New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
rur CHRONICLE OF ARTS
rxsrRIrloNs AND OTHER TOPICS

ryHIBITlONS AND OTHER TOPICS.
o,Ssprcrous EVENTS OF THE WINTER SEASON
OPENING AND CLOSING DATES OF THE REG
y,.,R ANNUAL Observation-Disclosures
,xa sALEs-THE CHASE CoIL.Ec-
roX-A NOTE ON THE PERI
PATETIc swEDEs-soME-
THING ABOUT THE
RECENT INrERNA-
TIoNAL SHOW
IN VENICE
The opening of the Autumn Academy is noticed
l., detail on another page. press view Of
,be exhibition given yesterday afternoon.
ars the public will be admitted to the galleries
tomorrow The pictures remain view until
ca.,rdav January H. when IL is probable that
The space they now occupy will be covered as
eulck!y as possible with the contributions Of the
American Water Color Society. At the Fine
Arts Building there will be inaugurated with
,he new year an exhibition Of Japanese kalSe-
,nnnos and prints This show will open on Janu-
sr,. , and will be closed on February 5. Then the
Hanging Committee of the Architectural League
will take possession and prepare for the open
inr of the annual architectural exhibition about
February l2 The League continues its show
until March l. Toward the end OF March. prob
ably the 25th Of tina. month. the Society OF
American Artists will open its annual exhih-
;1p The society Will keep its exhibition open
iar month
In the matter Of auction sales. there are as
vst not many announcements to he made but 1t
Is expected that the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
vii be the scene OF several important picture
anctions early in the year. and the American
Art Association has already given out informa-
ZION as 20 two interesting sales. The first OF
these Will dispose of Mr.. William NJ. Chase's
collection Of paintings and cuitos. collection cs
which the dispersal has already been announced
IN :his place. Mr. Chase's treasures are an art
lists ard have. taken together. character Tot
often met with in our local auction rooms For
yeas he has been storing his studio with the
plurlcr If journeys abroad, and with the lucky
frls = man who knows the ins and outs
a. American shops There are old and modern
uaintucs in the collection, there is much old
furniture there bits OF armOr tapestries,
metal objects Of various sorts, and besides the
hronzos. p0rcelains. ivOries and other articles
;hcr' Is q collection of some six hundred finger
rings. The interest in the collection lies espe-
Cillly in It's possessing artistic merit in practi-
oally oil It's contents whether the historical value
O. This object or that is great or small. When
tn Chase collection is disposed Of, the Aneri-
ca. Ar, Galleries will be filled with the pictures
C. ihe ~ O. Pope collection. Mr.. Pope. who
was resident of Brooklyn. a man OF
ca hOlic taste. and his collection includes works
by the BsrhiZ0n men. by Frenchmen Of many
other schools. and by English. Spanish German
and American painters. The exact character ~
this miscellaneous gathering Of paintings is
yet 20 be ascertalned but the catalogue promises
vel.
There has lust been sent to the Cincinnati Mu-
scum by the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadel-
phia collection OF pictures which it is 10 be
hoped will ultimately reach New-YOrk. After
having been shown in Philadelphia. it has been
started off on a tour Of Cincinnati. 81. Louis,
Chicago Boston and Brooklyn The collection
is made zip Of pictures by Swedish artists, and
while It was sent over chiefly because the Swed-
ish section at the Chicago Fair was 50 widely
admired. il is said 20 be more representative
than that section was even with Mr.. Zorn at its
head Mr.. Zorn If Included in the present en-
terprise. q matter Of course. and 81 is Bruno
Iiljef7rs who was one Of the best OF the men
visible al Chicago. But other names not haif
so we'll known. II known at all. have been added
:, the catalogue OF this latest show. and the as
sembly OF something like hundred WORKS Is
said 10 have thrown new light on the interest
Ing art movement OF Scandinavia. II Is astonlsh-
ing that nothing has been done TO secure the
exhibition of the pictures here. 1t Is true that
we have had important Swedish show, but
W. could easily stand another. This Northern
art is immensely entertaining, full Of vitality.
original and refreshing power. If the collec-
,ion could be halted in New-York after Its many
Journeys East and West IT would be grathca-
ton TO many New-Yorkers-that much is GER
tain.
The first international Art Exposition at
Venice hes been closed foi some time. but lit
tie has been said about 1t in American prints,
and an impression of II. given at first hand.
though belated. may still possess interest The
exhibition may be described in a nutshell as
one Of the best OF its kind held anywhere In
Furope or America during the last deca dc. 1t
may not have revealed new forces in modern
Italian art which was the thing most hoped
for BIZ believers in the artistic vitality or the
peninsula but IL reafiirmei the commanding
powers OF several Italians who are often 10Y
gotten in criticisms OF their country ana IL
surrounded those men by as brilliant little COL
,ectjon If pictures from England. Spain. Hol-
land Germany and France as has been seen IN
any OF the principal cities OF Europe Tor years
From England came a number OF most admlr-
able things from Burne-Jones. watts. Leigh-
ton. W b. Richmond and others. Franz Stuck
Hans Thoma Max Liebermann. Franz Len
harh Adolf Menze and others Of very nearly
tho!r Significance represented Germany Inc
scandinayjans, Zorn Kroyer Liljefors and the
rest were all present in fine form The Span
,sh Viegas sent a huge and magnificent pict-
ure of an old Venetian pageant, and with this
were associated paintings by Sorolla, san
cbaz Rarbudo Jiminez Amanda, Jose Benii-
,rrs which gave most excellent ac-
count of recsnt Spanish art Cain, Dagnan-
Bouyeret Carolus- Duran end Duez spoke lor
France The various countries sent i'in.'eu
number Of pictures each by rev men, ou'
throughout the intention seemed 10 De 'ha' '"e
bes, should be hung IN the exposition sa"e'iV''
7..,os. s,.veries were remarkably impressive so
far as the Italians themselves were cohceiheo'
Noralu Michetti, Tito. Rotta, Carcan"' boiu'H"'
pasini Casciaro, all these men ana quite NUM-
ber OF their countrymen sent paintings notable
for brilliant color tastefuily handled, for brush
work vigorous and accomplished. for style ho'
si,yavs thoroughly serious, but invarlaDly el-
fectj,e snd sometimes as in the case OF Mlcn-