The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-15
Art MATTERS.
The schenck sale To.Da,


We are too thankful to anything which promises
to lend interest to an art season more than usually
dull not to welcome with pleasure the announce
ment made by Nj. Edward Schenck, OF No. 90
Liberty street, OF sale which will be held to-day
and tomorrow, at noon, at his art gallery. The
second month Of winter is nearly half over, and
still nothing has appeared which enables the sea-
son to be called success, Our dealers have been
sitting with their hands before them, mourning
over vanished winters when their rooms
were crowded not only with pictures but
with buyers, and the brisk bidding
gave to the soul of the auctioneer the
necessary inspiration. Now those agreeable days
are dead. The hour has come when blood Is
threatened because bread is refused, and when
the manner in which poor artists contrive to 1--we
Is more mystery than ever. The Leayitts are
finding In solemn and protracted book sales that
consolation which fate has denied them In the
palettes ana canvases Of their fellow mortals, and
Mr.. SomerviIle is subsisting purely upon the men,
ory OF we'll spent youth and anticipatfons of
gratitude from the Artists Fund. Mr. Schenck
has at last stepped out Of q silence which had con-
tinued too long, and has decorated his walls with
q couple OF hundred oil paintings and water coors.
American, Italian, Spanish, French and Belgian
artists are represented in the collection and some
OF the pictures are worthy of repeated study Con-
noticed some months ago, and which was then In
the possession Of Mr.. Avery. 1t Is by KareI Ooms,
young Belgian artist is called ''Flemish Pirates''
and appeared in the Brussels exhibition of 1872.
In the "History of Antwerp by Meyer the author,
in relating the events OF the year 1905 describes
maitreatins merchants visiting the Flemish coast,
did great injury to the commerce OF Antwerp 1t
Is ns
Ooms has seized. Tine scene is the sea shore, and
the actors are half-a-dozen Of the pirates and Q
family whom they have recently captured and de-
spoiled The family consists OF o father, son ana
daughter All are manacled, and the skill OF the
with which he contrasts the emotions of this
group with those OF its captors. The aged
father, sterIly sorrowful looks with the forced
ferocious glee OF the black-browed chief The son
glances from that chief toward the shrinking
to read her fate in the passi0nave stare Of posses
sion which the leader OF the band nxes upon her.
the sor Of er IN
keeping with these surroundings These constitute
the principal figures The others consist Of mem
chests and caskets that lie around, and displaying
the jewelry. and rich stuns The picture u too
be worthy OF being allowed to make its way
nom auction room to auction room: y =
S wifi meet e wth aSned app1eeaon
be the principal feature OF to-morrow's sale.
Among works that will be disposed OF this
seems to be an admirer OF McEntee and has
initiated, or at least reproduced, some OF that
artists peculiarites successfully. One OF the best
examples OF this attempt is Mr.. Wallis November
Day. and we are not surprised to learn that the
artist has secured q local reputation. MI. A. T.
Tait's stranger will at once De recognized but
we do not know that any one win be sorry for the
recognition, since IL Ii one OF Mr.. Tatt'S MOSS
feiicitous efforts. Chapin's "Eariy Autumn In the
Adir0ndacks,n Kawassey's (Glsl 'Chateaubrtand
Castle on the Normandy Coast,n and Morst0n
Reams "Flowersr are also among those Which
will be sold to-day. A larger number Of pleasing
pictures will come under the hammer to-m0rrow.
Mr.. Bonieid, OF Philadelphia, has q poetic little
oil painting, called "Cold, Drcary winter" IN wnlcn
the weird loneliness Of . SOLITARY country roed,
with nightfall coming on, is very Tuthiuily OK
pressed. There Is quiet bright ana con-
templative landscape, Lake George" BY Casear'
full OF his sunny serenity. Emile Verniers "En-
virons OF Seville" showing an old MOORISH run
with the unshadowed light OF broad blue sky
falling full upon It, ID not exactly new rleno,
but 1t Is whose face we ere glad 70 SEQ a1einf
though we should be content to know that IL mao
passed into safe hands. Any good and popular
artist 10 secure who, like Philip Rumph, chooses
|. for mis- theme sThe Young Mother" for there wni
always be young mothers-and young fathers. LOO
for the matter OF that-who apart rom any arsls
u" perception will ind In such . work tononlne
reflection Of their own sympathies: Yne presenss
collection Is more Impartial interiMA .ure ~, VI
native and foreign paintings than nOse one usuaiy
sees here. We know not whether M. Scnenck nas
In reserve other exhDtttons equaiy inyetes.ing
but 50, no other auctoneer juss ~ snd