New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-12
ART EXHIBITIONS.

PICTURES BY THE LATE J. APPLETON
BROwN-A SALE OF NEW AND OLD
PAINTINGS WILLIAM GEDNEY
BUNCE AND JULIAN RIX
The memorial exhibition of works by tile late
]. Appleton Brown. which may be visited in the
afternoons of this week at the Century Club by
those obtaining cards from members. Is than
ordinarily interesting Mr.. Brown was not great
painter. but he possessed talent of a high order
and winning individuality. The oil paintings and
pastes in this exhibition fully illustrative of
his art; in fact. there 0 studies of
moonlight which show him in mood not often
represented by his contributions TO the big shows
In New-York and elsewhere Of late years. These
unfamiliar of color and of cloud forms are.
moreover. very charming: but the most character
istic pictures those in a vein with which, long
since. an appreciative public made acquainted.
pictures fun OF the fresh cOlors and delicate airs
OF spring and early summer. There are souvenirs
here of travel in England. but Mr.. Brown at
his best in the representation of American land
scape under the conditions which have just
limited. That landscape he interpreted with
feeling for its sunnest and most lyric aspects.
His taste was ever refined, his spirit ever
gentle; and though he loved the SUM- u was never
permitted to blaze in his pictures. He could paint
apple tree in full blossom with peculiar felicity.
in the first place because he nstinctively handled
its dainty lovelness with perfect daintiness and
furthermore because he never exaggerated the
lghtness of the key. never made the sunshine too
hot. Accomplished in technique. and with fine
sense of landscape composition. he produced
quantity Of exquisite pictures ve~acious and
touched with the charm of temperament. by virtue
of which he will be gratefully remembered in the
history OF American art
To-night and tomorrow night there will he sold
at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries collection of
old and modern paintings offered to the public by
Mr. Arthur Furber. 1t contain= hundred and
fifty works. to which. in number of cases, names
Of great Importance are attached The old mas
tiers. however. for all that they are attributed to
Sir Joshua. to Rubens. to Hoppner and other ia
men, excite only the mildest interest. In
fact, the only things in this category which We
inclined take with any seriousness at all
the fairly respectable portraits given to Daniel
Mytens and MiereveIt. the Portrait of Lady
Moore by Francis Cotes. and the portrait of
Nicholas de Catnat' attributed to Largiere. and
these of slight significance. There is bet
ter material to be found among the modern pict-
ures which include interesting early Land
scape' by the late George Inless; a couple of
characteristic pieces by Alfred Stevens; good
winter scene, River Argues by Thaulow;
picturesque figure study by Roybet fair piece
of Orientalia by Gerome Feeding the Pigeons;
an interesting Marine by Alexander Harrison;
typical little panel by Pasini. and divers popular
subjects by Tito Lessi. Leopold Kowalsky. Gustave
Jacquet and Berne-Belecour, with two
landscapes by Delpy and Sanchez Perrer-
The Venetian studies by Mr. William Gedney
Bunce which are on view at the Clausen Gallery
welcome the work of artist who COM
municates TO his pictures it is true, certain
saneness which half inclined to regret. but
who has such engaging style that. no matter
how often he strikes the same note. we cannot
help but admire him. For years he has worked in
Venice. and has painted the lagoons with an
iridescence that would recall Turner and with
placdity that would recall Claws. II he did not
have this interesting touch of his this faculty
for extracting from the open water, the wide sky
and the picturesque Venetian boats harmonies OF
color rich In sensuous charm. The examples IN
the present exhibition almost uniformly brill
liant. though here and there cooler tone is used.
There is the least flavor of the esoteric about Mr..
Bunces art: one has TO meet him half way
and grant him what has become after all. some
thing OF a convention with him. trick OF artihce,
a feeling more eloquent of the sheer manipulation
Of pigment than OF nature. But nature herself
takes on a more less artificial quality in Venice
For those who will remember this. and will make
the necessary concessions to Mr.. Bunce's individu-
atty. he will always be an interesting figure.
Mr. Julian Rix displays at the schaus Gallery a
collection OF nineteen Of his paintings At his best
he shows holiness and skill in the treatment OF
landscape. "A Breezy Day" has a we'll modelled
sky full of movement. In The White House at
the Turn OF the Road there is a skilfully handled
atmospheric quality in the small Rain" But the
proportion Of pictures creditable as these In
this exhibition IS disconC ertinGly slight, and even
in the finest Of the canvases just mentioned. a
Breezy Day Mr.. Rix is Handicapped by i'm
paste somewhat too heavy. and by lack of sub
tety in the syntheszing of foliage ard the model
ling of tree forms. His color IS wanting in quality.
ranging from pitchlike opacity in the darker
tones TO a hard rawness in the lighter ones. He
seems fond of rather violent contrasts and leaves.
on who an frnD Of nd
ness couuterbalanced by heavinoss of hand and
deficiency in imagination and taste.
On Friday morning the Avery collection, TO
which reference has recently been made in The
Tribune will Ne opened at the Fifth Avenue Art
Galleries the auction sale taking place in the ball
room of the Waldorf-Asto Thursday evening,
March 90 We informed that the business
long carried by Mr.. Avery will he continued
at the same address by Mr. Theodore c. Noe. who
has been associated with him for some nine or ten
years In addition to foreign paintings. this gen.
tleman will display works by American artists.
giving special exhibitions of them from time to
time.
At the American Art Galleries there begins to-
day an exhibition Of two collections. One OF these
belongs to Mr.. Samuel Colman. n. A. and con-
sists of Oriental pOrCelains. Japanese prints. old
lacquers. bronzes. textiles and other objects. The
sale will take place on the afternoons OF March
10 and the three following days and the evening
of March q. The other collection is formed of
the miscellaneous artistic property Of Mr.. John H
Wiemers 1t will be sold the evening OF March
II and the afternoon OF March IS. There will
be opened at the same galleries Wednesday,
March 26 an exhibition of the collection formed by
the late F. o. Matthessen. OF this city Paintings
by Rubens, Titan and other old masters in
cluded. and among the moderns represented
the BarbizCn painters. Vibert. Bonnat Lenbach,
Mauve Rico and other men of repute. The sale
will take place at Mendessohn Hall the