New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-17
THE CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER TOPICS.

THE TASTE OF OTHER T1MEs-PlCIOhEs IN 'nH
MARSHALL O. ROBERTS coLLEcTIoN-MR.
SMITHS NEW wATER-coLoRs AND MR.
ZoGBAUMs DRAWINGS ANNouNCE-
MENrs-pErERBoRorGHC CA
THEDRAL
The three art collections which are being exhio'-
ed Just now prior being disposed OF. at aucuo"'
leave in certain ways very melancholy impress
sion. 1t Is not that they are composed OF poor
pictures. That is something to which one grows
hardened. II IS. rather that trey ihus'ra'e '.o
pathetic fate which sometimes comes 10 IDEAS
The art that is gloriNed by generation Is use
less TO the next At the Fifth Avenue Art CAL
leries there are some pictures and statues when
were doubtless admired greatly twenty years ago.
but now they fiat nand mediocre Ihe name
Of Hiram Powers was once name 10 cohJuie WIN.
Now his .Minnehaha' In the collection aforesaid
ia unable to excite one title fash of interest IL
Is lacking in STYLE lacking I'm vitality. lacking IN
art The old furniture surrounding 1t ana the
books offered in the same sale inspire sHeh's
sentimental thought of the house which they once
made appear homeke,and that is al DOWN r "a.
peated. The furniture. paintings ana o,n nic,r
OF his personality. OF the kind of atmosphere IL,
which he lived but there is nothing to he saiu a II,
hem there may be something to fall In with a
househoder's needs but from an artis,'e 1'i ii,
point the whole gathering Is out OF ua'. an" &c,
less The only painting on the walls thai Is a,
once ,oerably good and NOT od csn,,ir% painted
hy NJ Kaemmerer He is one OF the cievere resi-, %
the artists now working In Paris, ana th's canvas
Is respectable.
Eut the saddest sight of all is that offered by the
Marshall O. Roberts collection. 1t is displayed IN
the old house corner of Ffth-ave. and Eighteenth
st. with most of the furniture and hangihss iei.
as they have been for years. The result - ''a'
the visitor walks about as In a private mousse anu
looking critically at the paintings. feels mo
noentarv panc as though intruding upon the mt
mate feelings OF the noted NeW-iorh merc"a"''
IL, bought his many works OF art al TIME "i'e"
they were all considered to be the best aVaaole
He patronized Kensett. and Church. and Heaiy'
and Ieutze II is impossible 10 say tnat thev 'ouc"
Tho svnpathies now On the contrary the WAITS
are dead Crowded they are win pictures
from a great many different hands there u h''u'S
ever a frame in which genuine Color genuine az
,istic emotion and adequate technique are pre-
served Al long very long intervals. Will come
nc,,re Ike The Return from the Hunt d!
Trovon. or the other study of animals by Neria''
which hangs near by. The rest Is depressi"s u.
the last degree There Is cause lor reJo'0'"e "
,h. prorress we have made since the days when
Nv Roberts formed his collection. But there II
,ouch of sorrow too in gazing upon what seems
utterly frgesS labor az ms many
rares They worked haru ', ,Sosn Which are com
mon today. But the breath OF HE was IChi,, ,i
Gently trained did they see na,h6e a" knowing
as they thought they saw H. ,oNt bT CONVENTION
IT, they wSie fhev left fading marks upon the
history of the American art II WlI1 p brnas The
paintings are to be sold at wniGRer nusn mes
Tuesday. Wednesday and THURSDAY e'e"s
Como attractive "one-man" shows are accessin'e
this week At the American Art Galleries. upstairs
~ 49,, ,o,.v ranks Of the Munoz collection.
,horo arc some black -and-whtes and water-coiorS
bv MFR Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum when MAKE up
tr vivacity for the duness OF the th'hss oe'o"'
Those are not 10 he sold until next FRIDAY ever
,rr In the mean time they repay the at'enuoh
NJ the amateur Mr. Zogbaum Is not always u
a~,e- NJ a fluent flexible outline. but he Is sKiih'
in composition. puts real character INTO his "s'S
and gives 2 natural lively report OF NE aihohs o"
soldiers sailors and cadets. Practicaiiy' All Vi "'e
,our-score drawings dedicated TO horsemen uni
formed fighters at work or at play, ana 10 any VII.
who desires n pictorial record OF the style ana
donps of Uncle Sans defenders. the coiecuon
may be cordially recommended Al 'he avery ""
lcrv there is another gathering OF water-coiois y!
Mr. = Hopkinson Smith. whose annual Trip aoio"'
Yields him artistic plumber that is inVari"p'! soou,
MS color improves every year growing subtier ana
richer His style facile ever ana mas IN Iu,
force this year that precision anH The subjects on
this occasion have been drawn from Venice, d,
land Russia and the Fast aee Conversations
The collection NAV be seen until me emu 1 vi n
month The Keppe Of G drnwns w made IN spain
Mr. Joseph Pennel. In Illustration Vi "'"s
Ia nbra.
Of the Society OF American ~ '''S'
have been issued Pictures will be received al me
,-,,o ,r,s building on March Is and l6 Narnishhs
aav and the press view set down for the same
date March %. The usual reception VIII w neu
March q and the exhibition Will open 10 me p''''C
on sunday March IS. closing on May ]. he u'"
Webb and Shaw prizes will be awarded Inc spi'is
Academy is not 10 open until April. Inc eN'ip'''
viii no received from Thursday March H. 10 SAT
u-dav March 49, inclusive April VIII be Ha ni,,oh
ing day. when the press WI, Mondov Anril J. and
The public opening Is set ior No''"''' |'P'
the show will last until May 10
LAYERS Of old architectural monuments are every
where in a state of panic at ms ume' pe'" ~.
the preposte ferrous doing of the Dean anu '""p
of Peterborough Cathedral Inc WEST i'o'''
,o,c been in A precarious condition ana receh"'
:, .os saer that something would have TO be nohe
~ save il from falling and perhaps doins IL
remarkable damage TO the cathedral me 'a
now two feet out OF the perpendicular Inc ''N''''
for the Preservation of Ancient buhdihss. d" VI
,,anization known in England as "The Ah'i-"Cr"p'.
20 composed Of some of the best artis's' a'c"''e "
-. oorooisseurs I'm England Their names are
not known 10 the public, because they ooh ""''
IN he subjected TO the charge OF auNel's'""
sa,ves But 1t has long been known !" Way ~
ad M, he trayersed at present that the society
.,ds for an absolutely DISTINGUISHED movement
for tho preservation OF precious ola moh"',"'o
=, - o1ered TO take the Peterborough facane l"
cbarpe and to replace the Old rupnle coie "a Wv
wall nv a new which VIII last io'
7, &c nroposed to do this without reihoN''s '
" -, ,ror, ne Il now stands. beautfui
necimcn of Gothic architecture But the Dean anu
chap,er will have nothing 10 say to TINS s'ne",'
which I, may be added. Is 10 be financed oy '"e
society for the Preservation OF Ancient bu''ui,e,
The Dean and his colleagues nave maui w Wv =.
lids They lave called in famous res.ore th
MI, mno MIR Pearson who wreaked himself upon tne
north transept of Westminster no' ,o!x asT the
horouch gables the highest style OF ms T.,
fe,eI %, ~, The affair has raised a storm III
Tiee,S witch is beginning to reverDerhte ! T,.
Inst how to avoid the catastroPh, Is pn,hns II is
t,sd,d w ultimately be done 70 save tne I'll 4.
drai from the ministraticns Of Mr. front Stone by
ope and put up again Just as he to%no tale al To