New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-24
FINE ACTS.
PEREMpTORY SALE AT AUCTION or PrCTURRs-THE
COLLECTIONS OF MR.. SHEPPARD CANDY AND OF
TupoT M ypuANT

COLLECTIONS OF MR.. SHEPPARD CANDY AND OF
ME-. g. TALBOT OLYPHANT.
Mr.. r. SOmerville will sell at his gallery,
No Flfth-ave Wednesday aud Thursday evenings.
March "a and 25 the whole Of Mr Sheppard Gandys col
OF paintings with others belonGiug to the estate OF
the late Mr. g. Talbot OlYphant. There l57 numbers
n the catalogue OF which "a will be sold the iirst
night. The whUls collection IL, TO American eyes AZ
least extremely interesting one, for 1t con
tains many pictures by American artists OF re-
pute that II IN almost representative, and the greater
number of these examples were painted when their
authors their BEST that with this high recon-
meudaton and the fact hat many OF the pictures are
small and all OF them Of man geable size, think
are Justified saying that good opportunity to
buy American pictures has not occurred for long time
To great many pcture-bu,er the most important
picture in the collection will be Biersarfs " Rocky
Mountain Scenery" No. 49, and It is doubt excel
specimen OF this artists skill. 1t Is not to be sold
until the second night when 1t will Doubt profit 10y
the adroit way in which it has been san1-
wched between frstrate Kensett and first
rate Church 1t not often certainly that nd three
such excellent specimens OF our best-knOwn landscape
painters (of school that though II has in one sense
had it, day." is still highly pOpulr brought together
on the evening under the auctlOneers hammer
To our mind, however, smaller picture by Bierstadt.
view eiorf" No 63, Is equally well painted
as the ambitious effort. How much it were to be
wished that OF the other OF these pictures with
Churchs "Erening NO. 1884, cOuli he bought or our Nd
seum-whero Arerican not represented at all and
where ought BE- fully represented as possible We
do not need the evidence OF this collection assure
that many OF our artists DO paint well they
did and pictures bought Of them will not represent
them as fairly as pictures painted. 1t may be. only
few years ago. Hr. BerstiGt may be able TO paint
well to-day as he painted when he made this picture
but he rarely does, and the people who
have bought his good pictures do not like to
10 tha Mt
ought not to be neglected by his admirers
The case he with Mr.. Church's Evening" No.
1874, and with his " South American Scenery" No 49,
both uncOmmonly good examples o! this dstln
gushed artists ability very different folds and it is
really to be regretted that they must pass again into
private hands instead OF being secured for the public in
ztruction and enjoyment. An artist who at one time
promised well and who now enjoys certain favor
in England MT W. j. Hennessey is illustrated here by
several small painting Of them at least alone" No.
being executed with little ceverness II certainly
far than thing have seen from this artists
hands for a long time; the motives are sincere,
and the painting more in earnest. Along with Mr.
Hennessey, VINO remembers the time when his name
was familiar one, always associates the name INF Eu-
gene Benson and Mr. Benson is represented here by
several pictures one OF them Coming Tears IA par
ody on a picture by Mr.. I. c. Farrer, "Gone Gone"
which made much noise at tho time II was panied)'
being as well painted a parody need to DO. Compare
this not very graceful well drawn figure with the
Coming Night" No 95, by the same artist, and We see
the best and the that this artist could do epito-
mized The lover OF No. % might sing supposns she
could ever have lover.
Ofawkrariness alone"
Mr. VIM Richards Is here in several charming speci-
mems of HIS early skill, which show how patient
worker and how careful an Of nature he has
been from the first. Mr. G. II. Boughton's Christmas
Morning Is OF his good pieces. Mr. j. @. Browns
At the Window" is frst-rate specimen OF an artist
who began serious and srudious way. and who has
only his too much popularity to blame for
his more careless larer work Mr. saigg's
&" Reading the News" No. 153, Is weakly painted
10 be sure and as weakly drawn, but there is an
honest effort natural composition and to avoid
sentmentalIty posturng which shows the stu1 OF
which, perhaps, a Frere might have been made In
another atmosphere and at another time 1t Is enough
praise for this little picture that hung in the same room
with L. Frere's most beautifully painted and sweetly-
conceived The Christmas Drum" No. e. seen to be
not wanting In some OF the qualities OF the great
Frenchmans work. How long 1t seems, too since Frere
nainted such picture as this Of his. To our thinking
n "a the most perfect piece OF pAntiDg-the most beau
tful picture the There are beside the Ffere,
number OF interesting foreign pictures hereseverai by
men now famous or at all events much talked about
Madrazo Castres. Plassan, Egusquza Jaeque, Castan
R,ldni Pascutti, Leroux- 1.-THE Morning Prayer" by
Castau No ILL., Is a beautiful little picture, dividug our
affections with that OF EiOuard Frere, and the smaller
plassau The Childrens Breakfast" No. 81 u very
attractive specimen OF artist who deserved hrs
popularity once greater than 1t is to-day There is
a very striking example OF Miss A. /. Mutries art IN
Flowers upon a Bank" art winch perhaps erred d
little on the side OF convention and display, but GER
tainiy she got much dewy freshness into her flower
and much lush richness OF color We have SAID
enough we think indicate that this collection 10 wei
worth visiting: there 10 he al active coupelol