New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-13
ART EXHIBITIONS.
ME Collection Formed by the Late
Heber r. Bishop.

ssoes 80 have exhausted the energies OF
fsuiH .-o,,oisseIlr: but It is plain from the
Tnahs : ~ material now on exhibition at the
flsa. Art Galleries that even when the
Ahls'-.- bsen set apart Mr.. Bishops house
a. :. 90 remained veritable museum. II was
Tiui1 more especially Of Oriental art. Pos
80 che true collectors instinct. he hAeo
ss's'1 r,,-ro,,nded by all manner Of beauliiul
70 Oe 10 he accumulated paintings, bronses
H x-,,ture OF European origin, put 1t "eA' ~
o" -, that he looked for his chiefest 'ie89
NV Ir,,at he sought he seems TO nave "0
uIes :. ending This is essentially pei
..,,ac4ton. one rejecting individual 'H0'o
sOI-- 4n those treasures which are never DIS
ai- $50 through the giving Of wholesale o' -
- dealers In these rooms orlnnlilis
!" -. - o-,antalia we come constantly upon ~
"'' W., --ize which proclaims speclal aF'i
--,c+ical antiquarian research 1he '0is'
~. begins next Wednesday afternoon an
'~.,-usz through dozen successive ee-'
- .,.s-+ of unusual Importance.
a.. ~ the paintings collected by nj. 0'o De-,
.-s,,icuous on the threshold OF t+le 0A
90 a.. They do not suggest the paTIicu4'-i
-, NJ which the jades at the MeIro
.,.h q brilliant memorial: they seem o'i1e-
w =. besn purchased for decorative pnI
: TN q feeling for interesting suD!eot' +o4
80, charm. The little group OF al0ANO--
-. & 6eIightfuIly balanced At the cen
% g there is an exquisite Coro"
l' - a5orning." and with this we must
Ans Landscape by Dupre- Ihere
T,ovors- g capital sheep and Pasture
Nls s,.oe n a Iovelier vein, Landscape anu
go. - which. for delicacy OF hanoHhs anu
- 81 cor1position, must rank as one OF t'o
Vea.'. ras,re nietures by the Frenchman ever
H'' .. +pis country. There is a graceful
80, bv riaz In this group, Flora
-s.velr painted from fine model 6e'wee'-
-. and the specimens Of modern Con-
~ ,..--s+,z,e or sentiment, OF which the
,,It NJ the collection is formed tleFs 10 oi'o
.,s.,-bistorical composition, and there are Two
-...+.-1v hits of pure painting. which at'Eac'
,,rtieula- attention. Carrie Vernets long panel
.. Roman Triumph" is one OF those ols1ln-
-,,sb.d souvenirs OF the earlier academic scnoo'
N france which only too seldom stray INTO al
American auction room Though the numerous
asures in It ere painted on small scare me
rork as a whole is heroic in conception me
.,,n,ultr;ous procession in which the Roman gen
srsl's chariot appears, being set against PACK
ground filed vith some OF the most stupendous
rnonurnepts Of the Eternal City The test OF
The painters judgment was severe, involving as
Il die the question as 20 how those monuments
sboIld be depicted without the risk OF over
rhsluning the human actors in the scene YER
nets solution Of the difficulty vas TO give an
intimate impression Of his mighty architecture
IN reIieve il nv touches Of landscape and 70
envelop his whole design in an atmosphere as
Of stately yet familiar life, There is nothing
theatrical about this Triumph" Without, on
III. other hand attempting too realistic treat
rsnt of his theme, the painter has succeeded in
surEesting thoroughly natural and character
is,lc SPECTACLE This is unmistaka bly, q museum
picture, and II viii be pity If It does not pass
into the keeping of our institution IN Central
Park
We would like to see there, too, the pair Of
technical triumphs to which allusion has Just
bssn made These are The Cock and the
Pearl" and THE Heron and the Snail both by
Philippe Rousseau whose art is almost never
eeen in this country. There is rich, unctuous
quality IN the first Of the two pictures breadth
'n the handling and massiveness IN the color
which painters dealing with subjects Of the sort
only very rarely achieve VoIlor. perhaps,
might have equalled this performance. but he
would not have given the color so mellow q tone.
Though The Heron and the Snail" is not quite
50 brilliant a piece Of work as the other, II is,
nevertheless not unworthy OF its companion.
One or mo Of the modern Spaniards give q good
account Of themselves in this collection-Marttn
Rco with pleasant. low toned landscape. Cap
Martin Mentone" and the wonderfully clever
Domingo with q bewitching little military sub
Sect 'The Reconnaissance" There is also q
good specimen in The Connoisseur," Of Casa
nova, who is that rare phenomenon, a Spanish
hurnorist- But France and Germany ara mostly
70 The fore. The advanced wing Of the former
school is represented by small but typical
pastel by Degas. The Dancers" In the more
familiar style OF the school are the six military
studies by De Melville and the two by Detaille,
al OF them disclosing the observation and the
ready draughtsmanship which have made thos
artists famous Admirable for workmanship as
ven as for picturesqueness OF subject are Ribots
Inc Gunmaker's Apprentice and Roybet's
he Standard Bearer" French sentiment in
It's most popular estate is here in the shape of
The Pet Bird, by Bouguereau, the portrait of
? "insome little eirI with a bulIfnch perched
upon her finger. The German contingent yields
similarly attractive pieces in the Girls Head"
q Knaus and the "Sappho' Of Becker and
rom Austrian sources we have an elaborately
PAINTED anecdote by Brozik, The Uncles Visit
one or Two of Jhese subject pictures are rather
gloomy, notably Gabriel Max's Raising Of
'airuss Daughter" and Nunkacsy's hauntingly
dramatic and widely celebrated composition,
The Last Hours Of a Condemned Man But
practically al Of Mr.. Bishops pictures make for
oieerfulness, The representative works are pas
tages OF sweet human sentiment. like The Ris
ING Tide" of Israels; picturesque costume
studies Ike The Valet de Chambre,'' of Vibert
Vt the captivating portrait Of a Dutch peasant
sH4 by Boughton. the picture called "A Bit OF
h'oe and White" The American paintings on
me walls, few in number. are by such veterans
as F {, Church, Sanford R Clifford and Albert
6ierstaot, The paintings. by the way. VIII be
sod al Mendelssohn Hall on the evening of