New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25
eTHE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

A QUIET WEEK IN PR0SPECT-IN LOCAL CAE
LERIEs-rnE LAZARUS TRAVELLING
SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUNG
PAINTERS
This week will witness the appearance OF no ne"
thing in the art world. There will be, II nnytmhs'
n lul. though the shops may continue to MAKE MOI
iday sales. The Academy Is over, ana the eAniouoh
OF the Society Of american Artists closes TO-DAY.
The exhibition OF the New-York wa'erColor Chp
ct the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries VIII remain open
during the week. The japanese fabrics ana hussa"
mixtures at the American Art Galleries Will be on
view there until December 90. At the Fine Art
socety's Building the Architectural League VIII 20
occupied until SATURDAY. in arranging the collection
of drawings models and illustrations OF decorative
art which they will then show to the press throwing
the exhibition open to the public on Monday,
January . fine display Is expected OF the League
this year. for It has now what 1t never had pelore'
unlimited space. At the same time 10 Is HUGH W
be hoped that the desire TO make striking impress
sion, In view OF the special OCCASION VIII not ieao
the jury to accept too many of the contributions
sent in THIS exhibition ought TO be worthy OF the
new building in quality rs well as In quantiV' 1"
irving 10 make great effort 1t would be easy enough
TO reach an ancllmax. And apropos OF th's p"
nav be observed that the Society OF American AZ
lists must be conscious Of having set standard In
IFS retrospective exhibition which will be remem-
bcred very distinctly each succeeding spring. The
society hos established precedent for its 1urcs OF
selection which those juries win not find 1t Well 70
ignore the precedent of really drawing hard ana
fast line between works that have interest ana those
that have not. After this year the streak VI
puerillty that IS so hard 10 eliminate from any eA
hbition viii be expected to reduce itsen 10 ihVi"
bility In the societys case.
Another question that believe has presented itsen
to moro than one mind that has reflected upon inc
Artfs mt N
gree OF prosperity Is whether 1t IS likely to prove
inImical to the fortune Of the Academy OF Design.
The latter has been In existence so long. ana nas
largo following among the artists ana cohhoSSeu''
OF the older generation that II would be folsh 10 lear
for ~ suffering very serons damage IN the near
future but It Is just certain that the d'it OF INC
strongest talent, as 1t comes TO Newfork. toward
the Younger OF gsnizatio IS going 10 TELL insidiousy
perhaps. bit Inevitably. upon the exhibitions OF the
elder Indeed II has already begun 10 do 80. Inc
Academy might do something to counterfeit the ero"'
ing indifference Of the artists by aOando'''hp t~s
Autumn exhibition and By concentrating Itself upon
the exhibition held every year In the spring. lhS'
which would raise the standard, would encourage
MANY artists 10 do their best for the honor OF the
tnsitution which IS after MI as National as any
OF ar arts ic character that we have. But II Is
lust in the National significance Of the Acadeinys
work tha. W. fni the reason why the society Oh
American Artists In other words. the majority OF orr
good printers should d everything possible to further
that work and not by II policy OF abstenuon wnWh
looks like rivalry. vatc It's influence for coed. me
Tribune has on other occasion, recognized the peculiar
power In the hands OF the Society OF American Artists
Strong I'm the possession OF tried numbers nvigoratcd
BIZ the best Young blood Of artistic America. endowed
with a permanent centre Of Opcrations-this last
stimulus which. cannot DO lightly considerable can
accomplish results that will reflect credit upon the
country But those results will he vastly the better
nvla ffplfn nil
OF course there are men who exhibit with both the
Academy and the society Of American Artists but the
fact remains that there Is less exubcrant vitality
in the exhibitions OF the than In those OF the
latter and every one knows why.
The sales at the exhibition of the NewYorlI Water
Color Club since the opening day, have been as ioi-
lows: "Pan Pipes 10y {. H. Aldrich, S25; " On Long
Island Sound by G. r. Chapman. $50; " End OF
Voyage, by c. T. Chapman $50; Engand's Glory"
bv c. Dixon, 1913; a Market Sketch by 4. L.
Field $40: "violcts,7 by NJ. L. Hart. s35; A Rainy
Day Girl, by A. l.. Kellogg. S25; study Of Peonies,"
bv A. A. OGDEN $50; Flower Garden by j. IL.
Sharp $50: Tho Common Enemy" by o. T. smith,
$50: "stlli Life,7 by Z. NJ. Stewart, $lo; Dutch
Peasant by l.. VI. Stewart, go; An Old Porch, py
A. NJ. Watson, "a; spring by !. H. Nles' 800
" SIN Life, by W. J. Whittemore. $50: Roses" by
G.. r Hccker 800: "A Gil in Pink by A. l.. kel.
,ogc $50: total SsG5. our last memorandum from
,be society OF American Artists Is Of the sale OF Mr.
Theo Robinson's picture, \ Roman Fountain
At the Durand Ruel gallery three extremely inter-
estinc per,ods of art are Just represented by
few important pictures. The portrait OF HAS, painted
ly himself; the Card Party by De looghe, and the
portrait OF n woman. 10y Ferdinand Bol, which were
among the works at the last Union League Club exhibit
hon. are here to illustrate the methods Of the old
masters. IA group of pictures by Delacroix Decamps,
Iroyon Corot and Dupre recall, the romantic school Of
modern France, and new pictures by Renor, Pissarro
md Monet bring the vivid c0lorng and hot atmosphere
u the mpre sioniss into The scheme. We would again
advise the amateur 10 see the lials-whch has the
masters precision of touch and his strong flesh
color II not the breadth Of his most admirable wor0-
and the interior by De looghe good example of that
kind of color VT cl In speaking of the Dutch school, Is
most often called jewelled. The TrOyon should bs
noted also for the felicity with which II combines the
ruth in textures and sentiment which the artist owed
his modern education and feeling with The spa ious-
ness and simplicity which are soonest p,FnlIeied In
,tc pieces Of The by carly Neterlandish painters
Of the two pictures by Decamps, the larger IN In
er!or sketch In oil, is good color study. as it is
pound TO be- rs 1t is in his best manner but the other
landscape I'm pastel has the greater interest of show
ng bow a bold colorist and brushman became delicate
md more than ever poetic in handling medium with
which his name has not often been associated The
Dlcroix is another picture OF Hon hunting, sub
ec Of which he seems to have tired. and which
ie treated finely IN this instance. At Boussod, Valadon
{ Compnny's, some late works by modern Dutch
,aintcrs are shown, There IS also at this gallery
urge Temptation OF -. AnthOhy.7 purchased by
american naval officer from - private individual III
lima and attributed To 1eners II Is In the style Of
Tenier. far the character OF the figures Is con
cincd, the grotSquencss OF the demons and the rest
Il the para phcrnala In medieval versions Of 81.
Anthony's adventure. In the execution, in the
lualiy OF the paint and brlshwork, the painter VI
his has nothing in with the Tcniers OF such
paintings for example a, the Five senses." in the
ccretan collection.
II was announced in The Tribune last Nay that
ravellng scholarship had been founded in connection
With the schools OF the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art By Mrs. Amelia Il. Lazarus and Miss Emete 1
.azari,s memO al of the late Jacob II. Lazarus
he American portrait painter who died In this city
bout two wears AgO. A circular in regard TO
his scholarship has just been issued by the Committee
n schools. The first OF the competitions is not to
% held until the spring or summer OF 1894, but the
dvanced class In painting which is 70 prepare students
Dr. the contest viii begin work next fnoGth. The fee
pr lnls cnsS VII ~ !" WI. III Iohn Ia large