The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-09

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have his hands full. He has 10 dispose
lnGlis. Fredsrick c. Hewitt and Justics
Charles n. TriAx There are many en-
osllent pictures In these groupings.
though aome % tho attributions are
startling: this appliss to pictures Of the
early English school and several % the
Italian and Dutch masters. Neverthe-
lee. those examples that can he reason
ably challenged srS, works % great merit
and closs enough 10 originals 70 be
worthy OF q welcome In any -gentleman's
oollsction.' With the mOderns it Ia an
other thing: Corot. Rousseau. Daubigny.
Dupre % the sO-callsd BarbiRon school
are present: and Monticello. Georges
Michel. Courbct. lsabey. Alfred Stevens.
DiaS. all Of tine quality. down To aIch
latter day painters a. Sisley and DeGRs-
the latter represented by a pastel which
Tor Science. sOlidity. Power and brill
iancy kills every picture In its vicinity.
The subject 10 just the sort that will
not appeal To your coniirIned fire.
Quentsr u picture auctions. The all
very silences u Corot. the rugged sin
ceFtty Of Rousseau, the mellow temper
Of Daubigny. the placid ducks OG DIprs-
these are the immortal Johnnies 90 we
may he permitted Co use London studio
slang that cell like hot calves. Rut who
can tslll A RafaeIh at a recent sals In
thsse galleries fetched fair price and IL
now in the collection Of q man of taste
So the lady who has just finished her
bath and In prOsaically drying her-elf
may do we'll even u she is only pasteI
and by Edgar Degas.
You may consume an entire day under
Mr.. Kirby . rooftree. for there IL lot tosec.
The late Mr.. Inglis succeeded the late Mr.
Cottier. who founded Cottier's galleries,
now on FAT Fortieth street. Any ono
who had the pleasure % knowing these
men knew that they were experts Ia their
finger tips. men Of taste a. well The en-
ubsrant and ma ghetto Cottier was among
the first dealers In America TO bring over
modern Frcnchmen. He knew most %
the BarbiEocs personally and wandered
In southern France with Monticelli.
When he imported the early Monticellis
they were looked upon a. a joke. YES.
very sumptuo,i~ In color. but not compo-
sitions: merely deaigns for tapestries,
Diaz was the rage. His essentially CON-
mcnplace imagination and conventional
composition we've forgottsn in the swelter
Of hts rich hues. To-day we know better.
know that Moutioelli 10 a magician: also
that there are Monticellis and Month
celliw and that the pictures Of his ,hiri or
Marscillcs period are often mere smudges.
but emotional ever He had genius. this
unfortunate. until the little green fairy
Ab-inthe came into his glass and made his
hand 70 tumble amt Of mis- marvellous
vision an incande~cent blur Study the
Garden % Love- mo. 90. with its strange
jewellers in gorgeous habiliments listen
ing, 30 may fancy, TO the whispering
suggestion a the ABloFtHi And the
-Autumn.- y landscape aflsme. Here IL
genius for you. vet rapidly running TO
seed. Il IL all too luscious for the mental
palate. and "a Henley said ~ whistIer's
Ten OC lock.' IL causes an indigestion -
gtra wbsrries. though q feast for the high
gods. You turn finally 20 the honest and
savant Georges Michel. % his Sand
Hills mo. IOsD. and let your eve linGer
on the structural quality Of the compnsi-
ton. Not that Monticelli did not know
how to draw: ne had seen works ~ his
InOtably In the Mesdag Museum At Tho
HAguel which dealt with the Eaunt. hare
rits Of old Mother Earth. evading no
problem. talking az no ugly fact. Yet
Michel n cooler. eaner. 10 not a. sweet
Corot's -DaDse dec Amours' holds the
place % honor In this salon. When IL
hung in the Coatier gallery We described
II in these columns. Formerly known as
the Dana Corot. IL found its way into
the possession ~ Mr. InGlis Z large
the splendid luminous SKY the COMPOST.
ton lacks the intimate Coro' We have
encountered in smaller csnvas~s. stately
u IL. and altogether important
let ~ make q hasty survey ~ this
collection. Il II vide enough In range
alphabetically az least. TO begin with
Arango and end with J. Alden Weir There
are sheep ny R1aa Bonheur, gracefully
gsneralized when compared To the more
precise pOFt payments of the gifted Mauve;
striped bass ny our doughty oountrymsn
Chase. a still life once exhibited in the
MoHtross gallery. a forest interior by
Courhet not a remarkable specimen,
though the paws ~ the lion may be seen:
Daubigny's open Sea. an unusual Dau-
hiRny in theme and treatment. though
tame water. Homer. Dougherty. Waugh
these three Americans could have told
the amiable Frcnchman something about
the perturbed sea. Btr Daubigny was 60
sentially q river god. TO whom large sur
faces and spaces did not appeal: he had
the comfortable genius u his nation. The
Rousseau is especially interesting and IL
tho sketch for a landscape.
In the Mesdag gallery are q number N
froitis. painted in preparation for a pro-
jected composition and nv celebrated
painters. The value ~ the~e sketches
90 the student IL great: in them he may
trace the evolution ~ an art work The
four big Delacroixs. allegoriea ~ the
season. hung for years in the Cottier
galleries. They are suitable for
museum. A landscape by Dupre and
Fragonard's' Ia Ferme- arc excellent.
the Fraso h characteristic in color and
composition. HarTignies has two pic
ture~, Isabey one. The MorRue,' a
Partisan episode. JOnGkind's -Honaeur-
ami a number Of Lessor water colors
attract. 4 curious canvas IL The Horse
men and IL the joint work 81 Monticello