New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
THE CLOSE OF THE FAIR WOMEN sHow-NEw
THINGs-THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAdOE-
SOME DRAWINGS By MR. ABBEY-coLo-


two large exhibitions in New-York At the Fine
Arts Building the American pictures which have
been visible all summer will be Withdrawn ana
with them the old masters forming the Ehricn
collection. The Academy exhibition OF portraits OK
women ends on Saturday. after season aito-
gethcr too brief. in view of its merits ana the IN
terest which has been aroused. The puohshers OK
Life" open at their building tomorrow an exhioi-
ton OF some 800 drawings which have appeared ID
their periodical This ought to prove ATTRACTIVE.
Gibson, Brennan. Wenzell, johnson ana other Oh
our first black-and-white men have put some Oh
their best work into Life" and their originals
are often worthy Of preservation In the company
OF much more pretentious works Of art j. w.
Routon announces an exhibition OF paintings ana
drawings by Lawrence. Leech Turner. Moriano'
Rowlandson and other Eng.ishmen OF the carrier
school The Architectural League OF Ne"-to'A
has issued circulars for its Lext exhibition WHICH
opens to the public in the Fine Arts Building on
Friday February IS Entries must be sent In by
January o. and the last days for the delivery OF
exhibits will be February and D. The League sehus
out also at the present time the programme LOT "s
annua. competition, which Is always OF interest,"
The problem given is good one the mar. s'a-
way OF A national library It is stipulated that the
theme is 10 be treated monumentally, ana Win
the scale at the disposal of the designer. width
OF forty-fve feet and correspondingy generous
measure from, floor floor the results ought 70 %
Impressive.
Al the Keppel Gallery Mr. Wickendens pictures
have been succeeded by collection OF thirty Oh
Mr. Abbey's Shakespearian illustrations IL Is
privilege to see them. for Mr. Abbeys WORK strong
AS II is in reproductions. is stronger IN the orlsf
mails There the hneness Of his workmanship mas
its full chance and the larsensss Of his pictorai
faculty is appreciated keenly than IN the re-
duced plates No modern ILLUSTRATIONS are oe''e'
than these in the origra. and distinguishes ue"S-
ment of really great text. There are designs mere
like the simple sketch Of the Duke, Tor i"eNtn
Might" with its one reclining figure and the mus'-
,ians inst seen hevond his couch. which IN coHpo-
siton are perfect and illustrations, are as poetic
and suggestive they are pictorial "oihne "
tween the edges OF p small cardboard MT ABBEY
produces In the sketch, for example whc" ,..u'-
trates an episode in the first scene OF the ier-
chant OF Venice" group OF entirely natural mar
octer and vet with the pose the dignity, the unique
significance which We associate with immense MS
torical canvases and paintings OF Almost a0aue',S
balance With this symmetry ana cohceh''a,
Mr. Abbey also conveys delightful sense OF nie
and motion His figures are surrounded by arr ny
a yeritabe atmosphere. Look az NO ~ iroi' ''ie
comedy Of Errors" The reality OF the thng ~
absolute II Mr. Abbey has fault IL Is int ms
realism carries him too far away from thoSe ee
ments Of charoscuro and artistic eNpeuiei'-"i'
ocIal II YOU wll-which not easily dispensed
with even By a master. Expression Is the >ou' VI
illustrations like these and Mr.. Abbeys expression
falls sometimes through nothing but an ndisposi-
ton TO analyze the face broadly ana emphasize ~
sharp.y He needs tricks to do TINS LesSei
men can be left TO use lesser means 10 c'e'er
touches OF shadow and light. to juggings Win
black and white But Mr.. Abbey could anord 70
take the heads in many of his llustrations-n NO.
: 10 be specific from "Alls Well that hnas We"
IN No l6 from Twelfth Maitland mo1ei 'hem
with more bold decision, with more VWidhess u
light and shade. with more defniteness ana less
nnosse in short As it he is 80 fine in his treat
hat. hN
tween forcible deicacy and pale inenectualty'
Passes il sometimes not always. In the MAN. inc
work on these illustrations Is imPaccao!e l"e'e -
color there is pure. expressive hhe '"e'e 10
style and 1t is all placed at the service OF an entire
* new and graceful conception Of the text Tech
nichalv and in its literary relations, the exhip'ton
* a brilliant one Il contains images. like that OF
isabella at the nunnery. from Measure for Meas
ure which one would not forget If one could.
\ new etcher is a boon. ard Colonel r. Con-
who has ffty-hve plates on exhibition at "unoer-
nch's is just such gift from the aestheuc lynn
pus He is not himself one of the gods but ne Is not
unworthy OF their traditions, FOR. like them' ne
hoes good work and still like them, MAKES MS
own tradition 1t is said that he has gone for the
latter TO Whistler and Haden, and he certainly
recalls some OF their effects. Nos. q. . ana To-
Venetian studies. have resemhiances 10 " h's'ie'
and that artist is suggested too IN touches I'm.
those in the swirling water Of No. 70 sou'n"cA
Hadens style, perhaps fdden ~ D'S~o'
10 mind by the handling OF weedy CROWNS IN inc
tbrce fine country storm plates, Nos .. ~ ana o.
Rut these deductions made only to clear from
the ground the tr.hing frreevancies "hich s'a"e
in the way OF cordial acceptance OF 'oio"e'
COTS WORK "a all his own. He has gone 10 mature
FOR the basis OF his art. he is equally sympatheuc
and ACCOMPLISHED faithful in observation ana pol
,sbsd IN execution The work is sincere, straight
forward etching. and even In his dA'h'ies'' mos.
whimsical moments, in the production OF a Dry
point such as No. p. a shore scene treated VIZ"
an, number OF wise omissions. Colonel Con re-
tains his breadth OF feeling and convincing air Vi
truth The needle is tempting instrument Win
which 10 coouet IL can be used for effects whicn
are fascinating in themselves. but not Always
yeracious Colonel Con- is ever serious ever con
scienoT o S Sns one 49, % g. s. al English scenes.
IL that they are unmstakabe PORTRAITS OF place. aces
onghly Dutch in spirit. There is drectness, .
close insight into landscape sentiment IN mess
we'll as echncian. Colonel Goff Is he H snan
Which he makes the best Of artistic personalities His
purely manual gifts are eonsideraple They may
Wherein the values are handled with singular power
Observe the relation OF the shadowed hgures 10
snip sy Turn the deeply bitten trees in No
Christ chnreh.iants so e h srpe a,c:
in No 3 in Mol, in No. @ how surely the tones
96s points ia
are open to obvious criticism his nsures amc
animals need TO be treated with more science
they need to be more distinctly and truly indicated
Also the rigdity OF plates like No % Charng Cross
Bridge" speaks OF n hand that Is not always
flexible and self-rel!ant. But take him at his
best. and Colonel Goft is a new man whom u Y
good to know. Feel the movement in one OF his
storm scenes. watch the ducks breasting the water
I'm No 8 I'm the Itchen Valley" and you VIII
admit that as a student of nature and an etcher
Colonel Gof has the root OF the matter In MIN.
The Art Institute OF Chicago has opened its sew
enh annual exhibition OF paintings and sculpture by
American artists Many works familiar In New
York are shown, and far as can be surmised
from the names ard titles given in the catalogue
the exhibition seems TO be a good one In Brooklyn
. loan exhibition OF pictures Is being held In con-
nection with the ed Regiment Fair. 1t Is composed
of old and modern paintings lent by Henry I.
favorab.y known upon previous occasions