New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-04
THE DORA COLLECTION,
A REMARKABLE GATHERING OF FRENCH
PICTURES TO BE SOLD TO-DAY.
PARIS EXPERTS CALL 1T THE MOST IMPORTANT
SALE OF THE YEAR-coRoT MrLLEr DAu-
BIoNY. ROUSSEAU AND OTHERS REPRE-
sENrEp-THE WORK OF GALS

SALE OF THE YEAR-coRoT. MTLLEr. DAu-
BIoNY ROUSSEAU AND OTHERS REPRE-
sENrED-THE WORK OF GALS
Paris. April o.
The spring art sales in Paris have so far not
been well attended. although the collections re-
Gently sold at the Hotel Drouot were of inter-
rational reputation. Such, for instance, was
the Hartmann collection, with it's Isabeys.
Jacquets. Hogarths, and water-colors by Eu-
gene Lami and Jacquemsrt the Beurdeley col.
lection Of paintings. statuary. miniatures and
sepa drawings by Moreau lie Jeune-one Of
which, La Petite Toilette" fetched 1900
francs the Carlovingian coins Of the late DR..
Duhamel; the Baltazzi tapestries Of the Regency
period the Lippmann collection Of Messonie.s,
Items. Detaies. Harpignies and Henners-
many Of which had belonged to Alexandra
Dumas fills, and the Dessosses collection with
masterpieces by Millet, Theodore Rousseau.
Daubigny, Corot and Daumer. A remarkable
feature OF these important sales is the persistent
decline In the value Of the works OF Meissoner
Four Meissoner drawings brought most disap-
pointing prices. One Of them, lie Camp
Rovigo," sold, for o10 francs. "Au Coin du
FOYER went for 400 francs, I'm Croquis de IA
Vile de Nuremberg" fetched 21O francs, and
EN- Sortant Gu Prsche" bought for 800
francs The same downward tendency OF Meis-
soners was also strkingy illustrated on
Saturday at the Lippmann sale. I'm Hussard'
mo 49, which fetched $500 francs at the Kon-
ing sale in 1893, went for g. 100 francs. No. 10.
"Un Oflcier dOrdounance" which made 1900
francs at the Meissonier sale, went for 500
francs. No 20. study Of cavalry soldier
under Louis XIII, brought only 525 francs, as
compared with its former price Of 1850 francs.
No 81 nobemaD of the same period, sold for
$50 francs and No. %. study Of horse.
knocked down at 235 francs. There were many
well-known amateurs present at the sale. In
Guiding NJ Henri de Rothschild. NJ. de la Re-
dorte Paul Sohege. Paul Michel Levy. Cornte de-
Moustier, Picard and Pierre Decourcelles
and the prices Of the Meissoniers were all the
more significant because at the same sale two
ecpia drawings by Moreau lie Jeune, La Petite
Toilette" and "C'est un Fills, Monsieur brought
respectively $4,000 and 21,5OO francs.
The great art auction of the year, one which
already absorbs the attention of amateurs and
dealers is the sale Of the collection Of the ate
Count Armand Dora, which is to begin at the
Georges Petit Gallery on May 4. Extraordinary
Importance is attached to this sale which, owing
to the quantity Of paintings. water-colors pas
tells. drawings and bronzes will occupy four or
logue. Corot is represented by not less than
1O6 works: Of these, so paintings in oil. one
il a water-color 20 are pastes and 10 are en-
cravings. There are "a Mets, OF which one
is an oil painting, 3 are water-colors are
pastels. AZ are drawings and 10 engravinss;
60 Rousseaus, including works in oil. 3 water
colors pastel, AZ drawings and engravings
Jongkind Is represented by 62 works. Of which
10 are in oil, 81 are water-colors, 16 draw
ings and 0 are engravings. There are 80 Dau-
m'ers. of which are in oil, are water-colors
end % are drawings: 80 Delacroix. Of which 8
IRE water-colors. % are drawings. with en-
,;raving: Z Goyas, of which are in oil. are
Vater-colors and drawings; Al works by
large OF which oil paintings. Is are
bronzes and 81 drawings; p works In oil
by Victor Vgnon, 10 oil paintings by LApinA
10 paintings by Renoir. besides works by Troy
on Tassaert, Daubigny. Colin, Boudin. Fanas'
Latour, Pissarro. Fromentin, Fortuny. Thec-
dule Ribot. Manet. Monet, Daumier, DecampS
Monnier, Cezanne. Berthe Morizot. Alfred SIS
icy, Diaz, Ingres. Roybet Meissonier. Herkomeni
LHermtte and Degas.
But the most interesting feature of the Count
Armand Doria Gallery is the remarkable COL
lection Of the works of Adolphe- Felix Gals. a
painter who died In 1880. and who was little
known outside of France. 1t is said by Partisan
experts that the works of Gals will come to the
art world a revelation, for they have re-
NAMED In comparative secluson In the Chateau
OF Ourroy, the country seat Of the late Count
Doria who devoted his lifetime and his princely
fortune to the task Of gathering about him the
art treasures which, upon the division OF his
estate. in consequence Of his death in his sew
enty-first year OF age, on May 7. 1896 are about
to be sold at auction. Among the painters who
were the most frequent guests at the Chateau
dOurroy were Corot. Millet. Gals. Gustave Colin
and Victor Vignon. Gals made the hosptablo
Chateau d'Ourroy his second home from 1850
until within few years previous to his death
In 1880. Calss father a Workman in
vermicelli factory In Paris. where ne earned 30
sous day. His mother looked after the educa-
ton of her only son. Recognizing his artistic
temperament. che succeeded in placing him in
the studio of Cogniet. the painter.
Count Doria. in letter to friend thus de-
scrbed the works of Gals: Gals is always SIM
pie and truthful He is fond Of placing his
models at an open window. so that they might
be bathed in light. Next after Millet 1t Is
Gals who among contemporary painters excels
In presenting the charms OF youth as well as
the austere severity OF age. No artist surpasses
Gals in portraying tender maternal Joy or hon
est strength OF character OF the day aoorer
But It is as a consummate master OF light and
atmosphere that, In my opinion Gals has no
equal in contemporary art" Perhaps the most
remarkable work of Gals is "Anxiete" (No.
in the catalogue). 1t is the wife of an Honheur
fisherman seated at the window Of her cottage
A tempest is raging. There is a bright fre IN
the stone fireplace. In the womans lap 10 her
infant with blond hair and rosy cheeks Tho
mothers face is full Of anxiety as she awaits
the return of the fishing smack. Gals has also
painted some excellent interiors Of Norman ana
Brittany villages. His figures of peasants ana
fshermen's children are character studies Oh
breadth and meaning.
II would be impossible here to describe the