New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
THE PRIZE PICTURE AT THE wATER-CoLoR la
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ARTISTS AND The 'o"A
OF SELECTION AT THE WORLDS

OF SELECTION AT THE Wokbpo
FAIR-FoREIGN NOTES.
The wm T. Evans prize OF 1900 ut the wafer UV "'s
society's exhibition has been awarded 70 w. " -, y
Friends Mr. c. Morgan Ncllhenny's picture Vi
,,or, u,I5to horse and Its master. Only twenty-seVeh
yotos were cast Mr. McIhcnny obtaining eleven a''i
Mr. Proctor. whose Panther has ELECTED n'uo"
praise from the artists, four. Fofty-eish' e.
were sold last week. and the total amount Vi ~
cIety's sales raised thereby TO $lo,23o. i'o ~
Club since the opening. lhs sold originals anu u"p,
catcs 70 the extent OF S73s The exhibition remains
open six days longer.
The womens Art Club. Of New-fori VIII op.n '
third annual exhibition tomorrow mo'nne a' we
west Tenth-st and will close 1t next Saturday c'e"
inc ON Saturday morning the exhibition u .''
scbaus collection ut the Fifth Avenue Art "aieio''
will tc begun. to last until March 8, wien .ie a' "o
sale is to take place. The Ochtman 1andscapc' n.'
been taken away from tho Avery Gallery. 40 oo,o'
specia exhibition will be arranged there before ,'
de Forests Egyptian sketches are hnng about tie lin
die Of March Mczzotint engravings may he stnoicu
f., the historical exhibition at the Wunderich "aci9
and in an informal collection at the keeper "anel9'
Mr. Kcppcl las some very bcauJful lmpre''i"
There are two remarkable Earloms the large pff'o
after Van dc Werfs David and BathsheDa' al"
that after wrignts picture OF The Forge the ''cr
one NJ tbe finest OF all illustrations OF the brllancy
with which chiaroscuro be handled In mczzo-
tint engraving The pint from Charics iuho'
plate after The Tiger and Crocodile OF Nor'nco'o 10
uniane much richer and frc'her, especially III ue
sheen CT tho fur about the tigers head IMAM any oor
impresson we have seen. 1.-THE Brd-Cagr q pretty
sketch Of child en- graved by J. Dean. after Reynolds
Will be noted as a rare example OF the crayon erect
which can sometimes be obtained by the scraper.
very good plate is by j. X. smith, m'er Or 'osnu''
nor.rait Of Master Crewc as Henry VIII" lhefe
are other, on the wall and IN portfolios me col
lection makes no claim to system, but 1t Is well worth
examination.
II could not be expected that the administration OF
the Fine Arts Department OF the worlds FAR "oulu
give nothing satisfaction to the hundreds OF Amer
can artists who desire to exhibit their works at Chi
cago next year. Where the interests OF so many men
having the artistic temperament are involved there
IS bound to be- a certain amount OF grImbling. But
there Is no excuse for such display OF petulance Us
that which marked meeting OF the Boston Art Club
held few nights ago. The Art director Oh 'he r"A-
position has appointed seven artists to act as jury
Of admission Messrs Eastman Johnson. William NJ
Chase F. d. Millct. II. Bolton Jones. r. Swain CLIFFORD
Augnstus St Caudens and j. Q. A. Ward. This jury
Is undoubtedly too small and ought to be increased III
size II the important work Of selection Is TO be properly
done But the Boston meeting, reported In " The
Transcript apparently did not take very broad view
OF the question. The artists present made no COM
plant as far as the report tells. against the Size OF
New Workers. That Is more than boston can stand
II has Jury OF It's own but the decisions OF that jury
are to be- revised by the general jury at Chicago.
From the composition OF the general jury boston argues
that that is equivalent to being revised by New
York, and a petition to the Director Is In preparation
"pruy Ing for representation Of Boston on the gem
eral New York; jury and upon the general tNew-iork
probably hanging committee. and praying that the
decision OF the Boston Jury should be fnal.'
the les
Of England protesting against the revision OF their
local decisions by the jury OF grand national eX-
position simply because that jury was formed entirely
OF Parsans or Of LOnAoners Would II occur 10 them,
has occurred 10 Boston. that the jury would favor
the city from which It's members were drawn 70 the
detIiment OF the provinces 1.-The New York artists
says The Transcript will monopolze tic manage
ment OF the galleries II il IS possible to do and
will give favor o any outsiders unless compelled to
do so. 1t looks now a. II the Bostonans were In
mood 10 insist upon their rights Now, II Boston IS
ID have her rights II she is TO send wha, she likes
the Exposition without let hindrance. why NAV
Philadelphia. or san Francisco or Cincinnati or any
city having artists enough within It's walls 10 raise
similar clamor why may not such city set up final
jury of It's and the engaging spectacle be presented
10 the world OF Nation with little esprit du corps
d. the other Justice Jealous disposition Is decsi-
largcd by acccions from all points of the compass but
the spirit OF BOstons protest i To be condemned IL IS
M bud the rarochalism OF some New-iork artists
who believe, are urging against the general Jury
that four OF It's members belong 10 tile society OF
American Artists.
Artists in Philadelphia also have lately been per-
tugbcd BY personal feelings six OF the fifteen artists
the fury OF selection for the sixtysecond annual
exhibition which opened at the Academy OF fine Arts
January II. from this city. AMI nearly half
the p.ctnrcs hung are by New-lo rkers. The local
artists object. CHANGING at the catalogue. OF which
have Just received copy. ind there are
pictures I'm the exhibition which We have seen here
and which ought TO be thoroughly welcome 70 the
TMlsdelphlans. The Mary Smith Prize. OF 800
awarded every year since 1870 10 tine best painting in
oils walercolOrs painted by resident Philadelphia
lady artist has been won for the fourth time by Miss
Cecilia BeauX. She awarded the pxize I'm 1855
1857 aud sol. she may win it once more but
fifth triumph will render her Ineligible for further
Of the exhibition gives the titles Of forytwo pictures
specially hung in the southeast gallery. painted by
portrait of child In sunshine was shown at the Ini1n
League Club in January
In THE New Review for this month Mr.. NJ H.
splclmann gives concise history of an attempt that
has been made TO found gallery OF British Art
In London, and the difficulties that have been put In
the path of the wouldbe founder, Mr. Tate. Eighteen
months ago Mr.. Tate offered "a collection of pictures
valued at 10000 10 the nation with certain stpu.
atl0ns which not acceptable 70 the Govern
men. but which were finally withdrawn on the single
condition That gallery shoud be provided for the
collection within two year.. The Government agreed
TO grant tho eastern and wcSe rn galleries at south
Kcnsngton. Mr.. Tate refused the offer and proposed
anonymously, to build "A gallery himself at Il cost Of
100000. If the State would give the land lie asked
for a plot opposite the Colonial Institute
at South Kcnsingon and the Government was about to
accede to this scientists arose and claimed
that the site had been promised To them since then
the whole affair has been blocked. Mr.. SpleImann
proposes that the space back Of the National Gallery
now occupied by barracks, glardhouse ard parade
be given over TO the new building, which might thus be
made part OF the great structure which faces on
Trafalgar square, and the British pictures already IN
the National collection incorporated with Mr. 1ae's
tho additional wing This would leave space, moreover.
In the old building for further foreign acquisitions
This is the wsert plan thus far submitted and IL Il
hoped that the Government will adopt II before the
la-e of will have dampened Mr.. 1ates enthusiasm