New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
SALES IN PIOSpECTLTHE KNOEDLh" AMI
BlAKE:LEE COLLEcTlONs-sOME NEW
PICTURES by GEORGE HITCHCOCK
OTHER ATTRACTIONS IN THE


OTHER ATTRACTIONS IN THE
SMALLER GALLERIES.
The Spring Academy, which was reviewed In The
Tribune last Friday will be opened to he PUBIC '"-
morrow morning There will bc no o'her "pr"'"e
Of importance until next Friday, when The co'n""
collection now at the Fifth Avenue Art "ai''"S'
will be succeeded there by the pictures belonging !"
plakeslre n Company, and 10 DC sou
at auction at Chickering Hall on Apr"
4 and ) by order Of the trustees OF the hrm.
This sale will throw upon the market miscellaneous
collection Of $40 paintings. Including Il h"""'T ~
the painters Of Barblzon Il few by ir'is"erS i"e'
frequently here than the at"r-Cou'"fe' pa's"'
and Richard Wilson; dozen or so by AplcricahS'
such as Chase, Weeks, Euncc and liealy t"ho IL Np
resented by portrait OF II. NJ. stanley, and numerous
PICTURES bearing the wcll-known names OF the sale
rooms Van Marckr, Kncmmercr, Vollon Detaille' ana
50 on through Il lis, more French than otherwise
The Blakcslces not the only dealers VINO VIII us
pose Of their works OF art by auction IN the near
future Knocdlcr & Company are TO sell all 'heir
paintings at Chickcring Hall the evenings OF Apri
H. II 10 and Il. Prior to the sale the pictures,
which represent In the neghborhood OF 100 foreign
and American artists will be exhibited al the HieH'
can Art Galleries. The date OF the opening Oh 'h''
exhibition has not yet been announced. Next sat'r-
day and Sunday the Ncw-York Athletic Club Will
hold It's annual exhibition OF paintings.
At the gallery OF Bonssod, valadon & Company
there was held yesterday Il private view OF nm eN-
hlbiiion Of oil paintings by Mr.. George lhchcoek'
which will remain open until the 9Th of next month.
II will do much to enhance the reputation Oh MI
artist whose studies In pastel have male him very
favoraby' known and whose works In oil. when they
have now and then been shown here. have iis'ra'eo
u degree manual ability aud dcicacy OF taste IN
color which have also been speedily recognized ms
Is the first occasion upon which he has exhibited In
rof.x utn NJ
I'm oils-hcre are tweniyone canvases on the walls
and so many serious compositions carried out on
rcnero,ls scafe The last time he exhibited In New
York his pictures were chiefly Of Spain. This time
they depict scenes III Holland. the country In Which
he has done most OF his work and In which. we THINK
he has done best Frequently painting the figure
painting II WE'LL and, In the most Important work
in this exhibition painting II sometimes with an
esocric purpose he has precminently. nevertheless,
Gifts OF the andscnpls. and II Is ms painter oil
The skies and dunes and tulip beds OF Holland that
he has thus far proved himself most accomplished.
II his figure work has less charm II is not because
T. loss well executed. but because II has fewer Of
IN. oualItes which excite sympathy than his land
scapcs have Through the latter he affords MS
gmpscs into the very OF the Dutch country.
into windy freshness OF It's moors. Into the s"is
Gus beauty OF il, gardens naming With tulips, INTO
the more vivid coloris,lc effects Of II land which.
though peculiarly Northern. Is yet not always as
believe. He has arrested the tone and thr atnos-
plerc Of Holland in hi landscapes and has left i'm
prcssIons which are delightful because they seem 10
have been derived from something only slightly re-
moved from the potcntiality OF Nature herself.
Through his figure pieces he has made us familiar
with picturesque. artistic version OF the Dutch
peasant type. and when he has rested content with
this lac has scored n III, tinc success. When he has
,ndcavorcd Invest that type with spiritual. re-
lieous Significance either the type or his own power
has facd him and he mas Interested, pleased. pro-
vokcd "A vast amount OF admiration. but not charmed
This Is not surprising. for he has undertaken IN
enormously diGcult thing. Conining our observa-
lions TO modern art Thde Is the only painter VINO
succeeded In putting genuine. convincing pathos
and feeling into religious compositions based on h'
figures Of Iat,-rdny peasan, life He has succeeded
Dy virtue OF extraordinarily sensitive faculties OF
nnaiysls and observation. Mr. Hitchcock observes.
lie nnslyr.s Is he extraordinarily sensitive? Does
he apprch-nd that which lies Just beyond the domain
Of analysis and observation. but which can h" cap
iurcd by n soarchcr IN that domain who Il d'"nhed
10 ovcrsiep It hy temperament. by Imagination
For an answer 10 these Interrogation, We NAV turn
To The Blessed Mother" AMI The Fight Into Egypt"
the lending pictures III hi, exhibition. The first OF
the two /, The fruit OF effort concentrated during
three wears and Is a most thoughtfuy balanced and
rni.h he'd composition. Technically. au1 rs n study
4 Dutch scenery and NE II Is The best work when
Mr.. lll'chcOch ms bfOngnt lOrWuru w Nlis to"hus
at least, The young peasant mother is seated on a
plain bench Ia garden. Of which tho sunlit grass Is
powdered with daisies aud other flowers. She holds
babe In her arms. Her gown /, OF fgnr,d green
,tuf. her cloak quiet purple and around her ampi"
white hend-drcss there Is n halo. Just behind her
hedge gay with pink blossoms separates the In
closure from tulip Held OF which the pinks and
whites are only tust visible. and above which there
looms a windmill on the left. balanced by cottage
on The right Eliminate the halo and 1t would De
difficult 10 match the picture as decorative study
In realism. A, most pons Mr. Hitchcock Is an ad-
n,rably equipped artist. In the modelling and plac-
ins OF bis ngure he has exercised highly cultivated
.h.ll; both the central hgpie Of his canvas and
the surroundings are handled with ease and force.
lie has fine color aid he has what Is even more
rare M original style Az far as executive facility
and the more personal attribute 10 which have
referred can make II 50. The picture Is decidedly
bcauiful into the face OF The Madonna, however,
Il does not appear TO that the artist has had the
art to put than dim suggestion Of mcditltion
and wonder frightening the comcllness Of simple
peasant. Possibly such face may answer 10 some
ideals OF the Mother - Our Lord We fad Il not IN
the least affecting as work Of religious art not IN
the lcas, capable Of linng tho Imagination above
the every day realism Of the moiel's environment.
"Th. Flight Into Egypt" Is convincing.
II T. Il fine design brilliantly rendered. and In II Mr..
Hitchcock has nearer, perhaps, 70 the spiritual
lied effect for which he Il seeking t.an In The
blessed Mother" The weak woman riding slowly
over the dunes and the man trudgng few PAGES IN
the rear make group that is vaguely ard seriously
suggestive. But here. too IN" Madonna VIII not bar
close analysis except mere woman OF modern
Holland. AS such figure she Is more than satisfy
ing and especially when she rcapprars In the breezy
andscapc, presumably entitled Z" The Goose Girl"
which completes the trio Of Mr. IIiichcocks lnrger
pictures In this work il. Is at his hest unqualified
~. this h. paints the distant blue horizon. with
It's family outlined mills and spires the wide plain
Of grass and stulblc the flock Of geese guarded by
the knitting peasant. whose skirts 6y In the cool
wind the old mll In She middle distance and the big
blue sky with Its milky clonds-h" paints all this
with an rr, slsiiDc touch of realism and deeply felt
outdoor vilality. Given such theme as he ms In
4. mini ~