New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-03
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY or DESIGN EX.
HIBITION

The sfxty-sixth exhibition Of the National Academy
OF Design, which opens Monday next is infinitely
more creditabe TO the good nature and charity o the
members Of the Jury Of selection than 10 their Iudg.
ment. OF the 539 paintings which crowd the walls
there are barely tenth Of that number which rise
above mediocrty. while the few really fine works are
almost lost among the vast quantity of inferior pct
which, far from acting foil. only serve 10
confuse the eye. The annual exhibition OF the Ma
tona Academy Of Design has been hitherto regarded
the principal artistic event Of the year. and tho
display thoroughly representative one Of American
art 1t would. however. be obviously unfair to regard
as such the collection of paintings which will DO
placed public view Monday next and under the
circumstances the title Of National" which is applied
to the show. must be considered misleading.
Among the few really good pictures. and which
suffer by being in such company. those Of Thomas
Moran. His "Spectres from the North" which NAV
be said to occupy the post o; honor in the galleries.
is a most impressive and powerful work. Il repre-
sents a huge iceberg in midocean. The peculiar hue
OF the in the immediate vicinity of ice has been
reproduced with remarkable fidelity BY tho artist.
while the angry appearance Of the waves dashing
against the berg and the floating wreckage, suggestive
of It's destructive powers. contribute to render the
painting the strongest work Of the entire collection
Another charming picture BY Thomas Moran Is his
Turneresque Morning at Venice
Waiting for the ABSENT by C. S. Reinhart, viii
ing the fact that it has been hung in Of the smaller
galleries. 1t represents number Of Norman fisher.
mems wives and children standing at the foot OF
gigantic crucinx the seashore and anxously
ming the horizon in the hope OF discovering trace Of
the bread winners. The presence OF few decrepli
old out by age and toll conveys the i'm.
preston that IL the manifest fears Of the wives and
mothers are realized it will go hard with the bereaved
families Mr.. Reinhart has done thorough justice TO
the subject and the picture is which appeals not
only to the sympathy but also TO the artistic sense
OF the spectator. Full Of chic and nfe too, is Mr..
Remnants Echoes of the Waltz" and the combination
Of the colors is both delicate and harmonious.
Louis G. Tiffany is represented by clever painting
Of the "Pottery Market at Nuremberg" and william
sartan by picturesque little street in Alges.
VI. RcmingtOn's Arrival OF Courfer' Is scarcely as
attractive his more spirited sketches in former
hibiti0nS. The figures all in epoSe and therefore
lack the vigor, the life and the movement which
invariably look for in his work. Army will,
however, appreciate the altogether unusual which
he has devoted to the trim and well gro0med appear.
ance Of both man and beast in his picture.
William Chase exhibits a very striking portrait OF an
old man, painted with much power and manifest
fidelity. II Is In every way fine work and compares
most avoably with the examples of his works which
sold short time ago at public auction by Messrs.
Otges & Co. Indeed had this portrait been included
in the sale the amount realized would certainly have
pIant about the lack Of popnrar sppTeao1 Of
American art An exceedingly attractive portrait too
Mrs. A. Il. F. He is entitled to commentator and
praise in connection with this work. not only for his
easy natural and graceful attitude in which he has
depicted her
Among other good pictures worthy of special men.
ton Edward Gays Town Dock. East Chester Low
the marshes to the dock; K. Van Eiten's Early
enlng Shadows" of II. Bolton Jones' the Funeral OF
John Ericsson New York Bay" by Edward Moran, and
James smllie