The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

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and SOLVER bss ut,es, when he INST Ald"n
Weir on III. -tr-si Tome With me.
said W " a.. and I'll show Won some
thing Mr. Weir had gone to Paris To
biy FOR wealthy collector n" s'w 'h~
Manei. asked the price and u Wis his
To-day, adds chase q is one 1T ~" giurr-
Of the Metropolitan Museum. nd after
looking at tho Hals"s you may fac" .
and feel no dimnution nf interest
Securing the address "f NiHn"t th" ~"
American artists visited has atelIcr and
found HIM painting surrounded hy a
lot of literary men. painters. mu-icI1ns.
painting AZ uncompuss-ily as Il b." were
in a desert Mr. Weir saw something he
liked asked the price, bought ~. There.
/ gentlemen. cried Manet in gr,, tifi,'d tones
-bshold what America thinks at me In
France ! can't sell a canvas n WIS the
truth. 10 Manst had not hsen riih he
couldn't have fought the tattls' he did.
The same may he said nf Flauh"rt.
Neither man WIS popular. Robin had a
harder row tO hoe. and he hu''d II some
times down the back and aCruss the tanks
81 his marbles. II Was IOla who IA
answer Co one Of Fhuberts wrathful
outbunsts said: The trouble with yuu L.
/ that you never had 10 make your living
| The same could bs said IL Mane' And
10 IN just pOsaIbls that the deeper notes
sounded ny Millet. by Dostoievsky. were
the result % their bitter struggle with
poverty. or AZ Heins would put IL they
made out of their suferings the,r songs II
art.
Degas. too. was independent; nut he
II ,...1
met him AZ the old Cafe Guerbois. Oh the
Boulevard Clichy. and after some trouble
was. with Mr. weir, invited 70 the a,elcr
| II was an honor. as DcgRs seldom received
visitors. Weir saw a picture 81 a woman
beautifully painted and asked u u were
for sale. NO replied Degas. his brows
black with hatred. That creature ruined
body and soul dear relative of NINE
I shA mt let her in the world Ia get more
glory You are reminded Of Balzac by
this speech. BalIAc. Ia whom his charac-
tsrs were as real "a II they had been fash
toned OG flesh aud blood. nerves and homes
Nevertheless the portrait WIS sold and
70 ~ said at the enortnous price ~ Stu.OO
To-day IL il the property 1t Mrs Gardner
and hangs ia her palace az Fenway
Court
Before We finish with Mill-t let rIs call
the attention Of art lovers and collectors
mot always in1erChRng eahle terms Ia
the superb specimen by that master u
he seen az the gallery 81 Frederick 4
Chapman. Mr. chapman. who ~ a CHIP
Of the old Brooklyn block "a part IT hls
father collection may b. seen AZ the In
stitute justly calls his picture master
work Its title - -Merrure enlevant
lee Brufs d'ArgIIs Argus heing sleepy
his cattle were driven "a 10y H." Loki 81
the Greek hierarchy, 10 with IN" others
Tn. picture. which - ~ 10y 25', liche-.
was painted when Millet Was unier Italian
lnfiusnces Their. 10 e. Giorginne-uue
richness in the co.orIng. aud thus.. who
rave over the -Angelus- nr the -Sow-r-
would rrdly recognize th,. clsssic beauty
Of MercuTys figure or his wonderful gait
and gesture The landscape - lovely.
Truly "a notable Millst u ought to hang
in our oun museum Ne also shows two
Boudins early canvgses fresh. sparkling
witty. beach sc~nes both Il ~ easy
tn connect the later Boudin with the early
Monet. All these and othsr interesting
pictures are az Mr.. Chapman = gRileries
II 10 good 10 $50 Ernest Lawson in
show all his own lie has 80 often hung
in the company NJ others that the Madison
Gallery really gives him fine opport unity
HIS pictures to the number Of twenty
two are there now They comprise some
old tavorites and many new EFFORTS
Brilliant - the word which best defines
this gathering. Lawson IL nothing II
not sirong Ther~ - never any doubt
a. to the existence 1T solid earthly strtIct-
IRE beneath his richly laid on co!ors His
point OF view ~ always individual Ito
never finches h-for~ stretch 1T ugly
territory and usually contrivsS 10 make It
siGnificant Hts Height - Houoken.
with the old pilgrim goat. dprerunn.rs
of the Book SEASON WaS RECENTLY shown
al the Pennsylvania Ncadsny and the
Sea Gulls- hung a. the Winter Academy
They are both welcome The bows hath
ing. their fresh Young '-sn maAIng de-
hghtful spots against M" warm greens.
arr also here. For moT'. ~4btl. chords Of
Lawsons sensitive Palette. We NAV % 20
the Cathedral ~ Nurn,ug-ld. H- ght.
and the lArtl- Church ~ luwupd Tn.
corner ot a garden - m IT, formal lines
and smooth paint uuIk" IN" resi- ".
admired the uiRht eject 81 High Bridge
and the Harlem River ~ Washington
Heights. Here ~ an artist who. without
iudulging ia Obvious S.ntm.utahty
records ~" appearance Of natural thiups
with the d~hCacy at a purt r5tlrIs' -e.LtuR