New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS

EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS
AN AusPICIoUs OPENING OF THE WINTER sen
soN-TrE PORTRAITS AT THE ACADEMY
AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF
ARr-MAJoR SHOWS ~ MINOR GAIL
LERIEs-NEw THINGS ny OLD
AND MODERN MEN-THE
WATER COLOR CLUB
Few winters have opened in New-York with
more generous array of exhibitions than that
which Is TO be welcomed this year. And most OF
these exhibitions are good. The Portrait Show
at the Academy of Design. which has been on
view for ten days. deserves to last even longer
than is expected. 1t closes on December l. Inc
collection has been most tactfully and EFFECTIVELY
put together. The inclusion Of men and children,
as we'll as Of women. makes 1t more Interesting
than the exhibition OF a year ago Some rev OF
the pictures shown are very remarkable. and
many of them OF more than ordinary value.
This IT, indeed. OF the brightest most enter
tanning displays Of paintings which we are likely
to have this season Those who visit 1t with a
genuinely artistic purpose ought to take special
note of the fact that the Metropolitan Museum or
Art Is at present adorned in one OF It's galleries
I
obviously simplifying the Academy show that to
study the one without knowing the other Is TO
lose something Of the charm of each. The por-
traits at the Museum Illustrate rather copiousiy
the school which of necessity could receive but
scant representation at the Academy. stuart,
Trumbul Waldo. Sully and others of their tradi-
/ ton are delightfully."- presented In the Museum
collection So far portraiture goes IL seems
to us that at this particular moment the CITY IS
little more admirably provided for than ever De-
fore in the history OF local exhibitions
The smaller galleries In town have all entered
the field early and with generally fine material.
The Wunderlich gallery is shared by two in
teresting collections one composed of selection
from the series of pen drawings made by MI
Abbey in Illustration of Shakespeare's comedies.
the other a complete set Of the fine platinotypes
made by Frederick Hoyer the London photog-
rapher. after paintings and drawings by Burne-
Jones. Watts Rossetti, Solomon, Albert Moore
and Harry Bates. The Avery gallery brings
forward a painting by Turner from the Price
/ collection, an important picture OF st Marks
Place Venice" A large and interesting example
/ Of Sir Joshuas classic vein. THE Death OF DIDO
figures for a while among the paintings at the
Blakesee gallery An important picture by George
Morland is shown at the Delmonico gallery. The
Holland gallery presents a collection OF the works
of Gerke Henkes. along with productions by other
/ Dutch PAINTERS and at the Macbeth gallery the
walls are partially embellished by number OF
old masters recently acquired in Holland: At
the Knoedler gallery there Is the portrait OF Try
ing as Beckett" painted by Eugene for MI.
jefferson and destined 10 hang in the Players
Club The Grolier Club has just begun an eX-
hibition OF books of Vers de Societe reinforced,
curiousy by some engravings from the mastery
BURN of the late Ferdinand Gailliard the Union
League Club will presently inaugurate It's winter
season OF monthly exhibitions. There are mis-
cellaneous collections of paintings at the gal
lerics OF the Messrs Schaus, BOussod Naladon
& 60. Durand-Ruel and Mr.. julius Oehne,
who has recently established gallery at NO. 3S4
Fifth-ave The Keppel gallery has only just
withdrawn collection which it would nave been
interesting 10 discuss. collection OF original
drawings by Mr.. c. D. Gibson. and hangs IN It's
Mace the drawings made by Mr.. \. b. Frost for
the new edition Of Uncle Remus." 1t Will be
seen that the calendar has been crowded al the
very beginning of the season. What may be
brought forward at the auctiOn-rooms, at the
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries and the American
Art Galleries is not yet known, but there is
every indication that from now on until the
usual spring exhibition of the Society or Amerl-
can Artists the amateur will have enough 70
occupy his time In the picture galleries or New
York.
From out of town hear little, but at least
one forthcoming exhibition demands notice 1t is
the annual display Of pictures at the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of Fine Arts, which opens to the
public on Monday. December %. and closes on
Saturday, February %. Entry blanks must he
sent in on or before Saturday, November %. Con-
tributors to this exhibition may care to be re-
minded that among other prizes offered there IS
one of 5000 established by Mr.. William /. Ell
kins for the best work sent TO the show by an
American painter apparently with no restrictions
as to age. A rider TO the main announcement
says that the prize may he gwen eltEer III one
sum Of $1,000 to the picture OF the highest merit
or at the option Of the jury. in two sums; one
Of $4,000 and one of 81 600 to the two pictures ad-
judged to be Of the highest merit The Jury OF
4 i. mad nv no
consist Of seven persons, -four Of whom shat be
artists" This prize is no small affair. VIII
New-York man win It? Some of them possibly
think SO with some compacency. but the group
Of artists belonging TO Philadelphia has grown
more and more important of late and the acad-
emy itself is increasing in vitality fact suffl-
GENTLY eloquent
In the Fine Arts Building tomorrow the New
York Water Color Club opens its sixth annual
exhibition Of water colors and pastels 1t is
smaller show than has been usual with this or
ganization the 300 pictures filing only two of the
five galleries The commendabe discrimination
implied has resulted in an excellent exhibition,
innocent of any very unusual pictures, but uni
formlv amusing in modest way. Some unfa-
mar and clever artists are to be greeted. Mr..
James L. Weston sends vigorous sketch OF the
'Chaudiere Falls on the Ottawa" which makes
US eager to see more Of him Mr.. Francis Whea-
ton is a new name to us also. His landscape study
with animals "A Summer Night" has some
| what old fashioned flavor but II is frst-rate
| work The delicate cattle study Of Mr. Frank
Reaugh is pleasing. I'm the Wood Lot 1t Is
called; and the picture OF "Chryeanthemums,
| by A. c. Fenety. inspires satisfaction In the ar
| rival Of that nimbe brushman. There is another
artist whom we are particularly glad to signal
lie as having recently brought new blood into our
exhibitions His name is Frederick B. Williams.
l.,I hint
ing the Barbizon school, but never quite repeating
| the familiar French motives are full of a poetry
| which deserves high praise Mr.. c. III. Clements.
whose advent was recorded In this place perhaps
not more than a year ago, returns from the West
Indies with half Il dozen spirited sketches sug