New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-26
ART EXHIBITIONS.
THE BARBTZON SCHOOL AT THE Ions
CLUB-PICTUREs BY DUTCH. AMERI.
CAN AND OTHER PATNTERs-IN-
TEREsTING THINGS IN PROS
PECT-A NOTE ON MINI
AZURE PAINTING

AZURE PAINTING.
Mr. John Elderkin has arranged at the fn,..
| Club an exhibition Of Barbizon pictures which ~
has brought together from various sources ys-
| things on the walls have been seen In public h.
| fore. but the collection 80 n whole is chiefly "a
marknb BILE for its freshness. More than che OF N.
Barblzon mast is represented here by work ~
| kind comparatively unfamiliar in OUR ezhlbition,
| Take. for example. the little Market Day" ~
| Troyon He rarely painted such scenes. The ,ynL
| cal Troyon is such picture the "randsoan.
| and Cattle or the Valley Of the Tocques" or thu
| Normandy Cow" but, while Mr. Elderkln ha.
| rightly paid attention to that everyday side o.
Troyons art to which theso are 70 be ascribed hs
| has with even better judgment. sought out m.
delightful little panel 10 which we have referred
above the beautiful Sunrise the Medterrs.
nean"-a picture in which Troyon appears az a
really brilliant color!st-and the charming picturs
Of "rhe Farm" with it's animated SKY and general
llghness of touch. We are glad to SEQ comprs.
hensve group of TIoyon's pictures has her.
been made but wo are most grateful for the tire.
paintings IN which this powerful artist is shown on
his guard. it were. painting scenes less CONVEX.
tlonal than those by which he is known 10 nina
collectors out Of ten.
Daubigny also Is present in unusual example,
The boldly painted cliffs AT Viilerye' Il yery
Characteristic but In the large Twilight" with \,
delicate tones and tender sentiment. so dner-,
from what one is accustomed 70 look Tor In Da.
bigny's work there is "A charm. note indlca.
tive Of elements In the painters nature with which
the world would doubtless be glad 10 be better
terms Of Acquaintance. The five Landscapes ~
Corot are all. good and. though there is nothing
new in this quintet the mere uniformity OF ex-
oelence is something 10 regard with surprise Two
OF tn, paintings. "Horseman on the Road" and
"Evening-Lake Nemi" seem 10 us particularly
beautiful! yet ;hey are so worthy surrounded that
the group may be warmly commended IN its
tlrety The unfamiliar Dupre In the Forest u
Fontaneblcau" does not leave good !mpres.
sion as the spacious marine. which is painted 10
the artists best-known style is II good as
the Cattle In Pool" but II remains an interest.
ing picture. There Is a beautiful little Shepherd.
ess' by Millet and there IS large figure piece
"Girl with Dog" by Diaz. this latter picture being
sumptuous yet refined in color and executed with
impressive breadth and suavity. The Landscape
at Ornans" by Gustave Courbet. will be noticed az
throwing new light the art Of its author Cour.
bet employed as a rule, q much holder and rogghes
method than is exemplihed by this delicate study.
Altogether. Mr.. Elderkin mas formed striking
collection for this occasion 1t shows the art q
men who nave become the most conventional hg-
ures in American galleries. but 1t shows these
men I'm strange moods. in unhackneyed keys. in
its modest way II is one Of the best exhibitions We
have had In a long time
At the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries a collection Il
about hundred and nifty foreign and American
water-colors and oils will be dispersed at auction
next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. There are
some clever names in the catalogue, and some that
pretend to more than ceyerness though the latter
do not Justify themselves they should. Tho
Mountain Road" is not picture Of which va
would expect NJ Ger0me to be proud. The best
things In the show. in fact. are not the most ag-
gressive. They the small and unpreten;ious
studies OF few clever Dutchmen, or the land
scapes by Mr.. Twachtman and some other Amer
n.. In uyafe COf fD-
vici GAMBIA and kindred painters OF the South.
Here and there a panel like the Horses Head" q
the late J. F. Herring will demand specific notice.
but the collection is most Justly described as a
gathering OF minor canvases In which the unambi-
tous amateur may find what he desires.
At the gallery OF Arthur Tooth & Sons there VIII
be opened on Monday morning exhibition OF re-
cent paintings by Mr.. Henry W. Ranger. on tho
same day there Will be placed on exhibition at the
Durand -Ruel galleries collection Of paintings by
Miss Mary Cassatt. The Avery galleries. lately
adorned by Mr.. Abbey's fine painting OF Hamlet.
will be filled on March with number OF water
colors by Mr. William T. Richards and his daugh-
ter Miss Anna Richards Mr.. Avery Will also
show an old Dutch picture OF celebrity. Inc Amer
lean Art Association follows the sale OF the Fuller
and Dana collections with sale OF over three hun
dred American paintings belonging 10 Mr. Fncus
Chock These pictures will be placed on exhibition
next Friday They will be followed in due course
by number OF the late W. Hamilton Gibsons
drawings, and when these are sold the galleries
will be given 10 the artistic remains OF tae
late Theodore Robinson. At the Wunderlich GAL
lery an exhibition OF old English portraits in oil 10
to be opened Immediately. At Mr. H. o. Watsons
uptovn the beautiful bronzes recently shown by
SIgnor del Nero at the Union League club VIII b
on exhibition for week These castings are Oh
unusual interest. and their appearance at place
open 10 the general public is matter OF impor'
tance.
In the anteroom OF the American Art Galleries
few miniatures on exhibition Ins
formed part OF the collection which Mt w j. beef'
the artist brought forward at the Knoedler CAL
lery. a few weeks since. In speaking Of these on
their first appearance pointed out the delicate
drawing and refined color they illustrated. ana
specified certain examples OF Mr.. Baers art as nav
ing warmth. life and pictorial merit. but We ie'
constrained TO add that I'm the tiny portraits
however Mr. Baer has done his work well. w'hou'
revealing any special power any notable ele'
mens of individual style" In charming e'~
Mr. Baer suggests that We might justly nave eoN
sdered his work at greater length. that some me'
its might have been perceived In IL which we iA''
to note and that the adverse criticism oes'o"sa
upon another artist in the same paragraph shou's
not have been so worded as to mplicate him eno'
The Implication we gladly withdraw. IL was acc'
dental. and reflection upon MI. baer was "
tended Furthermore. IL may freely be aoin''.e1
that Mr. Baer has improved upon the WORK OF .
large number OF his contemporaries. but, cohs'eo
ing the excessively bad quality OF most OF 'ha'
work we believe he will grant that one might i'''
prove upon It and still not be ones SEX 'ey
great master Our criticism OF Mr.. Baer anouh'
to Just this: That his work is good. but Is no. wv
work OF master; that II is artistic and veracious'
but lacks the distinct note of individual style whc"
you will find In a portrait by Samuel Cooper ios
example. or in one by Richard Cosway. or oy any
OF the French English miniaturists whose "o'N
is classic II is undoubted fact that these mea
OF the older schools were masters OF style .ha'
each had his special note. II is this Individuality
in fact that largely goes to make them in'eres'Hs
to-day Mr.. Baer may reply that this Is auesu0"
Of temperament. not OF technique and that Us
a. MI nship has higneE anu