New-York tribune., 1898-11-29
ART EXHIBITIONS.
THE r1ssOT PICTURES TO BE VISIBLE
ON sUNDAYS-BLACK-A WHITES
DRAWINGS BY MR.. BECKWiTH,
MR. GIBSON AND MR..


rv far the most interesting exhibition AT pres
ent open to the public is that OF NJ. Iissots
pictures at the American Art galleries Ills
work has the very rare characteristic Oh Joinins
high technical excellence TO LOFTY IDEAS His
ii,ustrations 10 the Life of Our Lord are exc
cuted along realistic lines but they are ifhoueo
with a feeling profoundly ideallstc and tender.
1t is announced that. in compliance with many
requests. the exhibition will be opened on sun
dav afternoons from 2 until $50 o'clock at a
reduced entrance fee. This decision has peen
largely brought about, we may add, through tne
following letter:
Nv Dear Mr. r,ssot: The spiritual and rel!g-
ions quality Of your pictures has so impressed
me that wish they might be open 20 the puOic
on Sunday, as my son tens me Sr,"sr ny Az,
Galleries are open on Sunday afternoon put /
make this suggestion. believing that leW
hours spent before the pictures on SUNDAY ~ouIa
be of the greatest benefit to large numoer OF
neopIe I am prompted TO write because as you
know the Sunday opening OF picture gaileries IN
this country is a debatable question: Some neIy
good and sincere people obJectlng on the erounu
that the public exhibition Of pictures Is not sun
able on Sunday. I think otherwise. ana am al
yyovs glad to see the right sort OF picture GAL
Ieries omen on that day Again expressing my
thanks for and appreciation of your Wgre, - an
vours sincerely LYMAN ABBOTT
The American Art Association also announces
that special evening views Of the pictures VIII be
provided for Sunday schools. church congrega-
tions religious and other societies. Professional
artists and students accredited by art schools of
this city and Brooklyn are admitted free on
Thursdays
There is an exhibition at the Wunderlich Gal
leries Of drawings and pastels by Mr. Carroll
Reckwith which should largely increase the est'-
nation in which that artist is held. His painted
work is uneven in quality, but these drawings
are uniformly charming. Whether working IN
charcoal. crayOn. pencil or pastel. he shows the
most delightful feeling for subtleties Of line
for grace Of movement, and is altogether capt'-
waiting in his vivacity and artistic truth. No l.
Figure Leaning Forward" is positively brill
iant in its sure suggestion Of suspended acton
These things. suppose, represent the hither-
to unconsidcred accumuations Of Mr. Beck
with's portfolios. We wish he would increase
their number and hold similar exhibitions from
time to time. for never before has he disclosed
his art in an aspect so allurlng and strong. He
shows too. fact which is not as widely realized
as it ought to be. the fact that an Informal,
spontaneous drawing. unfinished and yet COM
plete I'm i.s deft suggestiveness. is quite as de-
sirable for the adornment OF our walls as any
elaboratey finished painting could be.
Mr. Gibson did well to include In his exhibition
which he has lately contributed to the pages Of
Life" under the title OF The Education OF MT
Pipp" These have humor and they are we'll
drawn They are better In workmanship. In
fact than anything Mr.. Gibson has produced In
n long time The poor work with which he has
until recently been contented is illustrated by
the drawings for THE Prisoner Of Zenda ana
Rupert Of Hentzau" which hang in his gallery
Technically they are weak As illustrations they
are utterly inadequate Among the misceilane-
Gus sketches shown the mos, satisfactory as re-
CARDS purity and sufficency Of line is No. 10 "A
Portrait" In which the artist treats an atrac-
tive feminine type with notable taste and skill
AT the galleries Of Arthur Tooth & Sons there
Is a collection az drawings by the English carl
caturist Mr. Phil May. He represents the oui-
mination Of back-and-white art in its NEST in
tensely modern development. The sensuous
beauty OF line IS outside his ken. His aim is 20
make a joke. and to make it as expeditously
as economically. as possible. Hence he is above.
all things expressive. and a designer to laugh
with rather than 10 enjoy for aesthetic qualities
The one purely artistic merit 70 which we may
point in his work is the easy decision of his
touch. His line may not have charm in itself
but it is amazingly clear nimble and firm.
The exhibition Of early English. Flemish and
Dutch paintings at the TSlakeslee Galleries was
partially broken up on the very day Of its open
ing but there remain a few interesting pieces.
We may cite especially two vigorous portraits
by william Dobson and Sir William Reechcy
full-length by Van Dyke that is excellent, II not
an example of the highest class, and a fair
replica Of Jan Stems Consultation" In the
Museum OF Amsterdam
The Schaus Gallery displays number of
paintings by Julian Rix an artist Of consider
able cleverness whose work has not been very
frequently before the public of late Cottier &
Co. have on view two paintings b. NJ. Francois
Millet
The thrty-second annual exhibition of the
American Water Color Society will be open to
the public at the Academy of Design from Feb
ruary Is to March II, inclusive. Exhibits VIII
be received on January 90 and p, from . a. m.
to 6 p. m
mr.. CROKER NOT BACK fET