The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-28
80 rorrs.
Pictares at the Letes Ctuh-Snr. Assey'n "VFaua-
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ietp NJ A~vorys-Other Exhibitions.
The Lotos Clubs second exhibition Of tho sca-
son consists OF thirty picturcsl lent by Mr.. George
A. Hoorn. and will DO open to men friends Of the
members this afternoon and tomorrow from 4
to 10 o'clock p. NJ. Tho usual ladies' rccep-
tlon days will be Monday and Tuesday OF next
week, when the hours arc from 2 to D o'clock.
Tho collection on Wow in the gallery includes
one picture by an American artist, tho excellent
and poetic landscape with q man ploughing.
"Spring Morning." by IToratio Walker. Ten
others arc by contemporary French painters,
and tho rest OF the names in tho cata.
logue are principally those of wcll.known
artists OF the carly English or other
ancient schools. A portrait OF Charles l.. King
of England. by Daniel Mytcns, is notable among
tho latter, not so much for artistic excellence.
for, while pleasant in it's mcllowod tone, II has
no great amount OF that quality, rs for the fact
that It is by n minor painter whose works are
but rarely seen. 1t Is. indeed. q wonder that 1t
ever fell into American hands under its right
attribution. for such canvnsts are general
ly mado TO do duty for Vandykcs or
works by some such great masters when they
nre offered to our credulous collectors. For
similar reasons " Portrait Of q Lady" No. 6. by
A. Rotius. attracts attention. Among tho other
pictures a fine study of a black and white bull
by ]. r. Bracassat, French school, 1s05-ls67;
a virile. well-drawn, and frankly painted land
scape, "Moonrise." No. 10. by Harplgnies, and
a large marine Of light gray tone by f. Boudin,
Entering the Harbor." No. /. are the most i'm
pressive. The list OF English painters includes
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence. Sir
Peter Lely, Sir William Beechy. and John
Crome.
Tho well-known American artist, Edwin A.
Abbey, who now lives in England and was last
year elected an associate Of the Royal Acad-
envy, spent last winter in New York. While
here he brought almost to completion an impor.
tant canvas. which later in the season, on his re
turn to London. no exhibited at the Royal Acad.
envy. This picture. Hamlet" which was tho
object of much favorable comment in tho
British press. has now arrived in New York. and
is on exhibition at Avery's gallery. 1858 Fifth
avenue. The subject OF the picture is found in
Hamlet's lines. act ILL.,. scene Q:
Give him heedful note;
For l mine eyes will rivet to his face,
And after wa will both our Judgment Join
In censure OF his seeming.
The composition includes a considerable num-
tcr OF figures. and is painted on a canvas about
six feet in length. tho figures being approximate.
ly half the size of life or a little over. Ophelia in
a white gown. and with the effect Of light in the
picture centred upon her. appears in the right
foreground, with Hamlet in black reclining ut
her knees. The floor of the apartment where
the scene passes Is covered with gray fur skins.
and in the back part of the picture the King and
the Queen. both in robes Of red. are seen seated
on a thronelike bench. which. is thanked by
wooden pillars. decorated with gold designs on q
ground of blush green. Tit ladies and gen.
tlemen Of the court are grouped at the sides
Of the composition SO that the four principal
personages are given the most prominence.
The color scheme, unlike Mr.. Abbey's picture of
Richard III. and the Lady Ann which he ex-
hibited a couple OF years ago at the Royal Acad.
envy and was carried out almost entirely in reds
and blacks, contains many positive notes OF
color, green, purple. red, blue. and others, but
all are well held together in the Q In
the same gallery eight or ten pastel studies by
the same artist are on exhibition. They are all
figure subjects.
At the studio Of J. c. AFTER, 10 East Twenty
third street, Mr.. Walter Francis Brown. ar
American artist who. since his student days In
Paris, twenty years ago, has spent most Of hi.
time abroad. is exhibiting a collection of pic
lures and studies comprising his recent wori
painted in the Holy Land and other parts of the
Orient. They include 'Mohammedan Jerusa
lem," Al Prayer" "Oasis of the Fayoum
Egypt" Venice Sky" and a number OF
sketches in oil and water color. notes of travel
and impressions of interesting and little known
corners from nature.
In Avery's smaller gallery there Is an exhibi
tion which will continue to Feb. 5. of originaI
drawings by Z. W. Kemble, the well-known IL
illustrator. They are catalogued as "kemble':
Coons." and are executed for the most part with
pen and ink. though quite a number among the
thirty drawings in tho collection are in water
color.
Mr.. Henry Mosler will give an exhibition Of
recently painted portraits and other pictures a
his studio in the Carnegie building. Seventh
avenue and Fifty-seventh street, which will
open with a private view" on Tuesday next
between the hours of / and 4.