New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
VOTES or THE wEEK-THE wOMAN's ART CLUB
THE STUART PICTURES AT THE LENoX
L1urARY-sIH GEORGE REID on
AKIND OF IMPEESSI0NISM.

LIDEARY-SIR GEORGE REID oN
AKrNp OF IMPHEssI0NIsM.
Tho nrIncipal new exhibitions this week VIII De
those OF Mr. Alfred ParsonSs japanese pc';res anu
tho objects Of applied art made by women ior ,"e
Chicago Fair, both OF which open al 'he american
Galleries IN the Sd. At the Firth Avenue Ar' ""'.
lercs the Johnston pictures. which are 10 oo SUN AZ
Chckcrin: Hall on Tuesday evening are ID s'.e
place to a collection OF japanese cuios, which VIII
be- seen for the first time wednesday, ana 'is -
10 no followed by two collections OF which the only
one as yet announced Is that OF Mr. samuel Coihhh ,
pictures and brc-a-brac. the pictures beng from HIS
own brush, and the brica-brac the souvenirs Vi do
travels Mr.. Ochtman's pictures at the Avery gallery
will be- taken down next saturday night. and on the
following Monday the walls will BE- hung Win iahl'
.oapes By Mr. C. ". Eaton, the last artist to hav"
m o,t,tition NJ bis own at this place this season.
The important exhibition at the Fine Arts Buiidins
continues Of course. and there are Exert van My
dcn's etching, drawings at the keppe gallery ior
those who appreciate yrc and original treatment VI
animal subjects. For extremely Interesting pi'"''
CT an other sort the amateur may go TO the Fa'horne
exhibition at the Grcller Club. 1t lasts through 'h'
week. and IS one Il the best the club has hal. Inc
Lotto, club gave frstview last night OF colec'ioh
II paintings, which members OF tho club may ENJOY
today and which viii be exhibited to ale' from
. until q O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. AT the Macbeth
Gallery there begins tomorrow exhibition OF paint
ings by Mr.. William Keith
NJ Walter Richmond's very strong collection OF
paintings was sold the evening OF inc l'tn' as
was expected and announced In The Tribune. Inc
severe storm kept many probable buyers away
that IL was deemed wiser 10 postpone the affair
Just when It will take place Is problcmatlcal, per
hap, this winter perhaps in the fall. The pictures
will have 10 BE- exhibited again prior to their sale By
auction such Is the law. In this instance II Is a
law which the public will especially approve Tor the
collection Is much worth seeing.
Tho Water Color society and the Etching Club
closed their exhibition last night after one OF the
most satisfactory seasons they have ever enjoyed.
The following among the last water colors SOIL
The Tide Turning by A. T. Bncher. 800; " Glimpse
Through the Dunes By G. II. McCord. go; WIN
ier's Day. by ". VI. Post $50; "Calfornia Grapes
by :. II. Bcacham. s4O In the Month OF Dctobcr'
by william e. Filter. 500: Wild Roses by l.. B.
kellogg saO: Pansles.~ by F.. p. Williams, so5 "A
Negro Eoy' by J. II. Moscr, 600 over the Meadow
ly Mrs. 4. V. Dodgson ESQ: sheep In the Lane
bv &. Copeland. $50 "A Pleasant November Day.
iy C. H. Eaton. s7j: Evening in Winter by G. w.
Fa,on, $50. Altogether 1s3 pictures had been sold
for sIo2i5 when these memoranda were made.
few more sales may have 10 be recorded. The Etch-
ing Clubs sales have amounted TO $Gio.
\ little exhibition which closed last night at Ian
THEIRS gallery. Eat sIxteenlst after having lasted
=,
Climb. Of New York. in its latest estate Whether It
+ worth while for the artists who support this organ
ha;lon 10 make demonstration of this sort or NOT Is
open question. Thosc few who paint cood pic
lures. Miss CccI, Bcaux for Instance. Miss McChes
ney Miss cross. and three or four Others, have ac
cess to the numerous and better known exhibitions
In which sex is not considered Those who paint
lad pictures and they not few unfortunately.
are III advised We think 10 concentrate attention upon
themselves. The exhibition this winter was an I'm
roycmcnt upon that Of wear ago In that less than
hall as many pictures had teen accepted. Among the
hundred paintings hung the proportion Of really accom-
pshed work to work either unovenly clever or evenly
mediocre neither more nor less encouraging
than In The earlier exhibition. Last year Miss Casoatt
Miss Florence 0ni Mrs. Nichols brought an element
o. strength into the exhibition. This year they were
absent and Miss Braux, in couple OF portraits. Miss
McChrsncy In her now very familiar Mother ana
Child done in the Dutch style. and foreigner.
Nine Mcsdlg. in some landscapes and other pieces,
lent the display most Of whatever serious interest
il possessed. There some good flower studies
hy Miss H,cker and Miss Grcaorex. and consider
able quantity OF designs In which both figure ana
landscape treated brightly. clcverly. on the
whole however the exhibition did not justify its ex
istcnce convncngly and return 10 II simply 70
point the question alluded 10 above.
The Lenox Library has on its wallis the coll"c-
ton OF pictures formed by the late Robert L. stuart.
and given 10 IN" INSTITUTION Dy MrS. ~tuiul. IL u
composed Of 2i2 works. and these nearly all
signed by respectable names. some by names that
are more thcn respectable. but except for a
small number of paintings the collection is
nnIntercst!ng. II dates chiefly from the early
sixties. from the era-lt may be called
an cra-when the Hudson River School. the school Of
Durand and Kcnset and ;. Il. Clifford, was dominant
In America, and when the foreign painters patron
lied by collector, were In nine cases ont
oft. I,pin nv hon
bought n French pcturc-a " Cavalier" by Meissonler
which lrcd IN the sal, Of paintings given by artists
for the relief OF the Chicago sufferers In 1872, Is In
the small number We have newfoundland he not only
secured two works by Munkacsy both inferior, ty
the wayl. but became the owner OF tcn.foot canvas
by that kindred soul OF the noted Hungarian Vncsav
BroaIk. OF The :4a pictures the MeIssonler. two
water colors by Dcaille bit Of genre by Ed Frere
4 very spirited and well-exccuted quarrel SCENE by
Ludwig knnu-. negro study by Edwin White-an
American who died In 1.-THE smaller Of two figure
subjects by George H. Doughton. and picture OF the
East by Gcronc alone Of any special artistic sig
nhcance. And these need Inspire no special journey.
other attractions may have drawn uptown. Re-
grc hns been expressed that the Stuart collection
wns withheld from the Mctrololitan Museum OF Art
because The latter had decided TO remain open
days. aside from the few good pictures and a big
Gobclln tapestry OF the eighteenth century, the col
lection contains nothing that the Museum need regret
At knocdlers there are several new and particu-
larry interesting things. -Four small pictures 10y
Iafac show the art OF man. not widely known
here, whose psychological outlook on life Is as
marlSable his style is indvIduall,ed. There aro
who world aver TINT historical, artistic trlti
cal nl0r expended IN celebrating the b0urgeoe, aud
the types even lower down In the French social
scale Is labor thrown away. Why immoita'ixe the
sortdly commonplace. thcT ask! That Is what
Ranncll la, elected to do .\nd he does 1t with
siprcm" skill. There Is II small portrait OF char
coal vender at Knoedler's, In which RaYacll has
incornatod The spirit of II coM aimed class with
surcncss, IA minutcncss OF ulialy Sis and "a nnality
which lola might rival, but never surpa-s Raraclli