New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER Tcrrcs
EVENTS MARKING TIE CLOSE CT THE sEAsoy
ACADEMY NOTEs-IN MINOR GALLEgIEs


MI OF the last events OF any importance have ~
accomplished are In sight. Tomorrow the soe,e,,
Of American Artists opens lis fifteenth exhib,,o.
and enters upon PROSPEROUS season. IN all prob
ability. for TIE display Is one OF the best in "a.
history OF the organization. on "Wednesday morn.
ing the American Art Association Will open an 81,
hibion OF the late John IIoey's collection 4,
the evening OF the same day the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art will hold it, annual spring reception. Thu
Academy will maintain lis spring exhibition for ion,
more does not close until the 18th -
next month. n date which leaves not too long tim.
between the present exhibition and that Of obbc,.
loaned by collector, which the Academy propone.
To hold this summer. The opening day Of the a,,s,
has rot yet been announced
sales have been pIiifuy few NJ the Aoadam,
To the list Of pictures disposed Of which has been
gwen In The Tribune only two pictures are 10 h.
added. "yiocrs," by Annie r. Burt. sio and s,sdy
# Heaters" iv Walter Douglas. $50 Total N sale.
10 date. ~ $50 The three iiallgarten prizes ~
1900 300 and 300. each Of which has not be,
awarded since I5-0. are 10 DO voted upon nor,
Wednesday afternoon. More than ordinary interes,
attaches the occasion. II nifty Of the exhibition,
assemble-that being the number required 10 make
n qIorun-and one work receives ,nc-ihrd Of all
the votes cast at each ballot. three artists viii n.
made happy for interest has been accrulng upoo
the prizes for four years. We arr ignorant Of tbs
exact figures involved, but the amount Of tho nrss
prize Is said 10 hc In the ncighborhood Of ~ go
and the other prizes have been ptoIoronatoy in.
creased What pictures the voters viii lit upon /,
the obscurcst 81 problems hut there l. no dnicutv
IN pointing ont one or two men who deserve thu
encoura cement Of prize. Mr. Henry Prllviis n
one OF the most promising OF the younger men who
are coming to the front There arc hints Of Mr.
Dewlng AMI OF Mr.. H. o. Walker IN him. but 10 Ia
without doubt possessed Of original talent Ills
" Irodigal son, Is charming design. and 1t Is We'll
painted. Mr.. l.. \. Bell T. another eligible
painter. The Fire Drcamcrs,T a picturesque In.
terror by him. Is new and clever. But to fancy hat
It IS Of any use to advise voters In a like this
Is To imagine "A vain thing.
Apropos OF the Academy. II may Dc observed that
the exhibit OF sculpture there this spring Is 4
little consequence. Mr. Hartley has three busts OF
fellow artists. Mr.. Dolph. Mr.. Daingcrfeh and the
late Mr. WANT specimens Of vcracous and respectable
craft ,manshlp and there T. portrait In much the
same style 10y Mr. Edward Elwel, bu, tie only
striking piece shown 1, 10y foreigner and that has
the defect Of coarscnes,. The execu'iy" power Of
" Adricn Gaudcz, who has presented a plaster cast
Of his llfe.sxe figure. The Nymph Echo to tho
schools of the Academy, Is considerable. lie has
PVT animation into th, stau'. and h. has
modelled /: with the chic which + common I'm French
aclicr,. The spirit Of the thing. however, i CON.
mon. There II not the dimm"st suggestion u
ldrality IN the work. The staturite ~ mud" Young
reaper resting on his scythe and drinking. by Mr.
Bcury goes to the other extreme. and Is a color.
less. cmasculaied production. whose smooth carell
Workmanship Is It's only merit.
The sale Of the Knocdler collection has not de-
nudcd the gallery OF this w'll-snown firm. and Just
now 1t +, n well furnished with paintings II has
ever been. one OF these. only recently hung j.
large historical composition by Mr. Herbert II. Gi'
christ Il son Of the hographrr Of william Blake. ana
artist unknown here up TO the present lime sa's
as the author Of some Interesting plates In the Lie
OF Anne oichrist." The subject Of his picture IL
the entrance Of Cleopatra into Tarsus. y, an Ideal
portrait OF the Egyptian Queen. the work Is IN.
satisfactory. The rccumbcnt figure I'm the centre o.
the composition T. neither beautiful nor regal. Bus
her surroundings adequately conceived and when
his picture Is considered representing the deeoo-
tive ASPECT Of sumptuous procession IL Is seen tas
Mr.. Gilchriss hand has seconded his conception 70
such a way Is to leave more favorable impression
The canopicd throne upon which the queen reclnes
Is borne "A barge Beneath the level OF the throne
on the lowest deck OF the craft, are stawart Nuban
oarsmen. DARK skinned women are grouped behind
Cleopatra, and TO the right OF her blond musician
is seated this last graceful and comely figure more
attractive by far than the queen herself. MI thess
p.rsonagcs placed against a background In whha
the sea and sky appear and temple crowded With
spectators. The scene i theatrical and splendid ls
Is composed with admirable effect and the col.
orlng in which gold plays important part IS
gorgeous and yet not too rich. The handling. how
ever. is heavy. and the drawing lacking IN preston
and force. Cleopatra the character on WON Tue n
OF the picture hangs, /, modelled with less sue
than any other figure on The canvas, ~
whole. the picture reveals scholarship and designing
faculty, "A ieryd color sense and an Imperfect ecl'
niquc The idea Is picturesque and .miiehuy s.S
eepble Of artistic Treatment ine x ,sr in III,
Delmonco gallery, there Is a small group oi Wreki
pictures destined for the Chieaso FAIR. one o. tas
parurc Is D." An Odalisque.' by Caroius Duran. IL IS
small figure study done five or siA year, ago, aRa
T. tnt.r in hoo
out the hardness which Is charac. rsiic OF ms rssns
fashionable portraits /, one 81 his better sro ss u
town is OF paintings by Mr.: W. III. iiilliard
M % Ianf raMcs Holland and the
Hall Garrtsons, IN Twenty third ST.. west OF SIND
ave. lie is careful but not particularly suggestive
painter.
What NJ. Emile Mouicr. in the catalogue o. tSs
splitter collection calls III" greatest sale OF VIC
century. will be begun In Pans tJmorrow. sons
idea OF lis masnitude may be gathered from the ias
that although ii will continue during five day. 81
every week. IL will not he concluded unt the mldds
,, june II will dispcr,, one Of the most remarkable
collections of artistic relics OF antiquity the Middle
Axe, and the Renaissance which the world a.. ever
generosity CHARACTERISTIC of the nation when matter;
of art are concerned the senate has voted Sloohw
10 be expended the auction for the benefit OF Inc
We have received copy OF the catalogue Esn'n ~
ae sals publication GS%plns large TS pa."S. ia
the preface VI Bonairc touches upon the late 80 is
splers career AS well as upon the nars oms ~ me
fame OF France. but he was not a frencnhai' Iii
was born In Vienna I'm 1rlj. and IL was nv " M.
Is3. that he was Installed IN Paris. lie began ne
without fortune but his talent for specuntlon. nj.
objects of art amounted to genius ana rouSnom r,n
career he enabled To carry on Napoleonc un nsr
actions. When he entered the European! mar ~.
there less enthusiasm for industrial ra was e
pictorial and plastic art. The average collector
only beginning awaken Ia the fi'h's ~ ~
thc' mast I'm the fields OF the arnorer. tns
cabnetmakcr the ironworker. te artist. IN ' sSd
tile, glass rnamclS and ivory. These things ns Ia,
been priced and collected before. but splitter hronsns
now HE into the search for them. lie was III gov,
with his speciality ami knew II only as the eirTrss
who 1, AN expert by instinct rs well ~ by tra",nn3
cnn know H. lie was Interested In the antique, n.
one Of the finest plates in the portfolio Of the ca'
* OF number Of Tanagra tgurines but me nnh n
Ages and the Renaissance We're the cras III "' MI
cared most study and he came To Know ,hf ,nrm
mntely lie had ideal. lie wished Ia ioi"
collection that would be- cncN clopnedic thit 80
Illustrate the Industrial arts OF his hvor. ayes NJ
al,y and with toerablc completeness, I'D
Eonnfre admits that other men PRIOR To- Spith'r VI, h,d
I'm his province but he adds. justly, mat 10 o hS
ever npproachcd the Paiisanzcd Austrian ~ s an,o
Ills hons, on the Rue de NillcluSt was deN'ol'
one OF the most noted museums on ,ilr .oi ss not
II was miracle Of arrangement: spp'r ms sc,.n.