New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-12
THREE EXHIBITIONS.
pIcrrRE. Al TILE rNIoN LEAGrE GU

one Of The incxphc;blc phase, Of the grow'9 OF en-
thu-!a-m among American collectors Jf Oh pictures i
a." limited number Of lines along which That growth
has been -y-tematclly stimulated ara turned % ne
count In IN" competitions for precious p'lnnnE' winch
% ON from time 10 time in tle art mai|'t' oil the
world. The Flemish md Dutch school, hold pract.
cally urd,puted way over Rembrandt, Has.
Rubeis. Van Dyck, even such rare masters ~
Yer Nicer and De Ilooghe have been made
more or les, familiar In New York az lcn>
But wher" the great Italians Of the Ike
nas-ance, the SpannrIs OF the sixteenth and seven
tecnth centuries the German, OF those times ana
the French and English Of the eighteenth century
They arc scarcely represented nj all ia American col
lcchons the superb Marqrand gallery In the Metro
poitan Museum OF Art, with It's example, OF Reynolds
GainsborOneh llobcn and M)rOni. being unique ~
TO catholic taste II Is not that paintings Of The most
diverse school, cannot be bought. The National Gar
lcry could buy the Longford Castle pictures when II
wanted them. NJ. de Rothschld succeeded In getting
The Raphael Caesar BorgaT out Of Italy in spite OF all
Obstacles ard some OF the best OF Wltteaus works wc'
sold at Christics last season. Assuredy the fact
that sales like these Involve the transfer of mmcu~n
sums Of money l. the lat Of al reasons 70 be urged by
a country Of millonares. Anything which promises
to awaken curiosity and increase knowledge touching
schools IL art that are comparatively unknown III
America de,crvc, a most cordial welcome and such a
welcome must be given to the Union League Club''
exhibition this month II is composed Of forty paint
ings from the collection Of Nj. W. IL. Fuller. ana
twenty Of these Dv English artists of IN" last
century. portraits by Reynolds and Galnsborough
land ,capc, b. the latter and by Richard wilson,
"Old Cromc7 Constable, Thoma, Parker and j hn
Cotnan That the early Engi,h iaudScap~ts ju,t
nencd should be let In ob,curity BY Amcrrd'S, or.
rheg. that the lattcr should remain IN Ignorance ~
the former Is To be dcplorcI historical ~ well -
upon parcly aesthetic grounds. Wilson is ore Of IN"
few ,plr,iua heir, of Claude who are worthy Of him.
and not only Constable an inspiration TO thc, men
II Iarb7on. bu, GHn~horugh Cromc, Cotm;d' and
barker we're every one Of them practising salutary
nrtusn,m on- before tire rcvoution,t, of 1-:iO had
carried thc-r assault upon the Academy ana over
thrown convention which had grown inol"rlbia
This naurall-n va, not, perhaps. bncing ~ that
with which Rousseau and his fellow, were destined =
nvl.ortc French landscape art. but it wa based on
love Of nature study of h"r prosecuted i"rc -
face. AID it partially owed > lmpc'u, to men who. in
spite Of their even Garlic. date. Ho5bcma. Euy -dael
and Cuyp were ronsumuatc ma.trr-oi Tight dnd color
/, II wonder that tine ENGLISH accomplished much
and that they have remarkable vitality and beauty
Mr. Fuller ha, three Limitations Of Gain'borpuGh''
landscape work one lci really " Portrait ot "l
Officer with an eAt0 ,ivc background. No. q, Ih'
Market Cart Is cha~,c crIcd by wonderful sparkle
and variety i'm the liquid color. The surface is Vcrl
smooth but not hard, and though the foliage III the
tree Oh the night is tribe Tin ana th' u''h'' u
ught on the trunk OF the same tree are niue To"
,clfcouscous. ~ though put there arntrIlF' me
total effect +, thoroughly paiutcrll" ana ahirla''"'
II J., q work more crnl",~ccly Dutch IN i"hNg IMAM
80 g. Edge 4 the Common" or so. ,, " Portrait
NJ an Officer in both Of which the touch is lighter
and fncr the tone more livery and the spirit NOR,
Er.li.h. WHORE Caiu-bpIou-n fails TO n'h In
stable, standard j. f. respect tp n'derHlN lie
ma, vitality set there lucer, about him manner
which viii not permit ~ - forget that he was OF
Inc eighteenth century. Constable, on tire other hand
3, ~ much u time Il, are EoG'-"al, D1u0'shN
and cor,t There j., group Of seven pictures ID!
him I'm hi, collection. one Of them no II, " In
Dcdham Vale lightly executed panel, cVol's
thought II Ilobhcma, and another, NO. i, "Ncy
mouth Bay With tS rar'Ncd atmosphere. spacious
-ly Gawloss perspective. and sure ,nccaIo handling
# distant hcadland>. bring, back the trhion' oi
ruyp But II ". II. "Wiuaudermcc. Lave.
rs one Of Turner'S daring ca vases. and No. II.
The Lock- ar, TO be compared with any
foreign work, AZ all, they should be compared WIN
those II the modern French romantics. Their freedom
4 stylc f. extraordinary. IN them Is U ne louDi
tie ,tialehtorwarnes,. the defiance OF routine th'
uaticnt aIcc donate observation. when mA"c con
,r,blo the precursor OF the BarbIon painters. Ie
,l,e,hadows them. too u the way in which h.
lrcnchc, his pictures with IN, charm Of lcaliiy.
The Lock- f. perfect Transcript Of the pastoral
homcke side ~ English scenery, ~ "NinaNder m'e'
Lake ;, ol The poetic, more pci"rH '!H' ava 40
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River >,our suffolk arc Ju,, a. -r.nsI' EneliNh.
f., an h.. ptriur.. Constable is d cooli,t Of ul-
}" "' t o., a. nal, -. .,,.,,
bounded ind' pchd"h'c' AM III ui' mum u So"
uutity IN 80. 1G summer Morning D"lnm Nhc'
I M. ,.f .,r,in ip III, ul.tucnt, .mllu,
t'' - " '''' '" =, III.
10 that which i met WIN H Inc P'lnuH-
~ Michel but his Is an exception. l1'ic, pei
49, 81, ,.r g. ia, cou,r'ruou> m.rlt of tio
iu''" ' 49,, IA ,..,,,,,. ,rtic, vr
single pictnir 10y J"hH wi ''''""''' VIM. ~
Fuller owns. No. 20 Moonlight on th' rH'r'
or,rk Of cNoui-icy modultcd Tone. au1 Of "Od
""" W N''' =, ga . >..,,i d.,
tromc''' hu" .'"'" '''"' No. ~ ''''
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.,, d, 49,, IT,. ,,.,.,. ,,., .,t i,,, T, j. -. fresh
LINZ NM " 49, 49,, ,.It. r,.
be. a. d. Ike ih' 'c-t "i the ''l''inu.' "''
,,ll,u.ly uodrrn Those Fainter, affirm their dn-hip
-, .,i., -, Il, l,,.,~ ,.r, 49, tbi. century
WIN uir l""i '"pI'' =" INV "'' P''' ~ '
fy their larg. outlook ana their cNIr--Nc, 'lh
tt,t. .,ecuti,. method Fest Of ALL they have On"
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ym9"thy "hi'h is p'''n'l'" N'' N''" 'o' ',", "''
their natural bloom ANA NJ amp al {" the HWi"n' J.