The sun., 1909-02-26
AROUND THE GALLERIES.

that perennially idiotic question: Wha
books would you select II you were cas-
away on a savage shoreP IAs II book
ever bothered castaways. Bottled bee
and tobacco would be thousand time
moro welcome than Shakespeare. Ibsel
or Elinor Glyn. Yet the query is cute
il gives you chance to air you
favorite authors. But what pictures
would you care to live with? RemembeI
that IL "tears are things as the poe
AYERS, 90 are paintings. II is curious how
a picture much loved at first gets on thu
nerves after few years. Even thu
Maria Lisa begins TO irritate you will
its eternal grin. In selecting a piano
forte brilliancy for obvious reasons is the
one quality to be avoided, and IL may bt
confessed that too brilliant paintings dc
not always wear well. We venture tc
suggest that for year in and year out
there are half dozen oils now hanging
in the American Art Galleries that would
first WOO them with check book. They
are examples Of the Barbizon school and
belong TO the collection Of the late Henry
Graves. or prime quality, it is pity they
should disappear into the cabinets OF
rich amateurs instead OF hanging in our
Metropolitan Museum. That institution
lost great chance recently when 1t al
lowed Brooklyn TO secure the Sargent
water colors. We hope that few OF
the Graves treasures will be bought for
the galleries Of the Metropolitan. Not
withstanding Bierstadt and the Hudson
River school there is much to commend
in the Barbizon pictures which are TO
come ander Mr.. Kirby's remorseless
hammer this evening at Mendelssohn
Hall.
In the entire list there is one Barye, a
water color; one Charlemiut. three Corots,
four Daubienys, one Decamps. six Diazes,
eight Dupres, two Geromes. one Henner.
one Isabey, two Jacques. one Mauve. two
Michels. two Millets. two Pokitonows.
one Quadroni, six Rousseaus, one Roybet,
two Van Marcelles and one Vuillefroy
But the Barbizons lead. the Geromes are
both excellent; there is sculpturalquslity
in the Artists Model" and the artist
has painted his own portrait. The Barge
Nepitoii bVldCtoiA "Ouuutu
Tiger superb IN its notation of bestial
fury. Decamps's Turkish Butcher Shop"
is frat class Decsmps. and the Henner.
A Red Riding Hood OF the Paris Studios, I"
genuine Henner. il you like his too luscious
pdt. The lsabey is very interesting;
OF the two Michels we prefer The Bluff. :
The Mauve is rarely fine. full Of sill
very lights and tender handling OF
tho Corots The Twilight sounds the
sweetest music Of the master; it is more
Corotlike than she Hay Cart" The
Mill is representative. The panel of
Dupres is very rich. Nowadays a Dupre
that is not oily seldom comes into the
market. He did not reach higher than
the knees of the demigods Rousseau
Or Millet, but In his best estate his ork
will always be eagerly sought out by
collectors. Such speci-
mems as The Return OF the Flock" and
The Road to the Village" give US the
true measure OF this fastidious and poetic
painter.
or the Rousseaus our favorite is the
Forest Of Compiegne,' though the Eve
ling,' wonderful transcription Of noe
.urnal beauty. presses il close. Summer
Morning" is charming. Autumn Eve
Iiug" is a dramstic Bit even the SIX seems
II key with the theme. The Daubignys
live a capital idea Of his range. though
.ot one can be called masterpiece. i. e,
show picture. Yet they are all four
For lovers Of richly orches-
rated color harmonies the Diaz group !
will make a special appeal. Not so lyric !
IS Monticello, the brush Of Diaz dropped |
e sels on his canvas. Look at the "Ba- |
hers with its nscreous flesh tones and |
.or geous costumes Of the Oriental women, |
nd turn to the wood interiors. where
re are enfolded by the peaceful thoughts
ropping from vast immemorial trees.
Tree Trunk by Diaz is full OF chsrac-
er as a portrait by Msnet. The two
ii.lets are noble. Has the sheer human
ote ever been sounded in paint as by
his astounding man? sheep Shear
lg" and A Woman Dipping Linen in Lye-
La Lessiveuse'D are pictures that one
ould study a lifetime and never weary
& other qualities besides that Of tech
ical virtuosity are in Mllet, The late
lr. Graves was a collector Of discrimi-
alton. His gathering Of pictures is not
Irge, yet there are no mediocre pictures
stting aside half a dozen harmless genre
ieces, As for the Chinese porcelains,
. can only join in the universal chorus
admiration after studying this unusual
thibition. As Mr.. Cortissoz says, the
of the names of the various
nts is -as suggestive as music; peach
oom sang de boeuf. turquoise. powder
ue. celadon, ivory white. Du Maurier's +
sthete did not eIaggerate. such art
iould be welded TO music Here are
lemes for the atmospheric Debussy, and
Richard Strauss must be awarded "
'e task Of setting some OF those fierce /
-agon masks. And how human are !
ese porcelsins, They speak with frag-
, eloquence Of the loving artist who
Guided them. tinted them. Yet some
Sieve the Chineee to be in need of Vest
n culture! IN
Al the Schaus Galleries. AS Fifth ave- /
10. there may be seen Jules Dupre's "a
fridge a good Jscque. two Corots. an !,
cellent Daubigny and a Jongkind. To
arch the gallery Of the Century Club n
ntains an exhibition OF paintings,
etches and drawings by Kenneth y
azier Birge Harrison, William II. Hyde !,
d Allen Tucker Among the portraits
own by Charles Frederick Nssgele at
E Bauer Folsom Galleries. 3se Fifth
enue. are those OF the late Anson II.
over the Hon Clark Howell, Mrs. Clark
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