New-York tribune., 1901-02-27
ART EXHIBITIONS
PORTRAITS BY ANDERS zoRN nm
BouGHToN'S LATEST PRODUCTIONS
WATER COLOR BY TURNER-THF
MIGRATIONS OF OLD MASTERS
AMERICAN COMPETITION IN
THE MARKET

out Is nevertheless extremely effective Mr. -.
Is oriliant after rather hard brisk fashion ~
catches likeness Well and puts ii clearly on n,
canvas The style Is nervous SHARP and an 49,
~hoie' metallic There is convincing realistic 4or.,
IN the portraits OF ex- President CIavela,d NJ
Daniel Lamont, Mr. Cation MIR. Deering and orba-
men; in fact. the masculine subjects are trss,d
with an aooundlns energy that is. moreover al
ways held IN control The artist knows Just wbat
ne wants to say and how to say r. The draubaot.
is that the quality of the work is thin and br,.tI
for moment it dazzles. hut on closer fnznactto
the color is seen 20 be incurabIy wanting in dA,n
and suotiety, the tone of the whole exhibition 4,
lacking IN distinction An earlier work is show,
with the portraits, which appear be unostFv a.
recent date. II Is the omnibus interior which :,
one OF the artists best pictures. This has susb,,
improved with time; indeed it has worn urAx
pectedly we'll But for all his ma nuaI skin ana
eiever. ultra-modern way Of painting subjects Mr.
Zorn fails to make any appeal To the inaeinato,
He leaves. In the long run. impression of heinz
less gifted than he seems. on the surface of bis
work, to be.
The pasteIs water coIors and oils bv Mr. c,so-,.
Fl, Houghton. which may be seen at the Avary C,s1
lery. have at least of originality M ors
else has painted Dutch and Puritan naidens AND
the blooming sirlhcod Of modern England with
quite his picturesque, wfthal slightly 100 senti.
mental touch. The best thing in the presanr sv
hbition is the sketch of a single figure seated ON
a grassy bank against sylvan background
Rough Winds Do Shake the Darling Buds NJ
May, but all the pictures idubtabIy graceful
and pretty. Perhaps it is because there Is more
prettiness than beauty in Mr.. Boughron's wort
that it does not seem very interesting. There j.
also shown in this gallery a fine water color ~
Turner's view of Dover Harbor with boars
tossing beneath the white cliffs. " is an exampla
OF his curious art in its best full OF Igh-s
and colors characteristic of his vision ~
nature than of nature itself. but nevertheless
beautiful The picture exhibits with unusual COM
pleteness the purity Of his water color method
At the Macbeth Gallery there Is another instance.
of living artist making fairly creditabIe an
pearance with a number of paintings willis ons
work of deceased master really takes the stage
and keeps il. Mr.. Frederick Ballard Williams is a
promising colorist, and gets in his figure pieces a
sensuous quality which excttes some admiration
His drawing. however. il not exactly feeble is az
all events without sufficient energy; and the rich
the fact that his tone needs to become more
hmpid. more transparent, There is better work In
his landscapes. small panels we'll lighted and dis
closing genuine feeling The master who shares
the gallery With him is the late A. H wyant. in a
large landscape. The Broad and Silent Valley.
traordinarily luminous and possessing both in irs
composition and general execution something OF
the grand manner which We associate With the
great leaders in landscape art. II has the anpl-
tude and luscious quality of good Constable. bur
the essentials all Wyant's own.
collection of modern paintings belonging 70
Mr. George William Warren. the well known organ
ist. with a number of pictures belonging to Mr.
Gustav Holster, will be sold AT the Fifth Aveuus
Art Galleries tomorrow and Friday evenings. Soma
early works OF the late Homer Martin are ins
cluded. unimportant productions, far too close n
analysis Of the materials of landscape. but inter
esting showing the beginnings OF a deserVedly
great name in the history OF American art Even
in these first modest essays the sincerity Of the
man is visible. and pleaSeS There are several for
eigners represented in the show. but the best things
in a collection of very minor character. few
attractive landscapes by Americans.
English art critics are writing with sorrow about
the departure OF the Peel Van Dycks for Germany.
These two famous portraits believed be of Bar
toIommeo Giustiniani and his wife. and to hav.
been painted when Van Dyck lodged with them
his first visit Genoa, fetched q go guineas al
the sale of the Peel heirIooms. The Agnews bought
them, and have new sold them to the authorities
of the Berlin Museum This moves The Daily
Telegraph the composition OF the following
record:
The Berlin Museum now one OF the finest pube
collections in all Europe and certainly one OF the
best arranged. has from it's very foundation been
fed chiefly from England It's nucleus was consti-
tuted by the magnificent collection of early italian
and early Flemish sters brought together by the
banker SoIly. This included pictures which, We
being: the wings of the "Adoration of the Lamb"
by Hubert and John van Eyck; three ImportanI
Botticelis. the masterpiece of CoslmO Tura, ana
the masterpiece of Advise Vivartni In recent years
ment" Of Fra Angelica. and me great Madonna
and Saints, by Carlo Crivelh- from the Dude
S %DorotRea. by sebas1iano del Pombo and The IN
comparable ,'Andromeda- Helene FoIrment,' ~
and several othe- AIhrecht ntirers from English
SoIecrions' r6e late Sir J. E. MiIlaiss beautiful
Portrait Of Man" by Hoiben and Whole ho5I
Wife The Vision OF Daniel aud Lord Ashbqrn
hams quite exceptional canvas % "lns fIeaene7L fIs,l7
through the generosity OF the German Emperor
unfaIling in moments Of difticYy.2nd a9GTe roT. o1
of museums-to whom In such matters lree nI nand
Is given-Bern has been able 70 ACQUIRE seVeta i
Guiding the admirable Nermeer OF DelLI AM
the two great Van Dycks are carried ora
We learn moreover, on very good authority ths,
haDdsIpassine the Atiantic and beins Incorporated
in of the rapidly growing collections oI fis
brilliancy and charm. The Charles ylsTS' ,,,tIs n,
heeed. in an English Country house vas then
qGired by Mr Herzog & OF S1snnS Sn6r qn2 nFxbbitioH
AT Antwerp. where it shone upon this world as
one OF the most brilliant and deiish5ful master
american collector Of fine taste and uulin,itsd, re-
sources has robbed US OF the treasnre ''' "''N'
he is said TO have paid 2o.ON9 suineaS-
Mr.. WhItuey's purchase Of the Grandson. an
uounced in The Tribune only few weeks ago. mas
a double interest tor American ooSStNeIS G az
matters 1t is good to know that SO important an
Old Master Is In American hands and VIII remain
on this side of the Atlantic. II Is comforting d4S0
realize that. this purchase indicates, tHs
masterpieces of past centuries are stu 10 De touu
I'm the market from time to time. though II haS
become almost a universal conviction tAat the
gems of earlier ART are permanently lodged IN tHe
palaces of kings and princes or In the museums o1
European States. of this convictioh ha'
considerable foundation in fact. Roughly speaAllS
IL may be said that nearly all the prime achieNe
ments of European art destined 10 reAl'l
forever out OF the reach of the private purchaser