New-York tribune., 1908-11-16
LONDON ART
Sbo1s IN Trade-4Salon and Hoass
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aggregate Of eight thousand new PAINTINGS and
srszrirgs and IN the course ~ year there
must he as many as one hundred thousand
works produced in the kingdom entirely apart
from illustrations for magazines and books
There fs no other market 50 thoroughly over
stocked as the art galleries. and What beconss
Of the uusaIabIe surplus only the muses. and tas
picture frame dealers know As the supply tn
creases the demand dfmiHizhes. and hundreds %
artists barely succeed IN keeping themselves
alive by pot boilers such drsVinss for pick
me-up' weskIiss and cheap portraits from
photographs available for hsusss % zaeslTHing-
''he Times in an interesting leader triss -
plain why 50 few pictures purchased 1hsa
there is SO much talk about art. and ths eaiss
reason seems to be that people can buy cheaper
and better decoration than pictures That tn
plies that artists aFs painting works for sAsps
rather than for houses. and that they nsgisst 70
make their pictures decorative and 10 have them
artisticaIfy framed. overpreduetion canHst -
disputed. and the natural consequences = Al
nusI output fog exhibition rather than for sale
In these circumstances the art dealer becomes
a Snowman. ana advsFtizes his ie5 lot with
flaming piacsrds sandwich men. fliEsszased
catalogues and printed pUzs. This n vhat n
done unnecessarily at the GFafteH Galleries.
where large collection OF nlerftorisus works ~
the late Fritz Thaul0w and the French painters
ChabsRian and Delpy Is exhibited There ara
countless trade devices for advertising ths sas-
man one-Homan shows of water esisr ara=-
ings. and specialties such fancy portraits Il
pretty ehIdFeR, or sporting pictures ssr smoking
rooms and shooting boxes. prominently d.
played. So general Is the tendency &c paint for
the shops that a collection Ike the GaupH Gal
leTy Salon seems 10 have distinction Theirs aTs
few pictures with story telling motives AID
catch shilling devices IN the conventional ex-
hibitieR style While prices are cataiozusd =
does not have the aspect of 4 sham MARKET
without buyers. but is gallery where current
methods can be critically studied When the
pastels. etchiRgs and water casrs are incltldsd
in the lists. there many as 76T British
and FFeReh works and 1T contributors Htsa
small salon, open 10 artists OF reputation and
the space Is squitably distributed and the works
are shown IN comfortable rooms af 1aoderafs
size one can have distinct impression A. ths
pictures as they would Isok OF the walIs 9f q
well furnished room
If any single interest is strongly fsft II Il tHst
OF the New English Art Club. but the ACADEMY
is represented by Mr.. Alfred East and several
associates Mr.. Lavery ana other Scottish Fa-as-
ers are prominent; there goed examples at
French art. and ali schools and styles are % -
found among the drawings NJ william
strang has Watts slegory. IN the Begin
ming" with imitation Of Venetian coIsrinz.
Ar- Bianche's aHe teehniqus Is disclosed as :
painter OF still life and drawing rooHl interiors
Mr. Henri lie SidaneT is a brilliant cslsris- N
lie Lac, AutOmne." and M Joseph Israafz Hzz
a winter scene Of fms quality Ar William
Orpen mas not secured an attractive model <1r
MS red haired Colleen" Yet the modelling 81
the face is excellent and the work done does n9-
lack force Ar- William ShackIeton.s houely
English road is painted with effective realism
and suggestion Of breadth Of country around
IT. Mr. ROthensteins Abbey Church Of st SeiHs
Is deity toned with evening light ana NJ VII
son Steer and ME Walter W- Russell nae
painted sympathetically rssffui anchorage Al
Rye ana LittlehamptOn- The water cnlsr roau
contains a varied display and the avs-azs
achievement is high throughout the exhibition
When the old English masters are seen b.
themselves gallery ceases 10 be shsu wish
price lists and traders puas aRd becomes q
genuine place Of ART. II Is Reynolds year A.
the Agnew Charity show and Raeburn is the
closest competit0F. The place OF honor IS tsc-u-
pied by a brilliant portrait OF two children Of
the fourth Duke OF Rutland with tKo dogs
The girl Is daiutify seIf-coHsciaus and the
boy is engrossed with sport vith the dug.
and the rose tints IN the dFapeFiss are repeated
IN flashing gliHts OF brightness in the isHdzcaBe.
This picture has been seldom seen outside ths
Duke of RutaRd's residence. but the portrait o.
and gold. subtle in line and elegant in reaHs-
ment of grace. has been often exhisited and
admirably engraved. These portraits Esrs
painted by Sir Joshua about the time WEN he
was designing the windows for New College and
grouping the Ladies EaIdezrave. The portrait
Of the Hon Mss ToIiemache as shaksspearss
Miranda earlier by six O. seven years Ehsu
the painter vas in the habit Of posing g-=sr
ladies in the disguise of HvtholaEieal or roman
tic characters ProspeTo and CaIIbsn Iurk n
the background as the helpless ladE STANDS with
outstretched arms Spisndid IN color an1 com
position as are these examples Of Sir JgsRua's
grand style. they are matched by his iaFsly PsE-
trait Of the Hon MIS- StanhaBe as "CaHtempIz-
ton. which vas Psinted sSen after Mrs SD
d0Hs the Tragic Muse The Pensirs ssnzl-
tive free and dreamy ewes under che dark hsir
have the finest quality OF his mature a-t- ard
the landscape with It's russst and dars bus g
perfect setting
Sir Joshua's rival in this gallery af masters =
not Gai1shOrOugh- Ths fuN length az LAZY
Howe, the wife Of the admiral. VINO co-agsFaesd
with his brother in the capture Of New york and
Philadelphia during the American Revoiutic1
has passages OF brilliant painting in rhe la-s
scarf and the harmonious blends o. pins AMI
gray; but II is pale ana formal in comparison
with the Reynolds ladies. II was painted al Bsth
about the time when the admiral himself 81
for the portrait which is now az TRINITY Hsuses
and il lacks the mastery technique - latsr
work The ether Gainsboroushs are serious
character study OF James T0nlkinsou. ~ DoFfuht
Hail. and a portrait OF Mrs Monck-un- sur
1ect OF which much could he made The RoH-
nsys are ar even greater disadvaatage tn ean-
petition with Sir Joshua. although there are