New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
THE CHRONICLE OF AXIS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
,xxor-vcFNrvrs FOR TIE wEER-THE WATER
COLOR SOCIETY AND THE EIClllSo 'No"
A PORTRAIT Of MOTLEY.


mas done in Holland and Pcardy by Mr H. ~"
Ranger and the Avery gallery landscapes " mt
Leonard Ochtman. on "Wednesday INC P'Di ~, .
lion will be begun. At the American Ar yam, ,t,
collection Of old masters belonging 10
rouue Of GERMANY and another OF palhuies "''
,,.,,r coor-r belonging 70 !. PfMg w. " ,,,,
They are both to be sold at auction. ~ u'o -" '
,veuuc Art Galleries the exhibition OF pi''"'e7 ~
Mr. c. H. smile and III. J. Wells 'hahp"cH, VIM"
is 10 he closed hy an auction sale '"h'''s pr y,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings IS 20 Dc loho"'" ~
ono Of work, BY Mr. J. G.. Tyler. to be uisposc " ~
I'm. anne way on the following saturday eNeH~'s
Tie In "A League Club opens its regular mo'"N
exhibition on Thursday, the paintings on ms occ'
.ou being all from the collection OF Mr. w H. fu'e''
connoi.senr who has paid much aip.huon :"
tie English schools OF the last century Inc o'
club docs not annOunc" any cA'' .,
nis MONTH but DR.. william G. Ir'me WI"
cturc in the hal Of the club next Tuesday eVcHns' '
The Gencalogy Of Book The rare CRAVINGS ~
Flake Gainsborough and Turner which were cNpc'',"
f. he brough. forward at he heppe gallery cary ia
February will not appear there until about tne n'
did, of March, when 4 number Of Blakes o""e" W
Dr. C. ". West arr TO be shown with t'ehi' III "u
meantime Mr. Kcppe Will devote part oi nv va"
snace 10 some Of he American water-coiors "e mas
had or exhibition this and part OF 10 'ho'o
Old English nczzOtints. At the Wunderhch s"'E0's q"
exhibition Is in prcparnoa, which, by mea9 u a'o'
no platcs will ain Of illustrating tho ait 81 HeHo
rntinr from Won slcgcn ana Prince Rupert down -
samuel Cousins. The paintings found III l"e SUNNI -
the late Benjamin r. fiu tuin OUT 20 lie 20 IisV ~
rumlsr TINT lc hs,i-publlc exhibit N propose" J."
nj. week ma, been Abandoned fol lax g. spafe ~
fine rooms at NO. To- West i'fy-ifti-'t. ~ Nil 10
held at tie Fifth hven tt Gallei'f II -'r''| oPI'
INK Oh Tie 1ith al o.3ns we" iatcF. with SHE
Tie vaicfcolor exhibition proves very popular
The attendance is large and the ale, Tor inc hs'
Mic .
sun In cxcc,s o, that realized during the same uH'c
IN any other year Of the s0ciety's existence
The Etching club has made few sales I'VE or
six os Mr. Alexander schillns's plates p'T'icui"ilS
having quickly found purchasers. The club mas I'M
,cd dccdedIy upon the dreary displays wileh. M
N l,.t ycur wen, the rule huge laborlouS et'hs''
c.ncci. lie reproductive In SNOWY are'' huNo
an ,.v,luded and the leading exhibitors are 'r''''-
vl!, have a love for their art ana desire 10 'o''Ne
if, limitations. 1t is apparently realized 'h"' uc
cardinal sin In etching is to say too mu'H % ''"0'
4, nv what Is to be said with too much elab"'uo''
Mr. weir Mr. sohillng and MT. Plat are the pest
,,,,euts ~ the wholesome tendency toward suggest
,o,e.. toward the kind Of art II which the 'on,nh-
r,ai.,u * illustrated here in Il plate by MI "hlNeF'
40 1876 Mother and Chid.7 II this tendency i 10
le criticised ~ all connection with the "o n VI Oo
;le. rchcrs iu-t named. IL Is because threatens -
5n.y them away somewhat from true conception Oh
Nnl - ching IN It's most pri'c't Hltcsi"'' ~
,isuy linear art Mr.. >ch.ng. in No. 81, " Holland
Landscape Indicate, hi, brOkenIy. with an "i-
,i,rty u line that voud have been highly depN''ci
by tile late NJ Lslannc. tie exquisite master 81 h'n
material. whom the plate rcails IN ats deho'e "l."
and expressive treatment of the by. Bnt Nr. Schi-
Ing shows m otter plates III No. 30 ""os'ehuah'
Holland, 70 example that he be more Judi ious
when he choose Nh Weir preserves the character Vi
nj. line with rr1nncss In 10. ia Figure WIN
cicak , and with even greater effectiveness In No.
lo7 ON the Porch" picture OF a child, which, LOT
adroness in definition ana grace III fcchhS' ID i"i-
table: il !. the most distinguished pidN Oh Ills
eighteen II not indeed. oi tie whole American ca
niblt rs simplicity and originality place II FAR above
hi, two more richly coored efforts. No. lis, Evening
lamp~ and No. iO- The Young STUDENT III spite
Of their deep transparent darhs. Much OF Mr. "'irS
vor, is obviously experimental. Il is interesting In
martial fnlmcnt OF individual artistic purpose anu
sill ruorc - in promise 1t Is IN promise IN iact NAV
the club l. richest At present IL Is stu IN udns
iional state but il contains enough gooi worA 10
mako it PLAIN that original etching has u ioouhs III
this country.
An example Of reproductive etching of high Class
Ia, been sent Us by Frederick kcppcl CO. IL
is a platc measuring nineteen by twelve ana "A hai
inches by Philip zlc,en OF Holland. after the portrait
NJ John lotirop Motley by Bisschop, which hangs III
the House in Wood, At The Hague Inc PORTRAIT
WAS tainted Tor Queen Emma in 1877, I'VE years Deioe
the historians death. II represents hln seated III
chair placed sideways In the picture. but he turns
toward the spectator with his face in full view. The
left hand rests upon IA volume Of lioor, Notley's
uI.trio., predecessor Of the seventeenth century IN
the field Of Dutch history. and the table In the fore
ground filtered with books. papers and ehgraVhss'
the symbols Of their noble pursuit. Inc por'r'"' Is
appropratey conceived, the attitude. eAceiieh,y chu
,cd j., easy and unconventional yet in keeping with
the peculiar dignity Of the subject Inc earnest III
domitablc character of finely intellectual man Is
couvncngly expressed In the face. Zllcken is an ex
percnced ctcher OF great sureness OF hand ana ms
,,,. il a Wy rous painter like translation OF Work
whose first qualities those Of sincerity. sohdity'
and nnpretcntious strength. Tie simple modeAihs
,hou the head the slful work in the rendering VI inc
scm transparency Of substance In the car ana Oh Co
81, tonslIty Of texture in the coat details which
testify To his ability. The etching Is well piih'eu
and is worthy memorial Of famous American.
The large statue of Charles Dickens and Lhtle
Nell bv Mr. f. Edwin Elwe which won the gold
pedo II, the Philadelphia Art Club recently, ana Oh
which plaster copy was exhibited at the Scuip'orS
studlo last Thursday, is most to be COM
mend.d for tie restraint and charm Oh It's
connection The much-loved author is seated
In An armchair on pedestal raised ABOUT n'c
feet from the ground. On step that brings "cr
shoulder on a level with his feet. one Of the bestio'ea
of nil his characters stands ooing up into ms isc'
The scheme /, a happy one, ca cried by simplicity
nd nv a sense OF the fitness % things The inquire Oh
Little Nell IS idcaiaed without betrsyng any Oh uie
maudln sentmcntaty with which tie enid Is oi"i-
norl lowered at hands of artists and 1t VIII DOUBT
les appcal 10 mpatheIc presentation oi
pe OF tncir iavorlic characters. The Dickens Is nat
r,IIv les, pictorial feeling but II Is a interesting
,,r,ruit Inc statue |, 10 &, to London snOriy. NJ
Lwcl ha, al-o executed bust Of the late LOUIS" W.
Aicott for the memorial library at Concord
The Me,srs knocdler have not materially changed
tho ntuosphere o tolr gallery In substituting ior inc
~ mr.. hy Nauvc which they exhibited last week
roll,ct ion Of paintings By Mr. H. W. Ranger who deals
uith lutch scenery In the main, ana deals WIN IL Ill
a manner tina; often recalls Ouch school. wth Us
,utsIy atmD phere and brond color effects ihers Is
a tender cirsnc strain which might Ge attributed 10
d. ,ur,sn,, uf tuOt, in NJ. -, No. ~.
Moonlight. Lai-n,' and No. 10, Moonrise' Near
Eo,t.n Illf" ~. "runsct' j. beauL ful IN cOOr,
liner In te ROXY papAatIng sky than anything else
hers unless IL be 30 :. Morning, kor,en io which