The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-31
rHE SULLIVAN COLLECTION or
PAINTINGS.

Al the American Art GALLERIES an o.
bibition 10 being held Of the paintings col
lected by the late Mr.. H. Wood Sullivan
OF Brooklyn, which are TO be sold at auction
on Friday evening next. -.
With a very few exceptions they are all
by American painters and more charming
ensemble OF American art has never been
seen before In public In this city. II Is true
that the exhibitions which preceded the
Clarke and Evans sales were remarkable
ones. more remarkable than this In view OF
certain pictures, but the present displays
an evennees Of standard and with all its va
riety q uniformity Of taste and selection
that give it q delightful evenness. 1t rep
resents, indeed, the nne qualities OF col
lection made by person Of unusually SEN
sitive discernment. The result IL an ex-
hibition widely representative and OF such
a character as to prove that real judge
and lover Of pictures need not 60, beyond
the limits Of American art In order TO gratify
his tasto.
Like most collectors. Mr. Sullivan had
some personal preferences. and one OF
them was for J. Francis Murphy. 1t Is
preference that great many other people
share, but unless they happen to be intimate
with this artists pictures they will hardly
have realized before the charm and range
OF his work. Here, he is discovered to be
a master, not OF one or two moods, but OF
many with a quality Of expression almost
unrivalled In modern landscape painting.
Certainly Of it's kind 1t IL unique, for Mr..
Murphy, self-taught and severely self
critical is entirely individual. Viewed
In relation TO the choice Of subject. such
examples as The Brook 'Hazy October
and Afternoon in September represent
a charm that can scarcely be surpassed.
They are pictures that must live and Be
competed for in the future with increasing
ANOTHER artist for whom Mr.. Sullivan
displayed q preferences was Frederick W.
He again is a painter Of marked individu-
Atty and many moods. and finely repre-
sented low strong 70 The Kelp Gather
ers;' vigorous and splendid In color, Surf
Eshins soi EN- iTpI ,s the the Moon,
The Net Reel'l His other exhibits are
the work Of q painter who combines moro
than usual manliness with sensitiveness
Of feeling. And again, 1t IL true Of his work
that probably none Of r. he: as seen on one
assembled. such stirring confirmation OF
the estimation In which We hold him
It II Characteristic Of Mr. Sullivsn's
range Of sympathy; an evidence. In fact.
ri. Choice nat he ncSded " Ses Hs msns
OF the so-called impressionistic pictures;
and the visitor may note how naturally they
take their places with the rest Of the colleo-
ton. There are three examples Of Theo-
piicity Of Observation and delicate intuition
Of the spirit Of the scene. There are nine
examples by Childe Hassam, and the Isle
Of Shoals, painted In 1909, with all Its charm
Of color and animation. in both these quail
ties Is inferior to his later work, and proves
his continual development. Nothing. for
instance. could be more exquisitely subtle
than Spring Morning. Fifth Avenue and
Fifty-eixth Street. heavy load OF title for
80 delicate a subject; or more vigorous
storm in the City while The White Dory'
with its single occupant, q dainty girl. il
quite the most charming OF all his figure
subjects. seemin& to reach most com:
pletely the manifested naturalness and
at which he aims in his use Of the figure.
By John H. Twachtman there arc three
examples. and by another deoeseed artist,
Robert 4. Eichelberger. q single land
scspe. The Road to Sag Herb H,rSor;u = pict;;
color and with that tender elegiao feeling
that ono associates with Caxin; while stin
another landscape, Solitude. IL . U-
minder OF IN artist who passed away too
early, one VI Qut6 uuu6uoi POW0T uuo
depth OF sentiment-Richard PAUL Nor
in this connection should The Sentinel
by William Bliss Baker, b omitted, 9 work
OF delioacy and breadth. already far re-
moved In It's qualities Of observation and
rendering from the minute. though mas |
tarly, precision Of his earlier subjects. |
By George Innees there arc four examples,
and BY Homer Martin one.
Some Of tho names which are familiar |
to an increasing number Of collectors and |
are signed here 70 pictures OF sterling merit, |
are: Horatio Walker, Charles Fl. Davis, |
Bruce Crane, Paul Dougherty. George H. |
Bogert, Ben Foster. Alexander Harrison. |
Robert c. Minor, Leonard Ochtman. Arthur |
Julian Rix and Henry ". Ranger, while
among the painters OF the figure are Eliza
beth Nourse. Benjamin Eggleston. Albert
z. Sterner and Gilbert Gaul.
The exhibition Ia one that everybody
interested in native art should on no 40.
count fail to see.