New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-05
ART NOTES.
A PRINT COLLECTION FROM PHILADEL-
PHIA-MR. LEES WATER-COLORS-A
FINE SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE
THE ARTZ COLLECTION.
THE ARTZ COLLECTION.


I; is print collection OF the good old IA shionod
sort which the executors OF the late Mr.. John
Huneker of Philadelphia have placed on exhibit
ton at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries NO aston
ishing rarlties are presented and there are not
any of those recent masterpieces by Whistler.
Haden. Mcryon and their contemporaries which
have made own epoch famous hut the great
live engravers are all well represented and o. old
Engliah mezzotints there IL an unremarkablc yet
extremely Interesting group. In this latter HELD
in fact the amateur will find some OF the most ne
sirable prints OF the collection OF the older en-
gravers Willie DosnoyerS Edelinck Morghen, Nan
tcuiI Drevct and Rolswert are all included. and
many Of their plates deserve to find their way INTO
the portfolios OF fastdious amateurs The coIlec-
ton Is very miscellaneous. overburdened win
valuooss prints. and the whole. does not invite
elaborate criticism. In a modest way. however. II
viii repay the collector who looks In on the sale
any afternoon evening from December 10 to H.
inclusive
Further down rinh-ave. Mt the galleries Of
Nossrs Roussod Naladon Il CO.. there are some
,ro score water-colors done In Holland By MI.
Henry G Lee THIS gentleman has not yet com
plotc command over the resources o; his medium
and tho result IS rather stun style OF handling IN
those sketches which attempt 20 record "lth 1I"''
moss ard ylyidness the brilliant effects OF summit
,,ony.colorcd scencs Mr. Lee Is not at all con
yincing indeed when he II dealing With the ghyef'
brighter side Of Holland In No n 'nmpSe
Through the Dunes; In No. i6. Mystery ana IN All
the water-coiors which celebrate moments OF at
mospherlc qulc, and delIcacy he IT, on the o'her
hand. fun OF cleverness and promise. Working IN
a minor kcy he gives evidence OF n talent Of which
I, Will be we'll TO see some time later Al
this gallery by the way, there are al present II
number OF English works which II IL TO be hopeh
viii eventually be assembled IN a formal exhibit
tion The collection includes genre paintings 10y
Morland and artists OF the same character th're
"a one eun.rb coast scene by Morland on view now
n nicture OF wreckers examining their spoil ana
there is O group OF portraits when N cro"h"u W
an extraordinary Sir Thomas Lawrence IL ~
life size portrait OF that phiIanthropic MT N'B''
stein whose pictures were purchaser ny 'he Wv
eminent IN 1924 and served as n nuc!euF Tor the
pow lmposng collection In Trafalgar Squase Law
romeo was the friend OF the great collector ana IN
said 10 have done two portraits TOT MN VA
Angerstein himself. which was presenter W III.
National Gallery by William ~. ana announcer o'
the second Mrs. Angerstein The picture up'o""
ia NJ Angersicin standing. with mis- wife In cha'r
,s,,. him Saving for some weak work about
tho louer extremities OF Mr. Angersein. the pres
ent portrait Is example OF Lawrence AZ VI"
mex OF his art. The color IL fresh ana N'"p'' nv
IA uIessly preserved The style ls Overlooking WIN
Lawrence's hgh-bred animation: u " mummy 49,
In the background is one OF those ooshy ,i ih re
~ toIagn rich and unctuous In Color; wh'cn IT,
main among the happes possessoi.s , V Gem O,
English school. The picture ~ nr,on IN Witch
mastery ths Pef hesa N nor
h. brush apparently knew, ne,t",, - sbnujd moi
grossness. and studehts VI ~" ~
fail see II.
,r,. ,os,humous exhibition at the Macbeth gal
,cry of works by David C.: Artz leaves me r.pu ,h
,io32 ~ that painter undimnished. hithousn a
walls are hung mostly with Iute UNI e. ,,,tv
pictures Artz vas painter whone sIeV ,he atudIes
ma az, in the slightest sketch, ana IN the sluu'ss
which this collection comprehenns u. ~, tba severe
tender Just subtle Just as true 10 .n "a I'm
side OF nature IL was his mission 70 pan. aro nat
any OF his more elaborated works h. /" ic,ures The
Iire which is represented IN these P,, uan, Vol
gray and shifty Landscape ,, o., ,nr sr,z had a
n, 'strain Of feeling In him. pensive almost
5athetc habit OF regarding his ypess i nnh on
siderable sweetness survive t., y" S W., Ok "Katwyk
Woman and Child the sea comes sou, sol ,har 10 n
I'm behind the two homey ngnres anu .1e,
cold sadness IN The ar Dd' ' o ,emperament the
sympa thetic response TO me 'enasu,o, 70 one
group, which changes the fIst mP pr hruah work
,enscsomnshed in dashlng of such foregrounds OF
sandy tufted dunes as you see IN T9s' No., igor
many others In the same VEN dsn,s,veIy in his
y, nj t6an in his oils, but In any medium ne
had The sincerity and feeling which are mos! ~
be remembered In ms WORK o,aniItv Of minor
ninces which may not loom LARGE BESIDE me 'i'i
portant pictures produced by Arz hirn sen a ,h
nnra1naI character of each study Is 40 strong am
so admirable In an artistic way ,nn, ~ n,,nt
have a serious interest for lovers OF Du'o" p
ing
The late Captain william NJ. Conner was be.'e er
lnnwn TO most NEWCOMERS az the proprietor OF
The 81 James Hotel than as the owner oi a oJ ",
,nction Of pictures but at the kreiser gallery, M
West Twenty IL ~ now row hhaut ninety
paintings belonging to his estate VII nc "a 9Th
auction there the evenings OF me I.h au u org
HaGuette Beraud, Detu. Innocent ana Perrau''
and will doubtless bring good prices