New-York tribune., 1903-02-26

third sale is scheduled to begin this afternoon
and 70 continue Tomorrow and Saturday. This
occurs at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. and
VIII 6isperse q collection of ave hundred Chi
rese embroideries hangings and costumes
Here as among the pcrcelains. jedes and ivories,
which are getting to be so familiar IN the
auction room, the quality is'varied in the ex-
irene StuTs that commonplace in design
and poor in color occupy good deal Of space
Rut there IS an abundance Of material here that
< no. only gorgeous but in good taste. and. in
dead for the modest collector seeking decorative
fabrics ar e reasonable price. this auction oners
sn excellent opportunity AS though these sales
were not enough to keep the lover Of the East
husv. an exhibition of japanese prints has been
one,e5 at the Internat tional Gallery. No East
r-o-+is+b-st The principal masters are repre-
seuted by good prints, and the collecuoh hds
hasn very pleasantly arranged. Altogether IL is
,fe4, that no one in New-Tork has any excuse
eo- rAr-7ai7;pg in ignorance Of the broad charac-
-sristios Of Oriental art
Tie most interesting Of the one ma"
rfb5+ions Al present open uptown is the one at
-ba Kennel Gallery Of drawings by DahleI
z-ia-ze the famous illustrator OF QueFeoo
.ePzblo De Segovta. His work IN that pooA Illus'
--ain the peculiar source Of his fame IL IS ms
g-+e-,iAce Fsu+ Verge has done much else
fact everything that has ever come from ms
,-= b.- ona1f-z and the series Of sketches
sbo7rr 7,non the present occasion, though OF tar
less magnitude than the Pablo series, is one OF
distinct charm and value. II was produced some
seveu or eight years ago and puphsneo o! Nlle
Sc-ibners in q book entitled On the Tran OF
T1or e,,ixo+e,' hv Mr. A 2. Jaccaci- Both text
and pictures in that volume were Proouceo III
svnpathv with the aUstere pieturesqueness OF
La Mancha and with tn spirit OF CerVaI1'es'
We rnight be pardoned II we were 10 speak at
length again Of the success with which the col
5aharsrors sketched in the unchanging back
GROUND provided as well by the Spain Of to-
day as by the Spain Of the past for an immortal
romance. But the importance Of the exhibition
now ~ the Keppel Gallery lies in its presenta-
lion If yierge's rer1a rla bic technical qualities
a first hand SO 70 say Like every modern
artist who has accomplished anything realIy
fine and brilliant. ne has his hystercal admirers
MI Joseph Pennell. apparently obsessed by the
fancy that this noted draughtsnan is dis
oovery Of his own. has been clanorous in season
ard out CT season over his genius, and he is
duly quoted IN the catalogue Of these later de-
signs. In comparison with Eierge,' he says,
'-Uurer knows nothing Of light and shade, Bellini
and Van Dyck and Holbein are heavy and Ia
hc-ed il their handling. while Piranesi and
CanaIetto have but an historical interest" To
talk in this inflated fashion is 10 render an III
service 20 Verge.
Rational appreciation. such as Hanerton, for
example, gave him. is the kind Of appreciation
for which one sighs on reading q passage like
that just quoted from Mr.. Pennell Vierge him
een never held such prsposterous ideas about
his work Indeed, 10 one visitor in his studio
some years ago the modesty Of the man seemed
one Of his most engaging traits. The truth is
thst his drawings are not for moment 70 be
compared with those Of the old masters There
Is no common ground on which TO compare
them To talk Of Durer and Tierge to the dis
advantage Of either is abou: intelligent as TO
bracket BotticelH with Fortuny- We are rem
dering the modern draughtsraan sufficient honor
when we praise him as a master Of black and
white effects contrived with special reference to
their reproduction on a printed page. In this
sphere Verge is a man Of extraordinary tndi-
ziduslity and power It is surprising to OBJ
serve the comparatively small scale which
these Don Quixote drawings are made The
s-tist does not rely upon reduction 10 close up
his lines and refine them They are perfect as
they stand Of a wonderful deIicacy. He knows
exactly where TO stop; in fact il is no exaggera-
ton 70 say that there is not a s1perauous touch
fn any one Of these illustrations They are less
r5ch il sharp contrasts Of black and white than
The Pablo drawings Many Of -Iern, indeed, are
throughout Of dainty gray tone But even in
these subtle gYays Vierge uses the precision
which IS one cf his most personal character
istics. Some Of his patches Of tone are made CT
lines as firmly and as delicately drawn as If
done with the point OF a diamond
Il Is his great merit, moreover that he has
never been content 10 play the mere virtuoso.
like SO many Of his initators. bat has put his
technique st the service Of ideas. The drawings
In this collection are fuE OK human nature; they
give US faithful studies Of types in action: and
these tvpes by the way, whenever they are
sketched out Of doors, are set II a oehghtfuIly
persuasive environment. Fierge is al his nap
piest ia the treatment of a figure or OF an Old
interior but he has the insight of a Spaniard
into the landsca De structure and sentiment OF
his native land, and his scenery is invariably
accurate and beautiful It is not necessary or
desirable 10 exaIt him one Of the most colos-
sal men Of genius that ever lived Take him for
what he is a pen draughtsn1an working under
essentially modern conditions, and he has no
rival for truth and invention. manual dexterity
and originality Of style.
At Heinemann's Art Gallery, No. 500 Fifth
ave- there is z collection of portraits in oil and
IN pastel by Mr. William D Schwill an artist
whose work vividIy suggests the influence Of
Lenbach- lie is q conscientious and deliberate
craftsman too deliberate at times, for some Of
his most ambitious portraits show dragging and
neTveless handling IN the contours, and are far
TOO heavy IN modelling. His best portraits are