New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-09
r,1r CHRONICLE OF ARTS.
..~u,prrroSs AND OTHER TOPICS.

upnx DRAWINGS BY Du MAtRiER-
ME-. MINORS LANDSCAPES AND
MARiNEs-A HANDFUL OF
OTHER SMALL SHOWS
...- the useful suggestive display Of the Archi-
,yr,l League at the Fine Arts Building the best
.,hs,,Ions In town continue TO be or old prints
I,h perhaps one gathering OF b.ack-and-whites
.,rlns into association with them through certain
,or,an, merits These pr!n; collections are
sased by ,ha; Of Albert Durer's engravings at the
r.oTsr Cub Mention OF this remarkable body of
WV has been made more than once in this place
s. since 4, is quite the most brilliant AFFAIR Of Its
Wind tha, New-York has had in years. We have no
heon in returning 10 he n sao5sS css un ae ,nSw
ssafurday night From the COUNCIL Of the Grolier
VOID has been received to the enrc' tnas a. Is
ooonortunIsy to the prints, the club grants adj
mission 10 any persons ss wn nS w; The dcv of
oh.sining cards from members. a task not always
easy TO- inc ,se nart Of the Council which calls for
hearty recognition
A, the vunderlich Gallery there are about one
.nsr,d and fifty engraved portraits of Women
~ ce.ebrlty Beauty and Fashion" The selection
s.s Noe, made from old and modern masters. but
roe especially from the English cngravers OF the
lee, century The result is an assemblagc Of str!k-
Toe elegance and vivacity which will appea. to the
',s
,r encounter with delight such impressions as the
.~rs Carwardne and Child" by j. r. Smith, after
romncv or the group OF portraits done from Va
-iaus masters by Wiikin. In such a prin; as tha'
.-o-, Wa;sons nezzotint of Sir Joshua's picture OF
The Hon Mrs. Beresford. with the Marchohess
townsend and the Hon Mrs. Gardiner" he VIII INC
,bs exquisite tones the subtle contours OF the
carly English engravers art presented IN ther yer!
s,es; estate In fact the level OF the examples
orsrsd in this collection Is uncommon.y hlsh
There are second-rate prints The rare FRESHNESS
ard delcacy Of the Miss Kemble. engraved D!
vngsbury after bowman. are repeated IN man!
s,o,her impression here displayed and mercy III us
alusraton Of technical process the exhioi'ioh -
,.gnsnt one On It's historical side 1t Is altogether
..,,iva.,nC There has been epoch in the MS
:ory modern social nfe more alnTng shan IN 'f
10, means grace feminine statenes5 ana FEMININE
w,,serv Whether in the sweet simplicity OF me
sysIy N'R-ien' OF Reynolds. which Is here repre-
.r,eS in The nnszzotint OF Charles Philips or IN ihe
rore splendid vein Of that trp.a p4r,ra ,or,rait
srs 81 he last century unerrnGly sympathetic
srs Lovely We have had Fair Women e% har
,ons before and they have been OF uneven ma
nSbroken procession Of handsome individuals.
Tho exhibition Of Van Dycks portraits at the
ron,e, Gallery is less charming. but hardly less
admirable II suffers from the fact that the fiem-
;sh masters art was OF too suave ana nuen' cii
ac,er 70 90 well into the terms OF lire enera'"is
b,,o no n hand
his work were cleverly translated by his numerous
-a,ors He showed them. to be sure the path
,bev were 10 follow and In such a plate as tha'
which he made from his own head, or that o'he'
from his friend Lucas Vorsterman you get soi''e
OF the essentials o, his work upon canvas-,he uis
nty of line the simplicity Of composition the coar
ar which distinguishes Van Dycks painted
work is lacking the the Is noSe 80 structure
remains There is nothing after all more preGiohs
than that in Van Dyck and ms tor nothing
sss T. revives that atmosphere which belongs TO
any gathering Of he masters oil y, srnicant fig
rres The list is a long one. from Van Dycks arr
is friends to European mobiles nu1 The
nlates NAV pail as specimens OF engraving but as
souvenirs Of great master IN portrai'ure '"eS
have a lasting attractiVeness
The h,ack-ond-whi,e exhibition which we have
already mentioned is that OF hundred drawings
Ia, GAorre I,, Neur..r which has been opened al
the Avery Gallery. They are practically all oris'-
nails made for Punch" and most OF them wouIu
appear TO have dated from the artist p'lh'e'
They show with uniform accuracy the suppehess
and authority Of his art. Du Maurie- was he'e'
,oyc- OF line for lines sake. that we have ever
heard. nor did he even by accident produce hhe
Ct the kind which satisfies Us so completely IN 'he
work say Of Leighton or Whistler. or Legros. OF
dozen others who might be named. Inc sehsuous
quality in drauxhtsmanship he LETT OUT oi sie"'
altogether But he got instead w0nderiul ricn-
ness OF expression he knew how TO place Ms hrsin,
and darks with almost dazzling effect; UA1.s. iIS
ont a FAC. or the turn of drapery with Jus' me
touch out Of a thousand Others that was besi quhb
seI 70 serve his purpose He has color ne mas
,,,acitv he nuts his figures into compositions Wilcn
are not alone feke but pictorial ana then; we o
he nos satisfied the eve with the effectiveness "
his group with the truth of his modeliins ana OF
his light and shade he throws IN ms MN III
hur,cr These sketches are all accompanies VIZ
the TAGS dialogue which appeared Genfasn t ote
Id IN .,a 1is@ 8
passed II is 10 be hoped but for those VINO nav
cared seriously for Du Mauriers ar inns soo Of
the most Characteristic memorials of his genius
which exist in either text or picture.
The Macbeth Gallery is hung with ABOUT 'h'I.!
FIVE paintings Landscapes and marines oy MI
Robert c. Minor He belongs among the IyrcaI anu
creative painters in American art IL IS true tha'
he studied under Diaz that he has all MS HE emu
lated the traditions OF the school OF Barbizon ana
that IL has been with some justice that his puphc
has complained of the repetition OF baro%oh
Effects In his work But he got those enects ali'oS
as much from the forest as from the schooi' "'iu
the note Of unconscious imitation is forgiven 1t
cannot blind 10 the deep wells OF sincerity anu
insight from which these canvases have sprung
Thu rnellowness Of color as in the Evening in
Autumn: the penetrating Interpretation OF tree
forms as In the Twilight: the bouyancy OF emo
ton. as in the Early Morning ahe hea things
which belong 10 the core OF the man : art couiu
have been developed through nOthHls Dut sNuns
Of nature and poetic communion with her mooos;
There are moments in which Mr. Minors mana
seems 10 have fingered too long over the canvas,
moments when YOU get from him work Ike that IN
the Autumn Morning" with it's thick impasto ano
doih,fll cor,uositon. Then In a panel Ike the
"sumner" with its glimpse OF a lovely upland d!
the sea md a lovelier sky. you share IN rnonnent
OF unrualifed insp!ra ton, a moment in which the
artists brush has been in exact harmony win ms
sentiment II is pleasant exhiotion' one %hiun
and OF noble style. The pictures illustrate the
most conservative line taken by our landscape arr
standard Of the latest open-air work
At the Kraushaar Gallery are seven or eight
paintings by Mr. Edward A. Bell. a member OF the
younger group c: American artists. Most o. the
pictures ne now shows have been seen before al the
Academy or elsewhere but they wear well, and are
n h. CORDIALLY -ocei,-cd Mr. Bel has IDEAS. .mag-