New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-06
TURNER'S GENIUS
New Wing at Tate Gallery-A
Belated Tribute.

box room. By his will a hundred oil
paintings and as many as twenty thou
sand water color drawings and sketches
passed into the possession of the Ma
tional Gallery. It was a princely but
unmana seable benefaction- With the
wall space already overcrowded with
works of art, there were inadequate
facilities for displaying the Turner's
Ruskin made A prolonged examination
of the material which had been left be
hind in studio, portfolios. sketchbooks
and lumber rooms, selected the best
paintings and drawings, and ordered the
unfinished works TO be boxed and slowed
away in the cellars. One room in the
National Gallery was cIuttered with in
spired sea dreams and majestic color
poems, a few pictures of the tranquil
middle period were "skied'' In the ad-
joining room, two of the earlier classical
works were hung, in accordance with his
request, beside the Claudes. and space
for as many drawings as possible was
found in the basement For half cen
fury or more the trea sure trove In the
cellars was left in unexplored darkness
and CRIME, and the pictures and draw
ings actually on exhibition we're seen 10
little advantage. The generosity OF the
late Sir Joseph Duveen has proV1ded az
last q. Turner gallery worthy OF MS
transcendent genius.
Although the bulk of the Turner be-
quest has been transferred TO the new
wing of the Tate Gallery. the National
Gallery has not been absolutely stripped
of the works of this great master. IN
the British section there is new turner
room-the one where the Landseers ana
Millsiss Gladstone were formerly SHOWN
In this spa cious room the two tlaudes,
Marriage of Isaac and Rebeccs, WIN
it's translucent atmosphere, and I'm
barkation of the Queen of Sheba, with
morning light on waves and palaces. are
rehung from the French section. and be-
side them are the Turner's Sun Rlslns
in Mist" and Dido Building car
thage," each badly faded and with the
bitumen working to the surface through
the underglaze. Fourteen other works
are added. as to represent every
period of the painters art. Among the
earlier pictures painted when he was
rivalling Wilson, the Poussins and
Vandevelde are "Spithead," windsor"
THE Meuse with Merchantmen Going
to Pieces and "Apuleia in Search OF
Apuleius~ Among his impressions OF
Italy, when he had dropped his formal
mannerisms and become great colorlst-
like Titan, are "Childe Harold's Pill
g:image." "Orvieto," Grand Canal
Venice" and "Agrippina with the Ashes
% Germanicus.'' Among the later
works. dating from the 40s, are
Venice: Returning from the Ball, Sun
of Venice Going to Sea Queen Mabs
Cave" and San Benedetto." These pict-
ures are now seen with an abundance of
wall space, and are not struggling with
one another in strenuous conflict, as was
their unhappy fate in the oldtlme over
crowded Turner room.
The remaining oil pictures, with nearly
one hundred and fifty unfinished works
and a large number of drawings and
sketches. are now TO be studied by ART
lists and enjoyed by art lovers IN the new
wing of the Tate Gallery. With verde
antlco marble dressings. ormolu caps
and bases for the doorways, parquet
floors bordered with marble, walls COW
cred with rich Venetian red silk brocade
or gold colored canvas. painted and
giIded ceilings and an abundance OF
light 1t is a most satisfactory series of
galleries for the exhibition Of Turner's
work Before Mr.. Finberg completed an
inventory of the collection it became ap-
parent that the main floor of the new
wing would be insufficient for an or
derby and complete arrangement of the
best material. Accordingly the scope OF
Sir Joseph Duveen's benefaction was
considerably enlarged by his son, Mr.
Joseph Duyeen, who fitted up and dec
GRATED the lower floor at his own ex-
pense. providing four additional gall
leries. Space has been found for all the
drawings previously exhibited which are
not in the National Gallery or in provin-
ciaI Galleries To the 1 800 already seen
by art critics a few early water colors'
large awnings and later color schemes
have been added, and many more Will be
mounted and framed from the immense
stock of raw material
in the main gallery. representing the
paiuter's best working years The
CHRONOLOGICAL order opens with marines
like calais Pier" and the "ShipwTeck.'
nsinted soon after his election as an
Acaden1ician: noble sea dramas. like the
"Death of Nelson; landscapes with
Neurological figures. such as Apollo
1-;1I,-1 P,+hon'' and Dido and Hneas
leaving Carthage for the Chase. and
Dutch interiors. such as "Blacksmith's
cbo,,., and ..Carreteer's Petition" When
,,s aerlier and severer manner has been
mastered i'm such works as the lovely
"rros+v Morning" "Rligh Sand, Rich
,,ond Hill and the Devonshire idyl
Crossing the Brook" come the splendid
visions of Italy, with more irldescent
colors Among these are the Bay Of
Rsis" "caliguIa's Palace and the
r,aen,fcent color dream, Ulysses De
riding Polvphenus" perhaps the most
glorious picture In the main room. In
the adjoining gallery are later works Of
phenomenal power, like The Fighting
Temaraire' Burial of Sir David Wilkie'
and Pain. Steam and Speed, with
MANY unfinished pictures of serene
hsautv like The Evening Star" and
color schemes In the making. In ths
ea,,er;es below are his free ksh paintings
of the 4Os. with ina gination unrs-