New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-20
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

IL.
SCHOOL IN YEw-YoRK-BooK PLATES
Mr.. WHITTIER AND THE FRENCH
GovERNMENT-MINoR NOTES.
The Water Color Club closed It's exhibition on Fri
day. The sales made since the last recorded in Tho
| Tribune follows: "a New7Jersey Brook"
| by W. NJ. Post s35; Morning. by Henry b. Smell,
$50; "Oh MIL Greenwich by r. d. Day, S25 Old
Friends by N. G. J. smlllie $40; Gan Old CEDAR
by NJ. B. Sturgis, S25 "sconset Where the Dory Fleet
Comes In,' by NJ. Van Pslt" s12 Baby by Florence
| Mackibln. $50; 4" Broadway at Union Square, by
Childe Hassam, $3.50. These figures raise the clubs
total Of money received for pictures to little
| 1900.
The Academy closed late last night and the full
list OF the weeks sales has not yet been prepared,
but four pictures at least were added to the num-
Der already noted bearing the label encouraging
| to the artist They Dolce Far Nlente," by
" q. stepevch, 5000; :" Over the Picket Fence" by
| L. do Rozas, $125 on the Maine Coast by e.
NJ. Bicknen' 300 "Morning on the Mantle River"
| by II. p. smith, $3.50. The Academy's total last
| week was S6,6l2. The four sales made 1t $7,6s7.
One Of the fruits of Mr. wlnslow Iomers late sojourn
In the Adirondacks is exhibition at the Rechard
gallery for few days 1t is called Returning from the
Hunt and represents typical backwoodsman Of the
region passing clearing the hillside bearing
his rife and the skin and antlers OF the deer just
| slain. Two dogs bound along at his side. Hitherto
every new picture by Mr.. Homer has shown gain
In every direction and has furnished distinct sensa
ton to his admirers. This time only a mild pleasure
| is TO be extracted from the work. The brushwork
alone indicates advance that is stronger than ever
Where Is not hesitating touch on the canvas.
But while the color Is good in nhe cloudy sky It Is
| not particularly pleasing elsewhere What is missed
most is the distinction which Mr.. Homer contrives
| TO give, rule. 10 even his most unpromsing sub
and trbfp In ~ MI
"Voices from the Clifn Of his recent Dancers
| by Moonlight becomes almost idealizaton OF
| realistic matter. He has painted scenes like the
| Returning from the Hunt" and has given them
! charm but this occasion he has come dangerously
| near the commonplace.
At Averys there Is portrait Of George Washing ton
by e. Savage, one Of the pioneers Of American art.
Savage painted a Me-sze portrait Of Washington,
which Is preserved at Harvard. The portrait at Averys
which is less than life dze. was probably painted
| from the Harvard original for mezzotint which
| Is exceedingly Gilbert stuart's Glands
downe' portrait Of Washington makes difficult to be
satisfied with any other contemporaneous portraits OF
the subject and when the mind reverts to Ii 10
the OF savages work. interest In the latter is
immediately diminished. II is true TO the conventional
lines Of Washngons appearance, but carries no special
authority with It. The real beauty Of the portrait Is
| to be discovered in its mellow color. Mr. Avery has
| imported little group Of old masters composed OF
Holy Family" by schlavone, q sixteenth century
Venetian, that Is good as to It's tones in flesh and
| draperies "a lively sketch Of two Dutch Doors by
Teniers and peasant study by Franz Halls Among
| the new modern pictures Is another Annsquan River
scene by Mr.. PicknelI that deserves mention.
The Messrs. Durand-Ruel have formed special
exhibition for the holidays OF eight important paintings
| headed by the "Cardinal Bbbena and Raphael" Of
Ingres, which discussed in The Tribune not long
ago. Two pictures by Ribot, kitchen study and a
portrait Of child! souvenirs Of the early time in
| which be influenced by the old masters yet not
to tho extent that responsible for the Rlberake
mannerisms Of his maturity The "Mignonne" Of this
| exhibition Is delightful work. echo of one Of
| Velasquez's infantas. picture OF "Windmll at
Dorrecht' is characteristic Of Jongknd in Of his
| most impesonal but most observant moods. Clarity
| of atmosphere and color distinguishes the work. In
"The Canal al Rotterdam there is richer color feer
| style and vast deal more sentiment There two
valuable examples of Corot and Dupre, and curl
ously beautiful landscape by Troyon. done many years
| ago, before Dupre advised him to become a cattle
| painter. II TrOyon was ever bourgeois and mer
camille" NJ Leroi holds that be was, 1t certainly
not at the outset Of his career when he painted pictures
| like this, refined in execution and feeling.
That Munich attracted as much attention as 1t did
at the Union League exhibition last week largely
| due to new firm Of art dealers, WINNER & Co.. who
came TO America from the Bavarian city with guam
tty of pictures the other day and lent the club some Of
their choicest examples The firms rooms at No 14e
| Fifth-ave offer experience to the public that is
practically new. For years Paris has dominated the
picture market here and undoubtedly It is the chief sup
port Of the various shops to-day. American collectors
Iiloe Ameican artists, gravitste naturally toward
school that generally technically right matter how
shallow other ways 1t be. Munich Is heard from
| once in awhile but always very quietly Never before
has any dealer venu to give the major part Of his
tenon Of his premises to the school. WINNER & Co.
| otu .hxf.
taking which includes Munich and Munich only within
| It's scope, by noticing that American fondness for
| manual proficiency Is especially Satisfied by works
In which mitativencsc is carried pretty far and that
| Americans lhc to be amused. High spirits and pains
taking fidelity TO fact leading characteristics of the
| Munich school. Fluent handling and extreme beauty
| and purity Of color are not. 1t remains TO be seen
whether or not the public will ndorse work lacking
these latter qualities being made better acquainted
| with men like Defregger. Luben, Benedikter Buch
binder Lowith, schschnger, Nlczky. Conrad Kiesc
| and Gabriel Max. One or two men at WINNER & CO.'S,
Munthe and volten, have little elasticity and
taste than their colleagues. Their Independence is
| striking as Mr.. Keler's In the Venetian study
at the League exhibition, which cordially treated
| in this journal. WINNER &c Co. give prominence to
| large Pandora by Gabriel Max work OF serious
aud elevated conception, but dishgured by heavy
| drawing and muddy color.
| "Madonna and Children by Mr.. Abbott Thayer
Is creating positive excitement In Boston art circles
| II hangs temporarily in the Museum Of Fine Arts
| having been lent to that Institution by the owncr
II Is to be hoped that the painting will be lent to some
| New-York exhibition 1t is described thoroughly
modern Madonna Mr.. Thayer hns followed the ex
| ample set by the old Italians. and his three models
are types Of his time endowed with attributes Of
spirituality. lie has gone further than the Italians I'm
refusing TO submit to any OF the socalled conventions
OF sacred art. But according to the Boston journals
| the picture inspires reverence well a. admiration
among the hundreds who come to see 1t daily.
| Richepn's "Lesende du salnt-Pleur" in the Christ
| mas Figaro Illustre" q. W. Bouton) IL a bit Of
mysticism such as French, for all their cynical and
hara