New-York tribune., 1898-01-29

.s,rgs the most piquant is the little satirical
e n., nv the German Hamburger. Poet and Pub
Usher" This exhibition VIII De aceessio'e u auies
ox, Monday and Tuesday
., ,be superb exhibition OF Charles Meryons
.os,,gs at the Grolier Club we will speak fully
ro,ber time Meryon is difficult man for
- amateurs they find his line hard and his
-,,.,,ve qualities obscure but he yields upon
80, study exceptional elements OF picturesque
CO.. h,gh mental capacity and technical power.
~. ~. has ever eoualled his peculiar touch In the
Sa,t,ns OF architecture. especially the architect
~ =. old Paris The exhibition will last until
February "
,.,os,caI announcement is made that some
,oor,ent in the art OF photographing In colors
- heen reached. Periodically the readers OF such
,rouncernents are disappointed when they come
-oss the fruits OF the experiments. But in the
N,,,ss recently imported from Munich by George
p p~sse of West Twenty-eghth-st there are some
,-oo-dinary qualities. Mr. Busse explains that
90 Drocess whereby these plates were made-after
n"-nrsndt Van Dyck. Holbein and other old mas
WAS perfected by DR.. Albert the inventor OF
~. AIbertype The exact character OF the process
- =, course not divulged. But the finished prints
-.,maud profound respect. They give the colors
~ che originals with startling veracity. and. FUR
A.-no-e with equal dclicacy OF tone The fault
:, ,,os coored photographs is that their tone Ia
.cue and brittle These Munich prints reproduce
~. transparency Of the originals, and the warm
ronderful vitality. Only fifteen or twenty have
Ays FAR been imported. Among these the 'Por-
.-or Of a Merchant" by Holben. study OF
ouns masculine head by Van Dyck. and a pictur-
.cua "Falconer' by Florus. seem TO Us the most
..sfac,ory But they all artistic. they all
c,ve something which Photography has not hither-
% been able give. and they all provoke the hope
.,s m, process will be employed more and more
uadely not ONLY among the pictures at Munich.
hut among those in all the great capitals OF Eu-
,o,. The early Italians may not submit well 10
@. conditions. but the Dutch. German and Spanish
ns,n;ers ought Invariably to yield good results.
anropos Of the exhibition of the Stewart For
,,nvs note on the great Spanish painters son
nsv be offered. Marianito Fortuny lives with his
-0o,her IL one OF the smaller palaces the Grand
canal a, Venice surrounded by studies and un
e,sh.d p,c. ures by his father which would excite
tremendous enthusiasm among collectors but In
direrent himself. In certain sense. TO the exam
nls they SET Young Fortuny reveres his fathers
,sme ana loves his works but his own tastes fol-
,ow the school OF Titan in ancient and OF
Watts IN modern. He paints spacious canvases
NTH scenes from WagTers operas-which he jour
news re!g.ousy 70 BayTeuth 10 hear He is de-
voted 10 the Secessionists OF Munich. ard mas be-
come imbued with their mystical ideas. Alto
se,her his art is about antithetical to that OF
ais father as could well be imagined. The inter-
xt.ng side OF the matter lies in his great ability
To fudge from the powerful execution and opulent
color In his fantastic compositions. ne Will some
day take high rank original painter.
One or TWO exhibitions remain 20 be announced
A collection OF cattle pieces and landscapes by MI
Carleton Virgins. who has just returned from a
long sojourn abroad Will be shown at the Fifth
Avenue Art Galleries beginning Thursday. Febru-
a-y 10 The pictures viii be sold at auction reb-
ruary - and l6 An exhibition Of portraits by NJ
Chsrtran is due az the Knoedler gallery early in
Feb-uary. The Society OF American Artists has
SET Monday and Tuesday. March and S. for the
reception OF contr buttons 10 its twentieth annual
exhibition Varnish hing Day and Press View Will
be on March IS A reception on that evening will
be followed by The public opening Of the exhibition
OF Saturday March 10 The doors will close Sat
urday. April %