New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-10
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
THE SPRING ACADEMY-FORTHcOMiNG SALSA
CLUB NEws-IN THE GALLERIES - AN
EARLY MLLET-MATTERS OF IN.

= TERE:T ABROAD.
Artists desiring to exhibit at the sxtysevenfh az
nual exhibition Of the National Academy OF Desia
must file their applications with the superintendent
Che Academy, Mr. c. $. Harrington, before March IL
| Works will be received from Monday. March Z, to
| Thursday March TO- inclusive. Vanishing days are
TO be Thursday and Friday March 81 and April l. from
| 10 a. m TO 8 p. M. Members of the press Will be ad-
mlttad to the galleries after L. O'Clock noon on the
| first Of the vanishing days The public exhibition
begins Monday, April 4, and lasts until saturday,
May II. The following artists will form the Jury OF
selection J. r. BrevOort. J. b. Bristol, j. g. Brown,
william NJ Chase Frederick Delman, II. swain Clifford.
| J. Francis Murphy, George W. Maynard, George II.
Smile, DIN L. Warner J. Q. A. Ward. Walter shirlaw.
Samuel Colnan, Louis C. Tiffany J. II. Dolph, Benoni
| Irwin, william II. Lppincott, j. Carroll Beckwith,
| Francis C.. Jones and IIorato Walker. The Hanging
Committee will be composed OF three members, samuel
| Colman Horatio Walker and Louis c. Tiffany. Tho
prizes be awarded will be heretofore, the Thomas
B. Clarke prize Of $500 for the best American figure
composition painted II the United states By AL Amer-
can citizen without limitation Of age the julius Haul
gaten prizes of 800, 1900 and $780, for the three
pictures In oil colors painted in the une1 states
by American citizens under thirtyhvc wears OF age
and the Norman W. Dodge prize OF $500 for the best
| picture painted In the United States by woman
without limitation Of age.
The exhibition Of the Architectural League was
than 1t was a fact which goes to show when
taken In connection with the improved quality OF the
exhibition. that the public appreciates the efforts OF
this organization. The Fifth Avenue Art galleries
will Immediately be given over to series OF Drief
exhibitions. each OF which is to be followed by
an auction sale. The first exhibition viii be OF
pictures by J. II. DOlph and Hamilton Hamilton. IL
will be opened January 49, and the pictures will be sold
January 10 and 49, In quick succession. and In the
order given herewith, will come exhibitions OF pictures
by j. G.. Brown. +. X. ". REIN, g. ii. Smile D. W.
Champney and J. c. Tyler. About the middle Of
February collection formed by Mr.. Joseph Abner
Harper will be brought forward. 1t IS said to contain
good examples OF the Barbizon painters, some Dutch
works of merit and several back-and whites By Edwin
A. Abbey The sale will take place at Chckering
Hail. After the Harper exhibition two collections
OF equal importance will probably be oncren' anu
after these the works left By the late Jervis Mchhes
are to be sold The annual exhibition or the soc'ey
Of American artists may be expected as nsuai IN April
The next monthly exhibition at the Union League
Club which opens next Thursday, IS TO be dcvo'ed
10 American paintings. 1t will mark the retirement
from the Art Committee Of Mr.. Thomas b. Clarke, who
as chairman Of that body has been Of great service 10
the club through several years. His taste has con-
tTibuted much 10 the maintenance OF mgh soaha"ru
IN the selection Of works of art for the exhbiuohs anu
his knowledge Of certain special objects, such q
Oriental porceains and Tanagra fsur!nes has given
issued by the clnb in which they have been included
and for which he furnished Interesting introductions
The attraction at the GrOlier Club this month was
only permitted remain there for few days, ana
was not shown u the public. II consisted Of num-
Der of watcrcoors, Illustrating Peg Wellington, de-
signed by r. Grivaz French artist, and lent oy
Mr.. Augustin DAILY Apropos of club news. it may
be noted that in London amateurs Of japanese arc
have formed n society among themselves for the pur-
pose Of increasing their fund Of Information touching
their subject fund which they are not ashamed 20
confess IS at present limited. America nlghu
do worse than follow in the footsteps Of London.
We have handful Of connoisseurs who know japanese
art intimately. but there many Others VINO are ess
thoroughly instructed and al womd pc
periodical meetings at when IDEAS ms " De No
anctioneer has been discovered here yet who would
out anything between them to avoid damage to tho
patina, done at the Lucas sale in London Lass
month.
In addition to the Venetian water colors by Mr. F..
Iopldnson Smith. which were noticed at length IN
The Tribune last Friday one two recently acquired
foreign works at the Avery gallery worth seeing.
A small study Of interior with two ladies OF tho
Dircctore period gosipng over q book and some
fancy work. represents phase OF Boldnis talent that
is rarely seen nowadays. Five years ago he did
scarcely ANYTHING but pictures like this, like the
welknown Park at Versailles" which figured in the
Stewart collection, pictures III when eegaho
eighteenth century drawing rooms wentrimmed gar-
dens copied backgrounds for episodes OF life
an intaible wrist plenty of chic he established
wide vogue Fortuny was the only one OF his pre-
decessors with whom he could fairly be compared.
Latterly he has forsaken his artificial world ana bent
his efforts in the direction of portraiture. field In
which he breaches the most advanced gospel OF mod
erniic' In originality in posing his siters he Is the
equal OF Sargent or Whistler Five or six OF his por
traits, both in oil and pastel in the last salon OF
the Champ de Mars. and they were among the most
aggressive there The upright portrait OF n ti;
In London last summer was second only in indi-
vlduality to whstler's Portrait OF My Mother the
Ss a al s Ayes wish that Bodn might
return. often 10 his first love. No one living
R ps G p sT nj nor Leo or an
other Hind Mr.. Avery has Illustration in river
mpressionism would perhaps the least misguided
wing Of that school 1t i stndy OF village lyns
A bank OF PUSHES stretched between the houses and
atmosphere is cold and clear nowhere is the color
distinguished by any strainng after effect the tlnng
scape is not apparently any inssence upon tones
which the average eye might he supposed TO over
misakably The OF painting out of doors instead
of from sketches and memory under the gray light VI
studio.
For tho delight OF those to whom Ssley is n
bagatcle and who have arrived At an intelligent APP
probation Of Claude Monet. a much more difficult
master. Mr.. Durand- Ruel has imported group Of
works by the latter which present ve"y carnival of
burning color and vibrating atmosphere. In company
with these, curOusly, is small painting by Puvis do
Chavannes, the preliminary sketch for Of his noble
mural decorations the Pantheon, illustrating the life
OF st. Gcnevieve. At the Cotter Gallery may be seen
the portrait of Mile ntonete Feuardent, painted BY
Mlllet In 1871. the datns his final emancipation
from the influence OF Dclarocie and the opening OF
that period only too short during which. sensier
tells lis. he studied Correggo and color was ms
strongest point The color in this picture l. the same
that which gows with almost as much warmth IN
all his early portraits and NEUROLOGICAL subjects and
which he failed To recapture In painting the solemn
transcrjpts from nature Of his prime. The much