New-York tribune., 1902-02-14
Notable Paintings
Belonging TO
Mr.. E.F.Milliken
OF THIS CITY
From the sun.


"RareIy one see a private collection
intrfnsicaily worth seeing. There nre only
twenty-six pictures. but the quality through
out Is high and I'm many cases pre-eminent
To cathoIictty of taste has been Joined n
very choice discernmcnt. and the selection
In almost every instance suggests not only
carefully cultivated instinct for what fs
"stheuc"Iiy fine and worthy. but also
desire to possess IL for the pleasure and
proht of Its compsniOnship- So with n viEor-
Gus and heartfelt ecIecticism the collector
has ranged from Titan to own painters,
dipping, by the wuy, into the treasures of
the Bnrbizon men. and cleaning from the
later harvest of impressionism. always with
no mere p-fde of acquisition. hut with the
serious desire of Intelligent npprecfa-
tive possession. It is In Its way n model OF
what "A small collection should be-"
From the Tribune
very rarely do the people of New York
have the opportunity tn see good "A coIIec-
ti"n of pictures as that which MIR. f. f.. MILL
Ken has placed on exhibition the Ameri-
can Art Galleries. he sold auction IN
Friday evening. February IL. at MendeIs-
sohn Hall. liz contains twenty-sfx
works. Some of these q great value. and
not one IL had triv inl, dull The list Is
varied 1t is dignihed and interestings
Tttiun and Degns- Miilet and William NJ
Chase, Puvis de Chavannes and AdoIphe
Monticello are among those who figure In It,"
From the Mail and Express.
"Grnnted the requisite money and taste,
picture buyers find the difficulty fn
limiting the size and uphofding the quality
of their collections ns clergy men are said 10
experience In trying to write brief sermons
that shall convey all their ideas. Mr.. f. #.
MiIIiken has succeeded In the first task. III
may Judge by the twenty-six pictures
the American Art Galleries Re-
stricted I'm number, the collection Is rather
extraordinary I'm his cntholicity. So diverse
are the several schools that it il hard to be-
IIeve only mans taste responsible for
the selections. Here is Titan portrait.
there group of Degas ballet girls; Homer
bor of Claude Monet's ROuen cathedral
facades; Corot comes next on the list to C. D.
Currier, American of mature years and
remarkable gifts, who has long lived i'm
Munich and whose pictures scarce old
mnsters- On the list. too. are other Amerf-
cans, Frenchmen. EngIIshman turned
GaIiie. and early DutehmHn. All I'm all.
the exhibition viii he accounted one OF the
noteworthy events of the winter"
From the Evening sun.
"The little group of paintings mt the
American Art Galleries il n convincing testi-
mOniaI. IL were needed of MIR. E. f. MIL
likcn's Judgment and taste liz is one of the
smallest that have been seen In these CALLER
les. and it Ia one of the choicest Moreover,
il Is n collection of peculiar interest, fnas-
much ns several painters whose works are
seldom seen here i'm the auction rooms are
well represented"
From the Evening Post.
Rare Assortment of Fine Canvases-A Titan
Notwithstanding Examples of Modern
Masters
''Twenty-six pictures comprising the MiIff-
ken collection have been hung m the largest
room of the American Art Galleries. where.
separated from one another by spaces made
eloquent with rich hanEinGs of velvet. they
present. N whole, a very dfstin gufshed
appearances"
From the Times.
THAT Mr. f. r. MiIIiken Is n very discrfm-
mating person I'm his choice of pictures ono
can at a glance on entering the upper
gallery of the American Art Association.
From nearly every frame among twenty
six comes IN Hash OF interest. and from some
the clear signs of genius beckOn."