New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
r,,r ACADEMY PRIzEs-THE wAGGAMAN AND
ppowN COLLECTIONS MEDALS At THE GRO


BROWN CoLLECTIONs-MtDAL At THE GRo'
TIER CLUB-soME NEW STAINED GLASS.
Tho eftecntb annual exhibition Of the Society Of
,meucon Artists does net open 10 the p"p"o uhh
,oo from 10 morrow but press view OF the pictures
,riu ,e held next Friday afternoon. ana reception
invited guests will b. given on SATURDAY iro" until
q o,clock The monthly exhibition NJ the Union
Ieocue Club will be opened on Ihursnay' a' usual,
and like preceding spring shows ~ the same a.e vi"
la devoted to water eolOrs. The khoea"r conoo"oh'
% which the sale is to begin at Chickering Hall next
Tuesday night to be followed at the american An
,,ores shortly by that OF the late John iioey After
the collections referred to below nave peeh dspSeo
OF at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries lou Oh porce
o,ns belonging Mr.. Oshima viii be sold there' N.Y.
Walter Richmonds pictures. which were exmoited n
,1esc Galleries and withdrawn the night upon which
+, os oxnected that they would be sold. to be
brought ont again next December. AT the Holbein
Gallery tomorrow night there will be sold numbes
% nicures by American artists belonging to Mu.
Kentlsh.
Only tIree pictures have been sold at the Spring
Academy since the last memoranda on this head We're
given in The Tribune. They are: Study OF a Spring
Landscaprv BY II. p. Smith. $3.50: Head OF Girl"
nv C. W. Lathrop, $25. and "Caurch Lane" by W. r.
whitmore $50 These sales raise the total to $.osS.
Two Of the regular prizes have been awarded. The
Thomas b. Clarke prize Of 1900 for the best figure
composition was given to Mr. {. e. Currans picture o
THE sirens The Norman W. Dodge prize OF 300
for the best picture painted by woman was awarded
10 Miss Cecilia Eeauxs portrait OF lady In gray an
unusually deserving piece OF work II the exhibitors
nj the Academy do their duty they will meet the
afternoon Of the 10Th and cast their ballots for the
three Iallgaren prizes Of 1900 300 and 300 EACH
but IL is not at all certain that they will do They
have been Indifferent before. These prizes have not
been awarded since 1880.
We have received the first volume OF an elaborate
catalogue OF the pictures end Oriental art objects In
the collection Of Mr.. Thomas A. Wagganan. ~ Wash.
ingtOn printed octave from the De Winnie press,
witch testifes to the ability OF Mr. H. shugo, the
compiler and editor. SUCH record this has
more than casual value From those sixteen pages OF
1t which are devoted TO Mr.. waggamans paintings
IT IS possible TO learn no more than that he
possesses examples Of Turner. Dagnan-Bouveret. Rico
and the OF Barhizon and has assembled an
specially comprehensive group OF the recent Dutch
water colorsts. But from the remaining 300 pages
| in the book there l. considerable amount Of In.
formation to be CLEANED concerning Oriental ceramic
art. Mr.. WacgaElan owns n large objectionable
numbers Of this which l. only the first volume OF his
catalo que. TO 7jO-and in ranging over the OK.
,eslyc field afforded him by the porceiabs. OF which
1t IS clt'fy composed Mr.. shugio has had op-
portunity for mary instructive notes on the origin
and characteristics OF divers wares. Mr.. Wageaman
/, evidently DESTROYS Of keeping 10 high stnnd
ard possible. Tbre eases OF ceramics and score
az ujcturos belonging 10 him are Ia sold the Fifth
Avenue Galleries rext Friday afternoon. ana In
predatory note In tie catalogue he says frankly that
he sells them in order to make room in bis collection
for more important examples. In the main he WAS
well advised to take the step. though how 1t will
fatter Ncw-York buyers Is another question. The
pictures shown lumber with the exception
Of one little painting by Louis Deschamps. which
should never have Teen offered T. the owner wanted
TO keep all his good pictures. for IT is charming ex
a. Aata Tram
| period when ne less fond ~ darks than he Is
now and was vet rs attractive a colorst rs he has
been. There Is one beautiful piece among the
ceramics. No. 3GG sake bottle Of brilliant crimson
almost Hack fai,n, and there are some other num-
hprS. such 42-. sea green cracked bowi, which
are not nj all worthless because they happen 10 M
the supor,uIties OF Mr.. wacgaman's collection with
esc strays Of amateurs experience there are
exhibited the porccians OF another who offers some
OF the best results Of his trafckng In the course OF
a long residence In China. In the list OF some 300
pieces which Mr.. X. VI. Brown Is TO have sold st
auction Wednesday and Thursday afternoons there
/, much that IS unccnmonv good. lie has some
superb old cnamels Of which the two gallipots ana
/ q, and the large sung far, II, are TO be par''cu'
iarly noticed he has u number OF excellent specimens
OF turquoise and sang de locuf razes; a lovely ht
Of copper colcrcd lustrc. No. 1872: oni group OF
Hue and white which Is throughout OF good quality
| This sale Is one Of the best which the season WI
have witnessed in respect to p"rcelains.
4, IN. cro,,.r ,,uh there T. an exhibition that Is
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aS novel as II Is Interesting Inc ART oil inc 'h'""'
+, seldom seen here and OF the three whose work
,,. ,,o ,.r,,,r f,,h.s walls I'm , s.r,es ~ over 100
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castings not one Il known III America save huiohs
| limited number Of amateurs and students of plastic
| ,r, a., l., .,,nosoa ., Ionic po,v IN whom
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MY three numbers In the Catalogue are gwen '"''s
Chapllin who l. represented by thirty or forty
| medals and Enge D'Ilzach OF whose work half Q
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! Chaplain might almost he said 10 have genius II 10
war, mn, ,h,t no shows , deficiency now and then, IS
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