New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-14
Art EXHIBITIONS.
The Healy Collection Of Dutch and
French Pictures.

The collection belonging TO Mr. A A TIeaiy. Of
ysrooklvr. witch IS view ut the American
galleries and is 10 be sold az MenIelssohn Hall
,,.rnorrow evening IS composed OF nlnety-four
-ocj-rl paintings, most OF them Dutch or French
= Is a collection oe great oretenslous but Il is
very good AIr IIealy has not sought extrao
nary masterpieces; Ia has locked rather for the
average FIRE work OF this that men Of talent
end ir 8 few cases for such work from the hand
~ 2 genius. Especially has he been at pains 10
tring together pictures illustrating the simple
charm OF nature.
Thr point is obvious IN the group of three paint
ines by Daubieny. For landscape sentiment ex-
messed with such gusto that one looks far beyond
the artists style to the exquisite substance Of his
theme his 'Springtme' Is one 81 the loveliest
things he ever painted. It comes from his post
humous sale Perhaps Il ne had lived he would
have worked over the canvas, broadening the now
rather closely analysed masses Of foliage But
This would have spoiled the fresh impression which
the picture leaves A good pendant 10 the Spring
tine" IS the same artists 'Showery Day IN
Spring" painting Of rich and even unctuous
tones His Banks Of the Marne'' IS attractive
enough. bat Il the spontanety of the arst
landscape mentioned and the handsome tone OF the
second. There are two Troyons in the collection.
capital little sketch called The Old Farm
House" and an interesting river scene The
Ferry" which not given quite the finish which
the painter probably contemplated. hut which IS
picturesque in design and contains some delicate
passages Of color. The single Rousseau The
OF romantic naturalism. Dupre and Jac0ue are
both represented; there Is n Enthusiastically Wig
orous stable Interior" by Gericault. and there
IS tolerahle specimen Of Corots treatment Of the
figure In The Bather." But the most Interesting
Of the French pictures after those which have
been more especially signazed. are the four land
scaPes by HarpiEnies and the three coast scenes
~ Boudln- The Boudtns make n brilliant group
% them. the "Trouville' being little fri
Umph Of his indirdualized method The way in
which precise definition Is combined in this pict-
uTe with breadth Of effect throws a food Of light
On the Importance OF sheer knowledge in the paint
ing of nature
The modern Dutch school offers to the student
one q the paradoNes in the history Of painting It's
technical principles have been held in common by
many artists and the latter have looked at the
sceHeTy ~ their native land in much the same
way selecting generally about the same pictorial
motives. Yet school Of our time has produced
work more persistenty artless and original. The
peasants 81 Josef Israes. the sheep Of Anton
AauTe The cattle Of Wlem Mars and the wind
mills II Jakoh Msr!s all stand for so many diff
ferent notes of temperament: hut all likewise
stand for The same sincerity ard simplicity the
same instinct for the beauty that is flung over
tie ordinary episoda OF Dutch life by tha sCftened
lights in an atmosphere laden with moisture. It is
scarcely necessary 10 particularize in Commenting
nj Healy's Dutch pictures. One fingers per
haHs little longer before some Of Them than be
f0Ie others The Sunlight" Of Albert Neuhuys;
The Holland Landscape Of Jakob Maris, with lis
=
hays an exceptional appeal Still there are quail
ties equally fine in the numerous works that are
shown Of Weissenbruch. Ter Meulen, Mesdag Bas-
teri Bosboom. kever and the rest. In fact there
Is nothing in this part OF the exhibition that is
without a certain interest. Finally there are
several American paintings. headed by a bewitch-
Ing little Autumn" early work, by Nj la
aTse. and including represent ative pieces by the
late A H Wyant, r. A. Blskelock, Childe Has
sam and the late George Inness. The collection
as wh0le has such merit that it's dispersal should
he matter If importance TO al those Tho buy
modern pictures.
There has just been opened 1T the Kennel Gallery
exhibition of early engravinzs Which comes very
Jag plly az the same time the Nuaderiich show.
reviewed in this place last week; for wfIle it
covers much the same ground regards one or
TWO artists, notably Durer, It's scope IS wider in
Is rich in the works Of Lucas { I.eyden. a type
of simple realism and straightforward technique
Lucas had little OF the imaginative power which
comes our fascinatlnglv In some Of Durer's
On life and great capacity for making his studies
Of It convincing. Il does not matter that his st
George Delivering the Princess for example. is
one Of the least romantic designs ever made. The
tnat we willingly dispense with the atmosphere
thar usually. in art. euveops the theme This
Erayer is impressive technician in some Of his
larger pla-es Ike The Triumph Of MordecaP and
nearer 10 the secret OF his genius. 10 the human
quality in him. in modest little designs like The
Musicians ana Christ Appearing TO the Magda-
len"
Of great importance for purposes Of study
the examples IN this collection Of masters not gen
orally familiar, Ike Martin schongauer, whose
markedly spirited composition, st. James the
Greater Overcoming the Sarscens," is shown IN
superb impression; and engravers Ike Israel Van
Nackeneu. Lucas CTsnach and Jacob Binck, who
for al their primitive and archaic qualities
have also ingratiating masculinty II is good
too the eight or ten specimens OF Heinrich
Aldegrever. the many small. beautifully polished
Christopher and 'Pyramus and Thisbe' Of Al
aTecIt Altdorfer The fun significance CT this last
mentioned artist IS only 10 be gathered. Of course
from lis pictures IN the German galleries. but these
two tiny engravings well to give hint Of
his clIriously delicate and original charm. Alt
dorfer is one OF the dantest flowers IN the garden
Of HIS genius was nurtured amid the harsh
winds OF the North. but ne poet after his
fashion. a lyric poet. and touches sometimes in
ways that DUrer himself might have envied. The
Keppel and wunderlich exhibitions together afford
an uncommon amount Of pleasure 10 the lover OF
old prints.
The succession Of lone man" exhibitions con-
tnues with almost bUrdensorne pertinacity. Few Of
these affairs have the value Of Mr.. TarbeIIs show
at the Montross Gallery, which, by the way, is not
20 be withdrawn to-day but viii last through the
week Yet they do not fall TO a merely per-
functory level. Ny Paul Dougherty, at the Mac
beth Gallery displays score Of pictures which If
not evenly interesting. in distinctly
merItorlous. He has true sense Of color. and in
some OF his paintings. such THE Wave and the
Cloud" and "sunt Mists." he gets not only beauty
of color, but brilliant effects Of light and atmos-
phere. There is much picturesqueness too in
he y1orraH