New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-11

istc OF Fuller and make 1t worthy OF attention Inc
Messrs. Knoedler have a number Of other American
paintings pretty, almost sugary, decorative faStoai
by H. Sddons Mowbrly a fine forest scene by H. a.
Blakelock and piece OF anecdotc genre py F. ~
Millet. Mr. Milet's Between Two FIRES paints the
distress Of Puritan wayfarer diverted by buXorh
waiting maid either side Of the table at wihch nc
IS seated I'm the dining room Of old Engnsh mn
The theme is an old one and Mr. Mllet has had nara
work to invest IL with charm. His central nsue %
an amusing study of surprised dignity, and the girls
are pert picturesQuely clad figures, but the 'coh-
position is stale and cannot awaken much sympa1hy'
1t IS possible to fall back upon the workmanship when
is very satisfactory. Mr.. Mllet being careful at
tractive painter Among the new foreign works are
a pleasant little peasant picture by Bl0mmers, study
of sheep by Ter Meuen, who is another Mauve with
ont Mauve's deIlcacy Of touch. and fancy picture
by Kaemmercr who paints with so much snap
that he pleases despite his false sentiment
The principal etching Just imported Is Waltners new
Mate after the "Angelus,s made exactly the same
lie AZ the painting. 1t will be remembered that oe
etching made by Waner some year. ago was seve.aI
inches smaller than the original me second pc. .t
diners from the first, moreover, In being better
translation Walner is said TO be far more pleased
with il than with the earlier work. IL reprOduCes
with remarkable fidelity the luminosity Of the paint
Ing the softly dused light Which eonti1utes sd muc IN
highly praised II is more successful too I'm tho treat
ment Of the figures, which appear now to be more
bathed in the atmosphere than distinct from IT, as they
,rern in the first plate The new etching Is pub
Ished in limited edition and only remarque roofs viii
be sold.
"Thc American Architect" directs attention 70 rather
amusing act of the Partisan architects NM GARNER
and Gaune. They have decorated the cornce OF the
new Eglise de sacre Occur, at Montmartre with gar
froiture viii permit TIE chief contractors en-
pIoyed on the work the desire for a
SLIGHT infusion Of warmth into the rather cold
Romanesque design Of the edlce was the excuse for
the adoption of Gothic and perhaps lnc2ngruoSHs
idea of immortalizing the builders after this odd
fashion. The portrait gargoyle of NJ. Rifaud re ma
son is inscribed: Much will be pariOned him, for
he has Sinned much" Commenting upon this esea-
pade which has its serious side, Offering sensible
ony instance which it recall Of portrait Of
living person introduced ornament into an Amer
chance Of Trinity Church. in Boston. Tbs was ex-
ecuted from one OF Mr.. Richardson's daughters; here
ia hse corner Of Ffftiave and Fifty-frst-s there
Is statue OF workman, seated as though restlns ior
a moment from his labOrs. 1t Is n portrait OF Mr.
Richard NJ Hunt the designer Of the building and Is
so like him that it can he recognized from the strHt
NJ Paul LeroI in the last number Of 'L'Art records
With evident satisfaction a sign that the market value
~ the late NJ Alcssonier's "tableaux ct tabeautins
il fnling NJ Leroi enrolls himself among those clear
sighted connoisseurs who regard the nigh prices
obajned by Mesonier's pictures the indication OF
n foolish fashionable within rather than as reasonable
criterion Of their commercial value AZ the Mac
Murdo sale in London. last June. La Vedette Epoqns
Louis NIP brought $751; and Les MoequetalIes
a. os5 Tn each case the sun considerably be
low that which had been originally paid for the picture
THis was the first time since Messoner's death that
any 81 his work had been sold at auction, Vatican
Sd heter than Nesonier at the last seasons auctions
i'm London and VI. LerO dwels upon the fact cheer
fully Watteau's "L'Occupation scion IAge," n hhe
example well preserved. WAS sod at chrlstes 10,
az 800 Another painting by him, not IN as g9Cd
condition went for $3.50. The extent OF MS
n0nularltv among English amateurs was even more
emphatcay demonstrated at the James sale when a
large collection Of his studies was dispersed Eighty.
two drawings fetched little over $4,000. some OF
the specimens selling for much as SllOo each.
I'm This number Of 'LAr' MI but two OF the lustaohs
in the text are after the graceful French master whom
ranhv as an immateral reast. and the creator ~ I.
Conventional world, theatrical and affected OF which
fine existence had hardly been suspected before NM
| An etching after picture by I. MGlglnol. : ! ne We
sonbrette Louis XIV" very appropriately accompanies
| the numerous Vatican Illustrations
Mr. Whistler is 10 paint porrait OF VI Henri Roche
| fort Mr. Frank Short, who made the beautiful meg
zotlnt after Mr.. Wattss "Orpheus" is engaged upon
similar reproduction of the same artists Endymlon
! The Orpheus" plate ranks as enc of the best eX-
| ampleS Of modern meZz0tint. W. benjamin COnsCint
| room OF the Paris Academy In the new sorbonne.
Three are already in place one has foF suoiect The
Academy Of Paris and IN the other iwO, Letters
ard The Sciences are treated aLegJTcalY IN Goa.
nectiOn with this rev work IL Is announced tnat %
| the old Sorhonne buildings cpy the cEucrh viii lie
| preserved The Duchess Bolognini has gwen an I'm
nortant portrait by Titan the Brern AZ Milan. IL
| i The portrait Of Count Antoine de POf'a. u mem
Der Of an historic Austrian house, and represents !,
handsome of about talry years OF "Se. dressed
| in black. with rich collar C.. gold The printing Is
signed "Ttanus.r and /, further s,icatec by ms
style which Is sad TO recall that Of the celebrated
portrait Of the Duke Of Urhno painted 10y Titan. and
] now IN the Unizi Gallery, at Florence.