New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-17
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

INNEss SAI.E-THE RICHARD CoLhr'iio
SOME MINOR MATTERs-THE SYMBOL
ISM OF MR.. MARcIUs-sIMoNs.
There is a great deal tc be seen IN inc arr
lerles OF New-York this week, and srea' ue". '.
:, q oood At the Academy Of Design there 10
de,,gbtfuI collection Of water-colors ana the f1'o
ing Club also brings forward In the same p
interesting number of foreign ana Ameriean 49, =.
The Architectural Leagues annual e~no.'
open at the Fine Arts Building, placing peio'e W.
public some good designs for buildings anu W..
siderable quantity of excellent decorative worK anu
sculpure The Rechard collection, toucheu '"o.
below will not be sold 1T ChlcKer'hs nan 49,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, wneh wiz W
followed at the Fifth Avenue Art Gaiieries' We
IL is now hung by another miscellaneous ne''e
or paintngs this one belonging to Mr. A. Woin' IT,.
ord tho estates of the late Mr.. John Mckesson ana
Mr. Aupuatus Kountze. The Wunderich gallery
presents a number OF new drawings by MT D. A.ue"
Weir. which will remain on view until March
Tho Inness sale has com, and gone, and 1t Is pos
sble now to estimate the public appreciation Oh 'ns
panter 1t proves to be still al an uhsa''Si"@'
stage of development, though wioer anu ''o
erous than could safely have peen assuH'eu 'e'
the test Of A sale. The largest SUMS p'
60 100 given by Mr. Tewksbury for SHUTDOWN ana
e. 600 Maid nv Mr. ] d. Crimmins for on tne
cast Of Cornwall" The average was much lower
than these figures indicate. Comparatively &c"
nictures sold for from $1,000 10 slJU Inc coiiee'o
of 90 paintings brought slos,s'O, wnich n'aAe 81
average Of say, $50. This might De eApiaeu "
tho financial depression which prevails at this '"s'
~, 40 colo taken place when pockets were gen.
oouy fuIl the result might have been dneren' "o
,rust that this hypothesis Will be proved correct ~
.bo long run Concisely expressed the Juos"e"' Va
,mpartial critics must certainly DE '"H'
Istlc painting by Inness Is worth more 'h"s VIC.
,,.o, a, tho sale last week. Not until the hsures
H.,
made familiar in the cases OF Coro'' '',e' ~
- foreioners will our American painter posi-
,ion in the market be fixed as IL deserves, -,
course that position troubles 10 pe'..'
fame hut the auction roomis good re"en - pop
a., ceiling in artistic matters. and we VIII DE eiao
,ben II shows that Inness stanhs ""ei' :"
longs in the estimation of those VINO puy anu ~.
49,. ,orLs ~ art IL is to be desired that srea'
ar,,s,s commercial value should be In keeping Win
his higher distinction, and the increase VI 80
4, the auction room will be watcheu VIZ" '
concern and curiosity. AT present there l. u" 10y
matter for regret in the safe just eo'e
that 80 far as can be learned no steps were 'an.
-. ro,,,de tho METROPOLITAN Museum or Art win
~. .x.mn,es that should have been added 10 'ho
email group OF pictures by lnhess aheeH' "
nossession Nor were any official buyers ilo'" 0se'
c,,,es in attendance Private collectors from on'.
cago we're in evidence. however anu w.
he surprising II some OF their purchases found tne'r
49, IT,, the great museum OF the West Ihey
ho,,a a wav with them in Chicago sometimes
..r,oo,,or NJ mixtures based chiefly on CONNER
-, .,,.,,v is not always the most enjoyable IN
,ha world from an artistic point OF view, put "he"
good taste goes with the eye to hnahciai 'a'ue e
Gathering is found TO be Of very oes'rao'e i'".u
such a gathering has been made III the ne''
collection which fills the Fifth Avenue ATT uai-
leries until the time of sale noted auo|e' ~ %
composed OF 10 pictures purchased IN 'he cou'se
~ that enterprisng business venture to wnich we
owed for several years one OF the pesl H'.c az
galleries in the city. Messrs Rechard 90 pousn'
their pctures TO sell them, but they poush' VIZ"
feoIlrg as we'll as with knowledge of the market,
and though 1t is perfectly obvious that lhey ca'eo
10 a mixed public it is also PLAIN that 'hey sa''
,heir pubc on the whole high class OF art. Inc
presence of much anecdotic art in this coiee'ion'
of quite a number OF pictures more nouceaoie io'
sentiment or humor than for fine artistic quai'eS'
cannot tetract from the significance or the many
fine things on the walls There are some brilliant
rictures from the French landscape school, from
corot and Daubigny In The Heights OF VINE
a. Array" by the former. there are some oi MS
tenderest subtle passages OF ieeiHs anu s'ie'
and all but of the Daubignys are strong NO. 90
Evening" seems TO to be lacking IN interest,"
il * only moderately characteristic, but Nos IL and
1874 are trimming over with the sweet natural charm
of Daubgny, the sense Of deep. wet grassy pahns
and quiet streams and No. l@. Il marine, pitched
in light transparent tones. is masterpiece ol oei,,
Iavy a, has something OF Minister'S felicity in
ARRANGEMENT though 4 has not perhaps s fa.
two annscapes lust bracketed above il may be
beauty is larger production by Wism .,S; r. ,io
this painting TOO highly. the fowls are painted;
one might almost say. with sense Oh mu und the
POOL about which they are gathered Is brought INTO
the composition with The fullest possible frp one
side Of the canvas t. other the rich ripe ahu
OF the scene Is in,srpreifd has Daubignys
luscious quality 50 clearly that one must ss say o sU;
but oherwse .r, rs al Me in the collection BY
the way some attractive pieces y yn Hmsr"b but
Mauve. Weisse lbruch Isrss's 70 ana landscape is the
Frencn Besides those illustrst9ns r y' from Diaz
men9nsd there are srcup 81 ce
in when No a. "A Mountain nrovn, and three
s %nSF Sn the BanR
cain his best No iS IN its fTerresenaon OF
OF M, h diaphanous veil of mist hanging over tne
stream and one OF ffe Es1n IN No. % The Road
SIDE IL is suggestive TO zee ms ta,r nny ,hs
@ Iin,s of corot the deep sombre tones OF
rousseau (who rs represented 10y neIvS 90 re
" swmsI woodands which here reyives admra:
ton for the latter ana
Reside these men Cain appears frau almost
most emasculated But there is veracity IN his art,
there is distinction and there - poetry. ne hoins
his own masterfully before all his predecessors and
rnntemporaries The quiet chord he chooses is none
he Less effective because II is quiet, an observation
when applies also to the work OF Lerolle. In him
here threatens the same narrowness Of scope
which sometimes IL suspected In Cain. but both
PAINTERS dissipate ones fears. On lower plane
Ierole IL as sure and safe as CAIN on his.
Look at No A. or No 81. for confirmation OF this.
Though the French school Is conspicuous In the
Richard collection. 1t does not overshadow various
capable productions from other nations. The span
ism Sanchez Perrier is represented by no less than
eight acceptable landscapes acceptable in their soft
tones and minute but not hard workmanship. tdeI-
felt has two figure pieces on the walls one OF tnemt
No IA 'Remembrances" fascinating study ot
fameght in an interior, treated with sensitWensss
to all its white light hues Its feminine vVSSci s:
panel by Mr. Danna No 90. Spanish type; ,. ana
in several good landscapes by charles Me'Ii ate
Dewey Charles H. Davis. r. c. Minor the ,ase
George Inness the late A. II. wyant W a. Er nSbIs
and H. Bolton Jones There are s ,o sharactersa-
ton from the German Zimmerman ana ria lives 4
and one amusing panel from Luaw Jon sense OF FUN