The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22

J other a hall length. In white. The latter is the
better piece OF painting Of the two. but both
are engaging in aspect and cleverly carried
of. A large portrait OF Mrs. Edwin Gould Ia
full Of life and possesses a kindly and at the
same time vivacious expression. A picture OF
an elderly ludy is very we'll done and the com
panion. n mans portrait, is noticeable for the
good work In the hands. Still another por-
trait OF a mnu is marked by serious qualities.
In general the handling in these portraits, both
those OF ladies' and those OF gentlemen. is skill
ful II not overthouRhtful. and the canvases
carry an air OF having been painted by a man
who knows his meter thoroughly well. Quito
different from the run OF them. however. Is a
small picture OF Mrs. Oliver Jennings. with a
background OF American landscape. The
| seated figure in n blue velvet gown, with a large
black hat with plumes. Is alphabetically but
! firmly painted and shows the marks of Renu-
inc artistic interest In the performance. Its
a very charming picture.
At the Keppel gallery in East Sixteenth
street may be seen until Jan. %. when an ex-
hlbition OF etchings by Zorn will be Installed.
some fifty drawings by Orson Lowell made for
tho illustration OF THE Choir Invisible" by
james LanesAllen. Most of the work is in nen
and ink wherein the hondling is neat and pro-
else but uninspirinR. 1t becomes better in
the drawings numbered 10. IL, % AMI -.
The wash and oil drawings are rather heavy.
but The master saw 1t coming. and swcrved
so that It grazed his ear" No. SO. is full Of
spirit and action. A little more "bonipg" In
academic study would give the clever artist n
better knowledge Of construction and enable
him also TO gain a freer use Of both his medi-
ums.
two interesting exhibitions and sales are
announced by the American Art Association
Ia nlsA nlnnA la thA Nna f,A 100 n Ia nNn
time that the Walter Richmond collie ction OF
modern paintings is shown. These are the
Charles H.. Rogers collection OF antique mar
bles. modern ~culpture and interesting objects
in rare stones. mosaics, bronzes and ceram-
les which will be exhibited from Jan. "a to
% inclusive and sold on Saturday afternoon.
Jan. IS. and q large collection made by Bunkio
Matsuki Of antique and modern silks. brocades
and other fabrics, examples OF needlework
and klmonos. which will be on view from Jan.
"a to 81 inclusive and sold on the afternoons
Of the 3Oth and 31st. The galleries during
the progress Of the three exhibitions will be
open day and evening. The Richmond sale
will take place at ChickerinR Hall on Friday
evening, Jan. ~. The exhibition OF these pic-
lures will begin on Monday evening, Jan. %.
The prices at the Powers Gallery sale seem
to show several things clearly enough. One is
'fSS 'NAF N's hANNtASt ~ AZ ~ NhhAo hAuA ~
bring sums commensurate with their merit.
An.incident in point is the sale OF Adrien Mo-
reau's excellent Rehearsal OF Richelieu's
Tragedy. Miriam " for the ridiculous figure
OF 1918. Another is that the German genre
painters. even when their work Is as good as
that Of Zimmerman in THE Boys Industrial
Home" are quite out Of vogue unless their
names are almost household words. like those
OF Knaus and Meyer Won Bremen. thinner
49, Nc ,;of,,ra ro1I F~n CSEn a,l 10 H. Man.
Won Bremen was worth $4,000. the thinner
man was worth six times as much. or. say.
$4,000. A third point lis that thoroughly
good painting without a great reputation isn't
worth much money. as hown by the sale OF
The Artists LeavetakinR." by Charles Meis-
sonier (the.son Of his father ,..fcr $40. and by
the very low price for an admirable Roybet.
"Velasquez Painting the Infanta," which was
only 5000. In Roybet's case It Is all the more
strange. for he has a great name abroad since
he took the medal Of honor at the Paris Salon
a few years ago. and it must be that this fact
has not as yet been appreciated by the Ameri-
can public. That there were "Rubens' in tho
audiences ct Chickering Hall with large rolls
OF money on tap is plain frcm the high figures
reached for a few pictures by painters long
since demodes whose names are remem bered
as among the most fashionable painters OF
thirty or forty years ago. 1t was gratifying.
to see that many good pictures by
good painters sold for fair prices. They would
have sold for more money in com pany less
Som Of these were the Bouguereau. the
Viberts. theV VAN arcke. the Ger6mes. the Mauve.
the Fromentin. the Corot. and the Diaz. The
while a good canvas. was not Of the
first rank. and the price paid for It. $1,000.
seems very high. The bidding on the pic
lures by American artists was spirited. and the
prices $50 for Bridgman's Afternoon Hours"
$500 for G. NJ. Dewey's landscape. Brown and
$1,000 for J. G. Browns THE Chal-
and $770 for Eastman Johnson's THE
may be considered satisfactory.
the talk In art circles Just now is that a
crack Inness or Winslow Homer at the Thomas
Clarke sale next month will cost anywhere
from $1,000 up to nobody knows what large
figure. and that other good pictures will show
4 like advance.