The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-12

for monks of the Cistercian order The
Abbey stands toward the left of the COM
position, in the middle distance, sheltered
IN a tree-clad slope, which rises dark
against noble, upward sweep of clouds.
Toward the right the bold lines OF the
hill sink TO the plain, revealing fair stretch
Of English country and more distant hills
beyond The waters Of lake, since Will
son day filed up, divide the Abbey from
their nearer shore, simply treated fore
ground, from which rises a lofty tree.
Figures, too, are intro duced, men fishing
in the lake. much as Corot introduces figures
in his firest work, as something quite sub
sioliary, Just to help the composition.
But to snumerate details, to speak Of
rich and sober co'oring, or OF brushw ork
urobtrusive in its brC ad sufficicncy, all
this can convey but little nCtiCn Cf mas
tcrpiecc by RiCl ard Wilson. What causes
one to stand for long before this landscape
is the dignity Of the conct pt!cn, the mas.
terly rCstraint which makes no cheap APP
neal in brlFlwork, sentiment or coloring
and the solemn evening beauty which per-
vadcs the Whole. The picture attracted
much attention when shown last winter
at tic Burlin gton House exhibition OF old
masters works.
The second period Of Turner is illustrated
Ivy bright little picture. formerly in the
possession Of Lady dc Baltic; and by George
M0rland there is THE Wreck" one of
marine 5, ries painted during a visit to the
Isle Of Wight.
The Norwich school is represented by
three Of its best men, and by none more
finely than by its founder, John Crome.
His "Mousehold Heath" if n splendid COM
position, showing a wagner and lis
team Of horses crossing high part Of the
heath, a picturesque and rugged hummOck,
on which grow bushes and a broken tree.
The wagon being on the summit, liz in
fine relief against the evening sky, while
the descending Lorses are partially con-
cealcd behind the greenery of the hum
m0ck's crest,
The picture is extremely luminous and
in all respects an excellent work This,
too. was lent by Mr. Mccormick to the
Burlington House exhibition last winter.
The other pictures of the Norwich school
are two by James Stark, one of whose works
sold recently at Christie's for three times
the amount II brought n few years go,
ar one by George Vincent, called The
Ferry"
Tho Gainsborough landscape, "A For
eat Scene With Gypsies. is essentially n
tree composition, chief remarkable for
its interesting lines and fine maseins Of
foliage. Another of Mr.. MoCormick's pict-
ures, called -The Market Gardener, and
painted in the style of Albert Cuyp, bears
the name Of Thomas Gainsborough and
the date 1857
This also was shown at Burlington House,
and it is erhaps worth noting that, with
tho exception Of apparently only one paper,
the English and American press accepted
the work as a Gainsborough. The time
when he painted somewhat in the Flemish
way was, OF course, more than a score Of
years earlier. However, it Is a good pict-
ure, and painted probably by Jacob van
Stry. an eighteenth century imitator Of
Cuyp,
Other English landscapists to be men
toned are Benjamin Barker, an unusually
good example, Edmund Niemann. and
William Slayer; while Dutch landscape
painters are represented by large, Jan
Looten and a Jacob van Ruysdael, both
characteristic works.