New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23


PROFESSOR HEIKOMER's BLACK
.Np-wIlITE INTENTIONAL PROCESS
OF WHICH THE VALUE HAS
YET TO BE PROVED.
,,s.-o Is not an art gallery in the city withou,
.,ir- OF interest show this week. At the
I'm. Of Design the excellent exhibition Of the
c-ican Water Color Society remains view until
sa,prlav night; Uptown. at the Fine Arts Building,
20 chow Of the Architectural League continues. At
~ American Art Galleries the Schaus pictures
N,ob have already been touched upon in The Trib-
20 ana az the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries there IS
% he sold a collection formed by Mr.. Reichard to
hich more extended reference was also made in
,b,s Journal yesterday The etchings by Nj Mieatz
nay be seen at the Max Williams Gallery for few
a,vs more the Glasgow painters will be visible at
the Klackncr Gallery until next Saturday night and
atthe Avery Gallery Mr. Henry Mosler brings forward
tomorrow group Of some twenty-five or thirty
nalntnes by himself AT the Bakeslee Gallery there
Is beautiful painting by Gainsborough portrait Of
Lady Inus of Norfolk" The Macbeth Gallery is At
presca, filed with some pictures by Philip Zncken.
a Dutch artist who has been chiefly known here as
al cicher Of ability. A. painter he works with ease
accuracy and a certain amount OF feeling His
pictures are not remarkable for quality IN the
texture FOR depth and subtley of tone but here and
there "a IN Golden Leaves" Snow Willows and
Morning sun, or "O!d Houses. Dordrecht" he reg
is;eis the character OF delicate atmospheric eec:
with spOniAneity ana truth. His work fills pleas
anily NE week which must elapse before there are
huns al TING place number OF new productions BY
NJ. y Is. Davies, painter who Is possessed of
abundant originality and fails to interest his
pubic IL may be noted finally that when the
pictures al present displayed in them they will be
hung with one of the most interesting collections of
pictures by one man that recent years have pro-
Guced. The pictures referred 10 are those in which
Claude None; has painted the cathedral Of Rouen
under many lights. treating IL in his impress sonstlc
sequence somewhat as he treated his famous hay
stack few years ago.
po.,r.s a,1 colloc.;o,. -. ........-z -. .,--
posed Of in the aucaon-rooms every week at this
stage OF the and there is much that is sug-
sestve in the detailed reports Of the sales. on tho
whole. IL would that there is a good market
for good paintings just now. but that the furore
marked by such auctions those Of the Morgan
and Stewart collections has either passed forever
subsidized in consequence of the financial disturb
ances Of the last few years. The American Water
Color Society has been fairly prosperous. With
good. but not at all uniform attendance, the So
c.ety has sold 100 pictures for total of Sc 2j.
This would show good average. But In the
The King collection included some strong produc-
lions but after the Rembrandt had been sold for
OF Troyon, for Size I, cannot be said that the
sale called forth anything Ike the competition
which has distinguished some OF its predecessors.
The English paintings considerable in number and
in the main OF excellent quality, me. the fashion
Q. the day. yet 1t is unlikely that the prices obtained
their paid for them. 1t will be interesting
10 II the schaus collection eXcites more rivalry
among the cOnnO.sseurs and dealers.
Last night the exhibition at the Academy o, the
Fine Arts in Philadelphia closed after pros
porous season and after having demonstrated that
Philadelphia could get together one Of the finest
collection Of American pictures that the country
has in long time. 1t was in all respects
admirable show. The aim of the persons in charge
Of /; was 10 hunt down every good work that had
recently been painted, TO trace it through the gal
leries or studios Of Paris, London America and (
though much Of the material used had been seen /
before in New York. there was nothing In the show
10 detract from its general freshness. The prizes
were awarded with discrimination and elected no
u.favorable criticism. The two painters between /
whom the Elkins fund was divided. Mr.. Thayer |
and Mr.. Tarbell were easily in the front rank and
their good fortune excited only the happiest feel
ings among their colleagues. The "Caritas' OF MI /
practically everything he does. but after due allow
ance has been made for the muddiness OF the color
,iailv puerile the great dignity of the conception
cannot fail TO touch the imagination ana .eave al.
The behoder. The full length Of a lady in white.
by Nj TarDen. is picture less lmaginatlve IN /
direction wherein Mr.. Thayer meets defeat Nh /
Tarbel IS neither Indifferent nor incompeien,t lie
snip and he is qualified TO meet the necessity. Inc
result in his prize picture at fhliadepn - Ig
gives him maturity 0? effect not often dlscoveIed
xero The NOS; conspicuous canvasses in the exit
hition once the prizes were awarded but there was
a quantity Of other work by. Mr.; Alexander Mr.. f.
sion and Miss Beaux 10 which the galleries o"ea
q large proportion Of the distinction they posseSsea
i IL good 10 know that the Academy OF me fIhe
Arts was confirmed In its policy by the pubic, me
exhibition meant considerable expense anu NJ, ~
volved a vast amount Of labor. But IN ADDITION 10
the local patronage, which never haaged mere was
abrnda M mort brought to The show by Nlsltofs
from New-YoTk and other cities. and as the direc.
tors look back upon their expeT,ecT WIN thev can
rejoice in the knowledge that their Efforts were
seconded with unrernittng ardor by me peop'o
whose encouragement was best worm hdNihs'
Professor TIerkomer's invention of q new form Of
nd-w,nite art has been explained by hiin'
and while the results obtanable through its employ
,nent have not yet been seen IN this country the "a"
planation provides a sufficient basis for discussion
HIS description OF the method, succncuy gwen IL as
follows: The artist paints his picture upon polished
conner Mate which has been coated with silver lie /
uses IA thick black pigment resembling printer
Ink" and as for his instrument OF execution II may
be brush stump, his fnger-poih'' or am '"''5
else he chooses 10 use Having finished his picture.
while II is still the artist dusts 1t over win
certain powder. which he then shakes and brushes /
OF 50 as to leave no more OF coating than is actu-
ally held oy the ink. The powderins leaves the /
plate with a graduated surface the granuiauon OF
every touch Of the brush being in proportion 10 us /
depth OF tone" From this graduated suIidce q /
metallic mould is taken. electr0type such is /
the conductDility Of this surface, says professor
Hsrkomer that in ten minutes bIush o. coPP ,
spreads over the whole surface when saDJIctra -
minute crevccs and inerstlces me ptdte - 'e.t
IN the bath until the copper deposit IL as thlck az an
ordinary printing plate, which may mean any !
from sx 10 ton DAYS according 20 the thickness re-
outred Nv Ming the edges We are enabled 10 4
separate tho deposited from the original pate anu |
IN the deposited plate we set an exact nesa'V 80,
mould OF the painted and powdered surface lToin
which. by the ordinary methods of copper-pate |
printing perfect reproduction OF the ofighla paint
Ing IS obtained =. ,...o .a, &c /
This process according to its inventor, IN pr ms
printed result looks Ike form OF ra,.or
fsssor HerkOroer claims for II. however, greater
speed than IL possible In the mezzotint work w!icn
Il most nearly resembles, and the great advantage !
which he believes II TO possess Is that IL gives te
painter a reproductive method which IS aux
and therefore one OF unlimited freedom dhat IL |