New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-13
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
SIZE IN pIcrUREs-MR. DE FORESTS EGYPTIAN
sKETcHEs-NorEs FROM BOSTON AND
CHICAGO THE RETIREMENT
OF JULES BRETON.
Tho schaus sale last Tuesday night brought less
than was hoped for only S35s50 for ftysix pictures.
Fluctuations In the picture market arc not always
easy to account for but the failure OF some OF Mr..
Schauss pictures to realize high prices may Dc traced
to a specific cause without any difficulty. They were
too big BENJAMIN Constants "Othello' was worth
more than 81 ,O25, and Won Stettcns "Cleobs and
Iltonp ought to have sold for more than So'o. But
collectors are averse to buying canvas
by the yard than they used to be- Perhaps II is De-
cause they buy pictures than formerly ana
haven't the room for large works. Perhaps the con-
vcnience OF locking up fortune In few small pict-
ures by artists like Melssonier Millet or Corot has
caught the fancy OF who invest In art rs they
DO in anything else. At any rate, the big pictures
are fearfuy apt TO travel back TO the studio from
the exhibition unless they fortunate enough TO DO
bought for public institutions. In Paris the I'M
mensity of the annual exhibition compcls the artists
to paint large scale In order to attract attention.
but welknown often hold their easel pictures at
double the prices which they will accept for their
Salon " machins,' they called. II is hard 10
get rid Of the latter There Will be no important sale
In NewYorl this week. In order :" give as long an
exhibition possible OF the Cutting collection, which
noticed elsewhere The Tribune to-day. the auction
sale will not take plnce until March %. Two new
exhibitions will be opened. however. One. at the
Kcppel gallery, wednesday, OF the Old English
drawings which have been referred to before In this
place. and another. at the New York Athletic Club, on
Saturday, OF American pair tings. The Groler Club
exhibited a collection OF afiches by NJ. Chert at the
monthly meeting last Thursday evening, but the ex-
hbtion was not extended for the benefit OF the public
Mr.. G. u. G;bsons pen drawings remain at sanchez
Miler's, In West Twenty.third-st., and Mr.. Lock-
wood Dc Forests Egyptian sketches at the Avery
gallery.
Egypt IS not exactly a terra incognita In New
York exhibitions but It Is certainly Of the regions
which we pictured only AT long Intervals and the
paintings Mr.. DE Forest has brought back from caro-
and the Nile have the interest which attaches to
comparative novelty. In No. 90, Ruins at Phlae,'
are shown the cyclopean walls and pillars which
still survive In the island where isis had one OF her
most noted shrines In No. II, Tracking on the Nie,'
we have a picture showing the way in which file Of
Arabs will draw the heavy dahabeih up the stream
on MINDLESS days: In No. 1S, "Sunset In the Desert"
the solemn loneliness Of the great waste OF sand I'M
relieved except by the towering figure OF one gaunt
camel Is expressed, and in a few small sketches Ike
No. 9, Cairo Bazar,' or No. Z, Arab Care' ue
OF
In the last little pictures Mr. De Forest has done some
of his best work. lie reproduces the langId atu-
tdes Of the people and the fantastic outlines OF the
buildings In free, natural way, preserving plausible
Of local feeling in spite OF the TACT tat tne
atmospheric qualities in these pictures do not amount
TO much and that the color in them Is dull. Mr.
De Forest Is not, II must be confessed, clever
neither IS he cooris and OF his pictures
the few that have vitality It less TO artistic feeling
tnbo in the subject. How
true this is is felt on turning to the ten or twelve
pictures OF American scenery which he groups with
the Eastern studies and which fail, except In single
instance No. 90, "Montauk, Long Island, splriteo
u,ue coast sketch to arouse the aintest sympathy,
because the familiar material is presented wfthous
the addition OF any excellenccs of execution.
Pictures for the fortysixth exhibition OF the Boston
Art Club will be received at the clubhouse, corner OK
Dartmouth and Newbury sts. from Thursday, March
II. to Wednesday. March %. Blanks must be filed
in and forwarded to the chairman Of the exhibition
committee on or before March TO- The exhibition
will open Friday evening, April l. with an IN
formal reception and will close Saturday evening"
Apnl %. A Of $500 has been voted nor the
purchase Of one or more works from the exhibition.
AT the Museum Of Fine Arts they have placed on view
tho plaster cast OF the Hermes OF Praxteles and the
Venus Genetrlx in the Louvre, which Mr.. Joseph
Linden Smith has been experimenting with since last
summer IN An effort 10 restore the color Of Greek
sculpture In descriptive pamphlet on the two
peces and the art which they attempt 20 illustrate, Mp
Edward Robinson. curator Of classical anuquiues'
makes the following statement: Whatever may %
the verdict as to the beauty OF these coored casts one
point they have established beyond all question. ana
,ne which think will come surprise to many WHO
have examined the subject only theoretically. This
IS that color even when applied as coating instesa
II diminishing the effect OF the modelling heightem
T. 10 a very considerable extent. Far from hiding
he sculptor's work. II brings out It's beauty Ihs
Museum has Mt last acquired the Morse collection OF
Japanese pottery for $4,000. Professor Morse has
been retained curator for three years. during which
ime he will prepare an elaborate catalogue.
The Worlds Fair is not TO be without its panorama
The deluge IS 10 be made the subject OF one by NJ
sochegrasse and NJ Pascandes. and n second. painted
or the Hawaiian Government by three Chicago artists
lessrs. Burrfdgc Grover and Albert is to represent
Volcano I'm eruption. The latter undertaking. as de-
cribed In the Chicago papers will be tremendous
hing The painting will be 400 feet in circumference
md fifty feet in height Real steam, fire and gas
viii be employed and II is claimed that the Illusion Will
70 so great that the beholder will fancy himself IN
no centre Of hinge Pit with flame and smoke belchng
orth every sde Qlery Is all tliS 10 NC oohc III
he name OF arti
II appears that the reports about the crack In tho
National Gallery Holben have been a trihe exaS-
Grated The hssurc Is small one and Will not re.
uirc much restoring An interesting item concern.
ng the Borghese collection has been sent us In the
hape Of an invitation from Mr.. Edward Joseph and
iessrs Duracher Brothers. the London dealers. to
Inspect the magnificent obets dart which they have
gently purchased from the collection OF the Prince
orghese, OF Rome. and which can be seen In Brook
h. by appointment" The Parisians have been sur
rsed by the retirement Of Jules Breton from the
uDc stage. The death OF a cherished brother has
aused him TO renounce his art for lie Of religious
bought and action. lie is now sixty-lve The paint
,gs and studies that have accumulated In his studio
re to DO sold at the Hotel Drouot Immediately. Emile
ayard, whose picture OF two women fighting duel
1ade him n celebrity for time Is dead lie pro.
hc illustrator. doing many designs for ohnet Daudc
heuret, Mnlot and others. The committee OF
In. !. NJ Nolr da