New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-18
-,...,,rs % find some one who has not lost

=. ~ refreshing to find some one VINO mas "'' ''''
his head. - .verv conceivable use.
the nv" .arce hail there hangs design TOT
IN uo .r.s House for state capital
a " >, Russell q scholarly put not a.
|" Anourful burGine. and before we nave iel. ,
81 ,s,nnt Gallery. in which the archi'ec'u'"
N",ncs are mostly hung. we have run cons'uv'
0, ,' csr,ut reaching as a KIND OF o'lindN "e
n,nsbam,on Savings Bank by lns'e " N''.'i' -
bi"e ubich We find 1t impossible to regard as
"v'N h,t q fat failure. The great Fifth
any Tee exhibited both In drawings ana IN
AZ '. model by Lord Hewlett & Hun Is mag
-. hut is 81 art? We DO not oeny 10 'n'Se
-. - some attractive merits, and indeed We
l.~ from saying that the failures IN 'hiS eN-
arr 80 .or5eun. out OF hand the teachings OF
M s.,ool from which they spring. One r only
l." -, .. tho desicn for a wing Of the Metropolitan
" -, ~ AT hv Mr.. Hunt "a sec that master
- soa his classical motives through me spec
- ~ the Ecole des BeauX-Arts ana Only a"-
n,o results will follow. But Il is just here 'na1
.-.,ol student is brought Up with round
~ 10 every dabster who has studied at the
-. ,s n have his fling" he asks. what VIII he
= -, unon American architecture? II ne IS
- ve-v sancune disposition he may reflect that
-, s.bs.ers will pass or grow mp but more CoIo-
,,..sos critic cannot forget that the work o. 'le
s.As.e-s viii remain. Furthermore he IS not GER
49,. that even those who are better than inc oao-
80 v-i1 be ~ real service 10 our architecture.
,..s-s Warren and Wetmore have produced ae-
,-, Gov tfe new building OF the New-Nork Nacht
-'., that Is excellent in many ways. bat 10 pro
,,-, rs they CO. the inner character Of the sTuo'-
- 81. introducing nautical lines into the three
-,is~-irr windows seems 20 US lamentaoe eN-
-t.-. T. there IS good French precedent for H.
~ Nc boldly say. So much the worse 10Y 'Ne
-..,5o~.- r. may ~ picturesque decoration. but
..s,~e again IN q few years and the architectural
,.. ~ .no T-ole Ges BeauX-Aris VIII only ne
.,, b,. architects Intended hv nature 10 use H.
;, te moan tine Us aggressive appearance IS
.r-.-,sI, interesting. throwing a vivid Hsht upon
.hs ~est,ossness of the American school. il IS ~
sr odds ,he salient point % interest IN me p'eSe'
exhibition -.
p,r,,rr Is filed rs usual with sculptures. deco
..ivs rairt.ncs designs for book-covers and wall
,.,4-s i-orwcrk and m scellaneous objects.
GOD deal % This serves 20 make The general effect
a..-sctive without revealing any ndiNQuaI VIZ
.sss n.,, We must not omit reference 20 Nj
vsrv-- rov's friezo for the Appellate Court His
,sr,.i,r r.ft a gift FOR severe and authoritative
5,,u-rtsrrarshlr shines with uncommon bright
ness IN his stately work The n:tes of formal
6eoo-a..on in the background are less admirable
thar are The two s'atuesQue figures grouped az
et,he- end tut in all probability the painting VIII
b. seen % better advantage when it is put IN
rlsoe AS it IS one IS Immediately aware Of the
linear balance and charm % tho design Mr.. Brds-
VANS various decorative panels are spirited. and
hs,e.a certain cavetv % color we'll but the de
s,,-s are on me whole feeble with more Of IA
,ne -rett.ress than ~ the strength and beauty
v.Aira mural "a .ntirg demands. Mr. VIII n. Low IS
.r,v6rearl' IS q delicate. graceful painting. com
t-ire the Qualities ~ an easel picture and deco
vs.,- There are studies for interior decoration
al Of dor
s,urture and th4re arc cartoons for stained glass.
tr ,l o. which the public may see the Quickened
sui-.. which is moving IN American architecture.
teaching la~re7 and architects alike the symmetry
which depends upon an enlightened treatment Of
eye,y detail IN the erection - building To one
such o5iect-less0n ~ particular We may refer in
c.re.rr The portion - polychroTe facade *
hui,ed nv The Perth Amhov Terra Gotta Company
is enormously interesting showing the possibili-
ties n a mode % decoration which IS certain 70 he
employed more and more 81 he future The eXhi-
hilton remains open until Saturday, March 4
NOTES
At the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries there Will he
sold mex, Thursday evening collection OF seventy
* pictures belonging to NJ. William F. Have
meyer All these pictures are by American artists.
Mr Charles Walter stetson. who had an exhibit
ton ~ his paintings IN NewYork in 1891, has reap
peared at the Macbeth Gallery. He shows there a
collection. comment on which is deferred
The Woman's Art Club has begun series ~ ex-
h5itions IN its rooms. at No West Thirty-thrd-
e, These exhibitions viii vary IN character, bring
Ing forward sometimes paintings sculpture. and
sometimes examples Of decorative art. The first
wh,h has just been opened. contains decorative
studies designs for mosaic and stained glass. and
tome leather work from the 5ndery OF Miss Nord-
hof
The first annual exhibition Of the Black and
White CLUB opens tonight in the Sculpture So
o!e,y room Of the Fine Arts Building.