New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-22
CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
ExHrpn1oSs AND OTHER TOPICS.
,r7nAcrroxs IN NETWORK AND sosroN-ME
WALTER CRANES CATALOGUE
ARTISTS IN COURT.

ARTISTS IN COURT.
III. autumn Academy, OF which the dreary char
'',,,es were discussed in the Tribune last Friday.
~, No submitted 10 the inspection OF the public for
Wa W. srs. time tomorrow morning. Just week later
tae asrcan Water Color Club will open its second
H e oxh,bi,ion at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
.arc other announcements is that OF an exhibition
v.,rcs by Frederick Crowninsheld the decorator
s,aued. glass worker, TO be opened at the Avery
e.p.sy OIL the same day.
~. verestchagin sale was surprise and disap
'" IN IFS projectors. Verestchagins legal
YS.ptaiive in this country, III. ID. Macedonia, found
w n,ces low. No who considered the matter
'-..,tiov was surprised at the bidding, except when
-. snaller Of the two pictures Of Soomon's WALL
.,rht the absurlly high price Of $4,000 The wonder
y .s, III paintings brought as much as they did. a
- aver Sos 900. The moral of the sale Is that IL is
-,,sc 10 attempt TO unload such mass OF work
- one man upon public which Is surfclted With
s,,1ur, BY men who are better artists and treat
more pleasing suolec's'
vr George II. Boughton good enough artist
of his works to figure in the same collection
,,ustecs of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In Wash
~" ,rpiv nv a recent action that in their opinion
ms ot They bought his " Edict OF William the
rs I'm 1877 Another painting OF his "The Heir
..vun,iyep was acquired by the gallery, presum-
~, of,er that date. In December, 1890 IL struck
sS ,stecs that one work would be sufficient to rep
-, Mfr. Boughton in their collection, and they re
rsd 10 dispose Of the Edict,' that being OF less
interest in their view, than the other picture.
20, e odd. Mr.. Boughton won some of his most
,. Iaurels with this humorous picture Of an
eicc eu,sode n history, and IL is fair TO
,hot no other OF his works is better known
.,e,tes more general interest to-day. That it is
" ., the best specimens Of his talent any one may
~. nv comparing it with the new landscape by him
,,h which II hangs in the KnOedler Gallery waiting
~" pprehaser. The Corcoran Gallerys motive for
atposing Of II is mystery
III. pelmonico Gallery uptown has acquired Cazn's
.eo,s IN Flanders" his largest and most important
n4hu;ion to the last Salon, at the Champs de Mars
study Of clear. cold daylight the scene one OF
.os curious avenues with tall, slim trees standing
a elemental order and stiffness on either side. which
,,.,,sm, used TO paint. The sky is coudess back
rd for an even succession Of featllery tree-tops,
~ ,ssh greens of the young naples being we'll brought
-. \, thls arrangement Two excellent Corots. simi-
-, ,n si,e and not very dissimar In composition. and
~. N the few peasant subjects painted by fromeh'h
- .Aoun with this picture Mr. Delmonicohas received
.r Illustrated catalogue of collection of works by
~. ,s,e J. B. Jongkind which is TO be sold at the
uo,,l Dcouot December and s. Jongkind was the
Gland, Monet OF Holland, or rather Monet Is the
,'.L,d NJ France with the addition OF warmth
shat
.rliraa But what Monet is to the sun, Jonghnd was
. ~ MON He was a master of the luminous effects
~. ,roduces ON the canals of Holland, and though
,,s svle like that Of the French impressonist, was
,,mma-r and bold 1t ceased 10 be delicate Inc
sale in Paris will dsperse collection OF nearly @oo
os and vater-coors. Active bidding is expected as
ronsnd,s works are eagerly sought after by french
amateurs.
nic,ure Of Christ before Caaphas, by Jean Nalerf
I'm a French artist who fourislicd at Rome I'D INC
seventeenth century has reached New-nofh' aioer
having been exhibited in London and In various
American cities II has been enshrned in red velvet
after The manner of Mr.. Munkacsy's wonderful per-
formanccs at No. 10 Nsssau-st where an appropriate
atmosphere Of gloom emphasizes its only claim to at
enton us more or less skful management Of rejected
esndleigh
The members Of the committee in charge Of the Paris
nr,e founded by Mr. Chanler express themselves a.
thoroughly satisfied with the result of the late COM
petition. Mr. Bryson Burroughs, OF the New iorh h'
Students League who Is the successful canoluate'
has convinced them of his entire fitness for the trust
they have reposed in him. II would not be oad lue
for sons Of Mr. Burroughs "envos" to be displayed
at the League from time to time, not In any iormai
exhibition. but in such way that those OF tie puohc
who are interested might see them if they chose.
Mr. Walter Crane, an English decorative artist, is
exhibiting COLLECTION OF MS uSslbbS ht pV'"o'i
Museum of Fine Arts. Boston is charmed, as 1t should
n. tor Mr. Crane is an artist of originality ana talent
But We await with curiosity some account OF Boston
attitude toward that particular manifestation OF Mt.
c-an4,s originality which fills the first fifteen or SIN
- ,aces ~ his catalogue This is chapter oil
sPrefatory and Explanatory Notes. written 10y Mt
Crane himself Taking book designs first as those D!
which I nm widest known' says Mr.. Crane, the
present collection may be said to cover PERIOD OF
i've and twenty years lie modcsty proceeds 10
1--WE brief history OF his progress during that pcriou
snnotatlrg the sketch with photographed notes
But book Illustration not his only heid. " "as
even once contributor to Punch he adds, with pde
mi difHdence. Then Mr.. Crane tells how MS coiofed
picture books proved source OF INSPIRATION 10 ui'.
seruuulous manufacturers of wall paper, anu
how naturally lie had to take TO designing nursery
wall napers I'm selfdefence" since that eventful DAY
n. has a designed many7 Mr. Crane invites the worlo
70 notice that The Bridge OF Life one OF his larger
combinations shows revival OF the more ciasso''
Or renaissance influence IL tell design and conception
and he explains the meaning OF the WORK because
Is an age that loves not allegory,' and presumios
cannot understand II unaded compliment WHICH
should he appreciated in Boston. where Rossettl
Watts and Burne-Jones are asslmilhted sans teNe'
N Crane would better leave his pictures TO speak foi
themselves or only with such assistance as may be
Afforded by catalogue Of titles and the fewest possible
explanatory notes His biographical notice Is super
tuous ard IN bad taste.
A collection OF WORKS By an American artist ois
ytes populsrty in Boston with Mr.. Cranes eA
httion. 2r. Childe Iassam exhibits nineteen
pssels and sixteen watercolors at the Doll Richard
gallery on Park 1t. they have been CORDIALLY rc
teyed by the public. Boston art amateurs are con
ssialsting themselves the action OF the commit
A appointed by the Metropolitan Museum OF Art III
sev.loik to enlarge its collection OF casts Al w.
netting Of the committee lately reported in The
hbune. the following vote was passed
Resolved That6n recognition of the generosity OF the
teslees OF lie Boston Museum Of Fine Arts In ail0w
s Us 70 avail ourselves so freely OF Mi; HoDis ~
sstm copy OF our new model OF tie AcrOpoiis VI
haens soon as the same can be pfepaFel'
fl model is the one ordered last summer OF iieinnci
hasz, the German expert, by Mr. ROBINSON the euf@
t@ the Boston Museum. when in Berlin as the puf'
thsing agent of the New-YOri Committee. 1t Is OK
peied TO take rank as the standard model OF the