New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
The STEWART FORTUNES
A COLLECTION UNIQUE IN IT'S EXAMPLES
E. OF THE GREAT SPANISH PAINTER.
AAsrERriEcEs WHICH WILL BE SOLD IN
NETWORK NENr wINTER-A RRIrr
SKETCH or THEIR MAKER-rIlE
MAGIC OF MARIANA roprr.>,x
MAGIC OF MARIANA FoRrUNY.

at long intervals an occasion VIII aris. ,,ror
which Il is legitimate II use the most e,,locis,i,
Mo'Ns IN the language. Such an occasion is
oiIefed 10y the aErouncement that the collection
OK the late William, H. Stewart or r.r;s :; :,
De sold in NewNork next winter at the galleries
"a '"e american Art Association. 1t is no eN-
"sserauoh to say that this is the most remark
aoe gathering of pictures offered for sale any
Wherc in the world during, the last tvcntv-Gve
tr 'hirF years Other collections have en-
braced a moro varied list Of MASTERPIECES The
treasures OF M SeCretan. for example were ef
All extraordinary character. and it would he
possible TO name half a dozen sales of recent
years which brought forward priceless sneci
mems or both old and modern masters Tbora
nave been collections too like that Of tn, works
OF Meissonier. which have thrown suddenly
Nioh IN" market a great number Of important
"o'hS : one man. But of no painter whose
name mas shed iustre upon this collection or
mat could ii be said that he had hitherto re
manned inaccessible in first rate productions I'm
the general buyer of pictures.
L He stewart ortunNS, on the other hand will
'o"'' more or less as revelation To the collec-
lots OF the world Many of them have doubtless
seen them in the stately mansion on the Avepua
de jena where their genial owner delighted In
show them, with his other precious works of
art TO his appreciative friends. And of course
mere nave been other Fortunys in the market
from urhe To time. There several in
America. The Walters collection in Baltimore
contains The Rare Vase one of the pointer.s
Eost brilliant water colors: Mr. Stanford White
owns Fortunys last and unfnshed) canvas
iHo n' ~eh at fortci. which formerly in
inc gallery oil the late Mrs. 4. +. Stewart and
the list of pictures 10y the Spanish master in
this country might he extended. But when III
Cas been said. the fact remains tina, Tho Sta,v,r,
eoiecton contains many and such mpH
''' r"r'uhEs as l" form veritable museum Of
'he painter the most comprehensive and most
representative gathering of his works that OK
~ harn Av,1
ures passed directly through the hands of the
Eoupils. or from the artists studio to Mr.
S'e""r'. lie ciscerned the value Fortuny's
art early and had the courage to buy constantly
out or the ninety-two paintings and wafer
coiors cataogued lay Baron DavilIier in his book
on the artist there seventeen assigned IN
the Stewart collection. Numerically this mo-
PORTION may not seem so impressive. but il may
P'"'eu OUT that the seventeen nearly all
Oh the hfst Importance. and Baron Daviuier
catalogues many minor works There arc ,caior
S"i'unSs elsewhere we have ourselves in
JIe Portrait of a Lady" in the Metrono,i -,
"Seu'" ana the famous Spanish Marriage
ny soihe considered Fortuny's greatest work is
owned by the Marquise di Carcano who used n
DC Madame du Cassn. Nevertheless enou.h
mas been said TO show the peculiar eminenca -,
the Stewart collection
This collection contains a number or ,ri,;,r.
productions by painters other than Fortunv
'"eie Is noble canvas by Paul Baudrv one
UT Two or Meissoniers best panels are included
Sho 'here are strong examples of the various
"'ei"pefS or the Barbzon school Reautiful ,s |
'"ese ma! be- however, keen as competition for |
Shehi may be at the sale it is inevitable that
INC attention or the artistic world will be con- |
-e"tid'eo upon the pictures 10y the Young Span- |
-'iu whose thlfty-siN years left him like Keats |
shPer1ectly developed and yet one of the ,,rsat |
sehiuses or the century In what does bis |
genius consist? is question often asked !
hflehy, II consists in impeccable draurbtsuap
snip dazzling color. and Astounding sunlight all |
'aseu with the rapidty and sureness of instinct
INTO works or brilliantly original STYLE The i'm
Presslohlsts might protest that Fortunv had no
atmosphere, and il is true that his outdoor work
lacks the subtle vibrations which the Barbizon
men hrst introduced into their pictures and
winch the impressionsts have since made the
Chief object of their study. But FORTUNES
lana APE is nevertheless true his light and air
are Enthusiastically drawn from an intimate ac-
Uualhtahce with nature, and though he is pre- |
e.ninently the magician of nineteenth century
painting, pre- -eminently the master who gets !
Out OF the palette such coruscating effects as We
scok Tor IN the art of a musical genius he is one
OF the most accurate and of the most Inn |
man painters of his time. The reader has only
10 compare Fortuny's studies of life in the East |