The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-08
THE HILTON COLLECTION.

Inc pictures IN tne hrt coiIectlon iorHiou W
the late Henry Hilton are for the most part
genre works. Al a guess more than half OF the
40 canvases now on exhibition In the CALLER
les OF the American Art Association. u East
Twenty-third street. belong TO that category.
There are some landscapes. some large single
figures. and q few historical and allegorical
compositions. Here and there on the walls we
come upon a cattle piece or u picture OF sheep.
But almost all are subject pictures or sin.
gle figures Of cabinet size. and there Is a
great amount OF deIterity shown by q round
hundred Of painters. some OF whom are proml.
nent at the present day In European art. while
others have lost their vogue. The collection 10
one that should appeal strongly to the popular
taste for storytelling pictures. and In the case
OF works by such men as Meissonier. Worms.
Jules Goupil. Jean Beraud. Delort. Jacquet.
Madrazo. Willems and Vibert there Is. OF
course. such artistic treatment as will COM
mand attention from the highly cultivated
amateur. All are to be sold at auction at
Chickerlng Hall on the evenings OF Tuesday
and Wednesday. Feb. IL and IA.
The MISSIONER. 'L'Aum6ne.' No. 1872. Ia a
celebrated picture. 1t was sold in the A. 7.
Stewart sale and ia one Of the few pictures by
MISSIONER In which a woman Is depicted. The
nOTs"mhn WIN WHltS Wulstcodt, suuI-cOlOI'h
coat. black leather boots and cooked hat,
mounted on u fine bay. who has stopped on a
harrow country road which passes through an
orchard, is beautifully drawn and is painted
with the great artists amazing breadth and
perfection. The poor woman with her baby in
her arms. who asks him for aims. is equally
remarkable in execution. while every detail in
tho picture Is carefully wrought. The leaves
- L - -. - - sst-l ..N ~ sLa., 400
drawn and painted. Right over this fine work
hangs Meissonter's water color portrait OF him.
self which he presented to A.. 7. Stewart. This
little picture now has historical as well as
artistic value. and II would seem az If the
French Government might appropriately put
In q bid for IL.
What a pity It Is sometimes that the subject
has so much to do with the appreciation OF a
subject picture! Condolences" No. al, by
Jean B4iaud. Is a case in point. He never
painted anything better than this scene In a
Paris church, where people who have attended
q funeral are passing out into the bright sun
light OF thu streets. while the men relatives
stand In q group in the sombre shadow at the
right OF the composition and receive q shake OF
the hand and a word OF sympathy from the
friends ofthe family. II the subject rs against
1t" In the language Of the dealers. the way it
is painted is strongly in its favor. 1t is a re-
markablc piece Of characterization and belongs
among the best works In modern genre. Entire
ly different is the Spanish Dancer" No. ~. by
Jules Worms. Here again Is a large company Of
people. but they are as gay aud light-hearted
as the summer breeze. The scene passes IN a
Spanish courtyard and two score men and
young women are crowded together in pictu-
rescue groups In the shade playing guitars and
tam bour!nes and clapping hands for a girl on a
table who dances the steps Of "El Vito: The
light blue skirt Of the dancer forms q taking
note in the color scheme and the types OF tho
merrymakers are well rendered. This picture
IL painted IN the excellent way which takes
account Of all difficulties and solves them. IL
is a notably good example. Vibert. who Is
sometimes pretty cheap In the quality OF his
red cloaks and rather thin in his textures. IL
at his bes. in "A Cardinal Composing a Let
ter" No. ~. wherein We md a soundly
painted figure standing before q writing
desk. and q sober setting composed OF the
quiet tints OF the walls. furniture and books in
the study room. In like manner Willcms ap-
pears at his best in a picture The Portrait"
No. 13+, a picture Of a stately beauty with
dark hair in a costume Of white satin. that is
digniAed and elegant In style and sincere as
we'll as ACCOMPLISHED in execution. The mod
ish young women by Madrazo in The Memo
randum." No. 81. and The Album No. 1GS.
are pleasing In tyne and, the pictures are very
~sklltully handled. Tn large Munkacsy Visit
to the Baby" No. "a, presents In that artists
characteristic style a modern interior with ng-
ures OF 9 young mother, a nurse. and
same size takes us back to the time Of the Re-
naissance and Is sumptnous In costumes and
accessories. An elaborate. COMPOSITION by the
S paEn, ,Ssss ,wa painter b Aly e r9,S G5G:sf ToS well
ton" No. l47. and the execution is clever. the
color bright AMI sparkling and the general ef-
fec, for a picture o. its kind very pleasing
BOOK" No. 50, by Jules Goupil. would be good
In almost any company with its, charming girl
in directory costume Of Yins,eolored satin and
Young Giirl." 10. 1877. Is similarly attractive
but seems less sincere. In a large number Of
es6ine. pictures here pretty you1E N in
business the. writing OF q lsttsr and generally
consisting OF looking well in fine clothes. may
be picked out. such a one !. the really lovely
train In Treasure Room OF Baron ROthschild."
No. l2O. by Capobianchi, and there are proto.
types by Toulmouchs, Bausniet, Otto Erdman.
K%aemmcrer, Simonetti md others, In more
serious vein are. the COMPOSITIONS Of Adam.
beaumont. Leon Breton. Bruch- Lalos, Gar6me.
wi Y 'uitltl MIA, INlli
There is nm impressive Jules Duprf, Land.
scane and Sheep" No. u an interesting Dau.
bigny. "On the Seine" No. 1911. and examples
Of Jacaue, Lambinot. Rico, Wahlberg and Ziem,
American landscape painting is represented
BY Ar,ha 9MII raTt01 On n Shs A. bS T,th an ne2y C ,spt
H.. ". Van Boskerck. A. y A. with a
c%olorful Scene in Holland" No. 81, and
4 I. Br!cher, A n A.. with Coast OF
ITOtQta. Bprnp 81 bpllppDlr. Hlntpn anil i
Walker should, not, be, overlooked. and
tRSr Gnr "a 4 np S So.P * Tho M'' Who ppb,a have seem I'm
recent pictures by Raffaalli. such as his Paris
churches and street scenes. wi be incrcdulops
collection. IN Moorish Garden. No i4.which
was painted In 1877, depicts halfa dozen ORR.
entail women waited upon and entertained ty
female blncE slaves and ia u riot Of bright tints
Of green, yellow. pink. blue and red. George
u. Boughton. n A.. r., A.. ia twice represented.
"Hueuenot FugItives," No. rs; the other. |
English InndscQ pe.'No. 81. a pastoral scene
with two milkmaias and q country gallant.
Statuary. %bronzes, ceramics. silverware.
hundred lots in Al; are displayed in Galleries 4
and T.. They will be sold ut the Galleries on
the afternoons Of Feb. 10. II. IL and IL. Eve
Tempted and '"Paradi Sc Lost" BY Hiram Pow.
era. "Undine" by Chauncev !. Ives and a mar.
bic bust Of Washington by Thomas Crawford
is rich and costly. The ceramics in,
some fine sets OF S6vres and among the
clocks and clock sets are one OF the Empire
no. 7s3L. one Louis Seize NO. '1S4l and one OF
4 algerian onyx and ormulu. by Barbidienne
NO 1851. that are worthy Of special mention,
Dulos, Ranconlet. Rimhez. Dubucaud, |
Moreau and Kiss OF Berlin.