New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-10
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
SALES At THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY PHILIP
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY J. FRANCIS
MURPHY - THE oUEsToN OF
woRT,D'S FAIR ART JURIES.

MURPHY THE QOEcIlON w
! WORLDS FAIR ART JURIEs.
There will be tho Dnsmore pictures to be seen 6
the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries this week. until Satur
day. when o collection OF works by the late b. 4.
| Fitz will be hung In their place. There VIII be ct
the Grolier Club all the week the etchings by Philip
Zickcn which are chiefly considered below-etchings
which are to be followed by the probably within
! the month"; by collection Of ancient mi sails and
Illuminated manuscripts and there VIII be watercolos
at the Union Lcague Clubs monthly exhibition On
Friday and Saturday. None OF these exIioiuons
should keep any one away from the Academy OF
Design where there OF the best spring gatherings
the Academy has had.
The sales Mt the Academy since buyers day have
been as follows IL Deny It, Sir" by T. W. wood S'oo;
"Syvia" by Lisete de W. Colt, 500; Keep op oy
j. g. Brown $50; The Little VISITOR by Francis
C. Jones, 300; "a Country Road BY IL. NJ hosen'
berg $25 The Bath at Roman Fountain oS george
H. Hail. 1900; Twilight in the Mountains Dy >. W.
Castelar, sI75; "Tte Army Packer" by Frederic kem'
ington $3.50 "A Bend in the River by ). T. |ropsey'
$3.50: First Communion" by Ellen X Baker' Sioo'
"a Winter Evening" by II. Bolton Jones' s21o Inc
total amount received for the eleven pictures noted
5000.
collection Of about two hundred plates Mt the
Grolier Club reveals with toerabe completeness the
talent and range ctchcr. Pnllip Zlcheh' WHOSE
reproduction OF Bsschop's portrait OF John Lo'hOp
Motley was cordially noticed In this place TWO hoh'hs
ago. The qualities which we're particularly praised
in that etching vgor and thoroughly painter-nRe
feeling. are the qualities which distinguish all Of
zlcken,s works His line does not possess mach
charm, In itself Like so many Of his artistic comDa
trots when he obtains delcaces 1t Is by supueues OF
,onoIty by refnemens OF atmospheric effects. ard
not By any OF those strong pure linear expressions
which testify in the best etchngs. TO exquisite pose
OF the needle and severe economy OF rs resources
Tho comnarative heaviness OF his hand manlfests
itself especially in his essays at sketchy portalture IN
No 147 "Woman With Black Hat; No. lo4' fouhs
Glrls: No 1866. Profile" and No. l6o, "Oiris Head'
wherein the lack Of grace and vlvacty III 'he hhe
makes sad havoc OF the etchers intentions But grace
and vlvaclty are not characteristics which we expect
in Hollander nor do the plates we have enunleraten
form n large proportion OF dickens ocuvre. lie Is
most himself and by all odds most successful IN the
treatment Of subjects which require forcioe modens'
~ in No. 49, An Old Mcndlcant'; No. 49, study OF
an Old Mans Head" and No. 40, Oi FISHERMAN, ana
In the treatment Of those which demand breadth and
deep tonaity as in No. 20. Souvenir OF Dordrecnt'
after Jacob Maris. The modern Dutch painters could
hardly ask for better interpreter among aquaortstes
than they have In Zcken He has etched many OF
their workshops. 49, 81 and ~. after JACOB MaHs'
Nos 50 ard o. after Israels: Nos 90. 12la. l3o ana
I3s after MaOre No. Sc, after Blommers: NO. o..
after Doboom; No. 90. after Neuhuys; No lo9 after
~ Maris and No. 81. after Mes1ag, 10 mention only
handful ont Of alarge numberand IN all cases he has
rendered with perfect sympathy the quiet spirit the
broad STYLE the peculiarly national note which these
masters have in common. The transparency ana the
suggestion Of sombe color in his plates after lsraelS
md Jacob Ma4s are especially fine. We are not sure
that Zchen ought not to be classified outright with
the reproductive etchers. He has done quantity OF
original work. and of It. such as No. 80. Delfts'
haven" No. ls3. The Schie, Near Delft; No. q,
street in Aries" and No. go Street in AGes,' on
side OF landscape Nos 10. 60 and A. the three
masculine heads have already noted on the side OF
the figure. Is than clever Yet the original plates
are Insignificant when placed beside those after the
modern Dutchmen. after Rembrandt. Van der Nicer.
Dupre and other In the latter he Is invarta
bly, strong: In the former he Is. repeat vigorous
and painterilSe yet hardly one Of the foremost
painter-etchers Of Europe as has been asserted.
The landscape IN which no sharp accents arc TO
be found, OF which the prevailing mood is one OF
quiet harmony, that IS the landscape which Mr.. J.
Francis Murphy has preferred to depict in nearly every
one OF tho twelve paintings with which. at the Avery
Gallery he comes for the first time before the public
I'm an exhibition OF his The decided exceptions
10 bis rule OF reserve are No. 10. "sundown,' and
No. q, a Storm In the golden hines Of the former
and strong dash of blue in the cloudy sky of the
he IS vivid ard emphatic. The choice OF subjects
I'm which the color is snbducd Is In harmony wiki
Mr Mprphy's artistic method. Ills art stands always
for refinement. IL Is synthetic. AS good landscape
art bound TO H put IS e 6SeE am e nee
encountered with uncsscntials they composed
ana 9e s Snd No o. pembcr are works Of
this kind. two OF the freshest and most pictorial
Vim Pcm f oa eHhBoh Until he 2"p and
although Mr. Murphy has been widely known for some
In one place Time will be appreciated rs much
by his Old admirers a. by those II whom he is less
familiar.
Mr. Hasey c. Ives. at director Of the Worlds Fair
visited Boston few DAYS ago and given an in
formal reception by the Art Club. lie cleared up the
misunderstanding relating to the matter Of junes. which
has caused 80 much uneaSncSs among the Boston
ar' wIh statement wpr Mn Ies expned u IN
substance. that the advisory committees were APP
c Sr Gg n1s IN M tho art eSRbt S at the Fair
that the Jury for Boston would consist Of the five men
Vinton Gauecngigl. Tabel and Turner. with two
Ncwl orl artists and two Philadelphia artists added
q hat the New York jury would consist Of five New
YORK. artists two Philadelphia artists and two Boston
artists that the Piladsphia Jury would consist Of Ave
Boston artists. Under this arrangement the local men
in zach cit, have majority on their own Jury ras
have satisfied the Boston artists: but II Is difficult
proper ono The decisions OF local uries ought not
to be final There should be one jury in Chicago and
claims should have full authority to any de
cSons made b. the local tutes II snch reversal should
prove necessary 10 insure better exhibition
A circular from the director OF the Boston Museum
Sbton next season Of the WORKS Of john and sch
a to- om a OF Of Ss
historical interest. owners are requested to signify
as soon rs possible the portraits they will lend.
Mr. Joseph Pencil is carrying out scheme for
the benefit Of the art he loves and practises we'll
lie is preparing an edition OF the Pablo de Seeoyia.
the book into which Daniel Verge has put something
like five hundred Illustrations: the plates TO be
more than double the size of those I'm the French
edition. and the volume Is TO forth delight for
the amateur and model for the artist who wants
know the best that has been done in the field OF
pen drawing.
Henrlquel Dupont. the celebrated French engraver,
who born ms far back az 1897. and died In Jan.
lnry of the present year. l. the hero OF the last
number OF the Gazette dcs Beaux Arts" he is Of
" L'Art" for March l. Both periodicals give him the