The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
From the Sun.

rarely can one see q private colIec-
uon SO intrlnsicaiiy worth seeing. There
are only twenty-slx pictures. but the quail.
lily throughout is high and In many cases
pre-eminent. To cathoiicity or taste Ina,
been Joined a very choice discernment,
and the selection I'm almost every Instance
suggests not only a carefully cultivated
Instinct for what is estheticalIy nne and
worthy. but also 4 desire to possess Il for
the pleasure and prOht OF its companion.
ship. SO with a vigorous and heartfelt
eclecticism the collector has ranged from
Titan to our own painters. dipping. by
the way. into the treasures OF the
barbizOn men. and cleaning from the
later harvest OF impressiOnism, always
with no mere pride or acquisition. but
with the serious desire Of intelllge nt and
appreciative possession. 1t Is I'm its way
. model OF what q small collection should
be-"
From the Tribune.
VERY rarely do the people OF New York
have the opportunity TO see SO good q collec-
ton OF pictures as that which Mr. E. y. Mill.
ken has placed on exhibition at the Amer
lean Art Galleries. 10 be sold At auction on
Friday evening, February Ia. al Mendels-
sohn Hail. u contains only twenty.six
works. Some Of these are Of great value.
and not one is bad. trivial. or dull. The
list Is as varied as Il Is dignihed and inter.
estins. Titan and Degas. Millet and WILL
lam VI. Chase. Puyis de Chayannes and
Adolphe Monticello are among those who
rgure In IT,"
From the Mail and Express.
Granted the requisite money and taste.
picture buyers md the same difIculty In
limiting the size and UNFOLDING the quaIity
OF their collections as clergymen are said
to experience In trying 10 write brief ser.
mons that shall convey all their ideas. MIR.
r. +. Millikcn has succeeded In the first task,
IL one may Judge by the twenty-six pictures
now at the American Art Galleries. Re-
stricted IN number, the collection Is rather
extraordinary In his cathoiicity. SO diverse
are the several schools that II Is hard
10 believe only one mans taste re-
spOnsible for the selections. Here Is q
Titan portrait. there a group OF Desas
ballet girls Homer Martin at his great
best has as near neighbor one OF Claude
Monct's Rouen' cathedral facades; Corot
comes next on the list to 4. ID. Currfer, an
American Of mature years and remarkable
gifts. who has long lived in Munich and
whose pictures are scarce as old masters.
I'm the list, too. are other Americans.
Frenchmen. an ErsIishman turned Gallo.
and an early Dutchman. All In all. the
exhibition VIII he accounted one Of the
noteworthy events Of the winter"
From the Evening Sun.
THE little group OF paintings at the
American Art Galleries Is a convincing
testimonial. n one were needed, OF Mr..
T.. L. Miliiken' judgment and taste. II Il
one OF the smallest that have been seen In
these galleries. and II Is one OF the choic-
est. Moreover, II Is q collection or pecu-
liar interest, inssmuch as several painters
hose works are seldom seen here In the
From the Evening Post.
Rare Assortment Of Fine Canyases-A
Titan Portrait striking Examples OF
Modern Masters.
"Twcnt,-siy pictures comprising the
Niillken collection have been hung In the
largest room Of the American Art Gal
leries, where. separated from one another
by spaces M g eloquent with rich hang
ing> Of velvet they present. as whole.
very dls~tlng uIshed appearance"
From the Times.
That Mr. 4. q. Mnliken Is a,crS d..
terminating PRISON In hts choice ~ pictures
on can see at n glance on entering the
upper CALLER, Of the American Art ts>0.
From nearly every frame amOnG
the twenty.,iN comes n nash NJ Interest,
and from some the cicar siguS Of geniu'
beci,ou."