New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

MR. AgBEY's MURAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY
N. RAFFAELLI AND Mr.. LAFARGE Mr..
wE1Rs ETcHINGs AND DRAWINGS
sYMBoLcAL WORKS BY MR.. MAR
CIUs-sIMoNs 49, THE ETCHING
CLUB. JAPANESE WATER
coLoRs AND SOME
SALES.
Several exhibitions Of the first importance are to
he announced this week one show Of great
interest has already been opened the show or Dutch
water-colors at the galleries OF Boussod, Na.adoh
G. Co. This is announced as the nrst ahhuai
exhibition In the United States OF the society Vi
Painters in Water Colors Of Holland. ana us DAINTY
catalogue prefaced by letter from the presdehe
~ this orranization Josef Israes. The plan he
brings forward is a good one. The Dutch water
co.orists are masters Of their craft ana the ois'
majors Of a charming style Inc more VIC sec "
them the better. and this formal scheme LOT TIC
annual introduction Of their work TO an america,
audienc. is one to whose admirable features II WIN
be pleasant TO return another occasion when tie
pctures now uptown can be traversed In detail Inc
movement toward an eager cultivation OF the Aneri-
can market which they represent is to be ho'ed III
further case At the American Art Galleries next
Friday there will be opened to he pubic an eN-
hbltion of the complete work OF Raffae., Partisan
A press view and private reception are promised Tor
Thursday At the same time and place there VIII
be brought forward collection OF pictures Oh even
deeper interest to Americans. one composed OF Mr.
Abbeys mural decorations for the Boston Pubic
Library and a number of his other works This VIII
not only permit New Workers to see the designs
which London has been envylng Boston, but VIII
show them. 1t il said what Mr.. Abbey can DO WIN
pastel, medium never before especially associaei
with his name. To this interesting list OF new at
fractions there is to be added one more exhipiu2n
opens op sn at as the any % and
will be composed OF works IN staItea siar t nv
Wr sa2r Vas t som o Tine ago the guest Of Puvs
De Chavannes. Carolus Duran and other Frenchmen
make a special display OF his work at the next salon
Of the Champs de Mars. Two rooms or me eXnl1ii
ton which opens In the spring have been assigned
to him and he has been gathering together his
Rue! galleries only until March and no one IN, IN;
apprlsing OF this event that the French Govern
men has surpassed all ITS many pre,ous c9't iP
ments to MI lfarge by ssknE him 70 select INA,
have purchased for the Luxembourg.
While the smaller shows increase the larger ones
lose none Of their significance. The water-colors
at the Academy will be a source OF qualification
there for a week longer continuing until next
Saturday night. Some Of the features are reverted
TO below and give further memoranda Of the
sales that have thus far been made. At the Fifth
a
lection has given place to another diverse lot Of
paintings the collection due to Mr. A. Wolff. jr.
and the Kountze and McKesson estates. The Fine
Arts Building Will be occupied for some ten or
twelve days longer. unit! March in fact
by the collection OF drawings and decorations
made by the Architectural League. These
galleries Will then be turned over to the
Society OF American Artists. March L ana
10 have been aside for the reception or EXHIBITS
Vanishing Day and the press view have been ar
ranged for Friday March %; there, will h@ re-
ception at the following day: and on Mohuay,
March % the show VIII be thrown open 70 me
public. 1t closes SATURDAY Apr - FrosTlsc,sly
in regard 70 the Webb and Shaw prizes. may com
The societvs pictures are Withdrawn. the Fine Arts
galleries viii be taken in hand by the National
70 have projected a new and brilliant scheme for
the proper display OF It's collection; Inc statues
way il is hoped that the admirable conditions OF 4
semoutto sort which prsya at tne SS0 MN w be-
on view at the same time as the society ana
sGslpsnrs sNS 5r varnnns Day comes on
2sth when the press also VII DC ad Anr a nv last
until Saturday. May H.
Among the minor shows which invite attention
N the midst OF all this activity begun or promised.
the little demonstration at the Wundertch Gallery
made by Mr. Alden Weir provokes some mixed re-
Elections He is exceedingly capable. Ills work mas
, personaI flavor. OF which he has never even COM
menced weary students or ms progress. i''N
Is It progress that he is making. and. If So whittier
does he tend II il could be believed that he was
content with the way indicated In some Of ms eN-
oulsitely drawn, firmly modelled etchings. III no.
g. for example or No. % or NO H. there coul' o'
no doubt Of his eventually reaching even higher
plane than Is therein attained. but the plates al
Iuded to are not Mr. Weir's lates; word. For that
II Is necessary to 20 to the drawings on the walls
and while a few OF the latter are delicately eN-
pressive as IN the case OF No. Il or NO. - oo'h
flower stua"s. the majority are inexpensive an"
"gauche" Some OF the landscapes re spotty III
the manner of Monet. but not with anything IKE
the fresh robust and convincing tone whlch NJ
Weir has impaired IN times past to ms mptTssoSa
stic experments Here any 'h al "HSat Rnilder's
House" there energies from the tenu9us dtat"lis
and inchoate design certain undeniaole ruin ao-
companed by that engaging bon 70 Mr.
perImental quality which belongs soin'n i ~
happy generalization In such study as NJ ~ ,, IN
the Hammock. or No 81 Jani,S.oW Ntn,s ,oriiaiv
IL is still impossible TO perceive any definite fa. yam,
in them Nj Weir seems to be b srSp ants as a9T th
observer Is Of What this artist INTENDS ailu no ~
Ing is aroused more guck thn TS s,yie At one
time il seemed though his interest IN inpressSiTVI
S % "eToh but the promse has been fulfilled
1t sncerel To pe hoped that ne VIII hrie re-,
The seecuve taste and the paInter,like quality
which you find In the etchings ana IN ne ensf"N-
ing "Arcturus," figuring in THIS eNhDltoh
At the Avery Gallery there y H'oS'
astonishing little collection of designs ny
Mr. F. Marcus Simons. an American VINO
began by painting under Nibert. continued 10
work IN the spirit OF the modern French school
and has lately set himself to the elaboration Vi
those symbollcal ideas which have sprung up IN
Paris under the combined influence OF Burne-Jon's
and the new Rosicrucians. We call TINS collec-
ton astonishing because. while the mystical IDEAS
EXPRESSED are Of no great originality or deP'h 'hv
color the manner and the general effect OF dizzy
splendor are quite too blazing for anything MI
N,rcIus Slmous should work in stained glass. Theh
his Gothic taste and his iridescent color schemes
would acquire softness. urbanty even-perhaps-
poetic FEASIBILITY ON canvas he Is brittle sac
charlne and thin TO his color crudeiy anu "''
chancally fantastic as TO MS execution ,''
so artificial so inadequate In his feeAhs Una.