New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
ART EXHIBITIONS
Tuo Important Sales of Modern
PAINTINGS.

way OF buying precisely the right kind of picture
In order facilitate the settlement Of his estate
Cottier & Co have arranged to dispose at auction
Of the collection of their paintings objects Of
srt which may be at the American Art
Galleries. The furniture. porcelains bronzes and
textiles will be sold al the place next Thurs
day and Friday afternoons. On the evenings of
those Gays the pictures will be offered at MendeIs-
shin Hall The best things in the miscellaneous
wing Of the collection the brocades. velvets
and so on the rugs, the bits Of ancient glass, and
the pottery Of Greek and Oriental origin. Here
there are some rare and very beautiful objects
E3+ II is from the character of the paintings that
the sale takes on a special significance.
This is not q dealers collection in the conven-
,ional sense Of that term 1t is true that it en-
braces q few so-called popular pictures works
nv such ru5u as Lefevre. Detaille, AIiIlais and
Ricbter but these ill comparatively little space
1fost of the paintings stand for a clearly defined
recollection. and that extremely fastidious one
Ness-s Cottie- and Ingls were Jealous adherents
- the romantic and naturalstic groups of the nine
,AeBth century il France. and they were. moreover
devoted ''tonalsts' collecting with industry the
.irrings Of the modern Dutch school. The Ameri-
can Art Galleries just now are dominated by rich
+ essentially reserved key Of color. The ensemble
Sc interesting and even distinguished. Here and
.bsre one notes very salient picture the produc
.ior Of 4 great painter in masterful mood. Such
a., outstanding work IS the noble Dante and
z---,I - hv Corot. and Of equal II not, indeed
r-sate- beauty and Importance Is The Ocean," by
T,.,,bignv a superb study in grays- These are. as
ring
~ tbs coie5tion lies in what be described only
- sr+ansey personal souvenirs of divers men of
-s,ius Corot and DaUbigny are. OF course deeply
f-,,-Assive in the two canvases just mentioned;
ne a5r1ires in the same grave fashion The Wave
80 ,-ourher the Passing Storm Of Michel. and
=. e,r7nruo;Is decorative panel A Girl and Her
Dog~ by Diaz. on the other hand, il is with even
f1sndier human sympathy that one turns to GER
-a7 other bits Of painting these walls.
That is what they are. bits OF painting. frag-
y- nh r17.=7 oT
makes itself felt with cUriouslv intimate force
Look al The four examples Of Rousseau. at Troy
ons Cattle at Daubigny's on the River Below
Dordrecht." at Corot's Girl Picking Wild Flow
ers or Fromentin's group Of camels in Algers.
Nowhere among these pictures is the painter on
dress parade On the contrary. it IS obvious that
he painting Just 70 please himself. record an
impression happily received. and 10 let his tenn
pererent how with all the candor imaginable
through his brush The purchase Of paintings of
this sort clearly indicates the fair Of the purchaser
fcr what best in the work Of this that celeb
ritv You see that il the celebrity who
was bought. but the good painter Compare. for
example. tie Return from the Chase, by Roybet |
With the average picture by that artist that one
has seen in the Salon. In this vigorous piece OF
brush work Roybet is not the adroit contributor to
exhibitions. he is the painter who seeks TO put |
oualitv into his work. That is the type that is |
most in evidence here. foreign OF American The /
men who give the show its tone. besides those al
ready noted are such men IS Louis Netting. Raj
%ze1-f J Il
feegzs. Chase. Bunce and La Fargo one very
cansn5crous figure is Adolphe Monticello Seven or
eight Of his romantic fantasies Of color are here
srouoed together, and with them are shown two
charming compositions executed by him in Coabo-
-=-ion with NJ Naris. Another artist OF rather
esoteric aIities, Antonio Mancini Is represented
n This collection. oddly enough. b. figure piece.
The Fan" the merits Of which lie upon the sur
face Il was like Cottier. or Ingls. 10 find Man
ci-t Illustrating his art in its finest estate.
IN foot al s. |
rsrniuE and always lucky. There is many pict-
IRE here Of the sort for which you NAV look in vain
in one auction sale after another Perhaps this
statement should be qualified where the half-dozen
old masters are concerned. Save for the Isabella
D'Este Ma-chioness Of Mantua,' by Parmgiano
there is nothing in the group 10 provoke fervld
comment, and this portrait though very handsome
in its way. Is not by any means masterpiece |
But II is without reserve that one may speak OF
Of the modern pictures. II would be pleas
ant 10 see some of these in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum. The huge decoration by Nontcell, The |
Triumph Of Flora" would be welcome there, and |
so would some Of the Bsrbizon sketches. par
ticuarIy desirable acquisition would be the Nile |
study by Prosper Marilhat. the romantic French |
Orientaiist, who is hall well known TO stu
dents as are Decamps and Fromentin
Mr. julius Oehme honorably known for many
years, Ike Cottier & Co.. among the art dealers
Of this city, is diminishing his stock Of pictures
by making an auction sale OF some seventy-hve
oils and water coIors. His collection is view
Et the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. where it viii
be sold Thursday evening Il embraces some
highly Interesting examples Of the Barbizon and
Dutch schools number Of miscellaneous Con-
unental pictures ana few works by American
artists In the Barbizon group there is capital
specimen Of Corot, The Morning III the Valley"
which represents him in his exquisitely lyTt-
cal vein The small DupTe Cattle in the Pool
L charming landscape, and likewise is the
Aeer q The two DaUbgnys, Summer Day on
me seine But perhaps the most remarkable OF
Hese paintings is the little Misty Morning" of
Dsuoigny' study very feictousy designed and
trimming over with atmosphere. This is the IN
O'Hfennohal and sincere Daubigny, painting with
emotion & subject chosen out Of a thousand Mr
OeHhe mas secured number Of capital Dutcn
pe4HeIles' hrst rate examples OF Mauve Kever,
t'iOlners' Weissenbruch, IsraeIs and others. and
e HeS one masterpiece by Jacob daris, The
-oiAe' Amsterdam" would be difficult 10 over
'A'e the beauty Of this painting. the modelling
Ss gray sky, the synthetic handling Of the
noinss and boats in the scene the pure ana
o.. Color and the consummately balanced COM
'140H' IL Is work Of pictorial genius
WIN me French and Dutch tonaI studies /
60. "a - - Anows number OF paintings signih-
y. - =. Inherent methods points Of view.
= -'99 II Inc Raidng Party an evcer,,fo,nailx
handsome Schreyer, and. In cort~.s, :. =, - ~
500 ana charm Of this picture he has Mag
- " A7hoach. figure subject notable alike
20 Ils sound craftsmanship and its tender SEN
-. -l5 '5osslps' Of Joseph Bail is a per
19Si'e Specimen Of an accomplished r,oder E-rench
living IN the footsteps Of the old Di;tch-
I-eA- Dagnan- BoUveret's fancy head a.. nce,- |
80 ana Henner's ''Patrician" ON the other
"iIhs lhto Inc exhibition the clever sentiment
~ tafls Of to-day. With these and several
80 eS'lng pictures the collection addresses
SeI 70 the always current taste in reerect 20 or
esglng subjects. But as 4 whole = -. -. -, |
. Atosntlon upon works like the Iscot ,Iat go |