The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-30
THE aosrRz SOW coILEc1rosA
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The Amer1e nm Art Aaaoeiafloa.

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ths American Art Association.
There are altogether something like 5000
objects OF art. including about 100 master
pieces in oils and nearly fifty water color
drawings and pastels. in the collections be.
longing to the American Art Association that
are to DO sold at public auction early in April.
In order to settle the estate OF the late r. Aus
tin Robertson. These works will be on puo.
lie view until the sale. It is manifestly
impossible to partlcularize in dealing with
SO large collection. except perhaps in the
case OF the paintings, but 1t Is possible to
record the fact that owing to Mr.. Robertson's
exceptional advantages. while in China and
japan no such interesting and valuable dis
play OF Eastern handiwork and decoration has
ever before been shown. The Barge bronzes. all
OF which were seen In these same galleries at
the Barge memorial exhibition In 1880. the ORR
entail porcelaina enamels. lacquers. swords.
ivory carvings and Japanese and Chinese
metal works. the old watches and snur boxes.
and old furniture and antique rugs. must be
reserved for future consideration.
The paintings. taken together. are Of the
highest artistic interest Some Of them are Of
exceptional Importance. The examples Of
Rousseau. two BY Corot eight by Millet, ten
impressive pictures by Dupre. by Diaz FIVE
and by Jacque. the venerable survivor OF tho
men Of 1880. three.
The picture representing this period Of
French art that Is least possible to be over
looked 10 Rousseau's Forest In Winter"
q great canvas representing weird. leafless
wood. through the grim trunks and branches
OF which flames the red light OF q sun just
falling below the horizon. It Is q remarkable
painting. 1t was begun BY Rousseau In 1S46
and was found In his studio not quite finished.
at his death In 1867.
It's probably tho largest Of his pictures that
has been brought to this country. and It Is
doubtful II any canvas Of his surpasses It in
breadth. strength. or dignity. It Is majestic
work. but instinct with tender and poetic
sentiment whose influence none may escape.
There Is another Rousseau in the upper gal
lery. No. 1885, which Ia much smaller. but
which is a great picture. It Is q dark. myste-
rious plain beneath wild. wind-tossed sky
wonderful in tone. in movement, and in that
quality of reservation by which the finest Of
landscape paintings reveal themselves only
by degrees and never quite entirely It Is o
canvas Of rare quality. picture to invite the
soul
The Dupres are very interesting They hang
together in tho large gallery up stairs. the
central canvas being " The Open Sea-" large
composition is OF tho simplest. but the color is
exquisite and tho tone Of that pure and beauti-
full harmony which he attained more frequently
in subjects of this class than in the pictures by
which he Is better known. The two Corots.
"A Village in Normandy" and Paris seen
from St Cloud" are charming examples Of his
poetic treatment Of landscape. Daubigny's
two canvases are Village OF Anvers'' and
ashore at Villeville." both small. but charming
and characteristic examples OF a great artist
lie Passage du BAG" is the principal Troy
on. a large and luminous canvas. In which the
cattle in the foreground. while painted with the
most mastery fidelity. are really subordinate
to the wonderful golden sky and the low-lying
landscape. The other pictures by Troyon are
Landscape and Cattle" a pastel. and Study
OF Landscape" drawn on gray paper with
black and white chalk.
lie Pare au Bnufs" is perhaps the most
attractive Of the Ave examples of Diaz 1t was
shown in Paris in the exhibition OF one hun
dred MASTERPIECES in 1883. and represents
q scene in the forest OF Fontainebleau.
near Barbizon. There are four wonderfully
vital and brilliant paintings by Della
croix. THE Lion Hunt" being a very
largo canvas. In which action is de-
picted with remarkable force. There are
nearly dozen examples OF NTillet, including q
number Of very interesting drawings in water
color. pastel. and chalk. one Of the pastels
being n rather eccentric drawing OF peasants
asleep in the field at noon An oil painting called
"Paysage d. Auvcrgne. Chevriere " Is a very re-
markable composition OF q rounded hillside
upon the slope OF which stands woman In red.
The short grass. heather. and thistles and the
loose rocks give q rich harmony OF color to
the earth. which stands out in relief against
clear blue sky. A clump Of trees shows over
the crest OF the hill. along which stand graz
ing sheep
A fine example OF Rembrandt. such In excel
lence and reputation in fact as is rarel, offered
to tho public in this manner. I'm Homme d.
Armes" and q Van Leyden. THE Alteration Of
the Magi." painted in distemper on silk and
touched with gold. are the two old masters
in the collection.
From the older painters OF France to the
leaders OF the modern advanced movement in
art is a considerable step-from Rousseau to
Monet and Sisley. for example. The inter-
vening period Is thoroughly we'll represented
In the present collection by admirable can
vases. but 1t is doubtful II any such i'm
portant examples OF the work OF the men who
have become prominent in the last ten years
or 80 have ever before been exhibited for
public sale at auction. Without raising the
question OF right or wrong as to their methods,
IL would seem IilaC the strlcteSC reauSC must
be impressed by the great beauty OF color and
the ineffaple charm OF atmosphere and light to
be found. for example. In AN Island" by
Monet, or In THE Inundaton." by Sisley In
the former the blue sky OF late autumn after
noon is repeated in the hues of the river
in the middle distance. whilo beyond the
stream arc green trees. and In the immediate
foreground the bank is thlckly overgrown with
golden rod and dotted with daisies. In the
painting by Sislcy the summer sunlight falls
upon the gray stones Of an old French town
and Is mirrored In the waters OF the spread
ing stream. In Marshes OF the Selne."
by Sisley. the green of the water reeds OF
tho foreground is in harmonious agreement
with the blue Of the Seine. Trees and the
roofs Of the town beyond separate tho blue
sky from its watery reflection Beside this
picture hangs Monet's "Argenteuil: Boats on
the Seine" a brilliant painting In which the
estaminets along the rivers bank and the
gayy colorcd boats of yachtsmen appear to be
painted with sunshine itself.
There are four beautiful paintings by Cain.
in one OF which THE Home OF the Artist" is
seen across wild garden. while beyond
CLEANS the sea. Moonlight" another OF his
canvases. represents a bare. billy prospect, q
small farmhouse relieving IL of utt or desola-