The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-20
ART NOTES.
sale Of the william T, Evans Collection.

by American artists which II Is announced the
American Art Association will exhibit In their
galleries In the latter part OF January and sell
at anction ut Chickering Hall on the evenings
OF Wednesday. Jan. III. Thursday. Feb. / and
Friday. Feb. 2. comprises two hun lred and
seventy pictures. many Of them among the
most important works OF their respective
painters. II Is well known that Mr. Evans has
been for long time one Of the most discrmina-
ting collectors OF American art in the country.
that no sold oil his foreign pictures sixteen years
ago and that his collection and that Of Nj
Thomas B Clarke. the sale OF which was the
most successful event in last winters art sea-
son. have long been spoken OF as the two
most representative gatherings oi works oi
the native school tho city or the country ros-
sessed SO that when the Evans collection IL
dispersed there will bc nothing like those two
to point to unless some other amateurs. pOs-
sessed OF equal taste and foresight. oprear in
the future as their successors. There ara
other good collections OF American art In ex-
istence in New York and in some other cities.
but nothing at the present time that could
rival either one of these two.
Mr. Evans has chosen his pictures on broad
! lines. but with apprcciative sympathy and dis
| eliminating judgment. II Is singnarly
| harmonious and consistent collection. 1t IL
! about equally divided between landscapes aud
figure subjects, or. at least. the artists repre-
! scented In II divide nearly equally into the two
| classfcations. but IL Is probable that the land
scapes slightly predominate Most Of the best
! known names OF the artists OF to-day figure in
the list OF the pictures and there is fair repre-
| sentation Of such men OF an earlier period as
Sanford H. clifford. Kensett. Henry Peters
| Gray. William Hunt. McEntee. Quartlcy.
| Dcllaas and George Fuller. The last named Is
| represented by two important works, Bring
ing Home the Cows" and Lorette." BY
George Inncss there are seventeen pictures.
| This splendid group includes the famous
| Georgia Pines" which the artist presented to
| his wife. with the remark that II was his
best picture: 'Montclair by Moonlight" Com
! way Valley Sunset on the Passaic." which
| NJ. BENJAMIN Constant called AN apotheosis OF
/ the sun; THE Valley on a Gloomy Day"
| The Moon at Night.""A Summer Morning."
Nine O'Clock" and Winter Morning at Mont
clair" There are eight Homer Martins among
| them. "A Normandy Farm" Normandy
Trees" An Old Church In Normandy" Trou-
| vile at Night" Westminster Hills" and
Autumn on the Susquehanna." The Wyant
group consists OF thirteen pictures headed by
the celebrated In the Adrondacks" which
has done as much or more than any other pic
ture to make that great artists reputation.
| besides which there are. among others, Drlv-
ing Mis;s." Autumn in the North Woods
Cloudy Day." Early Twilight and Autumn.
| Keene Valley"
Tho collection is particularly strong in the
work OF Henry W. Ranger for til are are nine
OF his landscapes. including several Of his most
brilliant successes such rs Connecticut
Woods" Morning at High Bridge" An East
| River Idyl." View Jersey Oaks" and "A Con-
necticut Pasture" There are seven repre-
sentative works by Robert C. Minor. among
which The Close OF Day." "Eventide." "Twi-
light" The Hunters Moon" and Midnight"
are conspicuous. BY ]. Francis Murphy there
Is a group OF six pictures, including Tho De-
serted Farm" "A Cloudy Autumn Day" and
SHUTDOWN" The list OF Ave works By George
II. Bogert comprises his well-lnown Sea and
Rain. Afternoon. HARLEM" and Morning
at Am sterdam." BY Frederick ". host there
are three important works. including his
beautiful marine The Driftwood Gatherer"
and several works each represent the art II Il.
A. Blakelock. Bruce Crane. Louis Paul
Dcssar. Ben Foster. H. Swain Clifford.
II. Bolton Jones. W. L. Lathrop, ThomG,
Moran. Arthur Hoeber. Leonard Ochtman.
Arthur Parton. Charles A. Piatt. Theodore Rob-
inson. Il. NJ. SchurtlcfI. George II. Smile. j.
Alden Weir and other prominent painters OF
landscape. The admirable picture 'Daybreak."
by ID. W. Tryon and "A May Morning" THE
River. Evening" and '0n the Seine" represent
this distinguished artist. Charles Melville
| Dewey has five pictures including his celc-
! DRAFTED return OF tue nay DOutS anu An
Autumn Pastoral" In the Meadow" a cattle
piece worthy to rank with anything OF its kind
In the art OF to-day. and five other pictures
represent Horato Walker. while by Carleton
| Virgins there are three cattle and landscape
! pieces including his important work After
Wind. Rain" and by William H. Howe there
are two: In the Orchard" and Morning, Kor-
| ten Hot Meadows
A considerable number Of the star figure
1 An "a. ~. ~
lions OF the Society OF American Artists, the
Academy and the American Water Color
Society have found their way TO the Evans
collection. Among these are Abbott Ii. Thayer's
Young Woman" 7. W. Dewing's Lady in
Blue" Wyatt Eaton's "Ariadne." "Reverie"
and La Cigae." Fitz's beautiful nude The
Reflection" Charles T. Ulrich's In the Land
OF Promise" f. c. Tarbell's Girl with Violin"
Irving r. Wiless THE Sonata" Henry O..
Walkers "A Morning Vision" and THE Boy
and the Muse" George De Forest Brushs Be
fore The Battle" and The Indian Hunter" H.
Siddons Mowbray's Arcadia" ''Floreal' and
idle Hours" and Walter shiriaw's Water
Lilies" "a composition OF three nude figures I.
Autumn" and Among the Old Poets" ]. g..
Brown. William NJ. Chase Kenyon Cox. Charles
c. Curran. Thomas Hovcndcn Eastman john
son. Francis C. Jones. VIII II. Low. Francis D..
Mlllet. William T. Smedley. Sarah c. Sears. C..
, Y Turner. c. ID. Weldon. Louis Moeller. George
=, H. Boughton. +. A. Bridgman. F. W Freer. Gill
bert Caul. Herbert Denman. w. st. John Har-
, per and Seymour j. Guy are some OF the other
figure painters well represented in the COLLEGE
ton by from one to four or Ave examples Two
pictures OF note by Winslow Homer may be
, cited: Sunday Morning In Virginia" which
was exhibited at the Paris Exposition OF 1878,
and We ather- beaten" which was awarded IN Q
/, gold medal of honor at the Pennsylvania Acad-
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