New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
A SCHEME FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GRAxa
MONUMENT FUND-pIcrUREs IN The Gar.

LERfES OF THE DEALERs-A PORTRAIT
OF MISS REHAN-FoREIGX NOTES.
The last session Of the American Art Associato.,.
first sale held last Wednesday afternoon. Nsxt
Tuesday evening and the three following afternoon.
will be devoted TO the disposal Of supplementary col
lection embracing foreign and American painting
Chinese and japanese robes and cmbroiderics Oriental
masks, kakemonos, albums Of watcrcOlors, Eastern
rugs and a number OF gallery fixtures. The sale Of
fixtures might suggest that the association intended IA
abandon its galleries, but it Is stated that this is not IA
happen.
When the Society Of American Artists which ouc,.
its exhibition tomorrow, withdraws from the FIN
Avenue Art Galleries toward the end of the month tha
galleries will be filled tperaps) with pictures other
works art contributed BY the artists for tho benefit n
the Grant monument fund. An exhibition OF these con-
tribut!0ns will be held from May ~ to June a
when they will be sold Mt auction by Mr.. Depcw end
Ge eral Porter. The gentlemen forming the com.
mttee having the matter In charge are Albert Bier
stadt, Henry WatrOus, J. e.. Brown, J. H. DolpA
william n. ODonovan. q. II. story ard II. r. Butler
Considering all the circumstances. they have n curious
experience before them The Academy exhibition has
two weeks to The sales thus far have been
comparatively few The latest We have to record ~
a; follows: "Cloud and sunshine bv Thomas Moran
81 900; by Freight" by Frank ". Benson, 1885,
scat and Kittens" by J. II. Dolph, $3.50. Total d
sales up TO date, S1:1O
There are a good many pictures distributed among
the dealers which 60 to make the last weeks Of tho
season interesting. At the DurandRuel gallery there
is large Fromentin called Audience chez I'm Calfes
which comes from the Van den Ey Jdc collection In
BRUSSELS the collection which formerly included ono
OF the best OF Mlets paintings, the Man With the
Hoe" and the picture by Dccamps, JOB and Fns
Friends which the Messrs. Durand-Ruel brought to
this country some months ago. In general Decamps
l. head and shoulders above Fromentin but this latest
relic OF the painter offers perfect parallel
10 the Job and Ills Friends Ii has what Fromentn
seldom had and what Decamps never had more abun-
dainty than in the picture we have FAMED. sheer
strength the masculine quality. Fromentn is too
often inclined to elegance, to polish OF manner that
gives his pictures prett.' effect. but the Audience
chez un Calife, is done with straghforwardness and
simplicity, with skill in harmoDizng brilliant colors.
and with n regard for textures, by which Fromenhn
is easily placed level with Decamps. Boussod.
Valadon d. Co. have a Deacrox. "On the Coast It
Morocco that figured IN the celebrated HUNDRED
Masterpieces, exhibition. II is picture Of party OF
smngg!ers or pirates hauling their boat OUT OF the
water on rugged coast beneath a town whose me-
daeva walls and towers placed far ND In the can
vas Severe a. the landscape is. there is serene
spirit in the picture. and very smooth haho
ing II Is without the dramatic note which is
common with Delacrox but It has the beauty OF col
and finish Of style which are not so common with
him. The Rembrandt which was exhibited so longH
Boussoh yaadon & Co.. the rirht OF Jors 90
Coulery. has just been purchased BY Mr. C. T. fekes.
OF Chicago Among the pictures at the Avery
gallery are two water coors by L. &. Vcgt which IN
trodnce an unknown artist. and represent scenes
which very few OF the artists who are known hihK
worth while TO paint. Mr.. Nogt has gone fce
hi, material 10 the street and wharves lying along
the East River lie has sketched the ships
riaDo
lounging crews. the rckctty tenements, the wagons
and draws and the telegraph poles and he has
sLetched all this so suggesvely. has caught the at
mosphere the movement Of the riverside 50 success
fully and with such fresh STYLE that 1t Is to be hopeo
he will come before the public frequently ana Win
many drawings
Very GOOD portrait Of Miss Ada Relan as Kath
crime in "Thc Tanning OF the shrew' has been pained
by Mr. a. VI. Turner and this has been mezzotnted
by Mr. s. Arlcnt Edwards from whom we have no
ceivcd a remarlue proof Of the plate The portrait
& a halflength and shows Miss Rehan with arms
folded and head raised deiantly. The BACKGROUND 10
OF dark tapestry, which repeats the erect OF tne
heavy brocadcd costume without very decided vsria-
ton in tone. The light is concentrated upon the
head Of which the pose has required very suDue
modelling of the throat and chin, and very delicate
treatment OF the shadows. Here. where nnesse II
most necessary, Mr. Edwards has used The scraer
with most skill and effect. and has done his work OF
reproduction In a way that needs no comparison Win
the original painting to provo his careful Observation
Of half tones and minor details The wavy hair mas
given him opportunity for some especially cieVer
cradaton> Tic execution elsewhere in the pa'e'
though II has no passages which It IS necessary 10
nass express comment Is sound and free. Miss Rehan
os the shrcw is picturesque figure, and this portrait
il pictorial and charming. 1t has been well printed
bv Mr. G. W. H. Richie. whom interested persons
NAV addres, Mt No. 30 West Fourteenthst The
edition + OF 200 proofs OF which 200 are for SAFE
The entire edition has been signed by Miss Rehan, Mr..
Turner and Mr.. Edwards
An important collection OF antiquities is to be sold
bv Thomas Blrchs sons in Philadelphia this week.
that Of the late Mr. Thomas Hockey. According
70 The Philadelphia Ledger it includes objects from
Pompeii, Herculaneum and Eruria, ceramics, gems
objects in gold and bronze sarvsd v9es 81 early nS
ionsd as forming part Of Hockieys collection
Thirty thousand works were sent In 70 the Royal
Academy for the exhibition which opens tomorrow
I'm London. We have yet to learn the NUMBER OF
the accepted The English jury OF selection has
method OF separating the offerings submitted to II into
three classes accepted doubtful and rejected. IN
paris the turys only resource after IT has made To-
first examination " Il needs more pictures, Is wnee
/, called repechage. or rc-fshng. II means a sec
and examination OF all the rejected works The jury
NJ the pa!ais dl'Indusrle accepted Loo works Tor
the exhibition aid finding there was sun space 70
he Allied re.dshed and accept a 20, MOI. AZ the
Palais dcs Beaix\rts only $50 OF the 30 cn's a.
nt in by artists outside OF the National society weT
occcpt,d and the total number OF pictures exhloitn
viii not be more than 900 Eugene p Psn MANN.
.cript has been belueathed by the widow OF VI. r.
Nndrien an old pupil Of the prer : TO " hS"
s a 70 Isc3' are composed OF notes made from gay
to day and they promise to make e'ernis h T'u "oS
IL a. said that Delacroix has not spared ms .oa,
tempores Npropos OF the affair OF the ireseoes ~
the Pisan Campo santo to which re,r ep print, The
fniiowng note: Mr.. Holman HUNTS leter 10 INC
Times has brought forth an Interpolation IN tp sss
Chamber Mr. Holman Hunt had practicsiV c2lnp',
that the frescoos were being 'reSto ed The Mnis ~
piled that Il was not restoration that wa oes pa
rcrded with but an attempt "a prevent the int.net
siruct,on OF the paintings. which Under me
a. Constantly FILLING of In dctacheI