The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
TBE vaNDERBILr COLLECTION.
THO rtr,ares Loaned ~ the Metropolitan
Museum COLLECTIONS

one hundred and thirt y-fve pictures, a
por,ion Of the W u varderhil, collection,
hn ". hccn loaned 10 The museum for one
year hy Nr George ". Vanderbilt. Tho
oil paiutirg p will bc found In Gallery q and
.onc water color In IA. adjoining alcovr.
r p present notice must he concerned with
a." group Of pictures by the Rarblon
~ inteis
The occasion IL memorable " only for
tho opportunity which the public now have
Of r,.iug -1h. Sower.- by lear Frar c',s
Nill,t. first exhibited at the Salon of 1890
Probably i, Is Millpt's masterpiece ccr.
,ainlyr T. the suffice, with which his name q,
infgr,shRblv associated In the ina inaiion
oi art 'ovrrS - Icing at oncr 80 ~, a
~tL deep fccl,ng and :" free from any
touch e s~entimentaliSm or even % that
r rtic p-ssimism, noble W, a little narrow.
thai on feels Sometimes iu this arr 49,
work ENruing IL rc,tlins down over IN.
slopiug r~luughland and the figure comes
toward IL In the gloGmiIc; a Young man
with sof' HAT nell down over his forehead:
the graihbag fastened round his dull. red
shirt. the tight bl,c trousers cnca-rd at
tho caly,~ with h1v bands.
lie moves WIKI "a swift decisive action.
VI TfHfH6 - ''l'I w ~ w w.
d,,o.i,u "a du's. he 'r~r carnage ~ his
body ami the Ilnr - M right arm. supple.
s'rnng and rhythmic: q very cadence -
movement. ~ paJc-tlc a. IL j. lovly The
strength "l the earth IL in his gait: a."
promise nf her energy in his own Young.
a. vc' urdaun'ci. spirit. her fccundi'y i
in HE h!o9i and his the sharc ia her re-
newal of fruit.ulncss. For the nonc- hc
4 - 1900. a.. l,,n ,&l Y...-
figured into a solemn ritual. Never -
profoundly did Millr' elsewhere touch the
po-,rv and religion Of tho pastoral life
A soa o: tho soil, Interpreting through
knowleds. ami love the life of the earth
ti!lcrS ard tenders ~ focks. he rises her.
above sympathy for the individual and
reaches m. fundamental relationship ~.
tween labor and nature. between the COM
ing and the going of the seasons, and those
Of the lie Of man. In The Sowcr- he
has created a tyTr.
". turn 20 The Water Carrier In ~.
WOMAN coming from drawing water D."
wrote TO his iri,.nd Thore In isen. i dill MT
try to portray a servant. Int a wife Who
has jus, dra~r water for her household
nccis ! wished TO show her nc
e mplishing with simplicity and wiling.
ness an nCf WHEN u, WIN we olnet N'ufS'-
h ID duties, an ~evcry-day iar' ~ her lie =
Here. again. II " the normal relationship
he,wcen labor and life tina, Nilln' has had
To- wind. not -s~king In his reasan; > sub
jcct for yicturspuencss or fanciful poetry,
o. most other peasant painters haN" done,
pirturng a mild Arcadia. Toll and The
isi1r 81 ch~ili-bcaring have cuar-an"d
tbs woman figure. her fa". i rrdden''t
and hardened by exposure 90 weather aud
bv kaning over the fire ard wash bucket
W., beneath ,h. ,ou.hrucd rnd ther" :
still n sweetness. a sound heart and the
iuic, e we'll doing lie tells ~, also, ir
MS letter how he sought iOr truth -tha'
che should appear To hc carrying neither
more tor les than the weigh u tho iull
pails; that under the kind of gr'ma~r that
j. forc,i IN her by the dragging down Il
the arms and the la!f-cl'-"t ewes 90"
~ould div me on her face an air e rustic
Rroinets
A truth Of observation that oonprehends
tho inward a. well Ne outward facf-' The
picture. however. cannot fail TO suffer hy
cent rs-' with The Snwer:- The Inp'i'"
being narrower and altogether lcs- in