New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-27
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE AN OBITUARY
NoTE-MoNsIEUR ALBERT woLF-NEws
FROM ABROAD.


FROM ABROAD
The Architectural Leagues exhibition ut tho INV"
Avenue Art Galleries should be visited by al WI"
are interested in architecture ana tue aiheo ar"'
high standard Of excelepce Is maintained In Doth tne
collections in that Of designs FOR building, and In thas
OF decorative art objects. The effect OF the aeF has
oeen improved since the press view By more compacs
arrangement OF the materials at the dsposai OF s"'
committee. Attention may be directed to sevcrai eA-
hIbts which not mentioned IN Tine TnDune's to
view last Thursday Mr. Baurs statnctte OF the spnnx'
an original and poetic conception; Nr. Crowninsheids
capital decorative Head; the series OF curious
Chinese drawings lent by Mr.. Avery The Bacchante'
OF Mrs Nichols, OF the crispest ana most spon-
taneous water-colors she has done; Mr. ehesns
graceful pastel. "The Angel o. sorrov': the COPY
of Bottcei's Tornabuoni frescocs ia the louvre by
Miss Sargent Florence, and Mr.. Fo'dicks ourh-"
chimney panel II Is q pleasure 10 return to Mr.. ana
Mrs. Dew1ngs oil painting OF stately ien@e ns-
ure typifying Hymn TO Mr.. Dewinss ossnv
water color sketch for q mural decorsuon' :" Mi.
yedder's Italanesque little head OF " ST. .ec"'.'
a picture painted In relief. ana 10 'i'
farQe's glowing chromatic trtumphs seo"ne
view of Mr. Martiny's standing figures for the Asn-
cultural Hall at the Worlds Fair is likewise very graz
flying In the large gallery the hes; Of INC aura
lions hitherto unnoticed Is a carefui drd""s ~ a.
Whites fine memorial arch, showing II US " ~lo
appear when completed.
Mr. Herman wunderlIch, who died last lnesosy
evening" will be widely regretted by all lovers oi P'
in America for they owe him much some Oh t'e oe's
examples OF the old etchers and engrsvers over
TO this country. were brought hero oy ni'n' VIZ
he Was also influential in popuaiizng the moden men
The exhibitions he prepared every year III MS s"c1y
were among the most instructive as well as among inc
most uurely artistic that Ncw-YorS has known Ina
Rembrandt exhibition OF few years BACK "i's VI So
value in giving comprehensive we" VI tho h''o" .
Dutchman's work with the needle such a. inc s.uen'
seldom enjoys Mr. wunderlich helped to make inc
publlc familiar with Whistler by forming seVe't ca
hibitions Of his etchngs and wetercoios WHICH 80
remembered a. events Of signal importance, ne msne
propaganda for seymour lIaden, ana ne h''ou"'e
here William Stiang. the strongest OF 'ne pup
IeCros The American etchers MI Z. A. F'a'' a'.
Mr. stephen Parrish held the hrst coihp'e'7 49, 49,.
lions of their work in NewYork In his Gahery' WIZ
was also associated with the appearances Oh the fse'
Club. Altogether Mr.. Wundernch eNeIt5" :" "'~S 80
fucnce in the spread Of art educatioh'
Now tina. Albert Wolf is dead, II is an interesans
question as TO who viii succeed him as t'o
edost arhIter eecantiartlm OF the Partisan art "o'
To those who are familiar with the VIKINGS y. ST.
Cionse Renach, Leroi, Muntz, Havard Dehoouo
Michel any one OF these gentlemen might see -
OF more than filling the place OF arr ciiuo " 49,
Figaro, so far learning Is conerheo' D"s
those who admired Wolff least, thinking him Venai anu
m.Icious mnst admit that he had understanding Oh
the rrauirements Of the feull'eton which ms '''o
learned contemp orares would find it hard 10 equal
His lghtness OF touch. his elnn.' enaoeu MN " "
turn wear after year to the monotonous TASK vi "e
through salons OF stupendous acreage ana YET neer
fail NJ entertaining his readers il WIS MS faculty r
writing readably and exactly from the typical Parssh
not too portentous point of view that gave MIN Ms
vogue To-Day Wolf is almost superstition IN fIAnoo.
Won NAV see wen and women toilng through the fass
10 rIndustrie holding the last number OF the fs@rV
and devoutly comparing the amusing paragraphs WIN
the pictres that Inspired them. Not every one no&
.,,, 90 sor;ousv hit every one who enjoyed clever
french Journalism enjoyed his writings and VIII miss
them.
Tho sale ~ works by the late J. b. Jonelnd. which
took Mace December and in Paris, produced 1885,
$50 francs than 200 oils and watercoois oe'ns
sold Few OF the pictures. which were nearly "h h'sr
rate specimens Of a rare and genuine artis are h~ey
TO reach America as private collectors ohtD'a INC
dealers NJ Lutz a Partisan amateur. paid 2',hoo
francs the highest price offered AT the SALE Tor La
Mspse aux Environs de Rotterdam an upright canvas
which even in the aquatnt reproduction In the cata
Jocue declares itself remarkable worh Inc oansi
en- Hoander brought $4,000 francs Most q the rema"
ing pictures were sold for less than looo francs "peco'
other Paris notes to the effect that Madame ho'ss
Bonheur has finished large picture Of ten horses
life size teading out corn that the SanieChapele II
N he wholly isolated from the Palsis de Jsmce ana
that some busy statistlcian has estimated the sum
s,.ent IN statues and ornamental fountains In faIs
during the last twelve years at S3oo'ooo.
The Palace at Versailles is in bad way. Inc 10
sponsiby for the Of the vast museum mas never
been decisvely placed in any one direcuoh' i"r"
seperae Jurisdictions have been exercised over for
wears and the result has been disastrous The maroS
statues are continually suffering from the pencils ana
chises of destructive visitors, who have also anusen
themselves by throwing corrosive ACID over many "
the bronzes Not long since an Engishmsn was ara
rested on mistaken hypothesis that he had stoien
work OF art The arrest led to general inquiry, ano
IL was learned that countless thefs had been COM
mi,ted Parts of every Of the 200 chandeliers
which ornament the chimney pieces were fouho 10 os
missing The probabilities are that the palace wiz
be thoroughly overhauled and complete staff OF care
takers appointed.
Breton Riviere Is the hero Of the " Art Journals
" Art Annual for 1901. lie Is distinguished Eng
FISH "animalIer,7 whom Mr.. Walter Armstrong con-
trives to approve, without growing enthusiasucs
through twenty-cght pages OF coplousy illustrated
text Riveres strong points. according to bis bog-
rapher, are his sympathy with animals his pleasant
sense of color his directness Of conception, ana his
fine vein OF poetry. Judging from the plates IN this
monograph the first quality is not to be denied the
artist. OF the second of course we can sather ns
pctlires like the Gree which forms the nontis-
piece or The Daniel in the Lions Den which Is re,
faI to- discover There + hint Of in P<;cpols.'
a night study OF lions prowllng among the ruins OF
palacc which deserves the subtitle taken for II rom
Fltzgerald's " Omar Kayyam':
'.rhey say the lion and the lizard keep
The halls where Janshd giorief and drank desp"
and there is another hint OF 1t In vigorous compoa-
ton of Actaeon and the Hounds, but In none OF the
remaining pictures Is It's presence realized The fSce
l. that Mr. Riveres virtues appear TO be mostly CON-
monplaee lie Is wholly lacking in passion and drs-
natl instinct the two first essentials for animal
nainter He bears the same relation TO his brilliant
eonntryman ]. NJ. Swan, that Madame BUnheur does
to Barge To Delacroix.
In "The Magazine OF Art for January Mr.. W. +.
Dickes brings 10 an end his ingenious exposition Of
the theory that Hobein IN Germany In 1888,
thnt his picture The Ambassadors In the National
Gallery is memorial Of the Nuremberg Treaty Of
RELIGIONS Freedom and that the men In the picture
tho Counts Palatne Otto Henry aud Philip. IL IL