New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-09
THE ART MAGAZINES.
Subjects of Interest in the Current
Numbers.


The July number of The BURLINGTON Maya
zine opens with the first instalment of a study
by Mr.. Roger Fry of one of those private col
lections in which England is so rich, and OF
which, in many cases, the general public hears
nothing. Mr.. Fry writes of the Italian pictures
owned by Sir Hubert Parry, whose father re-
Ieved the monotony of a country squire's life
by frequent travel and the cultivation of an adj
mirable connoisseurship The elder Parry was
peculiarly interested in the Primitives and il
is with the examples Of them he secured that
Mr.. Fry concerns himself in his present pages.
He reproduces paintings by Bernardo DaddL
Agnolo Gaddi, Taddeo Gaddi and Lorenzo
Monaco, and one of his plates shows an in
teresting Nativity and Alteration attributed
to the school Of Cimabue. The essay and it's
Illustrations offer one more testimony to the
Importance of England, outside of her public
galleries as well as in them, to the student and
collector. Mr.. Max Roldit contributes to this
number some notes on the Sir Joshuas in the
collection of the Earl of Normanton, richly illus
trated. The Lady Betty Hamilton" which is
used as a frontspiece. is one of the most ex-
Quisite pictures of childhood Reynolds
painted. 1t is fairly matched, too by the Miss
Murray of Kirkcudbright," which we'reproduce.
NJ. Leroi continues to make his magazine,
repute. The last two numbers are rich in good
text and Illustrations. We note particularly in
''L'Art" for May the concluding chapter in the
long survey by NJ. Chennevieres Of Horace Yer
nets inimitable work as a caricaturist. The il
Illustrations include his sketch of Spontini, a
masterpiece of its kind. The June number con-
tains the second part of Beranger's correspond
ence with Berard. and a long article on the
sculpture in the Salon; but the most interest
transactions with the government. It appears
that the state has been more than kind to the
great sculptor. 1t has commissioned him to
make his famous Dante portal, a monument
to Victor Hugo for the gardens of the LuxeTn-
bourg and another monument to the same poet
for the Pantheon. 1t has advanced to him
thus far these commissions at least 65.1OO
francs and not one of the works has been COM
pleted. The state has also purchased from him
the Saint Jean-Bap tiste' and the "Tete de
Femme" for the Luxembourg; 'L'Age dAirain';
the 'eDanae"; La Belle. Heaulmiere"; a bust
of Puvis de Chavannes. for the Museum at
Amiens. and a replica of the same for the
Luxembourg. All this has cost the state more
money, and still NJ. Rod. is slow in delivering
the three compositions first mentioned. The
best Of the plates recently published with
''L'Art' is La LEGION de Musique," an etching
in colors by NJ. Rodriguez after the beautiful
panel by Lancret in the Louvre.
Les Arts" for July has two striking papers,
One is on the collection Of Baron de Schlichting,
which contains a fine Madonna of Cima's, a
good Van der Helst, interesting examples OF
the eighteenth century French painters, and
some superb French statuettes. candelabra and
furniture of the same epoch. The other article
is on Domenico Moreui, the most distinguished
of modern Italian painters. 1t is accompanied
by some beautiful illustrations. The Gazette
des Beaux-Arts" for July overfows with re
Elections" on the Salons but it contains also the
first part Of a scholarly study Of French in
fuence on Belgian sculpture in the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries, and a paper on the
Salon of 1761 which contains some delightful
plates. notably one after lie Benedicite' OF
Chardin, in the collection Of Madame Jahan, an
indubitabIe masterpiece.
The leading article in The International
Studio" for July Is the work Of Alphonse
Legros We are glad to have the excellent re-
productions given OF his paintings and drawings.
but We are especially grateful for the examples
of his sculpture included. dozen Of his medaIa