New-York tribune., 1891-10-18
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
TRAVELLING scHoLARsHrps-pnzEs IN PAINT
ING AND ARcHITEcTURE-XoTEs.

ING AND ARcMTEcTURE-SoTEs'
Two regular exhibitions will be open to the public
this month. The watercoors by Mr.. Alfred Brennan,
which were noticed in The Tribune last Friday, viii re-
main at the Heppe gallery until November l. To
morrow the Verestchagn exhibition at the American
Art Galleries will be begun. No press view OF tne
latter has been announced, for the reason that no
special discussion Of the pictures is necessary at this
time. The collection has undergone no changes since
II was brought here in the fall OF 1888 and displayed
with the curos and weapons gathered by Vereschagin
on his travels. For Its temperance the same
effective mode Of arrangement will be Observed
Ample draperies will surround the paintings and
trophies will be disposed at convenient points. TWO
catalogues have been prepared, one Of the pictures
and one OF the supplementary objects. In his work
Verestchagtn is seldom pictorial merely. He Is
socialist or moralizer expressing himself through the
medium of art. He breaches peace by dwelling upon
the horrors Of war. vigor is his most aggressive
Characteristic. He is not greatly gifted as colorst or
draughtsman. But he earnest seeker after truth
in nature and registers fact with considerable force
and sincerity. The exhibition will continue until
November II, when the auction sale will have its first
session.
Circulars relating to the American Water Color So
ciety's twenty-f annual exhibition will reach In
tending contributors next week The exhibition Is
to be held. usual, at the Academy of Design Re-
ceving days will be from the 9TH 10 the 9th Of Jan
uary inclusive. The press will be admitted TO the
galleries during the day January 20 and the artists
will hold their reception in the evening The 3Oth Is
set apart for ladies' day." and Monday February 1,
for the general public opening The exhibition will
close February 25. The etching club expects to ex-
hbit with the watercoOrists this year, filling the
ridor with plates. q.
Notice given in The Tribune last Sunday that
the two drawings from life Of fullength nude figure
which required from each person desiring TO enter
the competition for the Paris Prize founded by Mr..
j. A. Chanler would be received by Secretary " Joe"
Evans at No. 143 East Twenty hirdst. on or before
Monday, october 10. No formal report as to the
weeks harvest Of drawings be expected until after
tomorrow. But 1t has been semiofcally stated that
the report when Is issued, may be disappointing to
the many art patrons who eagerly awaiting its
appearance. The subscribers TO the prize fund have
proceeded the assumption that the advantages
offered would excite enthusiastic competition. Yet
1t is feared that very few Americans If any, will
have entered the lists by the time they are closed
Whether this fear will be confirmed or not remains to
be but 1t may well raise the question as to how
deep an interest American art students have In the
benefits placed within their reach.
The travelling scholarship offered for competition by
the National Academy Of Design has not gone begging
but it has net proved very potent attraction either
The awarding of the prize, which amounts TO $50,
Is conditional upon the attainment Of degree OF ex
cellence set by the jury The design Is not TO give
the money the best student in the school, but to the
student whose ability shows that visit 10 foreign
schools would do him good The first competition at
the school developed a satisfactory competitor VINO
was forthwith sent abroad. The second, which TOOK
place last year. failure not student reaching
the standard fixed by the Jury. The only conditions
imposed upon the winner two years attendance at
the academy schools previous TO the competition, and
an envo from abroad These conditions have not de-
TERED students from competing but 1t is understood
that the decision Of the council caused much dissats
faction in the classes last year and the prospect OF
long list Of competitors next spring is doubtful
In Boston two architectural scholarships have been
in the field for several years. but they have provoked
Ian guild competition. The Rotch travelling scholar
ship paws 81 900 year for two years. Tile candidate
must have practised for two years as draughtsman
in a Massachusetts, Office. The examinations are not
extraordinarily and only two conditions are ex-
| acted Of the winner lie must follow route laid
out BY the committee and must send home sketches
from time to time. The first Of these conditions has
| proved merely nominal, as the committee and their
| proteges have always met each other half way Inc
first competition brought together six but the
same number has never been reached since. The
second year two draughtsmen presented themselves
! and year later there was only one.
@The American Architect" founded travelling
scholarship of $500 three years ago. 1t is open only
to subscribers to Journal but is restricted to no
state. The examinations present no difficulties which
| a draughtsman Of fair education should not be eX-
| pected TO surmount and the only condition forced
upon the winner is that the course NJ travel and
study while abroad be outlined by the editors Of The
| American Architect The record stands thus :
| Three competitors for the first year, Of whom one
withdrew before the decision made one for the
second and two for the third. The Architect con-
cludes that too many draughtsmen take up the pro-
| fesson as a business and not as art.
The single optimistic sign In this matter Of artistic
competition from the architectural department
of the school Of Mines at Columbia College Three
travelling scholarships are offered there. Of 81 300
called the Columbia Fellowship in Architecture,
founded by Mr. F. A. Schermerhorn. and two Of 81 900
each founded by Mr. c. +. McKim. All these are
recent foundations, the Columbia College Fellowship
having been awarded for the first time in 1890. A. A
souchton of the class of 1888, the prize and is
| now studying in Paris. He entered the competition
with twelve Others Of whom four were prevented from
| completing the work by sickness and other causes
! Fewer candidates entered the contest for the two
McKm prizes last spring but this Is explained largely
by the fact that In this competition. as in the first
one. only graduates of Columbia were eligible. The
architectural department has been established not
many years and its graduates not numerous Those
who did compete were sustained by their personal
interest in the school, and they were Furthermore en-
couraged by the easy conditions Nothing Is required
Of the winners beyond consultation with the directors
As to the course be pursued abroad, and an exhb
ton of their sketches at the school upon their return
The examinations are purely architectural They do
| not AS in some cases, include architectural history
English composition. or language. The candidate. as
| graduate OF the schoob Is asSumeu " Oe SAie vi
these points.
| The problem remains thus: Are American art stu
dents whether Of painting or of architecture ndher
ent to the various incentives TO special exeron pre-
sented to them or do they rebel against apparently
light examinations and against supervision after win
nr the przel II is asserted that the painter who Is
clever enough to win the Paris Prize IS very likely 70
| have the artistic temperament, 70 be sensitive and
imuatert OF espionage, and that the draughsman VINO
has spent most of his time studying practical arch
tecture i'm working Office has little historical or Hngu-
itc knowledge and cannJt spare the time TO cram iVr
,auinaons In neither case IS the answer credltaOle
| 10 American enterprise and push
picture by Ingres, perlIps the first by that mas
ter ever brought to this country mas lust oeen IN IN