New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
NOTES OF NEW THISGs-THE PICTURES BR'C0hr
FROM CHICAGO BY THE PHILADELPHIA
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTISAN AMER1-
CAN ARTIST AND A FRENCH
CRrTIC-THE SPLITTER SALE

CRITIC-THE SPlILEk SALE
ro.morrozv morning there will be opened to the
nubc at the American Fine Arts Societys ouu-
Inc the exhibitions of the Architectural League ana
tho Sc,,,nre Society which were referred 10 IN Inc
Tribune Yesterday All the other large eNhp'''oiiS
10 which attention has been drawn ia'ei! REMAIN
omen over the holidays. At the autumn Acaoe"S
.,s oross,on OF an opening reception was yesterday
oorrectad and n Especial view for friends OF the
Academy" was held throughout the Gay anu even
,,r This was a wise step The failure 10 III
augurate the exhibition with the usual ceremonies
has doubtless had its effect upon the a''eiu'"0o'
and now we hope the collections VIII nave oeoo''is
better known An increased attendance should
naturally follow. The art season always TAXES "
nsw start In January and this year there are sew
oral rood things in prospect. The exhibition OF MI
Pencils work at the keppel gallery VIII pe d"
early attraction; Mr.. Smiths Venetian water coio'
Mt Averv's will he another, and MI Macpe'h WIZ
bring ont the collection of studies by Mauve' wmch
was announced not long ago. Boston, by the way.
10 g secured for its Museum of Fine Arts one vi
the most interesting exhibitions OF modern LUZ"
or, ever made The major part OF the coieo"o"
which Holland sent to the Worlds Far mas pee"
obtained Israels. Neuhuys Mesdag, the Marises.
Ten Kate and the rest were in the front rank OIL
rra,gn exhibitors at Chicago, and Boston Is fortu-
nate 10 have large number of her works to study
or bcr leisure. New-York Will have the coilecuon
on view for time before 1t leaves the country
Mrs Gardner of Boston, has lent Zorns painting
Omnibus, 10 inc InuSSum VI AN' ~'N''
We are to have the Swedish pictures from chi
cago here this winter. Mrs. Gardner VIII then
lend her picture q second time. 1t is to be hoped.
=. mos forepone conclusion that the Worlds
E,ir would have It's aftermath Of art Exhibitions.
Boston and New-lork as we have seen. NAYS
taken pains obtain loans OF some OF tne pes' Vi
the European paintings The Philadeiphia Academy
of Fine Arts was first in the field as res'rus .ne
American section. and opened with a private vie"
assured through the presence OF many OF ''le
finest works In our display at Chicago we WEI
not enter into a prolonged dissertation OH 'nese
pictures for they were all passed IN review !"
The Tribune during the continuance Of 'he ar
hut a brief resume Is admissible. Inc Acaueihy
exhibits to begin WITH Sargents portrait OF Ellen
Terry as Lady Macbeth. and his portrait Oh a
young girl In white, Miss Pratt. III SHOWS "nS'
ler's Lady of the yellow Buskln, MS feminine
nortrait known as 1.-The Fur Jacket his princess
OF the Land of Porcelain. and the beauthul Noe
turne-Valparaiso." which was one OF MS pest
things at Chicago. Dewing's picture of woman
at the piano is hung. so also Is brush i"e
Indian and the Lily" and the long hst Oh hsu'e
pieces includes Smmonss DARBY ana JOAN 'eu
dsr.s samson and "Delilah" and the large
salon subjects by Herbert DenmaA |ha''es
Snrag,,e Pearce, Carl MARI. Louis p. Dessar ana
carl Nechers which were among the most ag-
rressiye American canvases at Chcago. Nuu
to these some of the figure studies sent 10 'he a'
by Messrs Maynard. Mowbray, Cox Neir' heh-
dali Low, Shrlaw. Benson and Metca1' some u
the landscapes sent by Messrs lryoh' Da''s'
Cawev Ochtmnn and Theodore Robinson and an
idea is gained OF the kind of collection wmch was
selected out of the vast aggregate III 'he ar
Buildng OF the sculptures there the committee
chos. Frerch's noble monument The Anger OF
reath and the Sculptor" three examples OF MI
Herbert Adamss art. Including MS cAa'in'"s
.pr,mavera" and Mr.. Paul Bartletts spirited
"Ihost Dance" Many OF these works nave been
seen In New-York at various times. Many Vi 'H.ih
have not. To any one who visited the Fair OF WHO
has followed the record OF the ART eNi'io''o. 49,
~ will be obvious that Philadelphia has FORMED te
most important exhibition 1t has known since the
Centennial In addition to all their Worids fa'r
pictures the authorities Of the academy nave re-
ceiyed independent exhibits from men ike PICK
neil Tarbell Lafarge. Chase and Duveneck me
Century, Company has lent quantity OF p'ac'
and whites and much care has been taken IN the
Advancement of an architectural display Alto-
gether the Academy has accomplished one oil 'Ae
most satisfactory events in Its career Ire open'
ing reception last night was crowded ana the eNh'-
bition enters upon season which Is certain 10
be prosperous
Of tSat cIty. Miss Mary Cassatt has been holding
exhibition Of her paintinss Pap s oh! NndTs
Mecrio writes an appreciative preface Ior ~ tne
ssr hSw IN that a Re Be
Whistler Miss Cassat is the only artist OF dis,inc
but it is peasant to learn. neyerheIess that Miss
cassas talent is reeosnSeS with tbs such Sae5 gem an
admirer Of her work. wheh IS N the Spill ris 20, 90
recently found its way into PRINT soe one hss been
tabuatlng the amounts expended oneisliy ~
Sums Tae isl IS follows B Paris Gnc:ud Ing
Louvre. 5000; ciuny $500; Eo!iohedn nsae 20
Shyres) $e059o Brussels. $4,000; South kensinst2h
Museum S6 S Ga bySns S aSSGT
and Buda- Pesth, $3.50 Does any one Know 70"
= much was expended for any American museum!
4. There has been much talk Of late years about
the revival of taste In the production OF industrial
art and In London the exhibitions Of the Arts and
Crafts Society have been accepted as among the
most important Of the year, just as the Architect
ural Leagues annual show has commanded special
interest in New-York. This Is as It should be- and
Il is 10 be hoped that encouragement VIII never be
withheld from the decorative artists But there
have been all along sporadic signs that the deco
rative artist finds 1t hard sometimes TO be consist
emily unitarian and unaffected America has SUI
fered far less in this way than has England in
London the crafty artists have often disregarded
the dictates Of reason and have plunged into fool
shnesses beside which the aesthetic craze OF sore
and yellow memory would now seem me pFus
ters against some OF the artists aforesaid apropos
and timely that we reprint 1t below:
Neither In character nor in merit is IT the ex-
1t contains the usual number Of wel-designcd and
well-woven tapestries. OF soidly made and cxpen;
sconces, OF patient and sometimes well-directed
needework. Of weli-bound books and OF perversely
excellent printing. But. usual, ii falls 20 bring
much comfort those who have at heart the future
81 al hns Is the ar sosp Of
the decorative kind only fourshes where the ind-
vidual works within tradition. where he accepts
the progress made good by his forerunners and de-
votes his powers to making another step
toward what we call perfection-toward what is. as
q fact, ever-shifting harmony between life and
ar ar hour in the New Gallery without being struck
by the fact that large proportion OF the objects
exhibited only, as far as their design goes. be
described as barbarous They too often returns
to primitive crudeness of expression. to be
planned simply by the inability of their designers
to distinguish between those refncments which
artistically true and logical and those which
meaningless and vulgar. To mind such
undertaking as the Kemscott Pregs is based on
essentially narrow and frutless notion of art
and the scntirani which It's exi.teuce fnsiers