The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-11
SIN MILLIONS IN ART



In conversation with one of cur best
picture dealers in this city, the following
information concerning the private picture
galleries of the metropolis was obtained.
Seating himself Mt his deska and looking over
some memoranda, he said,
Some OF the principal collections of mod
ern paintings of over 100000 In value.
owned by New Workers are, that OF VII.
linn II, Vanderbilt, estimated at $1,000.
O00 Cornelius Vanderbilt, 100000, Mrs.
Ma,shal o. R)bcr Is, 100000; Mrs. Il. H..
Stuart, $3.50 600; Mrs. A Il. Stewart, $500.
900; Miss Catherine j. Wolfe, $4,000;
Judge Hilton, $4,000; A. belmont. $3.50
COS Theron K Butler. 5000, 900; william
Rockefeller, $500 900, ID. O. Mills, 500, 900.
lleber Il Bishop, $4,000; Josiah NJ.
FisRc,. 100000; Albert spencer, 500.
600 Pierpont Morgan, $4,000; George /.
Seney, $4,000; John jacob Aston, 500.
900 William Astor, S300,OOO, Jay Gould
$4,000, OK Governor II. y. Morgan, 500.
Q0O John T. Martin, $780, 600; or a grand
total OF ~ $4,000 invested IN y ctures in the
private galleries. of New York alone"
Pretty large figures"
Yes aud the remarkable part of IL f.
that the majority of these collections have
been formed within tho last five or six
years. The taste Tor art In iscountrv has
developed most rapidly and each year shows
m increase III the importation ol valuable
works Of foreign art"
"Can you give me any information as to
how these picture, are distributor
With pleaWre. The William II. Van.
IarkiIt ,,,lIantt.t, aI.uta -.
three Mlllets, two Corols, three .Diazcs,
several by Duprcs, No Melville, Gerome'
Detaille, Ania fadena, Baron Legs, Bon.
goreGu, three Rosa Bonheurs, three BY
knaus, and examples from Turner, Land.
seer, Millais, Schreyer and others-in all
about $50 works
"ln the collection of Cornelius Wander.
hilt there are examples from Greuae, Alma
radema, Alfred Stevens, Millet, Corot,
Rousseau, Fromentin, lougereau, Van
Marckc, Iiem. Munkacgy and Rosa Bon
hour--abont 100 works.
"Bu, you have not yet mentioned tho
work OF any American painter"
well the reason Is that most Of these
collections consist almost entirely offorcign
works, but there are exceptions. Take
the collection OF Mrs. Marshall y. Roberts,
Tor instance, Here you will find together
with examples OF the foreign masters,
LentLo's great picture, Washington Cross.
Ing tho Delaware and Church's Under
Niagara, and Sunset In the Tropics" In
tho X. j., Stuart collection there are several
examples of American painters, such a.
Derand, kcnsctt. Eastman johnson and
Gignouy, together with many valuable i'm.
ported works. In the Alexander 4. Stew.
art collection can be- seen
Uhurch's famous Niagara, which was tho
FIRST picture that brought him into
prominence. The foreign pictures In thi.
hours Horse Fair' valued at 5000 and
Meiasonicr's grandes, picture, The battle
of Friedland, for which MIR. Stewart paid
the artist 100000, exclusive of duty"
"ltpayS, evidently, to be French art.
principally because the work they send
here is so elaborate. But to continue
Among the prominent pictures In Miss
Catherine l.. Wolfes gallery Is Kra,vs'
Holy Family u noble work, and there arr
also Tine examples OF Munkac1y, Gorume
Nessionler rroyOn, Cabanel, Detaille,
Xiem, Millett and othsrs.n
Judge, Henry Hilton owns grand DO,
taillc, and among his other possession, ara
pictures f,om the easels of Boughion Ard
Bridgeman-Amorican artists again. Won
sec--A.hcnhach, nuprc aud Gabriel Max
I'm August Belmouls gallery thep are
found Baron lcv's Faust and Marguerite
Rosa Bonheur's Hunting Party, and R,u.
gereaus famous picture, Tho Twins, which
created such n sensation at knocdler's gal.
lory some years ago.
"rhese arc the larger collections. me-.
snmcp How about some of the smaller
oaesr
These have already referred TO con.
tain 100 moro pictures. Next In ordc,
comes the collection of Theron b. Butler
where there are about sixty pictures, IN.
nlndlng, works of Meissonicr, Vlbert, |
equally wcll.known. Among Sir. RSSkc.
lellcr sparty pictures. are Millet's, 'Tbe
CRATER two tue Rousscaus, two ssleudid /
Fryons, aud Others from COrot, Dupre, De. |
lacroix, Goromc. LaMncois and the rcst
"On the walls oi ID, q, Mills gallery may |
he ionnd works OF Meissouier, Gabriel, Max |
lisdint, knauS, iromontin aud Others |
Hchcr h. Bishop has, besides his cont. |
aental pictures, one by :, II. Knight.
Josiah ", FsSe does not conhnn him. |
selt to foreign pic,nres, but has example,
nom Eastman johnson and the lato \, II, !
clifford. Albert Spencer has about twrp,y |
pictures, all foreign rierront Moran |
about i9r'y and George !, scncy about a
hundred, also foreign.
, John Jacob Astor's most important
treasurCs ara Geromo's Tho Death of
Caesar ami Charles |. Muler's THE Roll. |
Call William Astor has about A hum.
dred pictures, all foreign.n
I'm jaw Gould's collection may he found
Cotots Dance of the NympAs, marvellous
work, and about 40 other examples Of
foreign masters.
"rhb collections Of Governor II. d. Nor.