The morning call., 1895-01-18
A FEW GOOD PICTURES.

There is now on exhibition at the old
rooms of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation small collection of paintings
which are shown to the public for the
benefit of that most worthy charity, the
Maria Kip Orphanage. The pictures have
been kindly loaned by their owners, and
most OF them have been seen before by
lovers of art. But they deserve to be seen
over and over again. Some of them are an
education in art, and there is not one which
is not calculated TO improve the taste OF
the beholder.
There are just fifty pictures in the col
lection, but these are the fruit of careful
selection by San Franciscans who had the
salons and studios of Europe to choose
from, and who brought to the task rip
ened and refined taste. The largest contri-
butors to the gallery are Mr.. and Mrs. Iry-
ing NJ. Scott, Mrs. w. II. Croker, Colonel
Fred Croker and the Croker estate, repre-
senting the collection of the late Charles
Croker; Mrs. NJ. H. de Young, and the
Messrs. Hecht and William Keith. The
works which they have loaned are fair
samples of the best modern art.
The French school is represented by a
good Cabanel, with his usual subtle sad
ness of expression and graceful poetry; an
exquisite Corot, in which a woodland
scene is given with his inimitable softness
OF outline and tenderness of color; a
couple OF fine landscapes by Dupre in his
best manner; Fromentin, effective in its
minutest details, but perhaps disappoint-
ing in its tints; two Geromes, both rich in
4ba nria 4al liraoc biah 10 6,,&
monplace in subject and treatment; a
curious fgure-piece by Isabey, in which
Marie of Medicis and Richelieu will hardly
be recognized; a Meissonier, perfect in
minute finish, ii not suggestive in theme |;
a pleasant Vibert, with the monks beloved
to paint; and Troyon, full of poetic feel
ing.
Mr.. Charles f. Crocker's well-known
Return TO the Convent" by Zamacois,
which every one has admired in the prints
and photographs in picture-dealers' win
dows, always attracts smiling audience.
Toby Rosenthal is represented by humor-
Gus canvas of Lazy jack" which is quite
realistic. Piloty has a vigorous picture of
"Wallenstein on the Way to Eger,"
which is the property of Mrs. Bixler.
Mr.. Irving M. Scott has loaned the
only Munkacsy in the collection-''Th
Widows Mite"-a canvas which is
worth study as revealing the methods of
the gifted Hungarian. A splendid land
scape by George Inness, depicting 1.-THE
Hills of Montclair, n. j., is also from Mr..
SCOTS gallery. Mrs. William H. Croker
has contributed several of her impress
sionist pictures which are in themselves a
dissertation on the new school of art. Two
of them are by Monet, who may probably
be considered the head Of the school; they
depict not this or that specific object, but
the impression which distant objects pro-
duce on the retina of the eye.
Two of the most remarkable pictures in
the exhibition are portraits by Rubens,
which are fanciful likenesses of ST. Peter
and st. Thomas. They are the property of
Mrs. NJ. H. de Young. Whoever sat for
them, they are marvels of rugged strength
and vigorous truth; they explain how
Rubens won his fame in spite of his mon
strous "Crucifxions" and 'Descents from
the Cross"