The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
P,i>rERs avn ART AsRoAA
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rueum q ..-t Nsln~-,i,, a. his -~~-id"ncs,
Crow . y - ~ John . N1n,t
Ihousb turing tN" la-i thirty vars hs
exhibited fr.ru.u'I, a. thr lcad-uy and
rls~wh~r. hi. vurk vt- i'tlc no,iC~d bv
w. putIic 10 "a MT q k'usi - al tina.
ever hNz teen viu,iy f. puiaf lie was
d-,oted', classical ,hndsraI", a -iyl" ha-'d
llrr'l, upHu tha' IT hts master. Giovanni
costa. AMI his mu-' suoy,'>-ful pictures
w~rr - sui "r'- IA italy.
Probably hr reached ms highest level ~
ACHE weren't IN N" va d'Nrno.- hA',ng
lootci upon thr loycIy valley In tho glamnr
OF IA. ",yt,ue Urh' wthahiud e reverence,
Nhich me --'~ ~pIyturaiy oppressed This
picture. a. pr ,u' ia N" ,ork exhibition.
wa shown a. o., Nrt''Ty 4 Isni and pur-
chased fur ,h- ua''uu urd"r the terms -
10" han ~, t"uu..' ~ Francis ,hantrcy.
he sculptor. Irr a SUM Il money, he ,n-
tcrrs' uu vh,H. 1h.u. I..s" a war. Is Nc
IA. disposal ~ 'h" president and Councii
- ~" Row Academy for IN" purpose
- encouraging az go Great Britain In
'l, same wear 1rd inr a like sum, 20
gIirrn-. the rurrt,-'d Mr. Shannoh'>
-tinw"r carl M" after canvas h., and thu
former -.-,u wei l-'. PLACED 90 ~" National
Gallery ~ British NJ
On tho preceding Wednesday 81 this
.,ettful Jun" 'hrr' iIri at the age 81 ~
a man 81 singular versatility. painter
~ mu,h natural Uhiltv. a brilliant writer
On architecture and Italian art. n highly
~ He'd mus an and composer IN N" style
~ Handel. q .hoIat who wuh much dis
play " "rudg ION tT"i 10 prove that thu
Odyssey mu-' have i.-u written 10y a
woman. a lifelong enemy 20 Darwin and
champion uf IAmsrck. and a militant
di-t--li"ver ~ supernatural religion. This
was Mr.. samuel Hut her. who. Just thirty
YEAR. ago. published '~trowhon,' the clev-
ere, and most scathing -piai satire writ
ten since the DAYS of swift.
-Erwhon- tof cour-' al anagram ~
.~uowhrr-'i L. book describing an mag
mary country who's" inhabitants hold
DISEASE to h.. n crime and moral delin-
urirncy n matter for medical treatment.
The notion was in a sense prophetic, for
Prof Fern and other leading criminolo-
gists ~ to-day would not consider II para
dnxiral Also certain II IN. views hs
expressed on art anticipated some now
gaining ground.
HIS severe criticism q the school ~
Raphael excited much unfsvorsble com
m.nt. even anger. wears ago Later.
when a witty and brilliant American artist
was reported 90 have uttered this faint
praise. " u 9 Raphael painted very cred-
itably for he years people only laughed.
And now IN some y-the'io circles Il 10
quite fashionable To iecry Raphael.
Tho tendencies % International taste
not, - course. the most advanced or ret
rograde. but the average tast@-may
probably be better studlet In the London
auction rooms than anywhere else. II IL
hero that notable collections usually ar"
-pld. and hi,her hat the dealers. great and
little, usually come 2" seek that for which
their clients are muS willing to pay. One
Of the chief features Of the London picture
sales AT present IL the high and increasing
value of work hv various British artists.
In the DAYS Of King Henry VIII, he
aud hl- peuTl" were convinced thAt only
Foreigners could paint. AID his Success
-ur- on the throne hav" generally CON
'inu~i IN li- opinion and imported
painter fellows from abroad These
subsequent impurtation-, 10y tho by.
have not Invariably been ~ good ~ Hol-
h"in Bat among tho lieg"- there has
slowly spread. hN sume strange chance.
, kind 4 restless f'"liag. a suspicion. that
possibly al~n ua'iv" painter fellows could
pa,r'. Il drives them 'u the ROYAL Acaseiny
AID other painting places. wh"r" ono hears
tho veifde-t views expressed by peopl"
otherwise sane II caIses ancient families
Ia haul ancestral portraits from their attics.
even t. dust them nay, even 10 varnt-h
them with coach vanish wondering
vaguely whether thew are up TO much.
Mayta Il, II the birth - 'h" artistic vision.
Such powers Il I'm" discrimination as
the ,pluu now pus'.--cs concern dead
painters OILY \ living ou" - real merit
has a. good a chance To s'sTv" AZ cVef.
and. iui",i. the merits uf tho dead Ns
iusi a. kr!y 'n hc undiscovered as not.
What heir work may sell for D. another
question.
Whether the International Intellectual
ai'i'Id. toward art b. moe Intelligent
may b, observed ~ thris'ir's. thr chi"f
International AT mari L"aNug out -
acr. M t.r rare 'NuLuis-"ur. 70 will soon
10" ul'lr,i that th" Instincts TO which a
work = ar aYpcal- are hy ~ means -
th,'ir. iu,y are 'hu-" OF business and sport
,iug.y OF lu combination
\ Romu"v q -um" uu'" appeared 'h"rs
the Other d,v -" loIdul ipI-r-. do
-rnuiug 90" sale. -'a'r fh,r % va,s purirUit
u, Mis-. Slrtn E.'hsri. "a uf.,i 10 iTSi:
that -hr .rar- 'Il-. ''a' aru Do" oth"t,
and subsequently, married H'u SIR ~"
1.r'r INlz information. ,Hr'sIr'd N
'hc catalogue. i. -uN'.'a'' ,I'.Ui-W. -ufi-
c,.ut d.-arp.u' I..r bal. '"tn that
"A great .r 49, -....''.f. prepared and
possibly a.,iuu- f. .n 30 l.'uu'' r"''rds