The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-24

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dom attractive purely as paint. and az a
sheer c~olorist he was ~outrvalled by sew
eral Of his contemporaries. But for the
we'll nigh perfect exposition in paint Of
an emotion Millet has no superior among
the moderns. We must 60 back 800 years
to find his peers. Hence IL 10 that in this
age Of speoialism we are prone to seek in a
man his chiefest excellence; and in Millet II
is u~nquesdonably his power Of expression
as ~eIemplhed by his etchings, pastsls.
water colors, Not the design grandiose, not
lofty architeotOnios in black and white.
but the joy Of evokng in a woven pattern
the sense Of reality. His passion for reality
shines through the swiftest loops and lines
Of his crayons. The etchings are equally
vivid and hguelike in their movement.
Mr.. Keppel truly says that Millet cared
little for the printing Of his etchings: He
did not seem TO know a good proof from a
bad one, or II he did know he did not care
Nevertheless he was a great etoher, not 80
wonderful as Meryon on the technical side.
nor so magical as Whistler; yet a poet pro-
founder than either. He sounded plummet-
wise the depths Of human nature. whether
depicting the terror Of a lamb parted from
it's mother or in the bowed backs Of toiling
peasants.
Keppel a Co handle a small edition Of
Millet's etchings, the plates being destroyed
Among those hanging on their gallery walls
are The Cleaners, Peasant With Wheel
barrow Two Men Digging The Wool
Carder," Woman Feeding Her Child
-Shepherdess Knitting and Peasants Co
ing TO Work All in various states. There
is the original Autograph Of THE sower'
in three states and a dozen wood cuts.
The original drawings and sketches are
fascinating. There is a series OF seven
illustrating the story Of Little Red Riding
Hood, probably drawn to amuse the young
ones But any child with a particle Of
Imagination would dream like little Memo
after seeing the last Of the set. The wolf
that leaps at the throat OF the poor little
girl Is positively bloodcurdling in its
ferocity, Delacroix or Barge have never
better indicated the animal urge Of body.
crunch Of jaws and grip Of paws. Thereiis
to be a series Of summer exhibitions at the
Keppel Galleries, particulars Of which will
appear in due time,
Perhaps 1t is Easter week and the added
attraction Of the Saint Gaudens, but what
ever may be the causes the Metropolitan
Museum this week is filled with a large
number Of %sightseers, In Gallery "a there
is a new Veneer, lent by J. Pierpont
Morgan. 1t is placed beside the Marquand
Vermeer, which latter is more silvery and
atmospheric, Mr., Morgan's example por-
trays a young woman writing a letter, a
~favorite subject among the Dutch painters
OF Vermeer's days. A we'll built Dutch girl
before . table. She holds a quill, which
a fash Of light, as do the pearls on
the table, The pearl In her right ear and the
points on the desk drawers. Her
forehead 10 high and dominated like some
OF those madonnas Of the Flemish PRINT
tives. She Is not pretty, but she looks as II
she could cook a big dinner and then eat
1t with the accompaniment OF copious
liquids. Her left hand at the wrist Is
anatomically we'll perceived. Her dressing
gown is dull golden yellow, and is faced
with ermine. The wall at her side and
behind her chair lie a Quaker gray. That
tho air oiroulates about her, that she is
alive TO her finger tips, are qualities we
expect and receive in Jan van der Nicer OF
Delft. II Ia genre painting. this, raised TO
the degree Of genius, Were II not genius that
animated his prosalo and enchanted brush
Of what interest would be after 90 many
years the trivial record OF this young per-
with the heavy jaws and practical eyesY
A writer in the museum Bulletin thinks that
this picture betrays the influence OF Rem
brandt and that il is an earlier picture than
the Marquand vemeer.
Two other loans are by Sir Joshua Rev
nolds and Romney. The first is a portrait
Of two children, THE Misses Paine, daugh-
ters Of James Paine. and as Sir Walter Arm
puts it, walking In a garden, a pet
eating a nut on the ground In front
OF them There is brilliant painting OF
textures in this picture. and the children
are presented attractvely. The Romney
is also a portrait. that Of Mrs. st. George
and child. The child Is az naked "a the
day he was born and is IN Cupidon, a sweet
His mother, a lady o infnite charm,
Celtic charm-the st. Georges we're Of
County Galway-is sitting. Her dress ia
white; she is enveloped In a gray shawl,
her head draped in white. The compost.
ton Ia obviously artificial. but Romney
made It and Romney's brush gave to it a
quiet pathos that cannot we'll he
translated into words. Mr.. Thatcher
Adams lent these two anvases to the mu.
leum. They may be found in Gallery 20.
We confess TO applauding the changes made
N Gallery 81, The Renoir now hangs on
the east instead Of the west wall-we hone
haven't Lost our bearings and opposit e
il is the fsvcrite Joan Of Arc Of Bastien
lie Page. who was once called by DeRas
the Bouguereau OF the modern movement.
he was not slain by this cruel
in which turks a grain Of truth,
Lady with 4 Parrot, which sends
Robert Chambers. the novelist, once pupil
81 Bouguereau and. Gerome, into, such a
rage when he visits this gallery that he
-ushes home and writes a chapter, is near
he Rsnoir, and may be seen across the
sntire building. She is very vital and very
ugly, and the values Of her gown are
by a consummate master. Oh, how
ragged At the mention Of MAnet's
name, He can't draw, he can't compose,
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