New-York tribune., 1908-02-19
ists and from the sugary quality that appears TO
be popular In England.

be popular In England
Fifteen paintings by Corot, landscapes and hgure
pieces may be seen at the Durand-Ruel galleries
They make @ charming exhibition. showing tne
great painter they do in different moods al mn
portant phases OF his career The figure stEoIes
revive speculation as to what Corot might have ac-
compshed If he had conclusively yielded 10 the
temptation that always beset him to leave those
paths in which he ultimately won his fame Ihar
he had q genius for craftsmanship is shown oy
the skill with which he could render tree forms
Yet his figures are never drawn with that note OF
style which procaims the master. He could deal
effectively with textures, and, indeed sometimes SO
his pigment In the representation OF them as 10
produce admirable piece CT painted surface
This is demonstrated to the fullest extent in the
Mile. de Foudras." souvenir of his arr IN lhs
early seventies which appears in the present exhi-
bition. But turn from his work with the inquire
TO his landscape painting is TO wonder II the prop
lem is after all, so difficult of solution Interesting
the former is, it nevertheless fails to impress
the behoder as work wholly original and done out
OF creative influence that would not be denied
One can imagine another artist doing what Corot
set do in his figure studies and doing IL not
simply well, but a great deal better. Ihe CoFot
We see in Les Hauteurs de Sevres." in the beaut-
ful "Chemin de Coubron.' or in the brilliant road
scene LIE Cavalier sur Ia Route" is innlita bic
poet This collection has the peculiar advantage OF
including not only several landscapes IN the VEIN
with which every one is familiar, but a few in
which COTOt WanderS apart from Els DeaLeH li3CA-
These pictures notably Les Hauteurs de Sevres'
and the "Chemin de Coubron.' of q singular
character both regards composition and breadth
of style Note must be made finally OF the tiny
panel dating from his early period. the exquisite
Lac en- ItaLe." We rarely see in New York an
example like this of that time, during which the
great painter was beating out his method
There will begin this afternoon, continuing at the
same hour for the next three days. at the Aneri-
7ta Of abO a
thousand objects Of Oriental belonging to Mrs
Z. II. Conger. widow of the diplomat who was for
years our representative in China Inc coi-
lection presumably owed much to that concatena@
ton of events which, at the time of the Boxer re-
bellion, threw quantities OF artistic things into the
market. Beneath one Of the entries in the cata-
logue relating to a roll OF blue silk and gold
thread brocade, there is this quotation from book
on the well remembered siege of the legations IN
Peking:
That same night late TRANSPORT GT7Ttd cGTRS bs
coats belonging TO some British regiment, came IN
ui,g t men N ar offering for sale hun
dreds of rolls splendid silks which they had gath;
get them for nothing. Some who had some
gold in his pocket got an enormous mass nad 1G en
times the amount ne had paid IN lng aaLH IIare ne
chow looms, which fetch anything in Europe
The textiles in the Conger collection include some
fine pieces, but many also would appear 10 HaVe
been made for the modern market along CONNER
cial lines. Some Of the silk garments are rcn pu'
CANDY Other items of ancient. origin in
dubitably magnificent Among these treasures Is
TIE curious imperial bell (No. 50 taken from the
temple of agriculture during the rebellion IN 1870
There are books too, from the famous university
at Peking The porcelains. though often OF high
interest especially the decorated pieces, are less
inviting the collector than the objects IN jade
and in metal. These embrace remarkable number
OF rare and beautiful productions.
At the Macbeth gallery there opens to-day an ex-
hfbitiou of forty selected paintings by living Aner