New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-02
FINE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS.
THE EXHIBITION AT THE INSTITUTE VI
ARTS AND SCIENCES OPENS TONIGHT
7 g HOAGLAND'S CONTRIBUTIONS


T G HOAGLAND's CONTRIBUTIONS
The opening exhibition Of paintings ana o'her
works OF art at the new museum building OF the
f,rooklvn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Eastern
Parkway and Washngton-ave.. Will be heIu "i's
evening from TO II o'clock. Admission VIII ne
by invitation. 4 view for representatives Oh III"
press was given yesterday. and 1t may DE saiu Una.
treat awaits lovers OF art as nearly SIX hunu'eu
paintings many OF them by weH-h"o"" ~
have been got together. go,
Although hammer and saw and chise are sun
heard In the unfinished building yet lts spacious
rooms and stately interior decoration are IN
pressive now The art galleries proper aie " "
TOD floor and the arrangements Tor suiins"' ", az
artificial light are thoroughly up to date. Inc "anS
against which the pictures hang, are SORT VI ~
ture OF terra Gotta and maroon In coiorlhs.
The overcrowding of the art galleries piop.. 80.
rendered II necessary to bring into use wv ioV"'
OF the first floor and the exhibition occupies "''o'
gether five rooms. , ..
In one OF the first floor rooms is a collection OF
paintings of historic American personaees anu
scenes one of .he most remarkable, II is saio'
that has ever been got together. 1t contains
for instance, three OF Gilbert stuart ia"
pictures Of George Washington one OF 'hese 10
the Nfe-size portrait painted In lI%. win "i'ci,
every American is familiar through copies anu
prints This was contributed by Mrs flerrePont
A stuarts head of Washington. lent py - -
Ruthrauff gives the features of the great Patiio'
"a they are best known. The third heao was ie"'
BY William A. Towner.
Some of the other old American paintings are
tha following: portrait of General John =.
Fremont by Charles Elliott: a portrait OF ueNei".
Ard,aw Jackson by Charles Wilson Peale' ana
another of Edwin Forrest. by nephew OF - west
all contributed by Charles {. MarKham' Pol''"'''
of Aaron Burr by John Nanderiyh anu Uainv'
Vandyck from the collection OF j. T. o'iiime -
Gilbert Stusrts portraits Of President james Mad'-
Aucustus Low Among he old American scehes
are several by John Qudor. which belong 10 teniy
T Chapman IT. wh hfI.f ha5 collection.
The nature of several Of these ,S auafn noWns titles
Which are attached to some Of them: KIP Van tba
Wrinkle Reaches the Gnomes' ro!a6v ,u ~ ~ .
Good olOS sGT V VeHas Ga up the he HUDSON River
and "The Vgiiant Stuyvesant Wall street c'aIe: l.,
A od% pa 'ns nil ed with BROOKLYN
these We're noted goriraWlS White IL i H. f. and H. B.
P piarre6ont Mr. and Mrs j. s. stranahan the
late A. A. Low and of ex-Mayor Charies A.
Joseph G. Hoagland is of the liberal eontriou-
tors to the exhibition on the upper 19or col
T sc ,e having been lent One of these is por-
trait OF William shakespeare whG6 Is eef 6y pau 10
bgny, a portrait by Hogarth, Sir Joshua Key
n Holy Family and b ssyeTs oSs of
Van Den Eeckhouts paintings entitled old Soad
fGed IN me emperors are highly valued There
nortrait Of n gentleman by Sir Anthony van Dyck'
ppud RUSSIAN Winter Scene" by A. w. Kowal,
ski Arab Horsemen," by A. Schreyer. d ana
.Sheep by Charles Jacque, are among ms group
Other pictures contributed by Mr.. Hoagland are a
landscape with cattle, entitled App r ME-
Dupre The sheepod, by Charles Jasque two W. OF
Mo nS entitled ''in the Garden and Ideal
Pastimes. =, r,, Hale & ar
ranged in sort of closet with fine light erect
1t is contributed by A; A. Heay en- Nun pa ar
rot" by Caroline Reed. Is lent by Catnolinf Lam,
bert From this contributors COLLECTION likewise
came thirteen Monticeliis. . a., ,,,,,s
Joseph Jefferson has sent Two OF ms buZztru
Psv landscapes Other contributors are Latham
a Fish John NJ. Amory Alexander Barrie. MRS
Edwin Reers George {. Barclay. William II. cum
mings Albert Kingsland Kenyon Theodore A.
John NJ Conkln. John EmmanS;; Stephg 81
rs Mrs Phebe A. Hearst. Mrs. Waiter Il.
WI Louns6errTy 5, GhS Mceo. & M1skh yam
.rLen George Mayr II. i. Parsons, F. b.
w n peak. DR.. j. F. Richardson and AL
Steiner.