New-York tribune., 1901-01-12
NOTES.

The Avery Gallery is hung with number Of new
water colors by Mr.. F. Hopkinson Smith. made In
Venice Holland and England In the Venetian
pictures the qualities reappear to which favorable
reference has been made in The Tribune every
winter for a number Of years. Mr.. Smiths exhihi-
tion has become an annual institution 1t will re-
main So we hope. long he continues TO paint
pictures like the Monday Morning the La
COON" a work in which the linen OF some humble
Venetans hung out dry is made to contribute
TO lovely effect. The Dutch water colors. too are
welcome now. as they have been before. and
they may be expected to be in the future In spite
persistent effort. however, Mr. Smith has failed
thus far demonstrate that England offers a
suitable field for his artistic activity He states
the bald facts we'll enough in the English studies
here displayed. makes good compositions. deals
judciousIy with tree trunks and foliage. But the
atmosphere is not the atmosphere OF England; the
spirit Of the Thames landscapes is conspicuously
absent. II would be pleasant IT, when Mr. Smith
has done his summers work in Venice he would
avoid England and seek themes in Spain
Morocco.
The minor exhibitions of the moment include
two organized in the gallery OF Mr. William Clau-
sen. Here are shown quantity Of pictures paint
ed by Mr.. George H McCord in America, England.
France and Holland Most of them disclose
for picturesque motives and moderate ability
in handling them The artists style is distin-
guished. He is at his best when he is least ambi-
tious. as in the small study Near Dordrecht"
which is freely and even boldly painted In its
spontaneous. sketchy way 1t is much more pleasing
than the other highly finished productions.
Upstairs Mr. Irving R. WiIes presents a collection
OF twenty-five portraits. He, too needs kindly
friend at his side to tell him when to stop. The
portrait, marked unfinished, of a girl in pink is
spirited. and has touch of artistic charm. But
the rest of the canvases. carried with great care
TO completion. are sadly commonplace.
At the wunderlch Gallery there is an exhibition
OF etchiugs by Meryon. The KeppeI Gallery is
ad0 yrftb T1aiNr tines and 7rax
valiant FISH, the ouananiche made by Mr.. Louis
Rhead. These are accompanied by a selection from
the same artists recently published Illustrations to
Robinson Crusoe." Boussod Valadon & Co an
nounce exhibition OF miniatures by Nile Renee
de AIirmont. At the Durand-Ruel Gallery an ex-
hibition of works by A Zorn viii be opened next
month. The American Art Association will soon
sell the collection of modern paintings formed by
Mr.. George II. Tyner. OF Holyoke. Mass French
masters predominant. but other schools. including
the American, represented. The exhibition
opens at the American Art Galleries on January Is
The sale occurs in the ballroom of the Waldorf
Astoria on the evening OF February l.
In Philadelphia the seventeen annual exhibition
of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts opens
to-day. The occasion is expected to bring forward
number Of American paintings which were shown
in public for the first time at the Paris EXPOSE
ton last summer.
The two bronze statues by Mr. Daniel Chester
French, of which Photographic reproductions were
printed in The Tribune Illustrated Supplement-
last Sunday. intended complete an irnpor-
tart scheme In the decoration OF New-York Cfty
This is the memorial 70 the late Richard Norris
Hunt which was erected on the edge Of Central
Park, opposite the Lencx Library in 1s9s but has
been waiting ever since for a scuIpturaI addition
at each end The statues are beautiful urodlc-
tons classical in style, with the humanized quality
that Mr.. French has always communicates 70
even his austerest compositions. They are now An
the exhibition of the National Academy OF DESIGN
at the Fine Arts Building. The efforts of the HINT
Memorial Committee 20 keep pace in its accumula
ton OF FUNDS with the progress of the work under
It's charge have met with considerable succass
But a letter from Mr.. E. Hamilton Bell secretary
TO the COMMITTEES, states that while the sun, ~
SlbSO has been raised among the art sociat,s.
ana art lovers Of New-York S4500 stin remains 20
De collected, wherewith TO pay MIR French for bic
WORK on the two statues. An appeal which can ba
cordlally recommended is therefore nnada % .ho
seheral pubic. in the hope that the defcir rne be
PronlleS repaired. 1t is a large one T1r+ Se
any case the payment of u is a matter 1bfcb
Shouid interest every public spirited citizen and
@ soSsr OF S9od architecture. Contributions NAV he
square, IN this city. " oiaioA