The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
SEEN IN THE WORLD OF ART
PIGTI ms WORTH sEEINs ~
HRO0kLTN INSTITrTE.

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arette Paintings ~ y. ~. steNes.
Too 90 thr-. .,tmmsrs Ago ve w~nt
ov-r to Brooklyn In a voyage 20 dtscov~ry
wsnt Town To the seA In motor cars
surface a. IN. ssr,ilar fare prescribed by
. IN. -oulls.z corporation. and found Out
among other thing tina; the city %
churches AMI cemeteries r-s-mblei PhilA-
dslphia IN. other dav. embollered
10y the prev iots sSpsrienoe. ws again
cru-~ei the bridge. only To discover this
tins that PhilAdelphiA h q much noiSier
AMI more active community than Brook
! lyn. Al least - u seenei To u Per
hag- the heat which gTaapei In . hand Of
rel hot velvet tho territory lying between
the kasi River and Coney Island had stifed
the ordinary hustle % life A great hush
psrvaded the broad avenues hemmed by
trees. In the grateful shadows sat per
spring citizens OF both sexes. Children
! played ltscree,ly their littls game
Even thS cars on the ground and In the
air novel on subdued wheels; the iron.
! like the asphalt may have softened under
the tropical solar blaze. Fearing the
hellish blars and glare u the beach we
stopped this siie OF Pro~pec, Park and
sought the hospitality Of a German inn
not unknown To antomobilists. German
and American petest riAns. The breeze
that swept through the COOL. airy pavilion
swept up from the ocean. the almost
monastic silence that prevailed brought
surcease from the woe. Of a July after
noon In Manhattan
/ Prom the balcony our ewes fell upon
the massed green VI Prospect Park Il
was near enough TO appear inviting and
far enough to keep US satisfied with the
q distance In the middle distance were
street cars that appeared and disappeared
black With humans bound for the Island
! The shudder evoked al the idea OF sscap-
ing such sweating Juggernauts gave you
a pleasant icy spine Across the way
a stretch % park land sent To the nostrils
the smell Of hay: as a matter Of fact the
hay was being raksd in by hand Of
Italians who evaded the heat by singing
! chssrful canZone. though they wers sus-
piciously watched by an overpeer who
wore under his cap and over his neck
wet handkerchief lie was not nearly
a. happy a. the men who wer. using
scythes and rake-
Our real reason for revisiting Brooklyn
was this. The first trip down that country
W. had dropped In NJ the museum Of the
Brooklyn Institute Of Arts and Sciences.
The institution appealed Its vast spaces
"a some degree made lis forget its doubtful
art What had been successfully at
tempted IA 1901 ar WAS u IsOs, would
he repeated. besides IN the interim IN.
offending pictures might have been con
signed Ia the curators morgue. rather
say limbo. Our pathway was paved with
stones. sunshine. good intentions and bad
language. We trudged on. The odor %
newly moWn hay increases \ mounted
Policeman stood In the shelter Of big bush
hopping his Official brow Soon the bouls-
ward was reached. When the museum i-
cOmpleted IL will he a magnificent s'r,Ic-
turc; IL n already imposing Once within
is walls We wondered why We had
wasted our time at the inn. Here was
coolnees. quiet and spiritual refre~hment
The elevator brought hreezea when Il
landed us on the top floor: and what
views from the high windows for lovers
Of landscape Prospect Park n an ir-
regular pattern OF dark green There are
other clumps uf emerald scattered be-
tween rs and the eastern horizon.
Through a leafy rift the spire OF a church
makes picture for any fair minded
painter who believed in a convent onal
composition. 4 mirrorlike eKpanss OF
water IL AT the base Of the building the
picturesque water tower We saw a. We
entered Really you forget in pesring
through theNs windows certain pictures
hanging within.
However. they are not 80 awful, the Met
ropolitan Museum and the galleries VI the
Lemon Library can show you more Some
u the modern French and some Of the
old Italian, IN the latter case despite
sundry doubtful Attributions. are very
attractive The ma oTIty Of the lest
paintings are lent 90 the museum by II.
n Chapman. u we'll known collector
% Brooklyn. whose son is an art dealer
IN Manhattan. We noted the Albano.
IA. Backhuysen marine. the Adrian
Brouwsr. the Jan Breughel. surnAmed
Velvet. the 'CsnaIe. the -CarnovaIs'-
portraying the Cathedral. Bapt Istry and /
Leaning Tower Of Pisa: the G. " Chap |
man. Chintreuil. the two Corots. French /,
girl and a landscape; the two vigorous
battle scenes by Jacopo Cortes-. better
known a. II Borgognone: the Gustavs |
Courbet. a DO Id and original picture |
u a waterproof the canvas zeems water
soaked; the Croms. son Of old Crome;
Cuyp pastoral. and three examples !
10y Arthur u Dawes Mr. Chapman /
proved his taste aid courage when Ia. /
purchased the. works OF the compare
lively unknown artist One. d semi nude.
Nal king Her Toilet. - an an earlier man
ner The draughtsma nship. modelling
and rch colonng proclaim the coming
man We have long admired THE picture /
both for Its tonal beauty and verucity.
Hampstead Heath and Tn. Children
Of l-stery.ar ar" more familiar Davies.
the Davies ~ the touch fantastic Mr.
Chapman Is also represented by two DE
camps. a school scene and The yillag.
Priest: by q wellvreserved In Craeyer.
who - 50 often encountered at Brussels
and Antwerp The Chapman apecin.n