New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-22
ART EXHIBITIONS
TIE HAVEMEYER COLLECTIoN-u
UREs BY GEORGE HITCHCOCK AMI
CHARLES w STETsON


Tho biggest and most important wo,, /
William F. Hsvemeyer collection. which !. w
sold AT the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries ,o.,,sS
evening. IL the. picture Of George washing,o, ~.
His Family at Mount Vernon" by Edward So
II has great historical interest. and win.
paInter IA one OF the minor men in Our 49,
artistic annals. he put into this composition -,
dignity and some technical virtues The dr,,s
f. fairly good and the tones have a certain t
lowness that gives tho work standing. even 49,.
from It's subject There are two or three 49,,
old pictures In the collection. a portal, of Ham.
clay by s r. b. Morse Il good IN characterI,...
and IL modelled with some vgor The canvas !.
BENJAMIN West. Design for Monument "A a.
mIral Nelson" II an interesting though M,
beautiful rcllc Of west's style and has o, con,..
a significance historically. This and N. h,,.
painting by Savage ought 10 be bough, tor ..
METROPOLITAN Museum OF Art Of the rema,-,..
pictures IN the collection comparatively few ar. :.
any special value At their head would Ma.
the beautiful winter scene. Christmas Evenlr,,
by the late Jervis McEntee, painting fun q, !,
mosphere ard charm and Mr. Aboey's "vlsi,o,,.
a water-color which took every ono captive a, T..
frs. appearance at the Academy Of Design YEA.
ago and still exer'g a quaint fascination =,
Georgia Pines" Of the late George Inness Is M
\ erst.rate example OF that master, but II nan.
fhF'psg
ctaracterlstically rich. Mr.. G. W Maynsrs,
marine. with fantasticsl figures I'm Strange Seas
IL a strong piece OF water-color work. and a.
may cite also "A Tete-A-Tete. by Carl Mr.
Mr. Appleton Browns Apple Blossoms In Nay-
Mr. Shirlaws Fruit Peddler" Mr.. Broughior,
"Knickerbocker Girl" and the poetic Landscape
Mr. r C. Minor within the Hollow Murmvr
the Sea" All AZ the pictures shown, We may ~
are by American artists.
AT the Wunderlich Gallery there may be Sc,
score Of new paintings BY Mr.. George Hitchc0t
Some Of ,hem repeat the effects he has so ore
captured IN the gardens OF Holland These ~
brilliant and attractive little studies q hyaciat,
md tullps. but the best work IN the show has bee
done outside the artists st-known province Pa,
baps he has allowed himself 10 become Ut,
stereotyped in his paintings Of hower-0eds. Au
events. there is no floral study here 30 beau,.E
as the luminous landscape. 1.-THE Low Countrs-
with IT'S refreshing airs and i's white drift,
clouds Sea Dunes" Road TO Egmont" a.,
"Afilkmaid" all done in much the same yein a,
quite the most admirable things in tho coecro.
They have more breadth moro vitality. and A.
fresher and more interesting IN subject than 4.
flower pictures In fact. The Low Countries"
so good a landscape that Il provokes A wish thu
Mr. Hitchcock might from this time on torssh
his gaudy tulips altogether. With these palntlra
there are displayed some clever pastels by L.
same artist. done apparently in the South
Mr. c. W. s,etsons first exhibition in this en-
held in 1881 excited good deal OF adverse cft.
clsm but extorted some little admiration. p.
showed that he had taste for color. which OAR
needed to be trained and chastened 70 lead 70 1r.
things. The thirty pictures he now exhibits al q,
Macbeth Gallery mark an advance. but stu H.
close much crudity. study OF a head, PA
duina." is the only canvas that shows pros,
restraint The large designs Feeding the Pn
cocks" I'm Praise OF Dionysus' and The Child
are too hot in tone Mr.. Stetsons treatmen, q
form too, still lacks knowledge and force. Ther
are some clever touches IN the small nude II.
Love Song" but in this. as In the otherwise rathr
pleasing design called - sapphlc" the drawing
and modelling want irmness. truth and eoquenca
It seems a pity that Mr. stetson should fall a.
far short as he does OF the standard that with
his undeniabe gifts. he ought certainly 10 reach
There is a tiny panel here. An Allegory." which
has such tender feeling and trembles on the verge
Of so charming an effect OF color that We canro.
understand the painters failure to cutiV7n tss
note he has tentatively struck therein. He nsscs
70 serve a long apprenticeship in the studio OK 4
thoroughly competent oolorist who 10 synapstiee'
70 him. Such a master would bring out what
best in Mr. Stetson and would eradicate what .
bad. At present he stands in his own light
The American Art Association will open to-moe'
row an exhibition OF the paintings. bronzes ana
books collected by the late William d. Bement Of
PHILADELPHIA The pictures from many modem
schools Boldini. Leloir. Frere. Boughton, P"1-
Rice Van Marcke, Villegas, Mlchetu schrec
Rousseau, Jacque and Bouguereau are amocs
those represented. The sale is set down TOT ,a'
Monday and Tuesday evenings at chickerins Hal