New-York tribune., 1908-03-10
ART. EXHIBITIONS.
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A Period Crozcded 7cith Interesting
Things.


filed at this time of year as they are nieo ~ nov.
The two which devoted to sales have oeeh ousy
for weeks and will be busy until the warm wedthol
comes They have not thus far brought FORWARD
any extraordinary collections. but. on the other
hand. the auctions have dispersed great euah'i'F
very good and interesting material II mas Deeii
a fine season for the collector VINO does not look
for the rarest prizes the art world. but is con-
tent with object that is at once admirable IN
quality and reasonable in price Such coiiector
will his opportunity at the sale when con'i'i-
every afternoon this week. save SATURDAY al
ternoon at the American Art Galleries. This dis
poses OF japanese prints and other property De-
longing to Mr.. Edward Colonua. The prints, whieh
are very numerous and have catalogue to them
selves. make an unusually attractive coheciio''
His miscellaneous objects include numper Oh nhe
Eastern paintings good porceiains. netsukes
and other bits of Orientaiia ana an almost ps""
derng array of articles in metal and glass booES'
maps, furniture and on. all OF European origin
There Tarites in the collection, but, What Is
more to the point. the average of artistic merit
throughout is fairly high Next SATURDAY "hel
Mr.. Colonna's possessions have all been disposed
OF. the American Art Galleries will be filled with
works Of art from China and Japan, belonging 10
Yamanaka & Co. These will be sold on the after
moons OF March 19. 20 and 21
At the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries there is All
exhibition of old and modern paintings which are
to be sold at auction Thursday evening. The
former from the Enrich galleries. The modern
pictures from the galleries of Mr. Julius
Oehme Together these souvenirs of early and
late schools leave agreeable impression In
making selection from his stock Mr.. Oehme has
given about equal attention to the makers of pop
uar costume studies and the painters who take
nature more seriously. His examples of the mod
Dutch school particularly good, embracing
works by Mauve. Theophlle de Book Israels and
Mastenhroek. He has also d charming landscape
by Harpignies The anecdotc pictures by KEN
merer. SchmutzeT and others excellent of
their kind The Enrich pictures make. a body,
,,N- thor, -=-f-I rAa
average collection of old masters. inasmuch
they the whole too pretentious Among
them there capital decorative portraits
by Rigaud, Antoine Pesne. Largilere and the like
The Lady in Brown Cloak" by Pesne, is
especially beguiIing fragment of light eighteenth
century French The Duke of Wellington
by George Henry Harlow. is a good specimen Of
a if not great painter was at all events
a sterling craftsman. There interesting quail
ties too. about the French Nobleman ascribed
10 the school of Francois Clouet, the Portrait OF
Milton in His Youth" given 10 William Dobson;
the king George w. by Lawrence and the pict-
uresque Portrait of a Man by Mazo- The Ital-
ian pictures disappointing. The best things
here are from the French and English schools.
! small bur very choice collection the
which may be seen for short time at the Cottier
galleries It is composed of the twoscore paintings
which the late Mr.. J.. s Inglis brought tosether
fer his own delectatfon, and it has the personal
character which TO be expected in the private
collection OF accomplished a connoisseur He
had ike the late Daniel Cottier his colleague. a
subtle sense OF color, and peculiar fair for ro-
mantle art Also he had a feeling for quality.
gift for discerning what hest in any painters
work Take, for example. the modern Frenchman
Roybet He has painted pieces for the Salon which
have been merely clever studies of costume, but
when he has chosen do he has painted some
really remarkable things Mr.. Inglis the
lookout for these exceptional moments, and his
two pictures by Roybet. one study OF horsernen
ard another little panel showing a woman and
ccckatoo are as distinguished the average work
by this painter commonplace. Very rarely has
Rafraelu PAINTED picture pure In color and as
strong in execution the one that represents nm
In this collection. Even among the men or genius,
whose works SELDOM fall below a certain standard.
Mr. Inglis contrived always to find painting OF
more than ordinary charm. Witness The Morgle.
ty Isabey which in its breadth and its light tonai
tty strikes & note much more winning than that
which we generally associate with his art. The
big marine by Daubigny has the beauty which he
ach ieved only his happiest moments. The same
quality. as of singular inspiration. marks the
paintinGs by Dupre, Michel, Diaz and Montceh
1t is pleasant note. by the way. how at home
in this brilliant company Mr.. Weir Is, with beau
tful landscape and equally well painted study
OF fruit
NJ rorstio Walker has AZ the Montross gallery
a collection Of nineteen pictures illustrating the
development OF his art from 1886 TO the present
wear. He is q straightforward and thoroughsolhS
workman with a character of his own. In the
paiDting Of cattle has not allowed himself TO be
1Ipdulv Influenced by OF the familiar masters,
such as Troyon. but has sought to give his own
impression and he has based this sound draw
ing and honest, vigorous brush work. He has
gained much TOO. through taking no less pains
with his landscape than with the animals intro
ducsd into it Indeed, there pictures of his,
like the Spring Ploughing' the Evening and
the Spring" which owe most OF their charm TO
+iroao 1a II1YY7jT sky
Spring" by itself excites admiration. Mr..
Walkers color sufficiently rich. hut it is in gen
eral restrained This restraint is part and parcel
of his sincere attitude toward his material He
never forces the note. His themes are simple and
he gives a simple version Of them. When he is on
this sa fe ground he works such good effect that
it is to be hoped he viii abandon the kind of
tive attacked in his newest picture The En-
cranted Sty-Circe and the Friends Of Ulysses
The animals handsomely painted and so is the
romantic background. but the figure of Circe does
not for a moment illusion. II is a bit OF
mere prettfness. scarcely more convincing than a
figure or a Christmas card. This exhibition lasts
throughout the week. On March II the Montross
gallery will De occupied by the Ten American
Painters
MI Emil Garrison has also assembled pictures Of
his bearing different dates in an exhibition at the
Bauer-Folsom galleries. There is a streak of
noetry in his temperament. and comes out in
very subtle fashion in picture like the Moon
light Windhan Hill This, painting Of mys-
terv reveals the artist in control of his resources
He knows what he wants to do and does It with
skill so that the aspect of nature he has studied
and his imaginative Interpretation of II are made
manifest 10 the observer in the fullest degree His
coast scenes TOO are thus authoritativey painted
He gets the movement of the his pictures
he gets the character of vast masses of rock and
in theee sea pieces finally. he achieves good effects
and color. More than however,