New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
SOME BINDINGS AND SOME BEGINNINGs-THE Full
NESS OF THE ART SEASON AT THIS TINE
MISS CAssATTS PICTURES MORE OLD
ENGLISH PAINTINGS AT THE
ACADEMY or DESIGN.

ACADEMY or DESIGN
The exhibition of the Society OF American Artists
has week more to rum closing next Saturday
night. Immediately upon its withdrawal from the
Fine Arts Building the forthcoming display OF the
Sculpture Society will be organized and the galleries
prcpared for reopening on Thursday, May Z. The
Spring Academy continues for three weeks longer,
closing on Saturday. May II. The show at the
American Art Galleries has much shorter life.
The miscellaneous collection Of old and modern
masters view there will be sold this week,
the auction beginning at Chckering Han next
Thursday evening on Thursday morning the pub
lie viii lis first view OF loan exhibition TO be
held at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries in aid OF
various local charities. This exhibition Will last for
a month and Will enable the public to see some OK
treasures owned by private collectors IN NeW-1 orK
The recent &c 20 .y yey on The regular
reception is set down for Friday, May ., ana me
Following day. a number Of minor shows are to be
added TO the rather crowded list given above. Two
collections are touched upon below, ana al me
Keppel Gallery there are also some wood e1gray,
ings' chiefly portraits. by Mr. GuItay krue At
the DAuby Old masters remain az the Macpetn
show their interesting group OF early English pict-
At the Durand-Ruel Galleries there have. been
hung n considerable number of paintings and dry
points by Miss Mary Cassatt, an American artist
who has lived long abroad and whose WORKS arc
often to De seen IN this country Inc p"'s 60
hlbltion Of her work prior TO the present one was
that devoted to her drypoints. printed in coors.
which was held at the Wunderch Gallery some
years since. The collection now uptown gives lot
the first time a comprehensive survey of her talent
That talent is of a high order and aWakehs tho
lyeley regret that Miss Cassatt has so long pre-
ferred to remain an alien TO her country and It's
picture exhibitions. But her lfe in Paris has re-
suited in such good work that it were ungracious
to complain any way. When she hrst went 10
Europe she fell under the influence OF Manet, and
throughout her career. which dates from the later
seventies she has been much IN sympathy with
him and with Degas Yet she has never emulaied
with slavshness the method Of either master. but
has put their ideas at the service OF her own ana
Of a peculiarly forcibe Individuality II she re-
sembles Manet at all closely anywhere II IS IN the
frequent fatness Of her tnts and the directness o.
her style. which leaves every picture WORK Oh
holiness and clarity. The initiative Of Degas might
h discerned in the style her drypoints and in her
suggestions Of Japanese art but, on the whoie you
would reckon her to be more one OF thelF 'io'e-
rnent. a colleague. coHradc thdh d uo""''s.''
pupil Whatever her puplage may have peeh' she
is row beyond question mistress OF her art
not often that meets with such authoritative
drawing with SO firm and powerful. hand Inc
feminlnty OF this painter comes out IN the 'ehder-
ness OF her nfantile portraits, but in al the oher
relations Of her art she quite eliminates the ques
ton Of She Is, then. an accomplished painter
From frs, to ,ast she gives this impression 50
far back as 1913 she had high executive ability, az
witness tn Scene Espagnole, bearing that dats'
and in no one OF her canvases does she reihqush
her hod on the voracity, the precision WHICH sue
first aimed TO secure and did secure. Temporarily
she shared the vague outlines OF some OF her I'M
IRRESPONSIBLE contemporaries In paintings such as
Nos 10 IS a and 2S the masses are handed with
that indeclslve fuslrg OF them into the BACKGROUND
which Renolr first made principle in impressions
is,ic studies OF TIE figure: But examples IKE these
ike Nos 80 and .. portraits in which the contours
are keeniy realized. the heads detacneh tao ne
exac,lng academician could desire 5ut a.! thS S'I
Miss Cassatt Is working al the very ahtipoles o.
academic tradition. She has vigorous. sharp; we we
might almost say crisp outline ana IN SOM E Sl ne
for examp:e-there is a positively classic purity Of
dra wing But her spirit Is essentially modern sne
been familiar chiefly since Manets rise. and she
retains that charm as IN her cas- ns ot sbs b1s
something OF the mellowness and depth OF an o,d
master To how her modern spirit !!nnte5pene
trates all that she does turn 70 No. D. fhiah, i
Orange Therein you observe an I'M mm IL 3.
quaint. Almost archaic toucn OF style, Dut N ,s
msn ;e af oay IN" Mss cassa PRECISION
mind FOR ali her portraits seem good kenesses
She has vitality. each portrait presents person. on
clsons. notably when she executed No 80 "Por,
trait dEnant" she appears TO nav m n sT
vas In other words she has not only technique,
but feeling and her work Is very engaglnSi adInra-
bic because It il mature. and because II speaks
Of so delicate a temperament A remarkable sub,
teiy OF vision is exsps m SubtIey Of hand
is perhaps most significantly apprehended IN me
wtR rs deghSfuy co!ored surfaces q in such
others pure back and whtf a NS rs "M w
and With the most winning originality Miss Cas-.
sat- Act 6oySE and Strength Of her maTa deer
Grafton in the womans Building. The presen; ex,
bibtion gives a better conception OF her work. and
nhnva nj l. more personal. richer In individual!
charm. 1t remains open until the END OF me month,
snn r. they have not before had the opportunity
70 study this side OF the Alantc an artist whose
e-minded efforts abroad nave met Win the most
cordial recognition
Early English pictures seem TO be attracting more
and more attention in New-York. The interest
awakened by Mr.. w II. Fuller's pictures few
wears ago when he had begun a pioneers crusade
among our connosseurs has not slept since then.
only the other day some notes We're printed in this
Mace on an important group OF new old masters at
the galleries OF Messrs Boussod. Naladon & Co..
and now another special English show has been
opened az the Bakeslee galleries Its principal
pictures are by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Richard
Wilson. but there some excellent portraits by
lesser known men. John knsseI;. George Harrow.
Sir William Beechey and Sir Peter Ley and a.
displav The chief Lawrence is that large and beau
tifu. PORTRAIT OF Mrs w. c. Lambert which was
yaTv favoraby received The Wilson is an italian
scene. less classic than usual and less striking IN
70 him but II makes up for this by illustrating
hr,oIer nrase OF naturallsm than that TO which he
devoted himself as n rule This landscape Is
charming work. one of the loveest OF It's school
Ia'e,v brought TO this country The collection in
which II appears is small but II has been well
selected and will repay the visitor
There have not been many sales at the Academy
NJ Design since the opening three weeks ago, but
the list is given. nevertheless. as toiows: MY
Lady" by VIII H. Low. and Hillside with Sheep"
nv Walter Shirlaw These two pictures pur-
chased with the Iotos Club fund OF $1,000 Head"
by Frederick Delman. $3.50; Sunset over the Grand
Canal, Venice" by Thomas Moran $3.50 "A Cold
and Windy Sky" by w. Merritt Post. 800: Lake
Morris sussex, y. J." BY L: A. Tersuson. 500;
Twilight" by F. K; NJ. REIN. $780, Madison
Sunset Near Orange" by W. s Macy, $500: 'Katts-
xii Meadows" by X. Van Elten. $3.50; The Bou-
ouet" by w Verpanck Brney. SIPS: 'Dafodils,"