New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
LONDON ART.
British Painters EnconraseLPo,,
enstein's Academu.

stable or turner. and Orchardson has 49,,
record price. since an American colIsc,o. .1H'''
ternined to have strong exau1ple y, 80
British Acaden1jcian. Even so re~.,. 20
az Campbell Taylor, who has not ,,.
elected an associate OF the Acads-ov an.
his works have been well hung drr,n, ,.'l
few years, has not gone begging ar sh.
room. The late Humphrey Roberts gbo..~
ures and drawings have been s6ld ,b,,
may be said TO have discovered him. for
chased a dozen Of his works and addss r..
his collection OF British. French and r,,.4,
,ers. Macbeth Swan. Riviers and o-h.- L.,
painters did not fare worse un6s- N.
mer than earlier masters. who we're ,s.,.
in life and honored after death. o..ss-.
and MiIlais. as the sale proceeded. ne. NJ,
much appreciation as Corot. Diaz. rav,,~n
Harpignies. Jacque. IsrasIs and Jar-.z w.-
and this was practical evidence tns. 80
British work intelIigentIy selected by
noisseur is as good an investment as rr.-..
Dutch pictures. The Humphrey Psa4--, :.
has done much to encourage British co,se....a
nurchase the work Of the best paints-s =, ~
dav. since prices have been fairly vsu -,a.
tanned and in some instances actually rss-.s
Sir James Knowles in his time vas an ,-s-.
frtOUS s--.
havs will be required for auctfoning Of NJ. ~.
ures. drawings. etcfings and engravingy -s.-,
was small Raphael az Queen Anns's rts,,
81. Janes's Park, where he lived 50 nnarv v...,
and this will be sold with his Correzsfo. pr,-
dsAI Reynolds landscape and other trss-,-,
Tt is 'HThe Vision OF Ezekiel. originalIy IN ..
rovsI collection az Madrid. and presentas -
Charles w 10 the Duke OF Lucca. VIM so4 o..
an English nobleman- II has been in four Ena-
ush collections. and has heen sold at CS-ssts.,
once before II not twice Their. Tss also a
choice set OF Turner'S "Lfber studlorunv =.
Queen Anne's Lodge. and the portfolios vera
velI stocked with etchings by Whistler ard
Marvor. and these are now to be eonpatsi tsr
in III. auction room after his Creek and Rorsr
coins and objects Of art are ratified OF. Thss
!. Rossettt 'fProserpine." in another coIe.-
tion. and there is a pastel BY Burns-Jones await
ing the hammer Christie is the clearing houss
for the treasure trove Of prfvats .statas ard Ia
sprins Gales are now exceptionally interesting
and varied
The art section of the British Exhf-
tio1 will be the main attraction for foreign visit
ors during the next four or hvs months. T3
French galleries are still in disorder but tas
British rooms will be virtually ready next vsss.
and the display Of living ard dead masters VII
be both representative and brilliant TIE Kings
example has been followed by the owners 3
great collections. and few rAfusals have Ssa
received The famous Blue Boy IS pron-
fnsntIy displayed from Grosvenor House and
the-A fs as fne an array Of Ron1nsys Ra7r-
oI5ses. Hogarths Horpners, Paeourns law
-enres- Constables ard Turner's as has ever been
seen. The pre-Raphaelite group IS also vdrtly
representsd bv characteristic works Ike 'Tas
BIsck Brunsvicker'- and there is large CO.
Iec+ior of English masters OF water color, VIII
cs,vases bv Rossetti, Burre-Jonss. Watts. WI
ian, Morris and the living portrait painters an
Isndscape painter. of the Academy and Scottish
schools. When the French galleries are opened
there will be under roof an international e1n'0'
rour,lv estimated TO be worth t1eDuoV
There ia a promising sign Of youthful api1is
-. .,+ranre Of the New English Art Clros
exhibition. This is a drawing n Sgraeuss
Mr.. W. z. Arnold Forster, son OF tne lo'ns'
Secretary for War. He IL barely r'ofe uaA
twenty and has entered upon an arr career VIC
III. same ca gerness and enthusiasm NnHn %
father used to display in CRITICISM OF hll.--
and naval measures before he entereu on''
and attempted constructive work WIFE un'aN
factory results The young artist mas r'lH'
n,ent of STYLE and keen powers Of eose''o''o-
and this drawing indicates talents OF une>l.
nror1ise. A touch of enthusiasm IS 70 ne W.T.
con,ed when the veterans Of the society sem
have got into ruts and are no onse'
p, show, vrrs, III. art of the future will O. las
The hest among them have become undsls'"1'-
for Academy associates. with n4iin7,.-- x,-
their own and few signs Of creative power - ~.
does Mr. Sargent startle them tLiS S044
evidences that ne is dreaming CREAMS -
half hours when he IS not palnuhs pO'1s
His ''Cyiudecca'' is Venetian color ho'7' :.
the green hull Of a ship and the plu7 -.
a eondoIs lighting UP the water ard 'Ss'-.
sky. and his villa di Papa Giuio
sale impression of the picturesque
huiIt nv yisnola, with hints from Na9N-. -,
Michael Angelo, outside the Por'a u0I
at Rome. -. Ar.
The most noticeable convention OIL CIV SO
Club during recent years has peeh '.la .,r,s-
interior, with honely woman do.4s '---,vss
thinr trivial and looking bored III sun ~
in Mr.. Charles Stabb's "Crunpled W., Ia7a.-s.s
which a girl is inspecting gown tAro" Nr
a chair against a gray wall ano a- r.
Harman,s Girl Rubbing a Narol'Oe .,so-
Wilson Steer makes the convention no. -,,s-
rative in .HThe Morning Room" with hA1 cnr.
el,inr Of the girl Iounsing in q chair W. vs. MI,
tains and big blue vase behind he1 :, to
na,,.t,L,n1 denotenent OF textures u.
blends Of green and gray in her 60 .Tss
Dav,d M,,rhssd Is more tnvent'7 ssasl
Haunted House. with a girl beroins .., q
and peering into a dark closet an O-ssr
xhostly shadow effect behind hef n
whose portrait of Mr. Charles "er'n''1,~. -. ~
library is one OF the Academy siS, - .rcw.
most vtvacious interior IN the ~ -. nd rsp-
II Is entitled "a Bloomsbury F4liAS 80 rsors.
a domestic scene IN - cheap
with yellow Wallpaper Uttered
prints and with ugly furniture I,sSsr
Mr. William Rothenstein. the na.lI ns,
Of this circle Of English artists ars
length portrait of Bernhard Berenson - .ss
cloak with green fields and Due Sa .rrsy.