The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-29
A VENETIAN CANVAS
One of the Best Of Mr.. Fournier's Is
Sold.
OTHER SALES IN PROSPECT
Friends Informally T0-mOr-
Sc row Afternoon.

row Afternoon.
The interest of the picture buying public
in the Fourier exhibition Is a qualification
to. all citizens interested in the artistic de-
yelopment of the city, for it means that suit
| able inducements will be afforded to artists
| to take up their residence here or to send
their pictures here for exhibition.
| Another important sale has been made from
| Mr.. Fourniers collection and the picture is
already hanging the walls of the hand
some residence where 1t is to remain perma-
nently. 1t is one Of the most important and
satisfactory of the admirable group Of Vene-
| tian pictures in which the artist has reached
| the highest point In his art. The picture is
a large canvas showing the Grand canal in
the early morning light and is full of healthy
and delightful feeling vrile and correct
technique and fresh and exquisite color The
| fine management Of the imposing buildings
| illustrates the painters skill in composition
and his mastery of architectural drawing
with its many exactions.
| Mr.. Fourier has In prospect several other
sales that will undoubtedly be closed before
the pictures are removed from their present
exhibition room at Bradstreet's, where Mr..
| Fourier will entertain about seventy-hVe or
! his friends tomorrow afternoon and ever.
| ing at an informal reception in the exhibition
| gallery. BY request he has decidedto con-
l
| In some respects the annual exhibition OF
| the Pennsylvania Academy, which opened for
| the seventy-first time last week IN Phlla-
| delphia. is the most important art event OF
| the season. It summarizes more completely
| than any other single exhibition IN the coun-
| try the progress and achievement OF current
| American art The show this year is the
most notable in five years. In the collection
| are 745 exhibits, 439 paintings In oils, ~
| pieces of sculpture and 312 water colors, OF
| which c. are etchings by Whistler.
| George De Forest Brushs portrait group
of Mrs. Goodwin and sister has the place
Of honor Although the subject differs from
his previous family groups, the composition
is the same. To the right of it is Abbey's
interesting picture, 1.-The Pennance of Flea
nor Duchess of Gloucester from the Pan
American exhibition. To the left of the honor
picture is a fine large landscape with twi-
light effect, by Charles H. Davis
Sargent sends strong, lifelike portrait
bust of G. M. Williamson, a portrait of
child, and little nude figure piece entitled
Innocence Abroad" showing family group
idling on a sunny beach. The painter also
shows a design in plaster for his decoration,
1.-The Redemption" for the Boston public
library.
Among the notable portraits are Eastman
Johnson's portrait of John D. Rockefeller,
Cecilia Beauxs portrait of Mrs. Phelps
Stokes and Alexander's portrait of Newbo.d
Morris. Milton Lockwood sends five portraits,
one Of them group OF children which is
full Of charm. Anna E. Klumpke's portrait
of Rosa Bonheur is given a prominent place
in one Of the smaller galleries.
Other important canvases are by WinsloW,
Homer, John S. Sargent, Carl Melchers, Wal
ter McEwen, Childe Hassam, Elizabeth
Nourse, Douglas Volk, Horatio Walker, H.
w. Ranger Alexander Harrison, D. W.
| Tryon pp,1no ALEXIS
Fourier has there his last salon picture
| ''Crepusce." The canvas is, it's title
states, twilight. scene-a shepherd with his
1ocks a cliff by the sea. Over the black
horizon has just risen the yellow moon, while
in the foreground there is subtle sugges-
ton Of the departing daylight. The compost
ton is one of extreme delicacy and power.
At the annual exhibition of the Academy
of Design in New York the practice of open
ing the gallery for free view on Sun
day afternoons has been very great sue
sons entered the gallery and enough cata-
logues sold to more than pay the run
ming expenses The sales have been twenty
= six pictures at an average price. of $500
apiece. The Clarke prize this year was
won by Elliott Dangerfield with his ''The
Story Of the Madonna" which shares with
Irving Wiles' portrait of Julia Marlowe the
places Of honor. f'"~
The first Hallgarten prize went to Irving
| Couse for his peace Pipe" Indian sub
ject, and Will Foote won the second Hall
garten prize. d. H.
After living seventeen years in France Will
liam Frederick Macmonnies, the. sculptor,
has returned to New York city to work and
| live. His wife and two young daughters,
whom he left In Normandy, will follow him as
soon as the season of fair and smooth voy-
ages across the Atlantic comes.
| II have come back" Mr.. Macmonnies said
to a New York Sun reporter, because i
was homesick.'' -.
When asked if he was citizen of France,
the sculptor seemed a trifie indignant.
mo, indeed" he replied. II was born in
this city and passed my boyhood here and
have always been citizen of the United
States. have never, been able to understand
how an American could go abroad and stay
all his life and become a citizen of a foreign
country am very glad to get back and am
happier here tonight than l would be in any
other place in the world.
II have no definite plan yet as to where my
studio and house will be- bufXshall attend
to that soon, 1t is probable that hereafter
the greater part of my work will be done in
the city. 1 an: going to travel here, too and
see this very beautiful country, my own coun-
try. '...a .
II lived in France seventeen years as
Istudent and as practicing sculptor because
| thought 1t was necessary and best for my
work. There is the best school In the world
for sculpture and painting. 1t Is not enough
to remain there just through the student
years. One must do at least a part of his
| serious work under the direct influence of
that school and with the enthusiastic com
! panions in art that are not TO be found any
where else in the world in such numbers.
The best surgeon is the one who trains him
self where there are the most OF rortunities
for seeing and knowing about directly the
wonderful things in surgery and that is true
of the sculptor and the artist. Each must
work for long time in the very hotbed Of
his art profession.
"In that way the sculptor and the artist
get to understand the reason for things and
learn why thing is good or bad And then
with the training of years in the best school
let the man return to his own country and
: apply what he has learned to its reeds"