The sun., 1898-02-24
ART NOTES.
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Tho exhibition Of the Architectural League Rt
tho Fine Arts Society building, 215 West Fifty
seventh street, Is open FREQ every day except
Tuesdays and Thursdays. 1t Ia large and varied
in tho character of its exhibits and with It's
ncnrly 300 numbers affords an opportunity to
the public TO SEQ and judge of tho years output
OF work by architects, sculptors, decorative
painters and designers, and isolated workers In
half dozen different branches of industrial
art. II contains so many plans, models,
and designs of projected public improve
mcnts, some of them now in course
of erection. in tho way Of buildings. monu-
monts, bridges, recreation piers parks, and
gardens that many Of our citizcns who have not
time to go to tho frequent exhibitions OF compel.
tive designs that are held in different places In
the town throughout the year might we'll mako
visit to tho galleries, whcro almost all OF these
things, and certainly the best and most impor-
tant OF them, arc shown at once. They could
here take noto of the increasing interest OF tho
municipality In securing tho best professional
talent for the execution of its architectural
projects. of the wisdom shown by our
semi.public corporations and associations
in tho obtaining of plans for their new
homes and installations. and tho generally
happy choice among such plans Of the ones
they have determined to adopt, OF the rapidly
growing practice on the part Of architects to
call in the services of painters and sculptors for
the interior and exterior establishment Of their
buildings, and Of many good signs in the work
commissioned by private individuals that our
design is not only daily becoming botter. but
also that 1t 10 taking on moro strictly national
character. There are some poor and slight
things here, of course, but the reason Of this
is that the Leagues admission jury 10
liberal, and wisely adopts tho policy OF ac-
cepting for exhibition almost everything offered
that is promising work. So many young de-
signers are snuffed out because they do not
have chance to bud that this policy is entirely
commendable. The certainty of having in tho
exhibition the best work of tho year produced
by the most successful men, and thus securing
high average Of merit as we'll as great gen.
era interest, permits the jury to be thus liberal.
On the other hand tho visitors. and especially
the manufacturers or the publishers or the art
industrial outfltters find in looking about the
odd corners of the alcoves not O few
exhibits which lead them to inquire into
who the designer is and whether he will
direct his energies into channels supervised
by them, and thus widen and increase tho
sources from which still better results may be
obtained in their respective productions. In
this way many of tho minor exhibits in tho
League galleries are of positive value In tho ex-
tension of good design and Of corresponding in
crease in the market value Of manufactures. In
all these respects tho exhibition is we'll worth
notice. and this year 1t 10 as representative as
usual and in some departments better than ever
before.
Tho Vanderbilt gallery contains tho competi-
tive designs for the Now York Public Library
on Bryant Square. the new building Of tho Ma
tional Academy Of Design. tho College of tho
City of New York, and tho models for the SOL
dicrs and Sailors Memorial Here. too. are
plans for the buildings and grounds of the New
York Geological Park. by Helms and La Fargo:
for the bridge over the Harlem River and 145th
street. by Clinton and Russell; the recreation
piers at East Twonty fourth street and West
Fiftieth and West 129th streets, by Edward H.
Kendall. and the model of the beautiful new
Court House for the Appellate Division OF the
Supreme Court to be built at Madison avenue
and Twenty.ffth street, by James Brown Lord.
The statuettes on the model are by tho Sculptor
Charles H. Niehaus. This building is to con.
tain mural decorations by number of tho
best known American painters. Designs for
office buildings. apartment houses and resi- |
dences are hung in this gallery. well as q fne
lot of plans for country houses. Among the lat
ter those by Woodruff Leemng mo. s27) Ros. |
sitter and Wright mo. s37l Howard and Cald-
well mo. 606), Alden and Harlow. w. Z. Stone, |
Lamb and Rich, John Calvin Stevens. and VIII.
liam A. Bates are notable for beauty and excel.
n uIuNluB VI bu entrance Bal0 IOr O |
country place tNo. 76G). by Beatrix Jones; a |
gate for Lake View Cemetery. Cleveland. o. by |
C. +. Schweinfurth and entrance gates to a
house at Greenwich, Conn. mo. 614). by N. c. |
Melen. are delcctable things in outdoor or land
scape architecture.
Mr.. Weir's design for Memorial Win |
dow" No. !. in the south gallery is charming in
composition and color. In this room also are some
admirable studies and decorative designs by
the celebrated French artist. p. v. Galand mos.
139, 142, and l46); clover color decoration for |
n smoking room (No. 112l by Nicola D'Ascenzo, |
showing monks and a boy. who may be the con- |
vent coachman. sitting about table; Mr.. Lows |
color sketches for the ballroom of tho Astoria |
mos. SO to 72 inclusive), Mr.. Kenyon Cox's mag
azinc covers in black and white and in color; q |
" Sketch for Mural Painting" No. lO3, by Bry- |
son Burroughs. which is light in general tone |
and agreeable in aspect; Mr.. Turner's color |
sketches for the dining room OF the Astoria |
mos. 80 to sc inclusive); n full.size "Color
Study for Mosaic Frleze in Mausoleum,"
No. 1856. by John La Fargo. executed by
Bancel La Fargo; and architectural figures
" Courage" No. 81. and Calculation" No o.
for the Park row Syndicate building, modelled |
by J. Massey Rhind. The west gallery contains.
among other good exhibits, book covers by Rome
*. Richardson, color prints by Arthur w. Dow
a hne lamp for the grounds OF Mr.. George ].
Gould at Lakewood by Bruce Price. and frame
full OF charming studies (No. 2l2), showing how
nature may be drawn upon for use in the arts of
design. by Sebastian Creusct. In one instance
Mr.. Crcusct adapts from a sketch Of lily pads.
painted whio it was raining. the effect pro-
duced by tho raindrops falling on tho wide
leaves. and makes with this motive beautiful
in II coorcd pattern.
In the east gallery some gas fixtures designed
by Howard h. Watkins (Nos. 4 IL and 3l3l are
notable for originality and good proportion, and
in the central gallery there is sketch for n
weather vano with a figure by Paul Wiehle
'No. 300 that is pleasing and particularly well
balanced. In ths central gallery, too. is a fine
model for an equestrian statue to Gen. Slocum
Tho sculptor is George 7. Brewster. and the
architects who designed the pedestal and en-.
placement are Bric and Bacon. The exhibition
will close on March g.
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