New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
ART EXHIBITIONS
The II. S. Henry Collection of
BUbizon Pictures


PICTURES fetched over s55o.ooo and .ha,
ne was no less assiduous and discree. wo
nav infer from his having inned,atelv
started 70 Ill his gallery all. over av.,-
Hs taste remained unchanged He con-
timed 70 make the Barbizon nafaters ~.
sreciai objects of his search and st -he
tine Of his death he left twenty Of their
works behind him, with a single Arabia,
military subject by Schreyer This second
collection OF his is on view AZ III.
American Art Galleries. It will be sold ar
Mendelssohn Hall next Friday evening.
The most interesting things in il are two
pictures. painting and a drawing bv
Millet The first is that Going 10 WORK
Dawn OF Day" which Mr. Henry rot a+ the
Martin sale in 1909. 1t is a beautiful ex
ample Of Millet's faculty for design. his
gift for the nllins OF a given space with
figures stamped with kind Of grandose
simplicity. The two rustics in this picture
move a. heavy gait across a landscape
thst is treated in broad masses They have
IT. themselves no charm whatever but they
are exalted by the style of the master
by & craftsmanship which fairly vibrates
with character and power The observer
who cares for subject as subject will find
much 10 admire in the purely human aspect
Of this work. but We would lay greater
stress upon the value Of the thing IS SO
much pure painting 1t is good to see with
this AIiIlet's Weary Wayfarers' a drawing
il which two h. 1ble travellers acccst a
closked shepherd. rhe grouping is admira-
bic and again the imagination is touched
by the energy and distinction belonging 10
the artists line. The only other picture
O. importance in the show in which the fig
ure Is studied for its own sake is the nota-
ble work of Decamps, lie Frondeur." one
OF those exotic themes in which the French
Ortentslist was wont to blend a romantic
emotion with a sturdy naturaiisun The
crouching stone singer, preparing to hurI
hts bolt at the eagle poised on an elevation
r the middle distance. is such type and
holds such an attitude. as might have been
CHOSEN by an acadeunician of the time; but
II his central motive, as in it's surround
iugs. Decamps finds suggestions for won
derfully free pictIIreseueness and material
for z handsome scheme of color. The Sui
ta-'s Daughter" by Diaz Is an instance Of
fg-Ires played with for the sake of color
alone. The women and children crowding
rms picture are OF no great interest nor
are they drawn with special felicity. All
that counts is the sensual glow in which
-hey are enveloped.
Co7ot i the leader OF the landscape
painters in this exhibition. with five exam
pies that If not uniformly brilliant are. at
sny rate. all Of high quality The Lake
Nsui' is an exquisite piece in his delicateiy
idvIlic vein. and his broader more robust
and perhaps fresher manner is we'll rep
resented in the +-Arleux-Palluel." with its
firmly realistic study Of an old brick bridge
and It's loosely brushed-in sky. Dupre Is
aot especially engaging in any OF his three
pictures here shown. but the two land
scapss b. Diaz are both admirably typical
Of his poetic virtuosity, and the Troyon.
La Charette de Foin.' is a pastoral in the
best manner sof this artist. very suavely
PAINTED and particularly strong in respect
70 composition. The three Daubignys are
I'll worthy Of him and delightful 10 con-
template. and Of the two pictures by Jacque
tie Miniature Landscape" is purely be-
VItching. trifie far more TO be admired
han are most Of the larger, boIder produc-
lions chiefly associated with his name Al
-ogether this is 9 capital little collection
IN the upper galleries there may be seen
some I've or six hundred miscellaneous eo-
.e-tz oT art. tapestries. embroideries. WOOD
rsr-inzs chairs. cabinets. and so on be
-erEine - 2 private collector. They in
-lgd@ many coed and interesting things.
though nothing rnomentous. Still another
sy-5bjrjou here is formed of the bronze
panels modelled by Mrs. Sallie James Farm
rs-1 70 serve as frieZa for the Board Room
In ne building Of the international Bureau
n American Republics At Washington A
=uEgesrive historical scheme is worked out
~ these panels. embracing very early south
s-lerican motives and others carrying the
record down into more modern times. The
v-1lptor's style is not impressive, but she
nss succeeded in giving vitality and pict-
u-ezq1eness 10 her many figures There is
2 sense Of easy movement running through
~ reries which distracts attention from
Nh Farnhana's quite undistinguished tech
nique
There is a double exhibition AZ the Mac
oe-r Gallery. composed Of landscapes by
N- Ger Foster and paintings Of children
u Mrs Mary Curtis Richardson. Mr. Fos-
te--s work Is commenda bic for its sincerity
snd certain pensive sentiment He is
loving student OF American scenery
faithful painter Of wood and hill and
stream. more careful 10 give us the char
sc-er-s-ic note OF our countryside than 10
develop ingeniously balanced arrangements
+ color. 4 good feeling for tone comes OUT
IN some OF his studies, such as the ts~ny
~Sunlit Autumn Woods" or the best land-
scsDe which he shows on this occasion, mis-
-lIL-ST 1TNuEn Itt- lt4r7n AiA'i'- -
ggod color. too in the ~OIdtiIne Roses,
ghicr i- also warmly 70 be praised for its
unconventional style. This flower subject
Is indeed. a charming performance. so Wen
done rhat we hope Mr.. Foster will go on
making other pictures like it. But his
specai talent IS for the straightforward
illustration Of American landscape, the ex-
prsesion of familiar things in simple ana
pleasant terms Similarly genuine ana
agreeable are Mrs. Richardson's pictures
There is nothing remarkable about theiT
technique but she is competent N her
drawing and brusnwork she has an agree
able sense Of color, and some, II not all OF
her csnvases disclose cieverness IN th@
handling II light Best of all she paints
chilG Ire with a refreshing freedom from
tnose pretty tricks Of which we nave seen
80 m1ch in the treatment Of this suo1ec''
There are no stained glass attitudes here'
t3ere is uor 4 trace Of sentimentaiify- f'er
arfiess types are painted with winning
sympathy and in an honest. WorkrlahiikS
manner II was decidedly worth wniie ior
tris sr1ist from Sau Francisco 10 make an
exhibition IN New York.
The salmagunH Club is preparing an eA
hihltion of pictures painted by nunper u
Us members. II viii open on FEBRUARY :,
and on the evenings Of February II ana L
he collection viii be dispersed at auction.