The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
SEEN IN THE WORLD OF ART
PROBLEM OF THE MEDIOCRE
PICTURES IN MISEIMS.
Coed Art ami Had Art nc the I.enoN
Library Recent sales In London
The Turner collection in Its New
Home George Du MaurIer'a Art.


adays reserve the right Of accepting gift
or lcgaries OF pictures. sculptures an,
other art objects, but il was not always
thus. "a various chambers ~ horrors IN
( tho Metropolitan Museum. IenoN Library
and tn" Brooklyn lnstitr'" OF Arts an'
Sciences only too -loquently demon
strate That old plea OF historical in
terest or historical continuity ought "a
h", Tor the sake of good taste. totally
ol'shed II made retroactive one half
% the contents Of almost every museum
IN the world would 10 destroyed The
second or even third rate men might be
retained to serve as "A foil To the men of
genus also to show the formation OF
schools Yet We doabt the proprietv Of
eNhiblting a lot of medioCritieS simply
because they are awful examples That
- not the way 10 educate the public the
great public which always gravitat"s To
the second class or the purely bad in a
museum The reason given. however,
by the majority Of art curatorz for the
presence OF so much astoundingiy poor
or dull pictures and stltuary Is that there
IL not enough good work to ill the gal
lerie's, and that We confess Is an argument
rather difficult to face down; but a
beginning might be- made in wedding out
rubbish
Al the Ienox Library you feel the Of
p-essiveness VI the question in all its
sultry significance Why, for example
that Stuart Gallery IL allowed open Is
mystery unlNs Il ~ SUPPOSED % be
dread warning - parsons inter ested
in seeing Just how desperately dspraved
painting Gun become We recall one after
noon At the Metropolitan Museum when
a former highly esteemed dignitary was
trotting "A guest through the Vanderbilt
gallery. The pair paused in front uf The
Sewers by Millet. Now this" re-
marked he eminent o'fiCial, is the SORT
II stuff the public admires. and the Msis-
sonler neat 10 u - always passed by
The Melssonier referred tn u that oily
hot painting % the artist gazing upon a
completed picture in company with
graceful companion. II u mediocre
Mcissnnier. WHO at his best N naught
hut n mediocrity. and instead Of being
neglected it is the cynosure Of all eye-
The Miil"t hanging hard 10y IL the sufferer
Nevertheless the Melssunler had a power
full champion. whose love for rusty colors
and conventional design WAS notorious
II he were stationed in the LnnoN Gal
leri,.s We presume he would first steer his
friends through III. stuart room. a. II
ahounds IA ridicIlnusly had ART. IL IL a
disgrace To New York city, and let ~ hope
that when th" pictures are moved into
their new quarters at the Public Library
lower down Fifth avenue tho stuart bs-
quest will he consigned 20 some remote
Cellarage This wish NAV hurt some
ones feelings hut there should -" no
mincing o. words in So important n clsa
In the main gallery 81 the leuoN th"re
ara a dozen pictures worth while The
Turner's the SirJo-hua tn. Gilher' Stunrt.-.
Raeburn. Copleys and a few othnrs kill
III" inRlorioIs company in which they
have he"n assembled The English
French and Dutch cartoons dealing with
the American Revolution (chi-f'y from the
collection Of Mr. X G II Hlls"yD ara
still on view upstairs; IN the lower gallery
Fifth avenue side, Curator Weitsnkampf
has spread the very agreeable memorial
.xhihit - James u SMILES prints
stChings and mcZzotints Both these
exhibitions will continue 10 Ortub"r and
are vol worth a visit 10y strangers ~ well
- natives II - positively appalling to
.-ra how few penpl" think the ART sid" Of
the I.enoN worthy Of a protract-d call
Recently at Christie there hav. been
and important sales Labelled
- French school an oval picture caused
a h'tl" excitement by fetching the good
price for Monday sale. Of S9O RIinels
Tn" subject. says an authority. was
girl with bird cage chaTmInKly rendered
and u was painted, 80 II seemed to good
Judges by l. Softly. whose -Entrevue
Consolidate and Separation Duuletr-
es.- made go KIineas in the Grimthorps
sal" 1919 an Inferior hy hun raaCHiInz
IiO guinsas in 1897 Examples hy this
artist are in the Wallace collection Next
a Dancer" attributed TO FragonArd.
realized JoO g,iineas and study 81 the
nymph 10 Of the Boucher school. oS
g,Iin"as. VI Conreau paving 2iO guineas
for an architectural composition by Rob
rrt few drawings hy the old masters
revived memories u flnnTS dI-p"r-Ris
In tn" Miss Jarn,- sale. 1891. when some
Vatican sketches brought Roodiy sums
.but about ona-f fourth - their present
yAlu.l a zen and ink and Sspia drawing
4 travelling musicians 10y Jan St""n
vent for small amount ON this uc-
aston u brought I23 guin-As. andl small
l-n,,l and red chalk head 81 "A lady 10y
awrrnc. brought - g'iin"a- Sketches
~ Dur"r that realized high prices in the
robinson sale 1885,? reached $50 g'Iin"as an
ndi1 INK sketch 10y l. Cranach. Il "a
scene. 1856 guin-.Is Writers ,
N Iiuuunsr'- works with tho exception
{ Mckay and Rolp-rti hav" fallen int the .
.rrur - describing IN" SIX Thomas Frank )
and a.ssnciat"d with tho engraving |
Daughters 81 sir Thongs FranklaLd- 90
rrcim.n Il which recently fetched Iji /
,uin-l-I ~ that Admiral who was tn"
Nth Tar net and Gl-r IN" father ~ nine P
con children In m" curr"ctIun ~ this 4
{ WAS not ierhaT~ mad" clear 10y the
authority mentioned ah0v" that one ~
"a. nineteen b-cIm- tho sixth barun.t.
.l-n sir Thomas Frankland and IA"
.tth.r II th" daughters painted 10y Hup',- F..
yer For this important explanation
,rint lovers a~e indebted 10 Mr Hugh
Seville. q member II th" family IN ques- .
ion.
The lat. SIR JO-"ph Duv-"n. former
laad 81 th. art firIn DiNc-n Bros mad"