Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-05

Pittsburg, Pa, November 4.-Tht
great collection of paintings in the gal
leries of the new Carnegie Library
building was opened to-day and will re-
main on exhibition for one month.
Critics, collectors and connoisseurs,
of whom many of the leading ones were
present from all over the country, pro-
nounced it to be the most remarkable
general assemblage of important paint
ings ever seen in this country, except
ing only the loan collection at the
Worlds Fair Many famous canyasses
adorn the walls and the exhibition,
which comprise 2S1 paintings, and has
thementOf being not only representa-
tive Of the best American painters, bat of
all the great European masters. Many
paintings on exhibition have never
hitherto been seen outside Of private
galleries, and this group includes Dau-
bigniy's superb work, THE Mills OF
Goebelles," loaned by VIM. l.. Elkins,
OF Philadelphia. 1t is valued at S50,O
j. w. Ellsworth, OF Chicago, loans Rem
brandts Portrait of Man." the insur-
ance on which alone amounts to $780,
600. Henry G. Marguand, president of
the Metropolitan Museum, New York,
loans L'Alma Tademas "a Reading
From Home" Jules Breton's remark
able painting "The Last Gleanings" ex-
hibited at the last salon, Is seen here for
the iirst time since its success in Paris.
Joseph Jefferson contributes Mauve's
largest and best painting, '"The Flock"
Charles l. Hitchcock, president of the
Chicago Art Institute, loans six pic
lures, Martin A. RyersOn loans seven,
Cyrus Mccormick three, S. A. Kent
three, Thomas B. Clark. the New York
collector, loanstwO s. p. Avery Jr.. con-
tributes two, the Prendergast Library
of jamestown, ~ Y, sends five; the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
five, and other large contributors are
w. l.. Blkins, George w. Elkins, John
G. Johnstone and over one hundred
others. j. c. GAIA the famous French
painter, personally contributes paint
ing, and there ara no less than nine Of
his works IN the line Claude Monet.
the leader Of the inDTess!onists is rep-
resented by two and his followers by a
score Of eX mples.
In the exhibition are eight MASTER
pieces by Corot, three by Jules Breton.
five by Jerome, eight by Diaz, three by
Boldini four by Henner and from one
TO five works each by DeNenville. De-
taille, Rosa BOnheur, George Inness.
Bastian LePage, Bouguereau, Alex.
Auder Cabanal, Carolus Duran. Puvis
de Chavannes, Benjamin Constant.
Dagnan, Bouveret, Daubigny, DeCamps.
Domingo, Dupre, Flemang, Fortuny,
GainsbOrOugh. Constable, HacQuette.
Isabey, Israel's, Jacque, Jacquet, Lud-
wig Kuans, Baron Legs. Sir Edwin
Landseer, Lerolle, Madrozo, Gabriel
Max, Millet, Munkaesy, Pastin, Pare
dis, PeTault, Rico, Schreyer, Alfred
Stevens, Troyon, Van Marcke, Meyer
Van Bremen. Vibrt Ziem, etc.
The American painters are represent
ed in striking examples by NJ. NJ. Chase,
f. S. Church. Thomas S. Clarke, VIM
A. Coffin, Winslow Homer, C. S. Rein
hart, VIII H. Low, Henry MOsler. Wal
ter Shirlaw, Irving r. Wiles, n. O.
Walker Toby Rosenthal, II. w. Ran
ger, VIM. T. Richards. II. Bolton Jones
r. Swain Clifford and many others.
The American colonies of painters in
Paris and London are represented I'm
the collection in examples by Edwin A.
Abbey, John w. Alexander, J. Mcneil
Whistler, W. r. Dannot, Ridgeway
Knight, Guy Maynard and many more
The galleries are six in number and
the aggregate wall space is 10000
square feet. To these galleries Mr.
Carnegie has just given the magnificent
endowment of one million dollars, the
interest of which is annually to be eK-
pended for work Of art. The credit for
gathering together the present remark
able loan collection is due to Mr.. John
w. Beatty, secretary Of the Pittsburg
Art Society.