New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-09

ana ne has breadth. Yet still feel that hs needs
70 curb his facility, to refine his tone and color and
10 develop more distinguished note of style
Al the Durand-Ruel Galleries. by the way a re-
Gently imported portrait OF a woman by Frans
mas may De seen 1t Is a remarkable example OF
'Ae butch painter, generally low in tone, with one
VI TWO sharp accents, and brilliant with the best
OF haIss brilhance where the painting of textures
is concerned.
me twenty-one portraits by Mrs Leslie Cotton
a. the hnoedler Gallery include great deal that
- sO'ri'ed and clever. This artist paints usually
IN bright and pleasing key and her portraits
u women especially creditabIy decorative.
ohe lacks weight, however and neither In draw
's nor IN color are her capacities on a level with
HeE ambitions II may be noted that in a room
downstairs at knoedIer's there is a quantity OF
nezzotints by certain Of the engravers repre-
scented at the Lenox Library. This is smaller and
Tar less important collection. but IT includes a
number OF fine impressions.
MT Wilhelm Funk shows at the galleries of
Pishei Adler & Schwartz collection OF portraits
ana landscapes There is commeudable feeling
for the sentiment of nature in the later h,+ Nh.
portraits are heavy in style and commonplace IN
Color The eighteen landscapes az the Noe Gal
lery' oy the late Gilbert Munger show that artist
as painstaking workman. and his pictures.
strongly reminiscent Of the Barbizou school. have
kind OF pedestrian merit. But they are neither
original enough nor strong enough in technique
to command serious attention
The exhibition OF the National Academy OF De-
sign at the Fine Arts Building has already been
noticed in The Tribune II continues until the end
or the month In the middle OF February its place
will be taken by the Architectural League whose
exhibition Will last until March s. On Saturday,
March 26. the Society OF American Artists will
open at the Fine Arts Building its twenty-sixtn
annual exhibition
The American Society Of Miniature Painters will
hold its fifth annual exhibition this year at the
knoedler Gallery. 1t will open January g. and
will be closed on February 8.
The first of the sales announced TO take place
at the American Art Gallery will be OF the paint
lngs left by the late ]. Wells Champney and OF a
quantity OF old Japanese wood carvings. pewter
and garden decorations in stone belonging Mr.
Bukio MatsukL The Champney collection will
consist OF AS original productions pastel oil and
water color. and ninety-eight Of these copies in
pastel OF famous portraits OF old masters in Euro
pean galleries. which occupied much OF the time
OF this artist The exhibition will open next
Wednesday. and the sale will occur the evenings
OF January p and %. The Matsud sale will take
place on the afternoons of January n, z and q.
The seventy-third annual exhibition of the Penn
will open 70 the public Monday. January Is. and
will close Saturday. March O. 1t is stated that
as a convenience for artists contributing TO this
show 1t has been arranged by the chief Of the art
department OF the ST. Louis Exposition that works
in it may be judged by the national jury while on
the walls OF the Academy.