New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-15
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS
SALES AT THE AcADEMY-THE coAI.E An,
ARBUTHNOT coLLEcTIoNs-wArER EoIoRs
AT THE UNION LEAGUE cLUB-MR

GRuPPEs STUDIES OF LOCAL SCENES
Last night the Society OF American Artists c,...
its exhibition after successful season. The -,
leries of the American Fine Arts Society wsre In
medately turned TO the society o. Ama,..
Photographers OF New-York, which organizaso.
Will open an exhibition OF photographs next Tuss,,
morning The press and private viewS will be neldtA
morrow in the afternoon and eveGing The Ae,A
envy continues, and deserves the generous "a,
ronage It Is receiving. Two dozeI pictures a, Gee
have been sold since the opening day. our memo
randa showing total OF $500 Tor those works
and the attendance Is good Two minor exhibition
of American paintings are to be noted At the Nae
beth gallery there may be seen until May a cd
lection OF Landscapes by thirteen artists inc.udn,
c. H. Davis, George Inness. X. c. Minor. j. f. Mn.
ply. r. NJ. shurtlefr, D. W. Tryon and the III,
A. H. Wyant. The Avery gallery brings forward
tomorrow morning ten Landscapes by Charles Mel
vile Dewey. Nothing new Of importance Is an.
nounced for the coming fortnight by the Fiji
Avenue Art Galleries. Several exhibitions will h
found briefly discussed below
heterogeneous mass OF paintings and other Oh
jects OF art sent on to New-York BY the executors
Of the late s. a. Coae. r, of 81. Louis, fills wlm
some Chinese porcelans belonging to Mr.. E, O
Arbu,hnot the galleries OF the American Art As,s
citation. Mr.. Arbuthnots collection Is good one
II embraces many excellent slnge-color glazes-
pieces as fine as No. 3li. for example. A beantfl
lar OF shagreen crack.e-it contains some artistic
decorated pieces and 1t is particularly rcn in blue
and whites OF a high quality. The Coale pictures
and brlc-a-brac form curious gathering. Then
are fair specimens OF the usual Orientala to "
found In the average colectlon-porce.alns enar.
els worries. swords lacquers and bronzes-and there
IL an interesting group OF musical instruments from
Japan China Siam and India. The pictures are Ia
the main of Sigh, significance Great names abouri
in the catalogue. but great qualities are missing
on the walls: and the long list Of oils water-coion
and drawings Yields but a small proportion Of va.
liable work The most interesting productions
shown are A large number Of drawings, chiefly n
pencil. by Charles Bargue. Mr.. Coa.e bought then
at the posthumous safe OF BarSue's studio efecS
and he evinced thereby uncommon taste and fore
sight Bargue was an ass.duous cut.yator OF .
sty.e which had something IN II or the Academic
polish Of trerome-something also OF the minute
Netherlandsh habit OF Messonier Like these paint.
ers he had an element of distinction in his work
even when it was most highly wrought and cod
hooded The beautiful "BashI- Bazouk" In the Net.
ropolitan Museum gives good IDEA Of his. work
The studies in the Coa,e collection show him IN an
even more brilliant light. These tr.fing sketches
from figures and landscapes from nude women
from architecture, and so on. are not only accurate
and fu!! of suggestion but they have the lnilydaL
and fascinating touch Of a master. This exhiouoa
presents a considerable quantity OF them' and
presents nothing more worthy the attelslJu u he
amateur and collector. We cannot speak cordially
OF the old masters Included. are there many
modern works which invite favorable an est-
mate az do the Bargue drawings. 4 handful Ok
Barbizon pictures. formed by Corot. Rousseau. Du
and Dupre represented each by picture. Is good
and there scattered through the collection pct
ures by Dagnan- Bouvere;. Chase Pelouse and DE-
Cock which may be commended. Some OF the waia
colors are admirable: in fact the small works IA
this medium by Lambert. Mauve. De Beaumont
Boughton Ten Kate. Ter Meuen and Ross are
among the best things Mr.. Coa.e purchased. HIS
collection. : a whole. is portentous in extent but
Il leaves hardly any p;easurable sensations beyond
those which have been cursNri.y indicated In TINS
note. lie was apparently a patient collector. With
much cathocIty. No one school predominaiss
his collection. The latter is composed OF ODDS asi
ends from all directions and from amid the mediocre
things with which it Is swei.ed the buyer may draw
here and there. modest prize. The safe begins
next Wednesday evening. The Arbuthnot sale b.
gins in the afternoon OF the same day.
The last Of the Union League Clubs monthly en
hlbitions for this season, which was opened on
Thursday and Will be closed tonight was devoted
as heretofore to a miscellaneous collection Of water
colors. Many OF the eighty-six pictures had beea
seen before in New-York galleries but this ga no.
iscL ~ neo, things Nr Uarpsr Pennington Mr.
Chase. Miss Ashley. Mr.. Blum. Mr.. lsham and Nr.
Metcalf sent pictures which reflected credit upon
the American contingent. The foreign schoos were
we'll represented by Rico Mauve BlOmmers. lsraes.
Karloysky and Swan. The art committee has done
has contained much that has been enjoyed. and the
last display OF all. though not very important, 10
the main may be described as quite worthy Oi !o
predecessors.
From time to time Mr. c. p. Grippe has made
crcditable appearance in exhibitions AZ the Acaa.
at the gallery OF W. Causen {; Co., No. Il Wes.
Twenty eighth-st.. he opened an exhibition OF n:
own. showing about twenty-five oils done out Of
doors along the river front and IN the ne!saDo!'
hood Of High Bridge MS advent as the maker
Of 'one-man exhibition" is TO be gratefully r.
corded. The men who can paint adequately .as
about the ca.y's docks. the shipping IN tns
rivers. the bits on the Harlem and near ho5oken
Since Mr. Nogt painted the striking little water-eS.
time no one ha Scul,ivated the same field SO cey;;
erly as Mr. Grippe. His method IS precise ara
smooth. His atmosphere is marked by an uncom-
mon clarity which brings out in sharp relief nv
crispy painted forms Of rigging. distant houses
His color is not new. il 1t rich: IL IS not a.,
ways transparent but it is always in good taste and
P rnm G SG IsaEG 10 p On Long Island
and No. 6. Near South Ferry" are only hfsy
ity to nature and a well-trained hand command
respect and admiration Amateurs are adyiseh ..,,
make special note Of this exhibition. which ss'
until the list.
News comes from Boston Of an exhibition ihsIe
which NEWCOMERS should make strenuous endea.
S to PING h - 70 R sns ub wi IS ompd d
over seventy pictures by the late William M%sSs
Hunt. Private collectors have generously OannS,..
their paintings. and the exhibition gives toleraoy
complete notion OF the artist Hunts conhrsVusHsa
with the Barbzon school, his influence in the as'
velopment of an enthusiasm for II in this COUNTY,,
and the high qualities OF his own art have IoIs
since made him an object OF interest 10 American"
He needs he introduced at full length 70 me ~
Workers OF this generation. and II Is much - ~ ~
hoped that a movement will be set on foot Tor wv
repetition OF the Boston exhibition in this city
Special attention needs to be drawn 10 me ilg ~
trated catalogue published In connection WIN -
Spring Academy. The plates very fairy MAJ,
and there many OF them. That Is one En ,i
But more interesting the short papers p. '"ss
I'm the book. Mr. Huntington writes about -r r
Academy itself. and Mr.. Wmarth d scusses, ,n,oa
Is INITIALS OF an Art School" Mr. W. j. Lp ms 80
touches upon the competition between woodr-eaar,
craving and Photographic processes. and Mr n "a.
has something say, I'm liberal Neln OF cygs.,ise
on the nude in art. Why municipal art soe'e. ~
should exist Is explained by Mr.. BlashneldL, ID
aims Of the National Sculpture Society are s..ss,;
by Mr. De Kay and there are notes on the Ar'is.y,
Fund and Artists Aid societies by Mr.. lewen - e.
Mr. Nlcnll resnectlXeY- The sMhiects are lheI.ss..