New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
ART EXHIBITIONS.
THE END OF THE Seasonal CROWDED.
PERIOD-OLD AND MODERN PAINr1Nca
AT AUCTION-MR. HOMER'S WATER.
COLORS-THE KUMS COLLEC.
TON IN ANTWERP.

TON IN ANTWERP
The last weeks Of the art season are unusu.v.
crowded The Society OF American Artists will ~
main In possession OF the galleries at the Fine Arr.
Building until April %. The next day the National
Sculpture Society will take over the galleries ana
I'LL them with the material for the exhibition which
Is TO open on April 30. II may be mentioned IN
passing that in view OF the success won by thu
Italian garden. which made the most conspicuous
feature Of the first exhibition. the society will hia
year transform the Vanderbilt Gallery partly into
a garden and partly into portion OF a house." the
object being, as before TO show the public only
what sculpture Is. but how It is best employed N
decoration This show will remain open for 4
month. The spring exhibition at the Academy Of
Design is scheduled 10 last until the middle OF May
The exhibition OF the Ten American Painters At
the Dura nd Ruel Gallery will remain open for only
a week longer This Is much to be regretted. The
date OF closing should be moved further on. and the
pictures kept on the walls for at least month.
In the auction-room one event OF Importance Is 10
be announced. This is the dispersal at the Fifth
Avenue Art Galleries. next Thursday evening. OF
collection old and modern pictures brought from
the Sedelmeyer galleries In Paris. Some interesting
English portraits figure in this collection. the
of them being the Miss Eleanor Gordon" by Rom.
ney His Is an art which Is rarely seen to ad.
vantage In this country. and while the present
ample is not extraordinary It gives excellent i'm.
preston Of his delicate color. refined brush work
and distinguished style. The head is modelled with
the subtlety which keeps many OF the eighteenth
century portraits from appearing too academic. and
from the graceful Of the sitter 10 the freshness
ard sweetness OF the background this Is fair II
not brilliant illustration of a delightful painter.
The Mrs Barnard" by Sir Joshua. is characters
tic but not very winning. the clarity and frmness
Of the work not altogether atonng for certain air.
as OF a perfunctory task consceniiously performed
which hangs the canvas. Perhaps the painter
found little to inspire him In the subject The
single Gansborough portrait Of Mss lie Nain."
is in curious contrast to the portal, 10 which We
have Just alluded Reynolds. working with his
tomary care, but. We imagine. without Inspiration,
has not made his Mrs Barnard fascinating
Gainsborough painting The canvas under discussion
with some thing less than his familiar vigor, has.
nevertheless through the tenderness Of his feeling
and the suavity Of his workmanship made the
thing charming. Our only regret IS that TWO paint
ings by such important masters should not In either
case be quite symmetrical. satisfying.
they ought to be- The portraits by Sir Martin Shes
and John Opie interesting as the works OF men
practically in our galleries. and in the
case OF the Mrs Coke by Opic there is a slender
grace attenuated delIcacy which will not 90
unobserved, but neither OF the TWO leaves pro-
found impression The two landscapes given to
Turner and Constable respectively have decided
points Of interest The Turner is bold. nervous
study OF a Swiss lake. with a turbulent sky. II is
darker IN than the characteristic
amples OF Turner but IL is not for that reason any
the less attractive. The little Constable Is full OF
movement and. although II suggests rather than
describes The Embarcation OF King George "
from Whitehall on the Occasion OF the Opening Of
the Waterloo Bridge" II is a picturesque. artistic
note. The large portrait OF one Of the Stuarts IN
full armor by Largilliere. is a work OF considerable
merit stopping just short OF the standard set in the
Frenchmans best work. There are fragmentary
passages OF hrst-rate execution in this big spec
tacular portrait. I. is good tina; wish Il
were a little stronger. little more uniform in
quality.
The modern wing IN the Sedelmeyer exhibition Is
overw cighted by the works OF the Austrian painter
Eugene Jettel He Is Individually a close. SYM
pathetic observer and a clever workman but
at a loss why many OF his landscapes
should be offered here all at once. There are
about forty OF his pictures exposed. This puts him
10 a test. and he does emerge unscathei.
Before a work Ike No So pigs and Ducks by
River" feel the force % his composition and
the precision OF his touch: before No 90 "A Mal
spadng." ready 20 admit that no handles
vegetation with synthetic power. and with some
sentiment: all along The line there are moments o.
cleyerness revealed; but NJ. Jet;el is not painter
OF depth. nature arouses in him passionate
emotions the work seems cold and thin often
graceful. always pictorial. but strong 20
give the observer a sensation OF lasting pleasure.
a smaller group OF these landscapes would have
been sufficient Among the remaining modern
works a couple OF admirable panels by Meissoner
prominent. and there three minor examples
OF Fortuny OF which the last. No 25. Interior Of
Courtyard" is a captivating piece OF color and
brushwork. Munkacsy and his pupil. Bronx are
both represented. In the "Flrtation' OF the former
recognize the surface brilliancy for which he 10
celebrated. II is pretty picture but hardly any
thing more than that. Brozk escapes. 4
extent the brittle tone OF his master. but his shall
the y nj n of ha suNv y,rla
by him do We find more than commonplace merit
Tho picture OF Tho Artist Van de Velde IN HIS
STUDIO by Eduard Charlemont. - In kindred
vein. but 1t is much more admirable work. II Is
an art Of furniture OF bric-abrac. OF decorations
this art OF Charemonts but he has a certain polish
which In this picture at any rate produces a good
erect. The cabinet pieces by Tito Lessi. one OF
the clever Florentines OF the day. may be noted.
and there Is a dark, rich study by Corot No. 10
Lake Nemi." which commands attention. This
completes collection which Is not OF imposing
character, but which contains some excellent pc,-
ures and not one that is quite without merit. We
may add tina, after II has been sold the Fifth Ave-
nue. Art Galleries will be- hung with a collection Of
etchings and ensravings made by f. j. King. These
prints will DO sold on the evenings OF April 10 and "a
The first OF tho smaller exhibitions at present ac-
cessible to the public is being held at the Knoeder
Galleries. Here Mr.. Winslow Homer has brought
together a couple OF oils and about thirty water.
coiors the latter representing scenes In the Prov.
ince OF Quebec. OF the oils need say little Ona
Maine coast scene with a solitary figure Is credit
able IN the background but as q whole fails TO
speak OF MIR. Homer's genius on its most convincing
side. There Is moro OF his style. more OF his au-
thority. In the picture OF flying wdfowL This
second canvas. In fact. is o strong work which only
needs frightening OF the color 10 be charming
But the water-colors arc the main thing upon this
occasion. They celebrate the excltements and lows
OF fishing. Since they remarkably direct simple
Impressions. we suppose that sportsmen viii Join
with students OF art In proclaming their value. Mr..
Homer paints the rapids as II he had breasted them
and had got their strength into his brush He 10
rapid broad. and yet wonderfully concise Each
water-color Is sketch. but II Is eloquent OF the