New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-04
PORCELAINS AND PICTURES.
THE BRINKLEY COLLECTION AND SOME
OTHER EXHIBITIONS.

A valuable collection OF Chinese pOrcelans will
b. sold al the American Art Galleries next Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoons. 1t belongs 10 'he owners
Of the galleries, but formed by Captain r. bflnk
ley an amateur living In the East, whose name mas
FOR many years been familiar to collectors id MS
country. Three hundred and five pieces are GAIA
logged ard over some OF these the former owner
linger, with supertIuous rhetoric. lie says OF NO.
H. for example. TX precious winccnps that II tnir
equal is found here they may be given 10 'he man
who is happy as to possess IT, tut IL .ii' h'u
OF vvacity do the collection no good, neither can
it accomplish any hahn. Tile porccaifs are me
enough to speak for themselves. And some of the
niece, speak with obvious emphasis. The beauty ana
rarity of tie large hun which heads the coilec-
tion No. ], could not escape notice, nor coulu me
striking character of the tall cnamelied DiacH la".
thorn vase No. So DO obscured by the quantity OF
good but not equally brilliant examples with which
the gallery Is filled. There several pieces wmch,
Iit. these isolate Themselves by virtue OF quailes
as uncommon they are rich Some OF them are IN
the case CT sang deboeu glazcs whore, II anywhere
Captain Rrinkrys laudaton OF his purchases Is par
donab!c on The OF an enthusiasm when Is easy
TO understand and to share. The specimens IN uin
coup particularly Nos. 70 and loo, are more than
ordinarily handsome. In another case, That which
contains No "a. a Gslbowl Of dark b.ue glaze, SUI
ncrb I'm form tone and scale there may be pointed
ont three fine pieces I'm addition to the BITTER, Nos
1913, > and 81. AlluSon may be mao" also 10 No
20 a IIvcrlrd vas, ono. damaged. and now disfgurcd
by the repaired crack, but still beautiful to tNs
little specimen OF lsiroe crTickle, NO. .'V' winch
stands Ly the way, among number OF uniformly
fine pieces OF white soft paste porcelain ana TO soma
OF th, Hawthorn lars, Nos 1872. lab and 40. The
Hawthorn lars figure IN Of blue and white
ware whch maintains high level throughout. Inns
may be said Of the collection rs WHO'D" some Oh
il, principal attractions have been Indicated broadly
Speaking 1t Is collection appealing to amateurs OK
..l.. Of Tho MS %
week will odd an important event to the record OF the
loo now falling into the quiencss OF the summer.
The EriuLcy collection fills only one CT the Ameri-
can Art Galleries. The rest are hung with hunoer
OF pictures which viii remain on the walls LOT Oh
indefinite period. At present comment upon lien
may b. confined to the remark That thes hIhS Ns''"er
some extremely interesting phases Of foreign ana
Am rIcan mplt ssiCnlsm. The latter Is ILLUSTRATED oy
Mr. j. Alden Weir and Mr.. J. ii. Twachlman' tho
fcrmcr by Claude Monet and r. 4. lesnaiT Win
Lo,nard the public here has very ilttie' II any, 40
quaintlncc. and this opportunity ID examine LIS
wcrk I, To- BE- notci With pi'asuic There Is no les
interest however, attaching 10 the other men In the
exhibition The quartet is unique and suggestive.
one or two minor exhibition, invite attention. At
the keppc Gallery there twenty-five water co.ors
ard handful Of black ana whites Dy "eorse lie
McCord a hndscapi,t, who's" CONSCIENTIOUS WORK.
sometime, distinguished by clever treatment vi III
mo, pherc i, Well known. The exhibition announcer
Yesterday WIS not NsiDI" tneil D"' VIII P'"""''
| he ready today OF morrow, and Will remain open
for a fortnight The Wunderich Gallery Will be
oceupl.d for the next ten days by some paintings
mate in the Arctic regions by Mr.. Frank W. s'oAes'
who ucconiri MED the Peary Relief Expedition year
ago Among them are studies Of scenes as remote
A. the ,eyrnty-cighh degree of latitude. MI. stokes
| psin,el .dr,tly from nature" 1t appears. Ills
mixtures are versions OF Polar effects, for which ts
tropics with their supposed greater vVidhess' eau
furnish no parallels. Dealing with bright MASSES
Of color he has exercised vigorous brlish-horo
forcLle than delicate. sub'ly expressive OF outline
and IN, modelling Of large, uneven suriaees-aho
a color sense more responsive to broad effects than
TO the refnencns Of gradation. His work Is eher-
cetlc harmonious, and, though without charm OF
svn II is OF interest as reproducing unfamiliar ana
IMPRESSIVE combinations Of color with taste and AMI
nation with n touch of vitality. IL MARKS sep
upward in the illustration OF the Arctic regions.
There are stu steps TO be taken before reay
fine treatment II this material l. reached ~.
The society ~ American Artists VIII close lu
exhibition the evening OF inc l3t,. 30 eMnD ncn;
To Immediately follow 1t has yet been mhounce0.
The Academy closes on the same day. ana VIII 10
succeeded some tine during the summer by a ioan
exhibition. al which the opening day Is al Presens
unknown Another summer exhibition Is 10 be
opened ut the galleries OF the liolbeh ,ohpnii, ~
American artists and Will be- opened before the emo
Of th, month. -, :,
At tn, Finn AZ Auction Rooms t.ere VII BE- b,
prlnt, belong ne TO Mr. r. dc -. Paul. Cinadlai. IL
contains good many recent plates OF no sp,iai I'M
portancc. but also some proofs oil uiaT ~ na;
Wancr AMI 4 few of their contemporaries, WHICH,
amateurs OF prints might do well to lgk up. ,
Works Tor the fourteenth annual exhibition OF tne
Rochester Arr Club which opens on May II, VIII
Le received nj tho Chamber OF Commerce Rooms:
Monday. May ID. The WORKS 81 NONRESIDENT aruss
must he sent in time be delivered by the specined
particulars may BE- obtained from e. H. Cso9sh'oa-
secretary 81 otate-st, Rochester " J.