New-York tribune., 1894-04-08
ART NOTES.

THE WOLFE COLD -TIoN AZ EXHlBITioN AND
SALE FOR CHARITY.
The pictures belonging to tn late John Wolfe
which Will be sold at the Flfth Avenue Art Galleries
next Thursday evening. were bought 1t seems la'e'
than the year iSs2 some OF them Indicate t"s'e
more common io the last decade ihan to the pre-
ceding ten years OF American connoisseurshP' but
,bere are lust A. many works IN the collection
that carry one back 70 the old days OF German en-
thusiasms The day of puss ldorf has passed pn'
from time 20 time a sal" Ike the present irFlN'7 III
tcrcst ia It's popular traits The sch'ol ''' Il
good story as a rule. and told lt in way 'hdt III"
not require any glossary. Il was strong ia charac-
,.riy,tIon AZ indeed tho entire German school *
TODAY and as anccdotc genre its productions sur
,,ive somehow \ good deal Of the g rinAh di' !"
which Mi. Wolfe Interested Was bto'"n' ~, D"
on a large scale. There ar many pictures ~ MS
collection which too biz for anything put 4 p""
lie museum OF an unusually large private gallery
We find very little to admire In these great can
,,,ss,s large cattle piece by Dupr" being he "hN
one among them that Is really attractive. mat mas
ygor and rustic feeling that cannot be denied
The bug. Harvest Festival II Maurice Leo" Is
pretty in composition and In rs types Dut the COL
oratlon is Hat and the drawing hnicky
Bv all odds the best things in the Wolfe coliec-
ton are "a handful Of small pictures which DO not
seem 10 be- the natural companions OF III" larger
works at all the difference in scale being m"'ch'1
bv very positive difference. in character Iherr J.
a Fortuny which Is a little gem. 40. l'' - Vet
Gran This f. a pen drawing. ana u Is d!sth-
,tsbd n,. all the high qualities of technique ana
s,vlo which belong 10 the famous Spanlard \ wa
;er-color by Chaplin. 40. H. Is worth attention ana
TWO picturesque figure pieces IN the same medluIh'
nv Louis I.eoir. Nos. ~ and -. are particularly
good examples OF that artificial Dat mastery
uaiu,er \ dainty portrait Of nude child by Lob
,,h,, i interesting I'm a minor way. Studies from
,h. r,,Ie by Hcnner Lofebvrc and Falcre have some
s,l,,ht interest Before parting with these pictures
one more Of the larger performances must DE- "'l.
toned an interior by Artz. 40. -. that Is wen
lighted and Modelled with good deal or pam
STRAIGHTFORWARD ability. Mr. Wolfe collected other
--rrks or art as well a. pictures. and one of the
Galleries is filed with singe-color glazes. with specl
r,cns Of old glass. with modern bronzes OF popu-
lar character with worries. enamels and other GU
rios These latter objects VII be- soid on '"' "''
Moons OF Wednesday ana ihuiShaN'
There - being held the Klackner caller \e, no.,
West rwcnty-cighth an exhibition OF skettnis
in OIL waercol9r pastel ana Other MEDIUMS ,n %m,cn
worthy charity. 1t has been organized py nun, nun
ber Of ladies and eentlemen soiIr o. er' fInI IT,
,IV. relief by work" All the pictures haye ben
hN,n ~ auction next Thursday night Tn, eXhi-
n,Inn Is called one OF sketches. ana Wisely, ior
practically all Of the fourscore mGia'Fs mad, in rb
,r.faratlon Of more ambitious designs. rms doss
H4t I 'sn,bcs have II personal character; they are
figliye bits Of color or light which bear ne marks
Df "A
,n rut into a random piece OF work anu III mann my
cases they have considerable charm. We ne,l ~, ~.
,r.,,rs4 The exhibition in detail u IS SulHcirut ~
,,a mai artists like Mcssrs. Mowbray, Biuin.
Weir chase Hassam Robinson simmons am an, ,i'N a."
b,,.e contributed characteristic sketches; thht MISE
McChesney Miss slade Miss Parrish Miss naynrs. n
,itss Eoss and other clever women nave Sent N
..g,ir, ,ictures 10 be- sold. There are some black
and whites by MessTi Hyde GecE%h Xcn aHe War Hs anI
,,ihi,,o,nJ and Mr. 81. Gaudens has sent copy OF
his beautiful bassreef of Bastgn- lepase one Sn %,
.o5,ced here The public VIII do well To visit ms
iho, before tho sale. and on the night OF the iat-
ter II has been made for IaudapIe opJe'' an" ID
contains some good maternal.
4, the Knoedler Gallery there has Just been placed
80. axhhItion a new work by Mr.. George De Forest
Wr,'sb 7, 10 the Mother and Child. which belongs
-, Wr ! NJ Sears. Of Boston. The picture only
ren,alns on view for one week