The sun., 1910-06-12
SEEN IN THB WORLD OF ART
PICTURES AND COPYISTS ar
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM.

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M0FO oitah the copyiuis at TIE Nitro
politan Museum interest visitors than the
pictures On the walls There seems 20 bs
. fascination for the public n the alOW
tFanaisrencs from ono cnnvas 10 another
of the original idsas. Nor h thil peculiar
70 Nov York. AZ thu National 0albsFy,
~ the Louvre. az the Prado, the copying
artist 3 invariably ringed by silent spec
tatOrs. though In Madrid when a painter
has brought hia copy 70 . Gacosmfnl
oonoiuS,on he 10 usually saluted with ap-
piauas. AZ our museum the crowd V
curious b moro phegmatic. An occasional
whisper. such ~ -it's 80 good a. tho orig
NAL may be overheard And aOmstimes
Te are forced 70 admit that the copy 10
Teally better than the original There
aFe no types among tho oopyists. young.
Old, TAT and can may be seen. The other
day youth Ipon whose high brow genius
was surely blakOned vas copying one
Of the mock turtle yalasquea IN the new
Spanish gallery. He was miles deep In
hia work whsn poms ono disturbed him
BY asking: ray. why don't you copy
something prs,tyl Then you might be
ahls 20 cell it quicker The student
stared dada inlIlly at the antlauatsd
chap who vas giving this RPatuieoua
advice, then he resumed hia task with
this counter parry; Say. Why didn't
you tell VslAPquea what 70 paint when
you met him lastl' Never heard Of him
before. Teplisd the other. walking away
In totterinG rage. He suspected there
Eaa a sting IN the question and he Felt
Auffy at his inability 20 determine exactly
what Il was. The last We saw Of him he
was talking earnestly 70 q gallery attend /
ant. Perhaps when he learned the date |
Of the death Of the spaniard he may sse
the joke.
When We say there are no types among /
the cOPyists We perhaps 20 too far.
There are individuals. certainly. Ths
little old maiden lady with the bright ewes
and false front always plants her eas,I
In front Of Boucher or Natter or Lar
EillIere, she knows Chaplain by hear,
and can polish OR q WattesL pastoral. a
FraRonArd or a Chartin tor what purport
10 he anyot these big chaps at our museumD
in an afternoon. The thin. temperamentaI
miss who copies Manet's Roy With the
Sword N a familiar figure. She has a
lot, Of science and copies with taste. Bu,
the woman We moat admire is the heavy
set. middle aRed girl who spends davs
before the MeissOnier battlefield. she
is the matinee idol Of the casual visitor
She is always sune of drawing a fun
audience. Who gives a rap Tor MAnet 4
subtle art when he can lingeT Tor hours
picking ont the coiOred pluns in the
MsiMaOnieF piel The new Spaniagds are
coming In Tor their share of attention
especially that delightful Eirl Of Sorolls =
just emerging from the hath Of oourue
leutze'a Washington Crossing the Della
ware is trump card In compariEon
A. many A. a donsn may he counted re-
producing In various siHns this master
pieos II Americas Biedermeyer epoch. /
In the Room Of Recent Acoeaaions tho
Rhostly hEire ~ Sir Henry Irving NV
Whistler now hangs. II Il a new p,fr- 4
chase and by no means q remarkable
example. The greatest among farno,,s
bad sectors Waa dispiritinG enough in this
rob. He mouthed. suffered. staggered
eesticulatod awkwardly. gave vent to
cultural tones that we're meaningless and
was generally q cadaverous nerson. But
the genius that was 40 often dormant
in the man shOne forth from his eve,
on this precious quality the artist gives
little hint Another arAhesqus Tor tho
display II some exquisite tonal pas.as~s.
only this and nothing more. No wonder
the picture was never liked Indeed who a
can like Il now Our only oonsola,iop
IL that u h not the -Gold Girl of Mr.
Hearn. the connical inssctivorous craattr, [
with the pipe stem UNDERMINING. skip.
ping a rope In hath of brown. Really
The Metropolitan Museum ought 20 buy
a prime Whistler Couldn't NJ. Froer
b. induced n spare NJ ono from his col.
Iection9 II would be New York's cain.
Il Washingtons l0ss -Ths Letter. bv
T ". DeWing. IL better than any ~ the
Y histlers a. the museum. though We have
'nioyed better drawings than this. Mac
CaTnsrOnS The Daughters Return waa
irsi shown At the Pennsylvania Academy.
aier At the academy here A. tenn
Deranos lesaon II might he better suited
10 the new inebrats farm than % the
though II IL sure 20 attract the
,rowd. MacCAmeron Who's name We
ietect no skirl Of the bagpipeu -is very
popular. and Justly 80. He believes N
hs Gneodots and always contrives an
'hective composition. People will always !
1refer the obvious story. and the artist
Who knOWa on which sids HE cake IA
luRAred will disagree With Ibasn. who
AecIaFed the majority always in the
wrong
Even on . warm June afternoon a
promenade down the avenus from the
3randus Gallery 20 Knoedlsr's will reveal
not . thriving business. az least no syi.
ience Of a moribund condition. The {
lealers are still AZ the old stand and pic- I
ures are being sOid Il IL tho happy J
uniting time Of the out Of town amateur
He scents bargains. He knows that he
Sill not be elbOwed out Of q gallery by
,thsr bidders. He thinks he receives
more consideration; canvases are shown I
o him in dimiy lighted antschambers
shich could never bs sssn In season.
AltOGsther the plsaaantsst time of the !
rear N secure q rare bird With few az
,eptiOns the chief galleries win be kept |