New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
-4RT EXHIBITIONS.
Incidents of the Middle of the Season

Incidents Of the Middle of the Season
New-York Is half way through its art season
The present week. though fun of pictures of one
sort another, affords good opportunity for the
art lover TO pause and look around him. At the
Fine Arts Building. for example, the exhibition of
the Academy of Design having been brought to an
end. the doors closed. and behind them the
Architectural League is making ready for its eigh
ieenth anpua1 display. which viii be opened TO the
public next Saturday, to continue until March a
As usual the league viii give short series of
lectures, On February IS Mr.. William Rotch Ware
viii speak or THE American Architects; on Feb
ruary = "Velasquez and Spanish Art Will be the
subject Of discourse by AIr. \. 7. Van Iaer. and
March Professor a. D. Z Hamlin viii talk
If Architecture and General Culture These lect-
ures Will he given in the evening
The American Art Association has had three sales
Of soecial importance those of the Warren Mar
ouand and Lyali collections. Prices have been good
at all Of them showing that the market is active
snd in a prosperous condition Some further sales
are announced TO take place under the same au-
SPICES on February 20 there will be opened at the
American Art Galleries exhibition Of old mas
rors belonging TO Mr.. J. B Ichenhauser of Berlin.
The pictures will be sold at Mendelssohn Han on
the evenings of February Is and q Afterward the
association viii present in one exhibition seVerai
small collections TO be sold in settlement OF diner
ent estates. The paintings by Monet and other
irrpressionsts collected by the late w Il tuler
VIII form one lot. Another viii consist OF the
ylcturcS chiefly water coloTS, collecteu py tile l'e
clarence King, with quantity of hrlc-a-brac thdl
he brought together. Both Mr. Fuller and Mr.. King
were connoisseurs of authority The collection OF
she former IS We'll known. hut Mr.. king 5 pictures
if We mistake not have not hitherto been SHOWN
in public. It VIII be interesting 10 see the artsuc
possessions Of a whose taste was eXtraor-
,inarily distinguished and whose knowledge Of
modern Spanish art especially was probably unique
At present the lower at the American Art
Galleries from which the LyaA pictures were taken
10 be sold last Tuesday night is occupied 10y the re
cent works Of Mr.. Frank d Millet and Mr.. Alfred
Parsons the English water ColoTist Mr.. Mlilet
shows 4 dozen canvases, large and small. Cohsplc-
nous among his ambitious productions Is
The Travelled Man which We have seen before
hut which We are glad 10 again, fer II Is lndu-
litablv the best thing this artist has ever panied
it shows an old English interior in which a man
seated at his desk and surrounded hy uophles ol
evr,oratior N outlandish regions. continues alb
sorbed in the manuscript upon whlch ne Il en-
raped all obvious Of the pretty maid who has
i1rst brought in some food upon a tray ana IooAS
with a mingling of good humcr ana petuiahce upon
-be ,,npa1lant student The picture is Mr.. Milets
lest in composition. in drawing, and IN workman
shin reneralv The color has quality which he
does not often achieve and though the style Is. as
always somewhat unduly polished. it is not WIN
out a certain elasticity In other pictures mere
like "Ap Accusation of Witchcraft. wandering
Thoughts" " and The Proposal themes equally
ricturesaue are treated, but the canvases are 100
sleek Of surface too nerveless TO leave d lastll7
jnpression. The Card Players" more spirited II
handling than any Of these, lies as 10 quahty
sor,ewbere between them and The Travelled
Man The most successful Of the several PORTRAITS
shown IS the Study Of a Head oalhuIs ui1''i
r-oile though there is good deal Of techhlca!
cleverneSs in the Portrait of Mrs Fredeflch nun
Jackson q" 2 small fun length Cf a figure IN rec
seated near a table on which the fingers OF me
right hand clasp the throat Of what seems to be
= hooded cobra, surely the queerest accessory ever
introduced into a modern portrait.
M Parsons who must be widely remembered IN
fbis country as q contributor Of illustrations 10
..Iiarpers Magazine" in earlier years prlhes 10
this exhibition nearly fifty water colors. a ie" o.
these were made on the Continent; few are OF
Japanese subjects. These are Of mild interest Inc
artist does not seem to home in picture ike
that of "AIegeve-A Village Near the Baths OF 81
Ciervafs Savoy; the Alpine heights IN the back
ground figure there with dubious effect He is only
a little better in "A Terrace Orange Garden, done
IN the sunny atmosphere of Cannes. But most OF
nis water colors are of English scenes, and in the
handling OF these ne is altogether te4cltous. ms
method like that Of many English WORKERS III
the medium. may seem, TO those accustomed TO the
briIiarlce Of Fortuny and his followers and TO the
1igo- and breadth Of the modern Dutehmen, a
shade tco smooth and careful; even Iaoored- but
n the first place it mas great personal charm, and.
furthermore il perfectly fitted 10 the inteTpreta-
-ior of The piacid well groomed' landscape OF
England. ~ one has surpassed MI Parsons III
,endering the pastoral sweetness Of his native
land In picture like "A Manor House Garden
1loucestershi. the very essence OF what IS most
haracteristi. Of the English countryside is ex-
7,ressed. The smooth lawn, the sundial the beos
Of CID fashioned flowers. the clipped bower in the
ledge III. grav wall and, behind ii, peering behind
ancient trees the Typical house Of past age are
all made real to the observer, and over them Is
thrown the glamour cI land saturated in history
ann romance There are many other pictures here
IS 5eligh .fuI n their way: dainty sketches OF
flower gardens. and piQuant little notes OF oroaoeF
scenes like the CNos. 20 and ~ done on the
Devon coast when :he sea lavender was in hower-
n ., ,,nrnista able that Mr. Parsons loves his
English subiec $ They are all beautiful and he
s as sfilful as he sympathetic in painting tnena
The exhibition IS scheduled 10 close on the lsth'
t II Is 10 be hoped that The time will be EXTENDED
Several other zone man exhibitions are acces-
Eible in Fifth-ave just At the Durand-ttnel
Galleries twoscore paintings by Boudin are shown.
They illustrate the art Of man who identlfed
himself with the impressionistic group without
broadening his style TO anything like the extent
Characteristic Of his colleagues. His studies OF
shining have long since been recognized as among
the most accomplished in modern art. This phase
s7 his work may be studied here in numbers
Of fine examples, but more interesting
are the half-dozen beach scenes, such as
-be two CNos 20 and 2) painted az Berck,
o. the large Reunion la PLACE de Trou-
willie These and the sornhrey beautiful pict-
lre cf bare headland pushed out into the sea-
lie Toulinguet; Jetee oe Cauaarel eXhioit MN 10
FreciaI advantage as a colorist- He was not a
master Of hold and brilliant harmonies, but in the
r7apipulation Of delicate grays and dull tawny
tones he was something Of a poet He nearly al
--ays worked in a low key The brighter color in
his .'venise-EEntree du Grand Canal is not the