New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-16
ART NOTES.
OLD AND MODERN MASTERS AT THE UNION
LEAGUE CLUB

Pre-emncnt among the old and modern ma tiers
| which have been a..cmLlcd by the Mt Com
mitjce OF the Union League club for IT. Nd''h cN-
| hibition is the superb Pasture in Normtnay oi
| Troyon, which has been loaned by Durand luci
IL excited universal admiration at the Great i"rls IN
tcgnatona Exhibition Of 1859, where # was pTononEo'd
by all the foremost critics ard art connoSser' TO uc
| the masterpiece of the artist. Another exceedingly
| fine painting likewise loaned by Durand Ruel Is
Ribot's Descent from the Cro,s,' when oiincu Il
part Of the san Donate collection, and was painted
some twenty years ago on special order oi frlhcc
DemidoG. The picture IS g-,ndly conceived, brilliant
IN color and gives evidence Of most clever bichdhs
| Of the impressive charOscuro OF the old masters
with the technique and science Of the modern school
sir Peter Lcy |, represented by Portrait ot inc
| Duchess OF Port mouth loaned by c. p huntington
| which is Of historical rather than of artistic m
ercst \ beautiful dc Ilooghe. entitled "Cour;al ara III
a Dutch House, ana which i, in marvellous stite
| Of preservation is lent by Cotticr. OF the three
! pictures loaned 10y f. W. Vanderbilt The Nilert Is
undoubtedly the best, although the gypsy scene by MORGAN
is certain to fud many admirers. George Times eNhOI>a
very successful landscape, while among the o'lef
American artists gracefully rcpre> ,ntCd on the walls
| are Alden Weir and H. o. Walker The present eN-
hbiti0n VIII remain open till tomorrow, Monday ana
thp Ar, Committee announces that the TO be held
next month Will be devoted exclusively To water coofs
| The statue which Mr. William schaus has presented
| to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is replica OF
Aime Mlllrts beautiful "Ariafnc7 in the LuXcnburS
Palace at Paris. 1t represents the daughter Of Mlhoa
after her abandonment by Theseus in On attithdo o
rXqui>tc grace aud with sOrTOwul expression upon
her face Paul d. II. Victor wrote of the statue, III
is marble made flesh" while Theodore dc Eanville made
Of the tear on the statues check Of his most charm
| ing fairy tales. The replica ordered by VII.
| sclaus In July 1579, and was completed by hIlc.
only a few week. before his death. last January.
| Although Frcnchman by birth and cducatlon' FRO
fc,,or Alphonsc Lcgros has lived 20 long IN tngHhu
| and has become 80 thoroughly identified with British
art that hc may well be regarded a one ol inc Iorc
most Of English cchcr-. lie Ia, for many years hcl1
| the ~Iadc Frolc,.0f@iip Of Art at the University :"
London and is the master and leader Of the school IN
which William strang whose works were recently Oh
| exhibition at Wundcrl.ch', Galleries ha' one ~
nc most promising pupils. 1t Is therefore rs an E'H
| ,h master that Professor Lcero, submits l" ,'o
American public ONE two hundred If hi, works, when
are now on view at Kcppels >iAtccth.>t eaIeile'
The exhibition /, one Of remarkable interest ana hf.o
i hardly a picture in the collection which j. not "a
nir,be in if, power. originality and drhcdcl LlAc
Strang his Imagination is OF a somewhat S"""'0
character. ard utterly devoid OF any french H1"'
nc-- or gayrty. lie seems to revrl 80 "eiiu '''
chastity scene, such 4, death represented by I''"'H
Skull ana skeleton, people stricken down with inc
uI,,lc ,hockincly dciosm,d Cippcs and other SUP
icci, Of the -lmc kind, which, however, o
Spectator quite a, much IL ms Woi",''uil iir;,
tsichtoa Of POINTER and of Carlyle. go % -.
Work IA H. Tol;Onl j. 40 whit behind IL, predecessor
in point OF merit. The Illustrations leave no"H5 u" r p
dc-irrd lh, pretty picture Oh the cover j. 49,
typc OF life Of hf- Of the Partisan Giand' od'l'
taking her constitutional round the WlntE pcHd m lc
T. de- Enulncpr and clad from head Ia foot m ihr7'
Her brDu.lam follows ia,uwly behind. The l"uu'-
niece o the number j. the reproduction oi ne" pr tut
iy ti,rome representing himself in hi, at'Hcr anu w
hl SCULPTOR dr.-~ wording AT hi, Iaui-Ia Hr"Ic,
The model and the ~atuc are placed -idc nN ~Iu' Hlu
the modern dam-cl h. being turned lYto tue antique
Tie picture /, yciy clever and most original
= portrait Of Mr.. Chaunccy DcpeW, ~ y Mil'r
Try. Swiss painter Who lH~ llth ""'' ',"1" i'
N.y, Sorl, j, now on exhibition At kUoellcr Gallery.
IL represents Mr.. Dcpcw tire quarter l'ngih. sealed
and holding paper ia hi, II hand. The poe is r'7y
and natural and IN, expression ~ hi fac very
similar to that which H. display inmcdl" " nilcr
the close of post praudial speech which ha' b''n
vocilcr1u~N applaudcd. Among other paintings az
KhocdIcr'- gallery are fcW clcfcr Landscape uN W.
Van Eo-kcIck the result ~ hi, last simmer MP t0
ENGLAND. They are exceedingly smooth ana Putt ia
tone thoroughly accord. indeed. with that Pu'ih"NS
and rr~tfuue-s which seems to prrNade every Wcty
bit of country scenery in England.