New-York tribune., 1888-03-22
TIE MOTT AND KEARNEY COLLECTION

At the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries arc exhibited 1875
oil paintings which have been collected by Messrs.
Jordan L. Mott and Edward Kearney. There arc sew
eral Dusseldorf pictures, few from Munich. several
studies and paintings by ths French q fists, wh'se
presence be expected in the collections of the day.
and few paintings which illustrate the American ART
Of several years ag0 The uncert ainty Of American
collecting is curously set forth in this exhibition
There pictures which have figured p ono auction
sale after another pictures which have endured no.
madio existence for twenty-five years. As some ono
said Of the muchtravelled pictures Of certain Artist,
these works must be able by this time to 20 to sales
bv themselves Their wandering, which we trust may
now cease does not necessarily mpeach their merit.
for they simply illustrate the transformers OF Amerh
can collections.
Oddly enough study for the superb Troyon, in tho
Spencer SALE appears In this collection, with sketch
of landscape and sheep,we mellowed by time and ex'
cellent color, and largo sketch called Going to
the Fair" which possibly may have been carried fur-
ther by another hand The large Daubieny Is neithos
compete nor distinguished by its color but Il shows
characteristic swness and effectiveness Of treatment
One Of the small Dupres. sketch Of road, with trees
on one side rough field the other, Is an inter-
esting example of the possibilities of very simple
form of composition in the hands Of vigorous painter
There three pictures by Daz none Of special con-
sequence, although mention should be made OF Tho
Bathers' painting superfcially agreeable In its col
orng but thin in quality Little IS to be said for tho
sketch Psrs assigned to Corot or for tho heavy
Rousseau from the Seney sale sale which has fur
nIshed also boar hunt by Fromentn. The Noun
tain Torrent in the Vosges' Is excellent example
of Courbes broader and forcibe manner OF rem
dering landscape and the clever sketch Of head By
Domingo arc both pictures Of much technical and gen
eral interest 1t will be hard for those who know ths
usual examples Of vollons panterlike still-fo work
TO recognize the artist In After the Bsls fulength
figure study, q cleverly andacious arrangement IN
blue and white Rosa Bonheur's largo Dcer In tho
Forest" from the Morgan sale picture fairly distress
Ing In its oolorpg Geroes "salc Of the Circassian
SlaveD picture Of characteristic cynicsm; littlo
Monticello and throe paintings including ono OF un-
usual size. are to be noted here and there along tho
gallery walls The largo schreyer. "A wailschan
Tesmster Entangled In the Marshes Of the Danube
will be recalled by those who saw the collections OF
John Wolf and the late T. d Morgan .
French military painting Is represented by earlier
study by Detaille shImish In the Franco, Prussan
Vbcrt has come to be constant quantity in American
collections, and bis Painters Rest may 90 SUM
married. 1t least characteristic There are two age
YAM Mscse snewns Rc uenco Of royon
other examples, Geromes Interior OF Persian lnn
two large pastols by Msrccha, and head Of dog,
and Venus Dlsarmng Cupid Landscape . BY Lam, p,
ons' ons Of 9sfS Bersuds osvSr s
large painting Of the formers studio. There is study
of country girl by Knans, and there are several ex-
smpes Of fhe painters Of Brussels and Dusseldorf
pictures by AndrcN Achentach. Hnbner Hcrbsth-
offer and tho others exhibited which rarcly AL 20
artificial manner Of the school has bcen happily ssfi-
mated at its true worth
IS a small figure study showing feeling for color
rather than form. which was painted by W. z; BAD
cock I'm 1859 Mr. Boughton Is represented by An
nconsequen al figure, Mr. De Haas by large marine,
Mr. Blerstadt by two western scenes. and Mr.. w: T.
Richards by an eerly autumn landscape Tho solitary
aold masers which is assigned to Carlo Dolce, has p
least the characteristic Of refined rather than Sorcloe
execution