New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
ART PUBLICATIONS.

The Illustrated catalogue of The Salon. punN,heo
BY Ludovic Baschet. comes to us from '' y" ' ~
ton No West Twenty -cichth-st lhiS '"'''o7 ,7
contains nearly 300 pages Of illustrations Il. "'''
TO complete list of the contributors 10 u'o ' s ~
their works The illustrations, whi'h "0 -
tons Of pen and ink. charcoal and gouacne
after the pantincs serve to convey the oo"poN
and the general character Of the originals l'n'''
the pages we find much justification OF INC " ,
OF this years salon unrcmarRaole' ino.o ~ 49,
,,,,ors essavs like Munkacsy's aIecory OF INC
Renaissance painted for the ceiihs oI ''o nna
Museum and Dupan's commerce nii"s"s sno
-. ,,r,dapce 10 Art and Industry hut there arc
comnaratively few examples Of the grahu m'"'
either I'm academic or decorative a''' ''"'"7 .t
,ictpres which show some signs ol uuo in'e
ee.ung We NAV note Magnan's hhth oi u'o W
-, 4, many cases the attempted inrocatloh ho' ""'S
=, imagination but even of fancy has pFo>ou '
- .Lo ar,,s, has bccn forced to fall back upon inc
conventions Of the studio. The general 'c'"7"'N "
realistic as usual and we have TO note I"'.. r, ~
.ion of rustic genres and shore scenes """ ~
s,o"o trdios of actual experience. like paintings OF
.cenes at a clinic and in the chemlch E'oo'',u'' VI
tbe medical school and 1ourdct's Hereditary i'"ns
iesion which tells a story of incipent consumption
s..oo,oa hv auscultation. Morel's Bloody loY!'
murdered woman lying in lonely PAIN" 'oi
Familiar tendency of French art but' on '"e "'' "
mira realistic and horrible seem less Proho"'ou ''
Is curiOuS. however, 10 llHu WIZ "'''''
to Flapberts salambo and selecting the gh'S'N 'he"
:. .,o crrcieod lions The more prominent pi'''''
20 tho Salon like Lecbvre's Godva,' are repI"o"''
IN This volume together with the AVERAGE "~i' ~
n, nvn,phs and batherS, and "Iemp'a'o"N ,a,
tbe American artists whose pictures are rcP'"
ave Mr. Henry Bacon, who shows 'o'S'."" 49,
and Miss Klumpke Mr.. Parker. Mr. Peniod anu '-
yneb Mr. palms mounted Indian mannE siH
ma, ~ peace is illustrated in the department "
sculpture. ,,;oro Salon
Another Salon publication. the large Figaro salo"'
with text by Albert Wolf. comes from i'">S,u' ~
l. Co The first part contains a large donpi' P'N
plate Of Checa's Roman Chariot Race anu !Ip. '.
auctions ~ Cbanln's Age of Cold printed III 'l'
Detaille's "Charge Of Battery "ero"o ,,a
Halt and paintings by Ncuttcfray constant ",,o ~
nunre Treton Henncr. and Billet. These NP't''N"'0
o,otos are effective examples Of rapid reprouuc'o"'
I'm the text VI. Wolf deporeS the schiSm ""i'i' ''
resu,ed in two salons and manfully pledges mmsell
IN treat both impartiay. Doubtless the p'eoEc Will
be kept but il is significant that thus Tar we IiN0
heard comparatively little Of the new salon. ana l'e
Illustrated literature appears to be lncon'ide'ane'
NJ Wolf treats Munkacsy's decorative painting Win
certain reserve since the picture cannot be properly
seen in the salon hut his verdict the whole l. favor
able The text Of This number deals with the Academic
painters like Lefcbvre Boucucrcau and LauIcnN. W.
wols notes the work Of Dctaille as perhaps the
great surprise Of the year. We thought that there
was nothing more be said of the career of an artist
long since celebrated ana mere i uI'
famous painter Of the soldier. who shows in ms
battery Of artillery Of the second Empire not only
the science the absolute precision the most com
pete observation but he loses of the fine quail
ties in his life size figure. in cnlarcine his facture
AT the head of the battery officer, with raised
sabre. in an overpowering movement on a horse
marvellousy designed and of frenzcd action, rnShes
straight the spectator and behind him. with an
irresistible rush, comes the whole battery. II Is
military picture which actually gives the illusion Of
,;th and in
artistic expression at the same time large, power
ful and precise. II is, ] repeat. veritabe
revelation in the later number Of this publication
NJ. Wolf proposes to deal with the forces in
the salon of 1890.
IT would be well to publish a new edition Of The
Gentle Art Of Making Enemies edited by Mr..
Sheridan Ford and published by MesSrN. Frederick
A. Stokes & Co.. with the full story of the Whistler
Ford sequel. This little book, which Is
made up from the literature Of Whstlers newspaper
controversies and various anecdotes Of the ir-
repressble artist was planned according 70 MIR.
Ford with Mr.. Whstler's permission. but after tho
book was well under way the artist expressed his
purpose of transferring the whole matter 10 the
charge of another editor Nevertheless Mr Ford
brought out his book and took abroad. with r.
suits which have been chroniclcd in the dispatches.
Hunted from one country h another savs London
paper, land always ridiculous. he has finally
been swept mp in Eegium, and his baggage.
in the shape Of the forbidden work car
red Of to the tune Of 1000 volunes7 Surely an az
rount Of this experience might we'll he added 10 book
which the compiler "commends Mr. Whisicr's enc
mics, with the soothing assurance that shond each of
them purchase copy the edition will be exhausted
in a week" Most Of the matter consists Of Letters,
published in "The London World and .Tl7Ith~ Mr.
Whistler IS at his best in repartee and in his quarrel,
he uses the rapier ratNr than the bludycon and his
is nimblc and effective His literary Alterations
familiar. but his posing for effect seldom fails to
provide some passing entertainment. His wit j, As
undcniable his power Of satire. but this collection
Of tiifes hardly deserves the dignity Of covers
Whistcr's clever thing, worth repeating orally
but book full Of his diatribcs is an overdose
We have received large paper illustrated cata,
Iopue Of the Crabbe collection from Mr. Charles VI
Krutz Of No IL West Sixty nrst-st who is the
Especial American representative Of Mr.. ocdelmever
for this sale This collection. which was formed
tv the late Prosper Crabbc. of Brussels. viii
be sold al the scdclneycr galleries. in Paris. on
june 12 and from the interest taken in tie
sale by American dealers il appears probable
that several Of the pictures will be in this country
next year. There only sAty-four paintings but
the collection is described a. ono Of exceptionally fine
quality. The catalogue is illustrated with photo
gravurc plates which enable to form an idea Of
pictures like Deacrolx'> Tiger Hunt which, Ike
Diaz's Pack Of Hounds" was at the Universal Tx.
hibiton and Fromcntin's Halt of Arab IIorscmcn7
Gericaults "Artillery Charge" Mlllct's Peasant
Family" Rousscaus sunset" and various notable
examples Of Troy together with pictures by Mcis
sonier CorOt stevens and other modern artists Of dis
tncton. Among the old masters VIC find Rem
brandts Portrait of Admiral Paul Pottcr'5
@swine7 Holy Family which has been assigned
TO Rubcns by the experts, and gToup Of portraits
and sketch ard several examples Of seventeenth
century Dutch and eighteenth century French genre
painting The catalogue bears ont the reputation Of
this collection, and we may expect that the sale Will