New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-06
THE AUTUMN ACADEM \.
FAIR EXHIBITION OF MINOR WORKS.

A FAIR EXHIBITION OF MINOR "oi'n'
u decorative wav the Academy Of Design mas
MAYER presented more artistic appearance 'r
the occasion Of its autumn opening IMAM A. f,oa
now. All the porcelains. terra co'td" "l ,Sni,,o,
which formed the best part OF the Loan .t,
have been retained In the galleries, anu Wv - ,,o
incs which have been substituted Tor those Vi .
Belmont collection and other owners hi'u ,s,
In unusually attractive surroundings WHICH U.s.
10 assist in drawing attention TO the sho" s,,
the last observation is not INTENDED do ~ :,
upon the intrinsic merits of some OF Tue p''''
is to be added candidy that the latter are ai"o 9
all unimportant The jury has been more ". ,,,
than ever before and 2SO pictures hang where aoou
40 hung year ago. but the exhipuoi SUM .h
II suffers every autumn. from the preference Vi Wv
Vsry few new works OF the first order are snowi.
Those few by Mr.. lnness MT Martin s ,in n Sir
Homer Martin has one OF the spacious andsS Sc IS
in which he charms by his ndeniy ~ ~ al by the
distinction which associates itself with Work al ViIS
original "a snd Marf Work and the horizon line
in this picture has not his aecustoned aeIe vss is
as always one sincerity and strength MI uan ma
aTsss sngls sS"h Sea OF sketch and
in this in the subey Win % wnif buks
snormouslw in the Small picture but it takes its
place beyond the tropical foreground n WIN The
three seizures by Mr. inness are all Landscapes of
brilliant x sGSr sn na two S Thy the
Of student Of natuge who also sn,,g ;"9s9 nan IN
have n II shade more of or nv iS Sp IT'S b"w
sake n nan the ei hn of artcsy really
from a temporary moderation of the artist eNecu'
S ye th "sRsa'G In S lSa" &C. has
similar st wn Ths nd of
comprises the principal works OF their class Wnlch
else that though less brilliant is sim interesting
Mr.. Minors night scene. No g. has a beautiful ind
is a dash of Corot in Mr.. Rangers landscape NO
rs as there Is dash OF Hoh hrs IN nrc Ma also rooi
qualities in both those pictures whcn are aeriNea
srGm seT IN the west aery Weht MIST
which marks great Improvement IN ms WORK.
vague tender effect into his picture he has modi-
fed his handling perceptibly There Is less hard,
abandoned his rather metallic modelling Is aPpTe,n nr
from No r St sb tweh scen an and Win it, in
less degree, clever little barnyard fr Iae
sensitive brushwork than that by which he is "a, as
a rule. distinguished. Mr.. c: Harry Eaton also
pay in NeW-Jersey The handling is closely
fused than it has been heretofore with him; and II
of texture and color On the line. in The south
gallery is small landscape No 1885, by Mr.. c. co H.
may be pointed out. and pictures by M sisri
and Parton of or less Interest As TO the
large Venetian fantasy by Mr.. Ihomas Mora, Moran
we can find nothing to say in justification of the
academic appreciation which its position implies.
Turner wears ago painted dreams of Venice sucn
as Mr. Moran plainly endeavors, TO repeat, and
Turner poetzed 50 fectousy with his brush r mat
theess great art Mr.. Morans work Is so nm nnoceni
Of poetry 50 IS .ens bs swI his Venice is Utterly
unsympathetic. At, .,,,,t,o ora
especiay good are the three BY Nh
Champney, Mr. Dzekonska and Miss ;s Hf fes.,s RS
deiightfully decorative in ARRANGEMENT, and IT has
the Of rapidly of b pon nappeSus T Medium
Mr. Champney believe; has been study fon La
could be drawn from his charming picture Of Miss
Grace Kmbal as Betty Linley'" on the Ia, aeh 10
has based style Which contact with French n,t
models has softened and made more heXips; o Buy
patches champaey has used So 's cents
%s s t THE on SG'Sny
accomplished and peasng M for it's thoroeh
Workmanship and as the production Of an unfa-
miliar artist whom it will be interesting , to ma Sey
portraits in oils here are OF any in
The sdy ga.1y s Sy Mr D design and in
its accessories. is nicely drawn. and saving Ger
Hardies portrait Of the Hon Redheld Proctor
claims recognition for animation ana GateiuI ~
studv of little Breton girl by Mr.
Nettieton No. ls7. is not exhibited as portrait,
traiture it has expression character and sructuis
and it has the one quality for which search qe of
i pSrtraiis 1 by Messrs Hercr Hnckey Benner
nothing In this mass OF work which elicits any
but the most perfunctory and unprohtapie COM
What genre painting there is Of merit Is appre.
hended not in compositions suggestive OF oflslhamy
and adventurous intelligence. but chiefly ID cieNtr
little transcripts of little subjects The more amD,
tious painters make poor showing Mr. Inti of
alone. in opalescent picture, OF the spritI oI
OWL a%s eVok sssas SALIENT and imaginative Mr.
Langley's Going to the Village large ouiuooi
Pressive freshness and vim is bemshed by muddy
Shadows about the figure; Miss MacComper m
teresting composition loves Iamchh' h " ad
dicted and Mr.. Moeer. who exhibits some anec-
dotic subjects much larger in scale than the pno'2
so little improved in respect to preaoth py , ,ds
transition to big canvases that his aggrcsslVe,,
ness is only to be deplored dainty idea treated
with tolerable daintness in The Hunress ,. Of
Mr. Low and unaffected sentiment joined with
tasteful color and an artistic treatneni oI GUY
lines in the Little Housekeeper Of Miss Wool,
of some significance For the rest the flgure paint
ings the bright clever style OF Mr haSs a,i
fu-ength of a negress Chloe; Mr. Motts
polished picture of an Eastern Sa aready
York dock Which Mr. Buriegh Parkhurs has in
the south gallery few RSsures such The as rural Mr
scenes by Mr. Bell. Mr.. Carr and Mr.. rum: me me
flower study by MI Prewitz the marine M oy C Sr
Mrs Lamb recur belonging In this last category
Of work well done ab any or OF presented any new
ideas II would be discussed In detail IL Is MOI ric
in suggestion. 1t is RICH on the other hanni IN
The autumn Academy is noted. on that basis IT
NAV he left to the public The exhibition remains
open until the 18th of January.
Mem 11nblirations.