New-York tribune., 1907-12-06
Stu9u of Daup,ier, and Othel
Books on Art.

..,xoRE DAUMIER- Collection Of His Social
AeAfFo esd Foitical csrcatures Together with thar an In In,
HGfssT wb Tsgen5gs as sill ,IlnFTa'ions
Mo, ~ SOCIETY OF THE EIGHTEENTH
ENGLIs4rIIr ENGL-Ilss4IrRY IN CONTEMPORARY ART BY
.45ss--sal Davies. T. s. A. sve, PIP !, IS z I.
button & Co
r,. French nation, always so rich in artistic
-.sources. has been peculiarly fortunate in its
....r;a1 satirists These men have often heen
=. ,,odern times. of genius. lowered not
- with the wit that is half the battle at the
s,+ i,1,t with the gift for style which is the
&c ,rese-vative in e work of art Indeed the
-,-ian caricaturist seems sometimes to pursue
oroinalIv minor task with an authority and
t-i11iaroe TO be envied by many of the Acad-
~-.,cisns who would. perhaps, disdain to labor
= his province. Who would not give a sketch
.r Forsin. steinIen. wilette or Touleuse-Lau-
= fc- FIVE out Of six of the Dortentous can
,asae which are annually displayed in the
e.1on hv so-cared leaders in the school of to
So If there is anything in the idea that the
cot men Of one generation fertilize the soil
g. the next then the diabolically clever artists
= rontraartre owe an unpayable debt TO Honore
T.unjer. He was d man OF genius. if ever there
- one z craftsman in whose work YOU
4os1 everywhere the touch Of the creative mas
- The fact is clearly if not exhaustively il
srx--1teQ MISS N~a4S 4sioi-be7iot'--' 60
-~,t+sn As 4 kind OF preface 10 a collection OF
,,celeut reproductions
us wish this collection could have been made
r+,le more comprehensive. Miss Cary OBJ
- that she has seen cnly few Of Dau-
-ss-,s nsintings but she might we'll have in
,rds5 those few. In fact no book about
-,.r-,ier is really symmetrical that falls 10
,,n. mt the extraordinary power he disclosed
:, .be manipulation OF pigment The romantic
,ss of his temperament appears IN his paint
, ss ., never quite reveals Itself in his carlca-
+r-es We note with regret also that the repro
Auctions Of his drawings do not include his dra-
-,atic masterpiece. the famous Rue Trans
-.nain - though from an allusion in the text II
&c rlain that Miss Cary Intended 10 give TINS
ro-k Let Us, however, be grateful Tor tne
ssventv-six sketches here assembled They
.bow after all what Daunlier did most OF the
.n,e He studied the types Of Partisan bohemia
of the law courts. OF the parks, Of the homes
of The bourgeois. and Of ths streets. and de-
u,aated them with truth and sardonic
.r,,or incouparably vivid and individualized
-.o ieqeoss 1Inder MS drawings have, OF
.cu-se 2 certain significance. but If they were
-,s-+ad +he lover Of craftsmanship and the
-,sa,t of human nature would still find aoun-
dsnt iuspiration in the drawings taken by theIn-
selxes Miss Cary speaks OF his sense OF move
-1eut" going on 70 say Of his later h'hogiaph
that ''the energy OF motion is in every llhe Of
. .,s men and women and children, Of the dogs
a,5 rats and horses-nothing is fixed or posed
sve--tning is ready TO shift and change as IN d
rananese drawing OF the Uaiyo-ye school, Ihls
element il Daurnier's art is important HIS pan
n-sma ot Partisan life brinns over with VltaI'E'
The types he portrays are alive TO their HhseF
.ps. The secrets OF their characters are e2-
rosed in flashes OF expression and gesture
,hi.5 II vas the more remarkable for him TO
arrest, considering the bold and sonlelliiieS
-orpb si-nplicitv Of his style Miss Cary has
written charming sketch Of the man ana ms
career. and has made her selection rom MS
.r,-,,. 6, far as II goes. with perfect Judgment
II Is welcome book.
The arts in England in the eighteenth century,
as n France during the same period were
.,..-,-, s+ -ha service of the world Of fashion
r-,s fsc+ &c touched upon incidentally by all
t,ov-arbers o. the English masters. but It Is
,-eo.e5 4or its own sake in the attractive little
,,,,,-,e inst u,,blished by Nr. Randall Davies
-4e has NOT confined himself 10 the portraiture
-+icb Was 81 transcendentally important At TINS
s-,s tu, has sought in the works OF HogaTth,
rev,o1as C:ainsbo-ouEh and others the general
movement OF society. Drawing freely on ola
memoirs he has revived something OF It's atIhoS-
phere in his pages enhancing the picturesque
note in lis text with many Illustrations, some
cf which are printed in colors- As study OF
manners the book, for all its brevity, does very
well
From the Frederick A Stokes Company we
have received q couple OF volumes IN the new
series or Masterpieces in Color One Of these
is given 10 Telasquez and the other to Reynolds
The text in both. a terEe biographical and
descriptive essay. is by Mr.. 5. L. Bensusan As
regards the eight reproductions in each volume
# must be said that they do not, Of course. give
perfectly satisfactory impression Of the
originals, but that. equally Of course, could
hardly be expected What has been accom-
pnshed IS a kind OF reproduction singulaTiy
beguiing in itself and forming, on the whole a
sympathetic souvenir OF the master interpreted
In some instances the colored plates are aston
ishingly effective. Sir Joshua's Lord Heath
held" makes z very good appearance in the
Illustration here presented. and one or two OF
the portraits by Telasquez. the Don Fernando
and the Donna Mariana OF Austria" are SO
good that by themselves they would carry the
book Il is capital series
To -Ncwnes' Art Library. published IN this
country BY /. Warne & Co. there has just
f-sD added a volume on Raeburn- The usual
biographical introduction is pleasantly writ
zen by Mr. Z, s. Clouston- Following this
are twoscore full page halftones which ad-