New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-01
THE BLAKESLEE COLLECTION.

The necessity Of meeting many divergent tastes
at The bottom o: the quality Of the average
Dealers collection. and long some divisions Of
the plcture-buying public continue TO support
trcious ana mediocre art the pnrveyor OF paintings
who caters to more than few ccnnolsseurs will I'LL
his gallery with the varied gathering imagina-
bic IL is collection OF emphatically diversified
character which the trustees OF Messrs B;akesee
Company bring forward at the Fifth Avenue Art
Galleries 10 be exhibited prior to Its dispersal at
CMckernS Hall on the evenings Of April and 5.
IL contains l4o pictures. which are divided among
men OF distinction like Daubgny vollon. Millet and
Bargue, and men In whose work the platitude Is
apotheosized In appropriate Style The pictures OF
minor interest many in number and range from
figure pieces by Municr J. Coomans, Gouble and q
group OF Munich artists to landscapes by Delpy,
Richet and Kuyf. OF the better pictures some are
very fine indeed. Daubigny Is the leading man In
the collection. Every one OF his five pictures has
the merit OF representing mood different from that
which his typical scene the Disc has made almost
excessively familiar One, No. 1917, small marine
dating from 1874 Is In a manner OF which the I'M
usual character may be surmised from the remark
that II recalls Whistler. As rule Daubignys paint
Ing is full OF relief. the different planes are accentu-
ated rather fOrcibly than otherwise ana there Is
decided body to the work. In this marine he has
confined himself TO the simplest possible arrangement
OF tones the sandy beach melting nsensiby into the
marknbc subtcty into the blues and green's on the
horizon and the whole produces delicate effect for
which parallel Is sooner found among the American
artists ingenious color symphonies thnn among the
Fronchman's frank studies Of nature. Yet In THIS
| there Is no lack OF the sentiment which Is r'ch
source Of power In Daubigny's more artlesS WORKS
In truth TO nature II compares not uniavorably with
the larger and the whole better pictures Dy MN
in the exhibition No. 1872. The Apple 0rchard": NO
IA aspiring" and No. TO- "On the French Coast
The beauty OF these pictures. and especially OF 'he
last two which ample canvases broadly exccn'eu'
consists in the ripe almost unctuous. tonaiy "h'ch
the artist has extracted from material Inviting the
freest expenditure OF the resources OF his paieue.
Their feeling counts for much, and In the picture OF
| the apple orchard the Charm springs unquestionaoy
from the sympathetic treatment Of the sweetness OF
nature but In the studies OF sprngtlme ana 'he sea
coast the mere colorist shares equally with the SUI
dent OF landscape IN securing the eject deSreo' Nv
nigh, he said to prepondcraie In the big coast scene
for the sky therein Is hastily modelled ana m"uu''
tut tins does not seriously vitIae the veracty OF Inc
work. The small landscape No. az OF the ch'"ioH"
Is nearer Daubigny's conventional manner 'hs" 'ne
other paintings we have touched upon. but IL Is sun
anything but stereotyped and Is good WORK OF arr.
| and the group OF pictures by one OF the Dcs' f'e
iandscaplsts remains one OF the most ih'eres""s "
| auction rooms have known for some ume
After Daubicrvs pictures the best WORKS IN tno
p,abeslee collection by the naturastlc painters OF "e
last generation IN France are by Miilet Iro''' "'
| n,prc Neither OF the two landscapes by Coro' is
charao tcri,tic Of him In his finer manner hor "o "
| examples Of Day Rousseau and Miche OF mo' ""
ordinary valuc. Dupre IS more attractive III u" vi"
! oxp.c,cd vein than In such variations on we""o'a
,hom.s AZ No 1870 The old Oak n brilliant sunset
s,udv too thickly impasted. and No. l4.. mhri'H
| which shows him good tonalist aS ever p"' NV
~ fellcitos I'm the chOre Of his 'olor choro III '
| knew how to h.. The Fontaln"beam landscape ~"
= L. rs much like the Ronss'nu oi cer'''h i"'N''
,nsc,v n,ntcd picture as It Is like the Dupr" who's"
olspo,iilon was generally 10 work more ioOscn'
* Lcan,lfu because It's color Is peculiarly fresh anu
,nsn,rcni TRANSPARENCY In an extraordinary d"
| cr.. for him. Is what endows Troyon with sPF'"'
int rest In the large cattle piece NO. I's' INV ~
nroachug storm" which Is one of the strong c""'"Hh
| of the collection The painting has movement anu "
has what the world Is more and more 'ear''s -
rcolzc rs one of the things Troyon w"s Iia""'u ~
| dyc H. though h. "animal"r IahdS''" VI
ncsltiyc beauty In the landscape and In ~" ""n'''
| hou.ver ,hc prnc.pa Thing l. the transparent rcn
noss which has been given to the pigments Inc worn
has an old ma stcIish quality In lis eLS''hn "cP "
, Tho small study by which Miile' Is repre-
.o,.a In tIs collection. No. 1884, sheep ~ raN'''
| f. nm mnImp,rtant piorc. but " Is "e"t""' ~
| oc,crs,ic Of him In style and feeling -
Outside the I,nrbizon eir" There hr' w" 49,
| ,,ro,,.s ouc 81 the two by Pclouse. No. ~. Is
| ,tr,c, Of original and accomplished ART 'herc ~
GOOD color II rather panty atmosphere III he "'""
| scape No. A. by Donnemalson ana u NAY w ~
| NJ the NJ Renee pnpll OF Kou's'au' WHO '"' Wv"
| -, n, IN, exhibition that his ingenious imin
lion Of his master and Of Dlun does NOT ooso"'' "e
| fact that he Is a clear sighted observer al" u" 20
| oo,,,c,v f,ciIe md sound cchnlcan Nolon ID "'e
| 80, striking OF the contemporary French 'nhu
c,,dsts OF whom McsSrs. Blahc>lec nave P"''"n'."
a,awn,cs lie Is famed as a siilllic painter. ana III
Am,rica 4, known almost exclusively ~ 'ha' '''o"'
| As a iandscaplst he Inns ohvons de'''''' ','',
| ,,.o, 80 regard, atmosphere. and rs rrs'rocu Il
- -, Tho hidden spiritual elements In outdoor
I themes but on the other hand. he j. aiwnfs na IN
br,n,an and bold. den mnpn,,%6r ~ now
hinder nolice No. 20. GINS on hnghsh lamp ,n,
30 ao T .r Is,9s s s,%r obtains, " he makes
deep impression nevertheless BY ihs mase ns n'
ana yn lecs s"d H b .Ss a"%saap
SORT b. give The spectator refreshing ana repo,"I"
and put @si'" =" apprrcon Of purely technical
merits There other works s-r% ,o ,ro%, rser
who's essc%y e sE !. ST na y ,s by Charles
Ijargnc; artificial In, attractive lanescap ~ ,u s ."
Ss.po,n% ain. d S SS nq hy T ons Of his
FF%mchwomen depicted in rich costume on a., pa amr
., o by "' mot ' :" artistic BY and THO
OF decorative figure sndie. by Mr. Cmasc 1' "n Mr.
s s'"'. nn" OF rromp Of Americans who have pie
tnrcs In The exhibition. beautiful Ncnel, sn w
rn inn ~" walls All and there is study Of holy shrine
nj Agra by Sir. Weeks which Is good Of It's Mna, pn
.ons short az really satisfying effect because Tvs
author has never chosen TO abandon pecnrE dIy
In,,"r;n,om is I,ichnrd Wilson. who's" CnSsc LAM
scane No. So Is work Of lImpid tones and rc'lnca
60, u,,bnuf tho glow and snbtlety which he imported
,mto n,nst of his Academic yet fascinating pictures
| One or Two French works OF significance have been
| orn,,tcd n good marine by Alfred stevens, the re
D"sv" ihongh authoritative bit OF drnuehfsmnnshlp
hv Couture which hung IN the recent Loan -.
| l,,tInn the Love Drives the World" large East.
or" study by Dccamps. and one OF lsabey's mannered
| Interiors In another school there Is pc'nre. os
pnsni vhrh is ono OF that artists better pr0dnc-
| lions. n very dramatic composition.