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Of the shepherd being admirably conveyed IN q
Landscape Of the most charming truth.
No. 577, Return from the Pastures Dent By
Mr.. seneyl is another excellent work.
But No. 69S. Mr.. walterss Cattle Drinking" |"
is less satisfying. the effect OF light seeming .
| little factitiouG It was very probably studied
from nature, but IL trihe loud" on the cam
vas, lacking the mellowness we find elsewhere.
Cows and Sheep at Pasture" tNo 629 lent
by Mr.. Rockefeller Is good but not excep-
tional picture.
Tho Gards Chase" Of Mr.. r. L. Ames (No.
60e) is characteristic OF Troyon in the more
prossic OF his moods. admirably true to nature.
but somewhat lacking In charm.
There Is more OF this quality In No. $50. the
Forest Clearing" Oent by Mr.. Johnson,
whore for once animals are absent The
solid. careful yet broad treatment OF foliage is
very interesting, and there is almost tragic
grandeur in the effect OF the great tree that
has Just been felled. This canvas is admirable
too, in color.
1t may be said. however, that while Troyon
is well represented In this collection he is not
shown by any OF those very finest works which
fully express his power In color and compo-
sition and the tender dignity OF his most poetic
mood.
present year. the last survivor OF this wonder
full band OF friends.
Tho large canvas tNo. 556l lent by Mr.. John
son. and called Tho Great Oak" shows at
once that strength was his main characteristic.
and that he achieved 1t principally by deep rich
color and an almost exaggerated vigor OF
brush. There Is less care for drawing in this
huge tree than there would have been with
Rousseau. and far less delicate study OF
values than Corot would have given US. But
in dignity Of feeling and in splendor OF color
1t could hardly be surpassed.
Turn now to the Symphony I" mo. 586, lent
by DR.. AngelD. and We see how little at times
Dupre cared for composition and for nicely in
local color, how much he depended on deep
richness Of tone and certain mysterious
effect which sprang from his peculiar handling.
This is one Of the most famous Of the many
pictures he painted.
Almost equally well known is "BEtang"
No. $50. lent by Mr.. z. B. warren). Here the
composition is moro effective. and the wide
central distance is beautifully treated under
tho broad stretch Of pale. gray windy sky.
Still. its Creat charm lies in it's color.
No. 5Ss. the Old Oak" tlent by Mr. wslters)
Is rapid study made evidently for the color
alone, and extraordinarily brilliant.
The deep blue sky and charming arrange-
mont OF No. 58S. Oak by the River" owned by
Mr.. Il. NJ. Johnston. give It o peculiar charm.
In No. 625, on tho other hand. Twilight"
towned by Messrs. Knoedler & Co... We have O
brown canvas. where tone rather than color is
the paramount quality.
But Dupre did not always paint the forest
and the farm. His rank among his fellows was
largely gained by his peculiar devotion to the
sea- What he accomplished here is admirably
~ Mr.
with a little rowboat in the foreground and
three or four fishing smacks further away.
Such scenes are very frequent with Dupre. and
no one has better conveyed the movement Of
sea water and the passionate hurrying OF
stormy clouds.
Yet the most remarkable Dupr6 In the collec-
tion is undoubtedly No. $40. the Sunset"
also owned by Mr.. Walters A sailboat lies
hauled up on the level beach, and beyond the
slightly agitated water We see flaming sky.
In studying all those pictures we should re-
member that nature never had more faithful
student than Dupre. He lived constantly amid
her scenes. always with his brush in hand, and
wondered at those who cared to make the fig
ures OF men or animals more conspicuous than
he did. II. then. we find his canvases
less natural" than those of his fol-
lows. we should remember that he knew
realities far better than we, but being o poet
at heart, Interpreted instead Of copying them.
Certain facts are omitted and others empha-
sized. not because he did not see them all, but
because he loved some better than Others aud
wished to bring out their full effectiveness. It
was color he wanted to show us, the movement
OF water and sky, and the sombre dignity Of
certain general effects. In his own direction
he has never been surpassed and II he were
absent from the school Of Fontainebleau the
gap would be great indeed.
moro versatile but less individual painter
was Narcisse DiaH. Although born earlier than
Rousseau t1s0s-1s77l. he did not develop his
art 80 soon. and learned great deal from him.
Yet he too. has personal accent. a personal
place in the history OF the DEVELOPMENT OF land
scape painting.
There Is no better example Of his frequent |
portrayals Of the Forest Of FonIaineblOau than
No. $40 (owned by Mr.. Waltersl an autumn Of |
feet with rich ferny foreground.
Admirable. too, and In the same vein 10 the |
" Effect Of Autumn" mo. 542l lent by the Same |
owner. with its white cloudy sky: and very |
beautiful is Mr.. Gould's " Old Forest. Fontaine- |
bleau," whore the tone is green. not brown;
whore the white beech trunks arc sinRularly
effective, and the sky shows only through the
OF the leaves. |
Another beautiful Diaz is the Frog Pond"
mo. oli l0nL Dy MI. DanA-Rre0n again, Win
white beech stems. and a blue sky reflected in
D pool. Modern painters. who ransack the
world for fresh material and think q new re-
suit must mean novel theme. would do well
TO study the perpetual variety which Diaz
drew from this one forest, and then to COM
pare the difference of his results with those for
which Rousseau also found his inspiration
there.
different phase OF Diaz's talent shows in
the storm" mo. 6S7). lent by Mr.. Walters.
where the tone is gray and the rainy sky is
painted with great force.
And then one can turn to the figure pictures,
which have less genuine value than his land
Icapes. but have done even more to endear him
% tile public. The Temple OF Love" (No.
j74). owned by Mr.. seney; tho Flight OF Gu
Did" mo. 675), from the same owner; the
Coronation Of Love" mo. 831l. lent by Mr..
3rayton Ives. and the Cupid Disarmed mo.
i49AI Of Mr.. Walters are characteristic exam
lies. the latter being. perhaps. the finest.
often. however. he painted similar fancful
chemes on q smaller scale, and then his
anlta In driving ara leaa cons snicuoua whila !