New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
THE WATER CoLORS OF JAPAN by MR. PARSONS
TO COME TO NETWORK OTHER NEW
THINGS ENCRAvINGS AT THE
GROLER CLUB-THE BARYE
MONUMENT EOR PARIS.

Tho Loan Exhibition Of the American Fine Arts So
ccty +, precminenty the exhibition Of the season. IT
compreheads. beside, paintings that womb alone
make a gallery Iesperdent. many works Of art Sn'h
Greek terra coaS and vases. old silver Dishes ana
ornaments. Earyc bronzes ard 81 forth. which 'hc
puhlc have n0n too many opportunities 10 see The
exhibition lasts until the middle Of March at least
but II should be visited early for whoever has one
view Of 1t will desire 10 have many others IL Il
rot exhibition TO b. a>Sinilaed all at once. Ills
Is the last week OF the exhibition ut the Academy
of the Water Color Society and the Etching CLUB.
1t Will close next Saturday night. and probably with
Of the best records the two cooperating societies
have made In the time. The success of
tho exhibition thus far has been all that the artists
could have desired. AT Avcry's tOm morrow morning VIII
be opened an exhibition OF landscapes by Mr. Leonard
Ochtman. who made very favorable impression NJ
the gallery year ago with collection OF his
works. Tomorrow also, Mr.. Kcppcl will open his
exhibition OF water colors. drawings and etchings by
Evert van Muyden, nm artist who ha, devoted himself
the study Of animals. ApropOs Of this exhibition,
Mr.. Kcppcl has written and published with illustrations
brochure which to assist with admirable
taste IN introducing Van Muyden and hi, work to the
public here.
The Walter Richmond collection having been sold
last Friday night the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
will bring forward Mr. Henry VI. Johnson's pictures
Tuesday. The Kit-kat Club announces an enter
tanmcnt OF tablcauX vivants to take place at the
rcrkclry " ccum next Thursday and Friday evenings
under the management cf a dozen wellknOwn artists.
some event, Of a peculiarly welcome nature are t.
occur IT, Marc! AZ was published in The Tribune
be other day the women who desire to send their
product In the department Of applied ants to the
Chicago Exposition are 10 have Il preliminary eAli-
blton at the American Art Galleries on Madison
square. which is TO open March 3. In one Of the
rooms will be shown at the same time collection
Of pictures that promises furnish Of the best
sensations OF IN, season. the collection Of dcsign,
made in japan, and chiefly from the ncra Of that
country By Mr. Alfred Parsons These pictures
were much euloeized I'm some paragraphs quoted in
these columns little while ago In March, al B0ussod'
VaadOn ~ CO.'S, there Will be exhibited number
u oil, By Mr.. George Hitchcock who ha, lately
brought them this country himself. VI. benjamin
Constant sails for Ncw-lork on the 18th. and the
portraits which he Is coming To paint VIII be exhibited
at ihi, gallery when completed.
The number Of water coorS sold ut the Academy
has been increased TO lG1. and the total Of money
received for picture, TO Sl7,425. The more i'm
porlani of the recent sale, given herewith: "oco
bcr,7 by &. II. Eaton. so; "Wihcrcd Weeds by
". VI. Post. 80 Marchcsn.' 10y 4. Lynch, $50;
\ Passing shower" by T. b. Craig. So; "Nen"-
eiai" by Mis-. II. II. Nichols. so; Washing Day,s
by Mis- L. II. Nichols, 400: After the shower by
j. II. Tvachtman 80; ia" Beach AZ Broad>talrs'
by &. IlaS-am, 80 Cornish Fishermen 10y II. Il.
>nell. goo; In the sunshine. 10y W. j. White
mor. .ll0; Mischief Makers by l.. {. Earle.
$40 "Frbpurg. switzcrland,7 by G. +. Dana. Sl25
-. Marks. Nrnicc." by ". Magrath, $3.50. The
Etching club has raised II, total receipts for proof,
10 sjl9 during the week just ended.
The Silmagundlans opened another Of their IN
formal exhibitions ut their rooms, NJ. 10 West
twenty acond.st.. last Friday evening. For hi,
occasion the walls have been hung With oils. aud
the most plausible exhibitor, Nc,es. kia-"lii,
Chapman. sAurtlcH. Bo.'rt ana TIL. who have al!
picture, IN which there l. something T. interest
the eye for moment. The general character OF tn"
exhibition j, very informal indeed iua- much !, none
ot tine pictures /, mp the regular pitcl Of the large
exhibitions, Ent Thu does pretend compete with
th" Academy. and the f'iends Of rhs artist, Will no
doubt Ice pleased TO visit the rooms before they ar
closed u them late In thr evening on the 23d.
tn exhibition Of print, at the Groler Club in
December. 10y which the proer,> Of the art Of en-
craving In all countries illustrated. Is now
followed 10y one which places tho works of one
English master. William Failhornc. a separate
pedestal and in a clear light. lie i one Of the
fruitful objects Of study which the black and white
art Of his time Ia, To offer. Born In London early
In the seventeenth century he grew mp 10 he I'M
pris0ncd a Rolali-t In the tNil War ANA To be- cN
He'd. measure Of safety for himself TO France.
There he learned much. II all. inclined Ia
think Of the peculiarly elegant qualities which are
found In many of his llate,. For In" animation and
intelligence Of his ,tyle ~ well a, for III" purity Of
bis technique at liz best the school Of Nantcuil. Of
which he actually did feel the influence" furnishes the
,o,n,t parallels, lie Is of the It accomplished
rAccutantS %, his own country. His line Is clean
and forcibe hc drew well and had something Of ire
feeling II the painter and 1T Is characteristic Of his
whether after his designs those OF
other artists such Van Dyck and Lcly. that they
are ri ways full Of life, really expressive. lie did
MOI frIif- ipn "A
whicl. /, INCOMPLETE. but representative neverthe
less, SUPPLE, the catalogue with 100 numbers. or
these perhaps II score and II half tide pages,
ontl,plccr and illustrations TO books. sacred aud
piofanc hut the rest 81 men and women moro ar
loss celebrated Elizabeth Is in the Grocr exhibition.
- /, Leo y. - is Charles Y. Emperor OF Germany
80 are Catherine Of Braganza. slr William Davcnant
Cromwell. Cowcy Shakespeare Luther. Mclanchon.
Milton and quit" company Of ariNtocratic Parsonage,
Of the type that gentleman who Is visible In No. DO
" The true aud lively Pourtraicturc of EndImmyon
Porter Of his Ma dies B>dchambcr, Esquire" His
torical and artistic Interest merged In an exhbi
lion Of this kind and thea IS amusement ion tn,
,tudcnt rs wei, ~ for the amateur the Grocr Club
They may obtain admission there presentation %
"A member, card on any day before 10 IA. M and
Il p. m. before the 9TH OF March
The Groncr club, Committee Publications have
their literary undertakings with IN enter
prise that Is artistic than anything else. They
have had a medallion OF Hawthorne modelled 10y |
Hinged dllzach the sculptor who divides with Chap |
lain the honor Of having given contemporary France
Standing among the periods winch have produced AT
ti,c mcdallion, n standing worthy OF their own David.
Chaplain Is the purely scuipturr>qre worker |
Of the two Rmsrl. he is usually called Is nothing
II not decorative and picturesque, and IN SOME OF his
portraits Of cot and Augustr Nacucric 10 nam"
TWO OF the bcsth" i delightfully."- pictorial In the
medallion of Hawthorne. which Is by IN" way. bronze
incI, Iu a. ma, Introduced
side Of the head llawthornrs birthplar, IN salem with
the date and on the other ,hc that marks thr
author, grave. Above the portrait l. the subjects |
name aud below it Is the Scuplors, Win the emblem
Of the club The mcdalOn Is apparently based on
one Of The Photographic taken OF a"tlpInr by Mhyall
in London IN iooU, wEEln 6.; IL" Years Of liaw'
death