New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
SALES AT THE AcADEMY-rHE YANDEII coI'
,r,r,oN-MR BLUM's JAPANESE SKETCHES
PHILADELPHIA ART scHooLs-~
SALON OF FORGERIEs.

rE(TION-MR. BLUM'S JArANr,~S On
PHILADELPHIA ART scHooLs-A
SALON OF FoRGERIEs.
4. ,u. .no raw cxhibition will be opened this
week. that OF the Iic.ures belonging 10 hnoeo'e'
20. The press view will be held at the american Ar
Galleries Tomorrow. The BIake'iee PICTURES fems'n
nj the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries until iues'ay even
ing when the sale OF them Will De oesu" :. Cn"He
mo uall. During the week Mr.. George Hitcncoc.S
ovn,h,,,on viii continue at Boussod. valadon Co.'S
The spring Academy, Of course. Is also one Oh ~
leading current at racticns.
thirteen pictures have been sold at the Academy
.,ncs the openng day. The list Is US follows: ia
Each life ,y NJ. r. Dixon, $500; An Amethyst
hv r. G. Tarbeli $4OO "God Of Silence by a. =,
Baker, $500; Venice" by H. A. Ferguson 10Y
q Block Island" by J. c. NicolI. gov "hoses. ~
r.. Art. $50; "A Rrooksidc," by T. A. Richards SiSo,
Motbers Portrait. by NJ. II. Dixon. 1925 Caprea
~ q n. Hall. $3.50: "Yellow Roses" by A. b.
pierce SEQ; Mount Surprise by W. L. Sontag' s.o'
asbadows,n by J. b. Bristol $3.50; AN English
Iane.n by J. ii. Dewey, $40. The total sum ~
ceiyed for these pictures amounts to $s'ooo.
Irrder the name of "The Holbein Company" nrm
NJ dealers formerly located In downtown shop mas
carried on an establishment at No. 80 Fiinave 'nIs
w,pter and has scd number OF minor collections at
auction. This company will sell Tomorrow night
collection which reaches higher leVei thah MS
uSu
formed OF fty-six paintings, Of which some beong 70
Mr. C. r. YandeI and others to an unnamed collector.
A number OF good American works are Included there
hing two Venetian pictures by Mr.. Bunce, landscapes
by Mr. Blakeocx, Mr.. B0ggs and the late Mr. WANT,
a stiife by Mr.. Carlson, ard bean'iim study Oh
roses by Mr.. Alden Weir. In the category OF icreen
no,ntings there are less than four OF the palette
npfe Improvi-aons in which Monticello crystalhxeA
his passionate IDEAS Of color, and all OF tEem are
good BY that other painter OF Southern fcrvor Feix
Nem there Is an Adriatic beach scene which, rutner
Oddly Is without the rosy warmth characteristic o.
him. II Is a fine piece Of color nevertheless. h'eo'
Is represented by "Gypsy Camp dnting from
perod prior to that Of his gtterng Venetian pictures
and like most OF his earlier works, having natural
charm which has not always survived the Brilliant
technical nisL of his better known podrc IONS There
arr interesting landscapes by Marhit Pasiti Cain
and Isabey I'm the collection, and among the ngure
pieces a study OF an cd man by foItuhy, huae
bather by Gervex, and an "ltaiian Gri' Ill the oao
Dutch style by Couture are distinctly worm 'he At
t.nton OF collectors. The latter would do well 70
attend the sale.
At the Avery Gallery the last OF the oneman ex-
hib,;ions OF the to be held there has been
u,thdrawn and the walls are hung with mis-
cellaneous lot Of paintings. Those by Eugene Jette
witch reappear from the exhibition held In February
do not modify the judgment passed upon bis wofx
then Ie is a landscapist OF taste and apiiity' an
artist and not merely clever workman. But ne
1, not an artist Of brilliant gifts Facing his pictures
are five by ". L. Fcknell, rlein arste.' who gas
upou other occasions proved himself capable OF more
pleusing work than this which Is shown now, but
who has lost not any OF his accuracy In arrestins
clear light effects upon his canvas. With these are
hung one OF Carl Hefiner's closely anaiyzed land
scapes and frameful OF the tiny water coors which
formed one Of the features of his ntSesting exhibition
held two years or ago; decorative street study of
f.r-. h1pn . loon
before; a luminous landscape by Kruger. new man.
and SOME small canvases by Miohett. Artz. Lambert
and ochtman. The big Washington group. by
savage, Is still exhibition I'm the inner gallery.
To little exhibition OF drawings made for
scribner,s, which Was closed ut the Wunderlich
Gallery last night there Is no need TO return save
for the purpose OF referring to the japanese sketches
BY Mr. Blum OF which thirteen were hung These
were Of II beauty not 10 be comprehended III the
productions given In the magazine for which they Were
made judging. at least, from the cuts In the Apru
number In that issue few OF the thirteen pcturvs
noted above were reproduced, and the discrepancy
between the original work and the printed blocks
could only give pain to any one Interested IN the
subject. Possibly Mr. Blum prefers process to en-
craving: there many artists who feel that way
but IL must be u strange taste which could approve
the transformation Of such drawings as those OF TIE
s,mpans- and The slushy Rice Fields into watery,
cootless plates through the friendly agency of the
camera Any drawings more dainty ana yet more
clearly defined In values than those MADE IN Japan
by Mr.. Blum 1t would be hard to ind. lie mas bur
PASSED himself in his Oriental work, put into II more
originality more chic, more mastery drausntsmaF
ship and more seecve, formative power than ne nAs
ever shown before. And In the magazine lie hl"Ao
next to No impression ut all. The charm u Az
drawings disappears II any doubts this, let nun
turn to page 400 Of the April Scribner' and look at
the reproduction OF the drawing called Street scene
In Tokyo II may be- that the "Exhibiioh num-
ber for which NEST OF the drawings We're eAeca'eu.
Will be better treated. Whether they are or not, II
is to be hoped that when he has passed through the
throes OF publication Mr.. Blum will hold an exnipf
ton of his drawings and strengthen his position ~
a painter OF Japan. lie has established that position
pretty firmly by his brilliant picture at the Academy
but he will run the risk Of weakening II II Ne docs
nothing to counerac, the effect Of the reproductions
co which have begun to speak tor him In divers
corners Of the universe.
An unusual method Of drawing attention to ne
Of Its art schools has been adopted Win
success by Philadelphia. In the Academy OF the Zine
Arts there have recently been brought together en-
hibts from the classes OF that institution and from
four additional local schools. the Franklin Institute
fer the Promotion OF the Mechanical Arts. the Pcna-
sylvania Museum and school OF industrial Art. the
Philadelphia school Of Design for Women and tho
sohcol OF Architecture Of the University OF Pennsyh
vania The idea Of united exhibition OF this SORT
Is obviously good one. II concentrates the effort
Of the youngest element In the ci,ys artistic welfare
ard enables the public TO estimate the progress Of tie
schools rs Il could I'm no other way. OF course the
degree OF progress attained cannot be accurately as
ccitain,d from hearsay. but far We can gather
from clippings sent II Is not inconsiderabe. Ae
cording 10 "rhe Tines the exhibition gives ~ NV
and surprising idea OF the extent the variety and as
vitality OF the att schools Of Philadelphia" AMI M
In every way full OF inHr'st and encouragement
II says also and this Is tho most significant rmarx
OF ALL that In the industrial exhib :" there is no
sign. OF ambition to make pictures, but rather d
a well directed purpose TO beautty the common lie
and 10 elevate industry ana haniieraft alike
by conscience and by art" There Is healthier inn
pulse to BE- no;ei In Industrial art school. which
of the most Of modern irsttuti Ms than
one toward ndustlal art Nine tines ont OF ten tho
tendency is In ether directions Mr.. Hush has showa