New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-21
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

The exhibition Of Dutch and Scandinavian art
at the Fine Arts Societys building has begun at
once to achieve the popularity it deserves. The
galleries are well filed from day to day This IS
because they contain really first rate collection
of pictures. at least in so far as Holland and
Sweden are concerned. The hanging has been well
done There Is no pleasanter place for the amateur
to visit lust now The Worlds Fair exhibits are
shown and there are some other works which
were not displayed in the Art Building at Chicago.
The much talked of portrait of Mrs. Potter Palmer.
for example, hangs in the centre OF the north
wall Of the Vanderbilt gallery and IL makes as
novel and striking mark there did the similarly
spectacular portrait of Mrs. Twombly. by Sar-
gent which occupied the same honorable position
not many months ago There Is difference enough
between Zorn and Sargent. The former is not any
thing like mastery a painter. but he has one
OF the Americans chief facules-that OF arresting
attention abruptly aggresslvely. and with q BRILL
liant air. The portrait Of Mrs. Palmer has merits
and defects OF which We NAV speak at lengtn at
another time Broadly considered X 10 an I'M
mensely clever interesting and even sensational
work and Is likely attract OF itself. many people
to the exhibition Only new exhibition which
has not already been announced In this place neecs
70 be mentioned to-day. The Society OF Indeper-
dents. the establishment OF which referred 10
In The Tribune recently. will for the first time
show what It can do to amuse and edify the pub
lie, at Leavitts gallery, Broadway and Twelfth-st.
A little exhibition et the Macbeth Gallery No e:'
Fiftl-ave., Is worth seeing for its own sake, and as
supplementirg the exhibition Of Dutch paintings
the Fine Arts building In the latter there Is but
one picture by Mauve. leader OF the Dutch school.
! Mr. Macbeth has obtained from the artists widow
a number Of his sketches In oil and water color,
/ charcoal and pencil Mr.. Joseph jefferson has lent
also a few examples to with the rest. The works
IN color are characteristic OF Mauve in several
et. htc danfh and
purity of tone. they show his robust sentl-
ment ana his straightforward fidelity TO nature.
In small landscape panels like Nos. T. IL. 10 ana 49,
YOU find a great deal OF vigorous truth and keen
feeling concentrated swiftly into small space. The
cattle pieces shown also full Of Just observa-
ton and boll direct brush work But the point
to this exhibition lies In its drawings, for they H.
/ mstrate in every personal and very Illuminating
fashion the sterling prr cipies upon which the best
art OF the Dutch school IL based. Eye and hand
are both marvellously trained The Dutchmen
paint very broadly. and Mauve was one OF the
n oct representative artists Of his country Yet his
preliminary sketches reveal the accuracy OF struot-
ure underlying his breadth. There any num-
Der OF drawings IN this collection to support the
assertion. We will specify only few. such as
No s7A "PlowIng' No. 3sA woman Standing :
+ No 35E. "A Woman Pulling Rope and particularly
No. 37G. Farmer In Cart" In a few f1rm touches
those drawings present the elements OF pictures
and present them. moreover with such deftness
with such fulnnss OF suggestion az 20 the general
effect noted that you derive from them. so far as
essentials 60 very nearly as rich An impression
az YOU would get from the completed painting
, Mauve pre-eminent among his fellow-painters
+ for n certain finish and decacy Of touch. but the
whole school has the gift for fundamental truths
/ which he possessed. and these fragments from Ms
/ sketch block sum up national virtue Every
serious student Of Dutch art should make a
special endeavor to them in connection with the
larger exhibition uptown.
Mr. Joseph Pennel Is an original and very accom-
pllshel draughtsman. who manages 70 be proihc
without ever losing his spontaneity. the freshness
which Is one OF his most delightful attributes
4 Fi,tv-Nye of hi, etchngs and over two hundred
of his pen drawings are on exhibition at the keppe
Gallery There IL not picture In the collection
J which IL without the charm OF picturesoueness
/ That Is what Mr.. Penne appears 70 prefer lie
does not. however. sacrifice truth 10 MS prefer
enc. on the contrary he IL remarkable FOR the
good taste and siggestiveness with which ne treats
/ obscure details In architecture. But he has
/ strong pictorial instinct. a strong sense OF we
magical properties OF light and shade. ana she'c"
NJ his is always effective in bright. dashng way.
In his etchings he exhibits at its best MS facuI'y
OF composition OF making a positive picture out oi
the scenes or buildings with which MS raVe's DIS
an illustrator have confronted him. In this coiiec-
tlon are the studies OF Philadelphia. made carry IN
his career: the plates done In New-orieahs' III 1851
In connectlcu with Mr. cables papers on 'he sou'"
err, capta the Illustrations executed in Italy, LOT
/ Mr. IIoweIls ten years or go ago. ana laS'S' Il
dozen etchings OF London dating from 1891. The
drauphtsmanship is as sophisticated and as ENJOY
able in the frs, OF these in the Lass FROM ''e
very beginning Mr.. Pennel has drawn Win inc
same astounding facility and precision. IL 'ne'e
has been a vast Improvement as his work has gone
nm 4, has been not much In manual strength as
in principle He "a more economical or MS l'ne "o"
,har no once was more simple. and his line Is
moro exnressivo because Il Is used with more
oexhIII,v - more subtle in is modniations' II mas
aiwovs the same vgor. but IL mas ga'neu III "''-
vtlualitv discretion and suppleness; IL mas more Oh
,na etcrer's unique quality In It, The last OF 'he
London etchngs No rs. Chelsea n picture Vi
,, a,or, rho shore IS az n mere study OF line.
80 -, ,,o 6nest things Mr. Pennell has ever zone
,,,h either the needle or the pen Inc drawings
oxbiht,ed include many or his ca'heuta' "e''e'''
,r,aucsd for Mrs Van Rensselaers arte'es III
am. con,urv': all OF the Illustrations tn Mrs rem
,rrs hook ITO Gipsyland''; quantity OF "hpuo-
,',o, arowirvs made among the gypsles. and the
,,..a,o., ske,chcs made for "A Painters fara-
dsa -" an account OF Martigues. which was prh.eu
In .The Century" There Is very app anu ''''"e"'
,,I Characterization in the drawings OF Ho"ia"s
,vnes-a more virie strain In fact' ina" 20 '.'.
ri, 70 he found in this artists figure work-ou'
',''''s ,r,uont drawings are those OF architect
, un,ec,s Therein ne discloses his entnusissn
r1 his skill I'm dealing with crisp outlines nSs"i"s
effects Of light and picturesaueness IN ."e 'naSS'x
-, buildings or In the silhouette when they VIII
sometimes make against the sky. No one under'
s,ords better than Mr.. Pencil does the ekac'
,naI,v "a be gotten out Of a line drawn win
men NO one puts more color. more variety INTO
,,n,-a,d- white work lie knows the art or leaving
om, Ito makes a singilarly attractive exhipi'lon
,,nor the present occasion. He demonstrates MS
D. ,arfect command two mediums. ana ne s"o"
,ra, he IL ever not only competent but interesting
T.. ho,b When these pictures have been with
Drawn toward the end Of the MONTH thev VIII" oe
succeeded by an exhibition or the works VI n"A.'
4, French drsughtsman little known mere Out !"
his own field Of some Importance
A., IN, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, next luesnay
ana, "Wednesday evenings. there will be sold NUN
hor Of modern oil paintings and water colors De-
, ,,,,, IN Mr. & Klackncr. The collection - 'arse
nlI,neous I'm character. Most OF the SUI.
ni,u M are an"cdotic and sentimental ana most OF
'xncu,ion is that of clever young men, whose
u IL agreeable but not At all striking There y
W" n,r,nlIiug of mature work. Here ana mere are
~ r.,,res above the level OF their SURROUNDINGS
So rrn study OF two et-dancers by Carriete-
hing in 10