New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-24
ART EXHIBITIONS.

WAITER RICHMOND COLLECTION.
uow six wears almost 70 a day since MI.
- R,chrnona first brought his collection Of
&c @rono Providence 20 this city 10 sell
-, A. auction They were shown in fenru'
1898 AZ the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries,
ua,e taken to Chickering Hall to De SOLO
.,a 17th Of that month Unfortunately
Oh - ,,rusual violence kept nearly every
s'o''- - .o,so,yence away The pictures were
,ss~,v-n Their temperance to-day az the
W., At Galleries where they are on ex-
1s,,,on nrior 90 the sale, which will take place
- Friday evening a. Chickerins Hal VIII
- welcomed by all lovers Of fine paintings
r.. collection is rather unusual IN CHARACTER
=. ye had occasion to say al the time the plct-
IS were first exhibited. the sympathles OF tAe
-.rector do not often seem 70 embrace sucn
-o-ks as the "Sower" Of Milet ana the Lanu-
49, ~ Holland" BY Michel. pictures which
- richmond obviously bought because OF
80 nersonal significance They are not repre-
s...,ve as the most finished works by these
.s,s~s are representative, but in their sketchy
u thew give an even more intimate impress
Law Of the artists than IS 20 be found always
- fhef- more elaborate works.
N.o-fv +wo-thirds OF the sixty-etght pictures
=, ,sts choice collection are French. and the
-..,o~,-v % these are Of the BarolEon school
n,na~ofse Nj Richmond has sought his exam
.,ssa-onR spaniar6s and Italians Ike Fortuny.
p.co Domingo and Paslne, among hnshshheh
I'D Americans such as Boughton BlerslAot
arr Hunt or among Germans Ike Becker bey-
sosise Max. seitz and WahlbeTg. we may
smrd4 also 10 specimens OF Munkacsy ana
scbrever. 20 painting by the classioist Hector
i Roux. 70 en- academic panel by Bousuereau
=. me Of TerboeckhOven's old-tashioneo Cattle
nieces and 70 an interesting military HHs''lei-'
nv Horace Nernet- II will be seen tAal I"ls
r,.,a-.rr % pictures though small IS varied
The examples Of the painters OF ISoo are now
.,sr NJ most Importance. II few or the pict-
ives nv AlMet Troyon, Daubgny, Rousseau
and Michel are not quite az brilliant as might
- svr4cted II is because they are studies and
,,atcsss end derive their charm almost more
.-o7, that very fact than from the intrinsic
merit residing in them. = sketch by compe-
.sr+ artist g frecuentiy 2 work OF rare inter
e. though IL may lack beauties which m
,shas works alone BY the same man possess
r,ovo-.s LITTLE landscape. No. So. The Close OF
80 nav, will bear this out fully, and so will
,sA Michel Landscape N Holland" 70 which
rs have already referred TWO Of M. Rich
rnor5's three Corots are remarkably hne, ana
the third Is only little less strong being some
what dryer, perhaps. than me others eut
good niece OF Corots brushing Just the same
There are two admirably typical Ceuroets.
T~ovon is eonsumrate master in ootn ms
cattle pieces the larger of the tive No. 90
"Catrle IN Route" being unfinished, but even
So & marvel OF vigorous draughtsn&nsAlp' ~
tie landscapes by Dupre. the deAghuu!ly am
mated and superbly colored "Gathsrlng storm
Is bv far The better. The most perfect OF me
four works Dy Dlaz is -hs rich autumnal ton-
rsinehleau landscape. No - or the catalogo7'
The slight sketch by Mllet No. 60, the 'soVer
mentioned above, IS more interesting IMAM
either the more finished picture OF young
woman cnurning or the early landscape STUDY,
because IL prengUres the completed ana no"
famous "sower' in the Vanderbilt COLLECTION
and Is trimming over with the peculiar sweet
ness and simplicity % The artists most char
ecterisuc mood
Mr.. Richmond has brought together some eI-
ceuent representative pictures by GericaulL
Issbey JacQue Breton. and Jacquet, and OF one
artist anteqatlng these, Greuze. he has an ex-
ample which shows the men 70 moderate ad-
vantage. Every member OF he Southern group
IS seen az his best The Tortuny. an Arab
Fantasia" has his brilliant style and his mag
-4acent movement. though not his customary
sumptuousness Of color. and the view OF the
Grand Canal" 10y Rico, the beach scene done
g. Tanelers bv sanches Perrier. the eccentric
figure study Dry Domingo and the little out
door sketch ty Paslul are al good We do not
fad ,he Interior with figures. 10y Munkacsy,
teaUtlf-. th.ng-it Is 100 coarse and pltchy In
colo--rcr IS there much % detain US among the
German pictures Car Becker and Gabriel Max
work carefully ana conscientiously. but not 10
very Interesting ends Boughton's small coast
scene with TWO little lads wrestling is painted
well and the portrait of q woman by William
Hunt is one 0f the frTnest bits Of outline in
The collection. We must mention also the Dutch
marine by Clays Il is one Of the freshest IN
color ever seen in New-york bearing his name.
Ike most OF III. Richmouds pictures, II shows
that this collector has used a fine discrimina-
tior r. making his purchases. He has bought
Few paintings u no great value technically, and
shallow IN sentiment, but usually he has DIS
oernel -he thing that has distinction and last
.ng quality The Tremendous demand in this
coun,ry f0r Illustrations Of the Barhison school
has brought constantly 10 the aucuon-room pro
ductoIs Of doubtful and middling value Nj
Richnnord's pictures Of this school are not only
o, indutltab,e authenticity but they are gener-
ally unconventional and Of striking significance
Thels is being exhibited with this collection
number o. miscellaneous objects collected by
The late Charles u Rogers, Of Philadelphia.
These including marble sculpture, worries, por-
cs.a.ns library furniture, and a few artoools,
Will be sold al the American Art Galleries next
Saturday.
NOTES.
The loca- galleries are full Of new things At
F.Oedlers nav be seen 3 number Of pOrtrafrs