The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
lRT nm ARTISTS.

An ar, dealer " ho combines a love of art
with his appreciation Of the commercial
possibilities ~ IL wa commenting a few
DAYS ago on tho fact that there j. not an
art paper in Now York al In this country
which coNers the art Geld. even locally
1t scstn. 20 me little short ~ remarkable. >
he said, that with art appreciation. art
patronage. ard Pr, Itself. In the productions
Of our artists. constantly expanding in this
country. and above all in this city. there i
still no art paper That comes NV here
near Geing IN ar record
New n,agazins~, and mail and larger
nai erS of many -orts are l-inc started ron
~ ual!y, vet here II a slhJc IN which many
pccplc arr Interested professionally AID
COMMERCIALLY, aud very MANY morn h'Cau-''
thcy are personally iONcrs uf art, here - a
pursuit IN Who's aChicvcn cnir wealth
j. every day investing and ipdulging Irut"
a. gslv and more liberallv and. II l. graft.
fVing To 10 at 10 To NY, more INTEL gently
We, 'hc-- Is not a single publication Of
my kind deyoting itSelf To- such an inpnr-
tant %iniNrcst.
An that We have IN Now York that l.
81 any tee TO H. ar" ,h" daily nov ,paI"'"S
And 81 these Tue NrS l. far III" most u-"-
fnl The L..t rcurd that I know Il = ar,
untter- IA tits c'tv j. a look 81 Clippings
" hich | have carefully kept year ~ wear.
myself. and IL j. made up chiefly IT clipptngS
from THE SIN
One 81 the rnh avenue dealers with
Iordon connections Rough, up a nunhr- e
pairtings 10y recognized masters At the
auctions of tho pasi season. some ~ them
~ salcs held by other DEALERS. simply TO-
cnuse ,ha pictures wer~ going ~ PRICES
well undcr tho London market. One car
W, 10 hcugh' AZ n rc~cr' sale Tor s'.0cr.
- - -. - III - "a.
n, o.? NJ He expects to sell IL here. bur
hought ~ in the certainty that he could
ship II abroad ~ \ profit II nc~d h.
TN man sli a day or two ago IT.
only tc~ause thcre II = standard market
over there. and nom such here. that ! have
made hes purchases. Pcopl. here DO not
know the market value Of thrS" painters,
merely bcCau-sihcir names are not familiar
10 them In tho public -al'.. They know
the names. and the approximate values that
60 With them. . a comparatively ,nnll
rumtcr of artists, whose works they have
b.sDome familiar with chiefly because the
dealers here have pushed these mon. Per-
-nns who have studied know other anne
but they have heard littl' oi III" CONNER
cial valur of the canyases that bear thcm
-Fiv, wears ago there We're ~ few ~ q
nainitrcs outside ~ the familiar run In this
country which were At all likely 10 come
upon tho market. that II waS scarcely worth
ore'- vhile to ny TO post up on prices
Fire pictureS have come over ~ very fas'
even ia these foS wears. however. that II
anvthing like the present rate k.eps up
IL y ~ 10 only a short time now when good
iictur's frC N y more comprehensive ca'a-
Iogle of painters will ron up Tor sale often
enough. ~ that prices Will te made for
them here and We shall have a standard
market hero TOO.
''Br 80 Lt'l" attention IA raid 20 keep
irg a record of these art acquisitions Of
citi7crs of tL.i~ country. hat even TODAY
what We know of them ~ N" records
kept los dcslcrs for their own ~rurposo--
comes rr.ucilaily from English puulica-
lions fut the ART movement her" - only
isgun II y continues A. irrr~t-ii IN a.
II has .-gun. both ~ IN" as milling 81
master works from Europe by rich col
I.c'ors and In ,l- fresh ont giving 81 III
hoS, American artists. this city If Nov
Work wa l." the greatest picture market
| Of tlc world. without u'rrrnc" 4" any
I'D world ci'y. And Il looks a. though
, t.i- time were very near
Tho picture suCti or bcccm"S morn popu
lar IN New York. instead q growing less 80,
| notv 'hsranding the abu~e Of II 30 which
| un~scripulous dealers and inscriptions
auCt onccrs re<ort every season IND u
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