New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
THE BONHEUR SALE.
DISPOSITION OF PICTURES LEFT BY
THE FAMOUS ANIMAL PAINTER-HER
FRIENDS NJ. GAMBART AND
MISS KLUMPKE
MISS KLUMPKE

The works Of Rosa Bonheur which remained
in her studio at the time of ner death were sold
In Paris last week at high prices, ana the
artistic world paid close attention to the sale
and envied the people who secured the prizes.
In order that the various works might be prop
ery placed before the public. an illustrated
catalogue was prepared by the authorities,
which contains a fine portrait OF the artist as
she appeared a short time before her death, and
handsome reproductions of the works which
were sold. A copy of the catalogue, which is in
two large volumes, sent to gentleman In
New York, through whose courtesy some or the
pictures are reproduced in The Tribune Supple
nent.
The sale of the pictures was in keeping with
a compromise between Miss Ann Klumpke, who
by the will of Rosa Bonheur was her sole legatee
and Isidor Bonheur, the artists brother sculp-
tor seventy years old; ROsa's sister Juiette and
the widow and children of her brother Auguste,
q we'll known cattle painter in his day. Her
friends were as much surprised as her relatives
when they heard that Miss Klumpke was to re-
ceive all, because it was we'll known that their
friendship had been of only two years standing.
Miss Klumpke is a figure and portrait painter.
of whom a recent biographer wrote: she Is
one Of four daughters born of German parents
and partially brought up In San Francisco
Through family straits the mother removed to
Geneva, Switzerland, and opened famly
boarding house there Later on she settled in
Paris continuing the same business. and was
well patronzed by the first American families
In Paris the daughter. Ann. studied painting !
The other sisters devoted themselves to music !
and medicine Dorothea became an accomplished
astronomer, and now holds a position In the
observatory"
In speaking OF her an acquaintance SAID:
Some years ago Rosa desired to procure an
mild
ern dealer for such an animal Not having one
In his stock he asked John Arbuckle, of Brook |
lyn to sell him such horse from his ranch In
the West When Mr.. Arbuckle learned that the |
horse was intended for Rosa Bonheur. he liberal |
ly ordered of the finest specimens to be sent |
her free of any expense. Rosa Bonheur CRATE !
fully acknowledged the gift, afterward sending |
him a fine study of the animal She also Invited |
him, should he ever come to France, to visit her
at her home at By, Fontanebleau.
in course Of time Mr.. Arbuckle went abroad
with his family and lived at Mrs. Klumpke's |
house. On going to visit the great artist as
invited, he employed Ann to accompany him as |
an Interpreter but no particular intimacy en- |
sued from this and another introduction After |
ward Miss Klumpke spent some time at Fon- |
tainebleau, where she painted Rosas portrait |
which picture believe. was exhibited at Pitts |
burg a year ago.
Last winter it became known that Miss
Klumpke was a regular resident at BY. where |
she painted another portrait of Rosa She ac- |
companied the great artist on her annual visit |
to Mr.. Gambart at his villa Nice and there a
good portrait OF the trio made. A few weeks |
after this visit the great artist died"
NJ. Gambart the original purchaser of
Rosa Bonheur's Horse Fair He had the pct- !
ure engraved and this the beginning OF
business relations with the artist. which contin-
ued until NJ Gambart retired from business |
He for many years the agent for the dis !
posal of the Bonheur paintings and the engrav-
ings made from the original works. He the /
intimate friend of the artist, and a visit his |
beautiful home looked forward to with /
pleasure by both. The Horse Fair sold /
by Gambart, after he had exhibited 1t all over /
the United Kingdom to William +. Wright. who /
had special gallery built for il in his home, at
WeehaW ken, \. J. When he died the picture .
became the property Of A. T. Stewart. and when /
the merchant princes effects were sold Cornelius
Vanderbilt bought the picture and presented /
it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where 1t |
hangs
Gambart retired from mis- art business at the
French Gallery. London about thirty years ago
with fortune. He began life a picture ven
der, and before he retired he had taken high .
rank in the art market
The Bonheur collection described in the IL
In ted al al Of no,