New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-13
PICTURES AT UNION LEAGUE CLUB
MODERN CONTINENTAL GRT or VARIOUS MEN
AND SCHOOLS


AND SCHOOLS.
In its second monthly exhibition the Union
League Club preserves the high standard which
was illustrated consplcuously by the collection
devoted TO Troyon and Daubgny in November. but
the Art Committee has covered wider field upon
the present OCCASION and many masters are rep
resented the walls The twenty-five thirty
foreign paintings fall easily into two groups, and
this has been emphasized by the actual hanging OF
the various works. The walls to the right OF the
entrance given chiefly to the Barbzon school
and to paintings which appropriately placed
with the products of its members. On the left are
gathered together a miscellaneous company of
more or less gay and decorative painters. To the
group where sobrIety re!gns it is the more natural
to turn first. since II comprises several works not
merely serious but impressive.
private collection, little known TO the ANA
tours Of NewYork the collection Of the late Theron
r. Butler, has been drawn upon for pictures enough
to cover considerable space. They make a re-
markabe group. There are two superb Rousseaus
illustrative OF slightly different phases OF his earlier
manner. and there is Corot which belongs among
the finest works OF the master. This Corot, called
"The Torrent" shows how completely the painter
identified himself with nature how truly she spoke
through him. how little she seems to have been
mere material for his brush. In The Torrent
you get much more than the suave and search
ing workmanship. the delicate sentiment which lh-
vites descriptions of Corot as poet In paint. You
get movement, the swing Of nature under the pres
sure of Astounding vitality; you get the tumpnng
march OF the small but swift stream, and you get
all the shmmering action Of the leaves In the
surrounding trees. Corot so often delighted
to stay in a kind of sweet placdity that it is I'M
commonly interesting to find him working IN
more strenuous vein, and proving that at the
heart OF him nature grasped him imperousy ana
directed with fire the movement OF his brush.
There is another fine Corot here, Landscape In
hos math Of
virility which belongs TO The Torrent" Together
they make a striking impression There is fine
example of Dlaz, too, landscape, In MS hshtest'
melowest style. and in addition TO the two speci-
mems OF Rousseau mentioned above. paintings
which show him drawing with extreme hnesse
and caution, there is Path in the Woods by
the dramatic master OF the BarbzOn group, which
presents him at the apex OF MS broader manner
working body. sympathetically, but true as ever
10 the delicate fibre Of his theme The The most
here displayed are three small hsure studies by
Milet. studies in the free. spontaneous style whch
portant' productions. Resting Is very fine in
Of muscular reiaxaton is perfectly conveyed and
intense and fruitful stage The small pane. called
The Baker an interior study OF brawny figure,
is one OF those trifes which Millet painted tor
amusement perhaps pot-boers. and which
best things to be recalled among the examples OF
half an hour bur Il has the science or a lifetime
in 1.-THE wisdom OF genius
The Art Committee mas endeavored to be most
ca rholic In its taste, We have indicated above,
and near these Illustrations OF BarDizon breadth
and force there are some exquisite DIS Oh iOVlngy
painted detail. one Of them, The Card Players,
is from the brush OF Messon.er at his finest. The
tiny panel is crowded, the many faces are shown
In half dozen lights but the scene comes out VITA
tremendous energy and largeness, the work is so
sure 80 artistic II Meissonier IS to be lauded as
some OF his deyotees would have MIN lauded 1t must
be in the presence of a picture Ike this. 1t is a
little miracle Of minute art Of art that may not re-
dure the OF q microscope for Its enjoyment, but
that VIII YET bear the OF such ptiess lnstru-
mcnt and only Increase admiration Tor th- painter.
Pausing TO note that there some excellent pct
ure. by Dupre. Cain, Troyon and Won Marcke
in this collection. We may pass from THIS paneI
tS h.bftIon Thore may be found a bewitching
study OF Renaissance costume and manners by
good and yet very clever, by Jacquet; and paintings
~ the Italian MAzz.oll the French haeinInerer,
Stenheil ana Nioert: which bring into me room
vivid color, gayety OF sentiment ana sparkhhs eN-
ecutfon Deserving this last epltnet 10 the tull
there are two paintings by Rico, one OF a spanish
and the other OF Venetian scene. which are 70 be
welcomed very cordially Ana there the llst OF ior-
eign pictures comes TO an end.
The list of American paintings IS at once long ana
short That is. the collection hung in the smaller
room numbers less than thirty-one pictures, Dut
they are all by one man. Their value Is small as
unique They were painted by Conrad Wise Chap
mauy years ted with The American colony IN
Rome Young Chapman came 10 America during
the Civil War and Joined the Confederate ranks.
He made the present sketches a. illustrations 10 Z
history OF the Siege OF Charleston, and ne made
them on the spot while the fighting was going on;
They consist Of views Of fort ncatons. pictures or
OF the firing OF the evening gun from that fort ana
OF similar scenes. As works of art they do not
they have an interest which inspires much gratitude
10 John s Wise for having lent them to the club.