New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-05
tree. and rock forms out into clearer relief would
vastly improve mis- work.

trees and rock forms OUT INTO ciea'er 'e"ei' ""u"
vastly improve mis- work
,c,onos Of landscape forms. there is a large
,r,,ne az the Knoedler Gallery which throws
Irous HIGHT on Corots methods In the treatment
~ ,bep, early in his He painted this huge
.,.as In lSl2 and he must have been under the
,,euence OF Ruysdael at the time. lie has that
olnter'. energetic and vivid style. his Keen air,
,,s xstchfulness for the effect OF each Silhouette
a., the broad arabesaue OF tree-trunks and foliage.
10 are not sure that in his later and more char
,tsr,.,,c work Corot surpassed the sheer strength
;, ,h,s massive picture In It's freshness It's clarity
- tone its powerful draugh,smenship and mod
rirr ~ is one OF the paintings OF which the mas
- .o,,,a have felt proudest To American students
~. exhibition OF this picture is boon. for 1t shows
. nhsse OF Corot's ar, very little known here
7,a galleries are showing much actvis ut this
,us The Stewart sale, as has already been an
wood is 20 be followed BY that of the Fuller and
Dsns collections. The latter VIII be placed on ex-
.nJ,,on on the 10th. and the sale Will begin on
.,.o,v * In the mean time the Fifth Avenue
a.. Galleries are hung with collection OF foreign
"a American paintings which will be dispersed on
-as,ay and Wednesday evenings OF next week.
M. catalogue contains number or ceeorateo
snes and. though not all OF these are Adequately
r..ented there Ia abundance OF excellent
-. on the walls. while in the case OF the group OF
,u,,as BY Charles Bargus collectors are offered
- o,oortun!ty rare indeed. These studies are de-
,,A,fpl little fragments. capital example OF the
Itch marine painter. Mesdas. may be mentioned.
sns there are good examples OF Clays ssnohes Per
,- william l.. Pickpell and a few other American
,,,.-s As a whole the collection IL not remark
~, hut II will repay examination. The Avery
~us-v now hung with Mr.. Abbey's Hamlet
IA Mr. Kemple's negro studies, is to be the scene
:. a further exhibition next week when the Illus
,,on. 70 Mr. Lodges Revolutionary papers. now
rns IN "Scribners Magazine" will be shown.
o,Fsh no 70
- ,,s daughters Of tho American Revolution Al
-. Knosder Gallery there will be opened next
r,,s.sav an exhibition OF portraits by NJ Char,ran
-. r-a,ch painter The Architectural League
,,sns It's annual exhibition at the fine Arts BuiIo-
,,s on Saturday. February Il. The prospectus or
~ National Sculpture Society. jus; received an
,rros, that the annual exhibition Will be opened
=, ,ba Fine Arts Building on April so
The trouble between signor Boldini and the Gus
,o,,s authorities turns out 10 have been tempest
A., ,aacun The charge made that portrait
:, ysrt in his exhibition had been offered for sale
vhen II had been imported. with certain or us com
,anions under bond. representative OF me Gus
.c,,s DEPARTMENT claimed 10 have secured an op-
ZION on the painting But II was soon discovered
that she could easily secure this without signor
Rold,ni coming in conflict with the law His repre-
.on,s,,vss rightly understood that II he wished TO
.su o.e OF the portraits he had brought with him
from Paris under bond Il Was perfectly possible TOT
him 70 do so BY simply declaring the transaction 10
the customs authorities and paying tho requisite
6p.v This Signor Boldini would have done had he
cs-ed 70 dispose Of the Verdi and 1t was with this
understanding that Boussod. Valadon & Co con-
sas-ed the proposal OF the customs representative
An explanation has Strengthened the matter out
without difficulty.
The prices brought by the Fortunys In the Stewart
coec.lon suggest our printing the figures or prev-
on. "a les % works by the same painter. In 1876,
when Mrs Morgans collection was sold. three
water colors by Fortuny which II comprised were
dspoeed OF One ngure-subject brought $50; an
other brought ISIS The Rare Vase" one Of For
tuny's most famous water colors. sold for Slo to
Mr. Walters Of Baltimore. The Stewart sale IN
1851 brought forward two oil paintings by Fortuny.
The Beach al Portici." the painting upon which he
was a. work in the last days Of his lfe was sold TO
Nj Stanford White for 5000. The Serpent
Charrner" fetched S3.loo In the Stebbins sale OF
1859 there figured large portrait Of a lady by
Fortuny which Mr.. Alfred Corning Clark pur-
Chased and presented to the Metropolitan Museum
%IIe paid N5c for IT, A small water color in the
same collection sold for 1875. The American Art AS
ISOLATION has had two other paintings by Fortuny
pass through It's hands Some time in the late
eighties Il sold AN Arab Fantasia from the
Falre collection in Paris. for NscN, and An
Arab Smoker" which had also been in the Feure
collection for $4,000 The first Of these two pict-
Tres is still In this country; the second was sold TO
a European collector.