New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-05

q II is hard to admire, It Is harder to con-
denim What one is most inclined to say Oh
Manet and of his colleagues here represented
Pissaro Monet Renoir, Sisley and Berthe Morl-
sot-is that they are all technically very inter-
esting; their point of view-Whlch means the
direct statement of exactly what the painter sees
without anv refining of light or Of local color,
without the introduction of single SUBJECTIVE
emotion-may have something in it, They are
however pioneers If the Impressionists may
no regarded as on their trial in this show one
NAV have hopes of the school. If the frehch
offer their works one of the compleIeu PNe
nomena of the nineteenth century, 1uusIheii' 0i
them must be less favorable. one thlhs Is III
6ubtable If the observer seeks pleasure in a
huge exhibition like this he Will turh' Pl0inp''S
enough from Manet and his followers 10 othei
far less iconocastic men. Theodore CHdoSeii0 '-'
FOR example who died in 1856, and is scarcely
even name in America, would propaply Oore
an Impressonist with his alIegorical decora-
,iore his "Apollon ct Daphne" his "1nterleur dc
I1oren,,' and his Shakespearan designs. But
C,haeseriau had noble ideas, his canVases are
filed with stately figures, and though he was
not a great master he was capaple Palh'el
and his work has cultured charm. 1heh 'iieie
20 C,,e+ava NIoreau q mystic who died two years
ego in Paris leaving house full OF pictures ny
himself to be turned into Puphc museum
Just what he means IL Is not always PO"0'NN
to gather, but among the five paintings which
represent him here there is one Meuee Ct
JASON" whose symbolism scarcely matters the
two figures make such an imposing group tne
color ia 80 beautiful and harmonious, the spirit
of the design is so lofty This picture lies at
one extreme of modern French art AT the other
lies La Veuve de PierrOt," a picture In "hlch
the inefable Wilette the traducer of the GOOD
Oueen and the dehaser in art of everything that
is delicate and chaste shows Columbine drinking
and carousing with those who have accom-
panied the body of PierrOt to the grave.
Pierrot's ghost looks on, affrighted, at the ban
uuet The satire is shrewd, no doubt; the exc
cution is skilfu and Willette has way with
him that explains, if it does not excuse, his
vogue But it is good to go back to Moreaus
'Medee ct Jason or to the portraits by 1ngres
and get the taste of Willette out of ones mouth.
At least the inclusion of Wiette in the ex-
hibtion indicates a catholic aim among the
members Of the committee. They have neg
lected no one although, in the case of the
Barbizon school, they have not always had the
good fortune TO obtain first rate specimens of
painters work BY Henri Regnault, one of the
most brilliant painters the French ever had,
there are two sketches made in Tangier and
Granada, respectively, which just charac
teristic enough to make us regret the more
keenly that something really valuable of his is
not the walls Galland also should have
been brought forward more conspicuously than
is the case. A decorative panel by him is shown,
and there is a quaint captivating little picture
of his exhibiting two little children having their
morning bath, but neither work does justice to
Vile and elsewhere disclosed unique gift, both