New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

NAIVE co1LEcTIoN-THE PLATES FOR
ETCHING AND ETcHERs" AT THE
! KEPPEI. GALLERY "a NEW
PORTRAIT OF CALvE.
Several new shows are touched upon below.
Others open Immediately or are In prospect Al
the Avery gallery tomorrow morning there may %
seen a score Of new pictures painted among the
! Hills OF Connecticut" by Mr.. Leonard Ochtman.
The Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, in the same build
! ing. will be hung next Saturday with works LETT
! BY the late William Hart. BY the end OF the week
/ there viii also be ready. at the galleries OF Bous-
sod, Naladon & Co., q collection OF portraits hgure
subjects and landscapes by the English masters OK
! the earlier schools. The paintings Will date chieny
! from the time OF Reynolds and Lawrence who are
both be represented. bue there will also be an
! important production OF Hogarth's. The two large
spring exhibitions of the year are impending. Inc
Society of American Artists Will hold press
View next Friday and open to the public on the fol-
lowing Monday. The Academy hsr its press view
the Towad the he n 3a Of pubs se Sag on the
exhibition, at the Keppe Gallery which has been
and an important display Of a novel character Is
looked for about the same time at the Wunder-
Itch Gallery.
At the Durand-Ruel Gallery there are shown
twenty mine paintings by Edouard Manet. a coec-
ton ample data for thorough appreciation OF
the founder Of the npressonistc cult IL comes at
| good time Imp-essionsm has been much dis
torted by recent cXperinenters ard fresh lights on
| the art are to be desired les, the main point upon
! which Manet and his greatest successor. Claude
Monet insisted be lost sight OF altogether. Manet
shows in these pictures that the essence OF I'M
presslonism Is drectncsJ, obvious fact which II
| seems ODD should ever have been obscured. as II
mas been by incompetent painters. II is true OF
| Manet ii is true OF all his school. that much
depends upon the wiz OF the beaoder In focusing
the picture properly. But that seemingly arbitrary
element in his art "a pSsen; more or less, in the
arr OF every painter Of consequence VINO ever lived,
and that you have - get some distance from these
| canvases to enjoy them Is serious reflection on
their worth. II has always been this way from the
| beginning o: things. And when you have focused
! q production OK Mlnet, admire iol swallows up all
mln1r criticism and leaves you perfectly satisfied
with his bold methods. bold almost 10 brutality
! Take No &c. 'Vue de Venise." No. Il, "Jardn
| &c Manet" There yon nave generalization so swift
spontaneous. a frs, sight 80 loose, tnat FOR
moment the ultimate value OF the work seems In
doubt But give the careful scrutiny that II de-
serves ard you have no doubt az all the syn
;het.c power OF the artist l. revealed In 5'ow'ng
co3rs The curious phase CT Ms art comes out
in the combination Of ,h,s synthetic gift Win the
| directness Of whca We have spoken. directness
which means Tot merely 4 spontaneous treatmehs
Of a composition but blunt, straigataway handling
OF its Dc ails TWO good illustrations arc provided
in No IS "DInseurs Espagncls." AL No 10. COM
bat de Taureaux" Movement; sUbtletes Of action.
are mirrored superbly in these interesting pictures
bu, the forms are rentered win almost passIySs
.oi!ty simply. 80 energet!cll, are tney Drusnsfi
into he Ic.Ure There Is something very heatIy
rlive IN The b-e2d'h win weiGh Msnet ecu fa
pictures Ike No. "a "rorero S1!uant. 10. - Ia
B3nne Pine or ~ four brilliant portrait, o. c HSc
H. marc yliaizei tas.i N profoundcr sense OF air
ana space ana ,ao.on han peirter Q; expressly st
Of su6da in.c. Th2 wa sf ser art bS 1e
believed in methods absolutely slmpl" J; is an easy
gospel Seeirg how clearly = make: EEL reg N
50 much involved talk ebou; It. Possibly Il Is os-
Name: f. 20 bald 1at rose VINO 90 lgL u -.
sSnStbne :'' esoerc In his much praised work HIS
reanen Of fft T sTey SET hm ms 20 express
the visible aspect Of JnEgs without any gIoss "i'n
our an a' .aas Sgn to- fe 81 sxac
| as ne saw her that was all ne VIZ q so 900
draTshsnSn, IN a Ether cir direction He not tho
whole extraordinary in the sense OF great nias,sr
Of the past sgS n and na mehod we're both exraord
nary the time they hrst ourSt bp Soes no, make
him a eian;. but he IS immensely interesting muen
to be am a1m'r The INHIBITION c;o;e, on the 3Oh.
Simultaneously with the exhibition q the Manet
n,c,urss thcre are brought forward at the Durahn-
Rusl galleries some water-coors and an oil PAINT
ing by NJ W \. coffin II Is pleasant 20 "e.eoH'e
his sincere and ACCOMPLISHED work. The single OIL
shown a large landscape entitled "A Winter Even
Ing " Is impressive IN sentiment and is done with
a technical skill worth Of tna beautiful theme.
Perhaps the foreground might be painted Win
greater suavlty, with more howng ana hnhpo
touch but here the eye pauses but br!ehy. ana "a
~, sky there = no fault TO BE- found. Mt CONN
bo ,r,,t.! his sunset WIKI the mos, delicate reel
,a for its tend-- rl0u.otlccs OF deep warm color.
and from The horizon I'D TO the furthest reach OK
his glowing panorama The chord Is struck WIN per-
r,ct harmony and fulness OF tone. Among the
vt-r-colors tna form IN. larger part or the sho"
thor. ,rs a number 90 PLrisan studies. done In the
street. in the Bots and along the Seine. which are
acceptabIy done yet evince no Inspiration and at
zines as in 80 > Nine O'cock-Paris Boule-
Yards" tho STYLE Is far too elastic TO match the
r,Quremtats the scene. In his A1.erican wates-
coIors Mir conn is - charming that he proyoHes
a regret foi the tim, he spent over his Par'siSn
henss The latter leave The sgeGta;9r cold n In
tn iule study OF !le' AN n ,b NewIersey
Coast ther ia - much freshness so ,,m,, ncn
subjects Withdrawn ~ having failed TO quite pre-;
sgnt me Si' pi a a. As IS there is enough
In the large oil painting and IN the smaller studies
The pictures ROMAN at tine Durani- Rue galleries.
with the Manet paintings, Until the end OF the
| month
About a year ago there shown at the Mac
beth gallery a number o. interesting studies and
sketches found among the studio remains Of Anton
Mauve. who died in ISIS II was thought then that
the last of his paintings had been put b fore the
public but since the death OF his widow additional
productions have come 10 light. and they are now
offered at the gallery IN which the hrst ex-
hibition was held. No new light is shed on Mauves
distinguished talent. but IL is agreeable, neverthe-
less to return 10 these personal relies OF his art.
Few OF the nifty pictures shown are finished but
even in tie slightest memoranda Mauve expressed
the pens.ve strain which you feel In his nnest
works and there are fragments like No. 10. Sand
Dunes" which delightfully."- characteristic
and as lovely as anything he ever did See No.
49, Flock OF Sheep. any OF the little landscape
studies In these quite as much as In No. u, The
| Woodcutter. which Is the most finished picture
present there are concentrated Mauves qualities
Of refinement. silver softness of tone and perfect
| Ha was n
! a great deal OF the COOL gray loveliness which she
wears in Holland passed into his work, and while
the present collection contains especially nota
bic specimens OF his style. there Is merit OF a high
order and strong Individuality In every example