New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
ART EXHIBITIONS.
Incidents That Marx the approach
of the End of the Season.

IN little while The art galleries in this city will
.-scticslly deserted, hut IS the season araws
close one exhibition succeeds another with
-, startling rapidity. The moment the society
,, American Artists moves out of the Fine Arts
..as,nr on April p the American Water Color
psotv will move in, opening its thirty-nin,h sn
- -, exhibition on May 8. Meanwhile. everv small
ro-v has sts one-man show. As for sales tba
s.-icsB Art Association promises at least one
- -. event Of Importance. This will be the dis
~, ~ the collection left 10y the late Josarb
gserson. list of the artists represented in
80 the names Of Rembrandt, Macs Grevze
.no,ss Gainsborough, Hoppner. Corot. Dan
~ Israels Msris, Mauve and divers others OF
.s+ As many as six examples of Monticello
>, ~ sold and there will be eleven paintings by
,,.,re The exhibition will be opened on Saturday.
80 y and the sale viii take place at Mendels-
~. t5au on the evening OF Friday. April q. The
s-n,can Art Association announces the pubIica-
- ~ an edition de luxe OF the catalogue to
.,rtsln more than thirty nhotogravuEes.
- American Art Galleries are partially filed
=. ,.vv with miscellaneous groups of art works
- hacks coming from various sources. To begin
a. ,bere are number of pictures in oils and
- caIors by japanese artists. which to be
- tomorrow evening by order Of Mr. Bunkio
,..,ti In a PREDATORY note TO the catalogue Mr..
H,,es,er Baxter observes that Mr.. Matsuki takes
,..s,,re in recalling that he was one OF the first
, rqs upon artists IN his country the desrability
!. s+,5ving western methods in painting" The
-, ,rteresting thing about the show is the ques-
- thar Il raises IN the mind OF the beholder: Is
S-s7sse art going 70 be the better for the adop-
gor N western methods? It IS plain from the
ent, nsintings row on view that in art, as in
.hs- matters the japanese are phenomenally
.rs- IN taking advantage of what have to
+.scb ,hen7 Some OF the landscapes especially,
.vsr,ted by artists who. regards the method
A. srnplov are but beginners. possess greater
-. than YOU will find in many American
-s,tsre There Is 8 figure piece here. too. The
widow by Mr. Mitsutani. which in mere work
-,snship might well put 10 shame certain Ameri-
cans who. we dare say, would be inclined to pat
-orize IL Yet looking at the show as a whole. IL
q iu7possible to avoid the conclusion that IN emu
lsnE the West the Japanese artists are sacrificing
ureoious national heritage. Evidently they can
mi throw OF their past in a moment. and again
ana again ne notice the artistic tradition of the
Fasr influencing these eager eXperimentalists But
.hev have gone TOO far TO turn back, and while il
Is possible that they may some day achieve fine
things on the basis OF their conception of art,
We take leave 10 doubt it. There is nothing in
what they have gained thus far 10 atone for the
loss Of that charm which has hitherto given 10
Japanese art place of unique distinction. We
cannot congratulate Mr. Matsuki on the share he
has borne, and Of which he is so proud, in the di-
version of the talent Of his countrymen into a
channel wholly unsympathctic to the essential
character of their genius