New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-19
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS

MENT IN MATTERS ARCHITECTURAL
FRENCH SCULPTURE IN CHICAGO.
| Two new exhibitions come up for discussion IN.
| week. On Tuesday there will be a press ylex n, A.,
samuel COlman's pictures and the curios which 4.
has collected abroad. His ceramics are expected :.
| prove OF particular value. The Academy does M.
| open to the public until week from tomorrow Nm,
| tie press will be admitted to the galleries On ,h
| afternoon OF vanishing day. next Thursday N.
| Loan Exhibition cndures for week more cos,n.
| next Saturday night. The attendance has ha.
| good, showing an increase the days have nas.,
During the present week II is much TO be hoped ,h,
| the galleries will be generously patrOnlzed To-
deserve TO be IL for the collection Is one a,
remarkable interest and Is not likely 10 be equaas
here very soon. There will be music at the exhibto,
every evening this week. After the doors are c,oa
on Saturday night preparations vii be begun for tho
exhibition OF TIE Society Of American Artists q,
which q press view will be given on April L. and =.
which the public will be admitted two days lats,
1t Is said that the contributions Of NewYork aria,
to the Chicago Fair will not be missed at the ev
hibitlOn OF the society. In spite OF the drain nm.
their resources the members OF that organization ex
pect to make brilliant show here as though
their energies had not been in the leas, diverted nv
the dOings in tie West. The " Rembrandt Dc peeos
was not withdrawn from the American Art Galleries
with the other works shown there up to last Mon.
1t Is worth while recurring TO TIE Parsons exhibition
for a moment When It had been closed II waa
found that no loss than fifty six Of tn nlnetytlee
pictures had been sold since the opening day thu
receipts amounting TO $4,000. TITS Is instructive
II shows concluslvcly that there i appreciates
public In New-YOIk and that when really good
nev thing + offered II IS not offered In vain The
amabc Englishman. with his primitive IDEAS Of what
goes on outside lis immediate line Of vision NAV be
Cd tvbnp ha yisi
London and finds that only about third OF the col.
lection has been left for him to purchase There
may not be much tat. for Mr.. Parsons has
taken his picture, 10 Boston and II Is not probable
that none will be bought there.
The collection Of 1o23 Oriental Jugs which has been
placed exhibition at the American Art Galleries
by an importer whose name Is withheld Is k, the
Vrntine Raym collection OF Eastern textiles dis.
pcrsed only the other day, in that 1t is OF a char
acer raised above the mediocre level Of commerce. but
1t Is unlike it In being nised vastly higher. The
present gathering, not being OF objects acquired
purely for pleasure. embraces a maitor Of course.
scOres-nay, hundreds-of rugs whose best recon-
nendation i, simply that they good products Of
good looms fine but not unique specimens. But in
II there are some pieces which decidedly unique
one OF these, No. 1000, Is because II Is extra
ordinarily rare; ii Is OF Arabic Workmanship and
eleven hundred years Old The others are unique as
anything OF matches beauty IS unique whether an
tiquc or not They will be found hanging on the
south wall OF the large gallery the second loor. az
superb an array OF old Iran silk the most fasd.
ious amateur could desire. The silk rug must always
lave lighter pile than fabrics OF wooen threads and
for thi, reason might appear be little less hxu.
rlous bat 1t can have what rugs OF no other stun
can have-a surface Of the utmost brlliancy ana 1T.
descence. There Is probably nothing In the "orm
short Of the in sunlight, nothing OF man hlaiu
facure, save the glass Of antiquity when bewi'ches
the eve with such magic Of color rs j. woven lhto
lucs like No. 1905. royal rug seven by eight ieeo
and the gem Of the collection, like Nos. :-3, soo'
90, and O01 all rug, Of ran or like No. 934. al
old TclrIzian example. Much iias been said III praise
NJ Eastern textile workers, ancient and MODERN "neo
thar treatment Of geOmctrc ornament mas oteh uc'
scribed as the only treatment when qu"e ehuna''
whatever lnticxibinty might threaten TO sh'Ne u'i~
g., ord IN tho connos sour learned in the lore OF inc
East there Is incxhausible suggestion IN 'e nsuAse
Of tile designers. From a note In tile eaAi"sue w
one Of the Khorassan rugs In this cohectoh' 'he VIZ
,tor NAV learn whence the loop, better known as .
ms,u, ,.o, which figures in Cashmere shawls and
Persian rugs was derived But the greatest eiory .!
tho rurmoker, OF the orient Is tat they We're anu
ore still natural coorsts, that they cohuoi u'o
subtIest hueS with power no less eAu"p'uii'"'' ;.
their sphere than is the power OF the Nehru'n p'
crs I'm theirs. Everywhere IN the 'ohe'"o" ~ NV
American Art Galleries there Is coior oil po."'
beauty We Will make no pretence Oh e"'".
criticism Of this collection In detail ~ u W.
and moreover there Is nothing alt'r tue rugs "
,rn,,,, ~, bov. alludcd. and those in their depart
rcnt which requires to be specially poni'c' ou'
The great mass OF textiles represents some Of e nu'
oyccllent art OF Persia. No more need be Nau' i"'
sale OF the rugs begins next TUESDAY "''N'
continues for four days
pnaho
establishing n deeply Interesting precedent III ''|e'
SQUARE the city possesses one Of the nhest oP'n -
I'm the country II Is disfgur,d. 70 De sure W Wv
Museum OF Fine Arts OH one SIDE ana ny VI.
Old South Church on another. bo'h ugly 0u -
but II has TO counterbalance these '"o vi vi, =.
works OF architecture We have, Richardson 80
Church and the magnificent Public Library r,ceny
c,oa from tho designs OF a New-lork firm u
architects and II has noe yet been spoiled by any
ono ~ the bad statues with which Boston, Inv
every other American city OF importance Is P'"'
fully supplied. In the hope OF forestalihg the N"uA
md creating public feeling before which Inc per
nciois influence Of misguided government "o'.
BE- compelled To vanish away, the Boston sorieV -
Architects has thrown open competition Tor d'ss".
looking TO the "remodeling and embellishment VI
the square, The term, OF the competition ana re-
production OF the outline bird's-eye view ~ the sq""'
prepared BY the society appear in The Amen.aH
Architect and Building News" for March A. W.
quote the foil wing from the advertisement
The society las determined to invite all persons
professionally Interested In iii" solution OF SUCH
problem as l. here observation-disclosures arVm'ee.1
culptors engineers or landscape archltecsLto s.S
i'm designs In accordance with III" foil WING Pr r
grammr II being understood that TINS step i um
by the society of it, own motion. and without au'hOy
from any cicia source: and that no a>>nrilr .J
be offered 10 the competitors that their designs M
ever be- considered by the city government, T S,o
whom alone rests the power t. carry any d"sIsn nw
execution. Each design must include some h.v hst
mcna feature In the centre Of the square, oi "s.
ever character the author may determine. ana cs .
pcttors are reminded that this nccessiiates ~" %s
sideratlon OF "A disposition OF the tracks VI ss
surface railways The society offers I'VE pnisss
Of $50 each for the five designs which >haii Dc 6v
to be- the best. by jury OF experts to pc aploi"
the committee. M.
Further particulars In regard TO the ccmp'i"~.
which closes on April ,, may be obtained 10y au"
Ing IL. Langford Warren. secretary. f'rk-s'' -
ton. Enough Is given from the socictys ANNOUNCING
f.,Il,. mini L. ohncI and the WHY III WnlSn