tni'
picture which is believed TO date back TO Loo. was
executed by Millets son in the flthcrs studio After
the pictures sale the signature was changed. ana for
several years Paris collector cherished the belief
that he possessed a genuine example Of the elder
| MiIlet II finally identified a. the work OF the
son. and purchased such by VI. Dnrand KueI WHO
has removed the signature. The subject, Of course
IS identical with treated by Met, ana IL mas
been said that this not the only II this pastel
IS sold unsigned. it IS altogether probable that the
signature Of j. f. Mllet will be restored sooner or
later The proper course would be to stamp the
true Signature the picture in such way that the
marks could not be removed
Nessrs Knoedler & Co. show large portrait OF
Mr. Oswald Ottcndorfer by Mr. J. Geertz. Among tho
American pictures shown in this gallery are land
scepc by Mr.. McCord well studied shore scene by
Mr.. Van Elten. an autumn landscape By Mr. Virgins
and a large genre by Mr. Walter Gay. Mr.. Brdgman'
early painting The Circus Riders" picture OF much
credit rcappcars, and the collection includes Mr.
Boughtons bloodless, artificial work called The SON
net Among the foreign pictures are an in'eie'ilN;
landscape by Peouse and clever little costume AMI
coor-stady by Alfred stevens.
The Angelus- and the Verestchagn pictures must
make a curious combination at Chicago. where ta'Y
are exhibited together in the dreary Exposition BUD
inc in a hall with uncarpcted floor and bare pastoFrt
walls 4 recently returned visitor reports the con
tlnuance Of the scd3lmeyer Nunkacsy method OF eN-
hbition. The Angelus' i seen against ehborae
hanglngs. There is railing several feet from N'
picture 10 prevent the close approach Of tie pr'an''
and there pews. or rather rows oi >ea'-' N'V'o
the faithful may sit and worship. II has been MT
kindly suggested that the rut lily attempt ID
make a sensation out Of the 'Nn-cin-'~ Wa ra!f
inspired by desire for advertising and uot're'f' 10
;h' is hardly ercdblc Il is ,'ia',s,s ,l h,'e'
the Associated Pres rho"d ',r n ,ia,e ..'
sands in New Yor. and TO hundreds even a
Chicago. The sensation wa, t.a' ,lr Az .,.
original. Yet the black and ~hli' N'i"3 M"''
Waltcg, owns has been sesn for year, III ., ssi'.
! lion where the Anccu,' shown. The i't t''e
this sensation" wa, taken seriously for mon ~ .
an extraordinary circumstance
The March d. hrt Amateur" contnae- To- otter rn'v
and helpful papers upon various themes aS-o'n'''
with nrt. Aniline Colors IN phoio-raphy." D." Tai.
with D,corators English ard American Luir,.dcrt,'
. Pen Drawing for photo Engraving" ana N'l>'
Booibindng" among the subject d .ci>-'a i a.
r,,,er ina addition q the usual rNu iflon notice, aht
! note. There two colorcd supplements
In a letter 70 The London Times Mr.. J. G. Robins
/ son Keeper of Her NajcstyN pictures. pubi' m
/ Interesting account of Van ID, ck's way of woshin-'
! I'M, account was written by jonathan ki,..rdspn'
collector and portrait painter Of the early e-e'n'a
century, and II found upon the back Of dga" ns
! bv Van Dych which in Richardson, collection.
In Mr.. Robinson's opinion. ths description was
handed down 10y LEY or Riley the latter Of whom
Richar~on, master, and il j. doubles reliable.
4 The account is a follows: o.
rls drawing is one 90 the first ~kr'chc- usually
made by Van Ivck lroa his >lttcr> li> portraits iof
up three sittinas of two hour, each. AT the il>t 10
made one of these gray paper di3vinS> NJ the S''
~ the two hours Van Dyrh dismissed the sitter WIN
low bow and the request that the costume worn >h'nn
be forthwith sen, to him. fhc rray paper d.av.'s