The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

trat''d works formed by an earlier owner
Prot Gi"rS" Ma prevented by his death,
( which took Ulac. in ia" ~= from
taking m hand Nv" history ~ Japane-''
painting WHICH he hai plannsd In
th" same year ,ss2, ia. British Mu-
-s'Im acquired fuT E1uD collection
OF about 2wI .Iapan--" and chimes"
paintings and prints from Dr William
And-r~nu. who had been PROFESSOR 81 tire
M'SiI'al Academy ~ iukIu In Paris.
wherr many private collections OF Jspa-
hes" wuOdrut- came INTO being those
Of Cons. Bing viewer. Gillef Many.
R"gart Galirnart and latt-ry Of koe,h-
I'm and Count Iamondo. d"-rrv" special
mention "a rrtroep-ctiv" exhibition Of
Japane-.' art was Organized a. early
a. iSS1. and was followed by sp..cial
exhibition ct japanese wood sngraving-
IA lNgi ~ the beginning ut 1898 "A reject
exhibition 1T iro-hIg"S Landscapes took
plar" AT Durand- Rurl- rooms The on
entail department 1t the Louvre Ipo-s.s-e-
a small collection nf wood -nRravings
ana =" de- tho Mu-.'.' Gulm-t and tia.
BihIoth"Iu" Nationals. ,th. D,ir~t col
lection of illustrated books \ socIety
"i JapanuUhlls- iJaponi-ant-,. consist
nag ~ about fifteen members. holds
monthly meetings IN PARIS la FsbrrI-
ary 1919. the first exhibition of .Iapaness
wood sngravings IN prvat" r,u-~s--Ion was
held Iu th" Mu-.'a de- Art- DccoratIfs
and Was To- h.. followed bv a -eri,.- Of
Others
In lSSS IA" Burlington Pine Arts club
organized an exhibition Of Japanes. wood
enSrnvlugs Japan society was founded
Among English privat" collections that
81 Edgar Wilson - ESPECIALLY praised
The largest collect ION however ~ IN the
possession of The Museum of Fine ArtS IN
Boston some 90 screens ION paint
ings and lu.Un prints. which were brought
together hy Prof Ernest Francisco Fsnol-
Iosl, who stayed twelve years ~ Japan
40 Imperial Japanc-a Fine Ari- Com
missioner and many wears 81 who's, life
w"r" spent IN describing and Classifying
these treasures He also pusss-s..d a
noteworthy collection of hi- own Among
other American collections tho.. Ut
thArle- J Morse and Fred " Gookin
ia Chicago and IT George " Vanderbilt
IN New York may he mentioned The
lat" Francis lathrop Of New York had
abou' I7o R'youaga- Or BIseloN had
10 Boston In Germany there are the
collections Of ko"pplng and I.i-bermann
IA Berlin. Nadl"r IA Munich. Frau Straus-
N~ghlur in Frankfort -on-the- Nam JaskeI
fn Gr"lfswald. Muslr IN Leip-Ic. Ordsr
IN Dusseldorf. Crosse IA Fr-iburg and
others Tn" Berlin PRINT Room has heeu
already mentioned: the library u the
h luSi g"w"rb"nu-sum ha- since then
tended more and more 10 b-corn. the
C"ulrl! repository for state collections,
IN" Museum fur kun-t und Ge~ "rb. at
Hamburg po>s.'--'.- a number 81 prints
s. tud ia the PRINT Room AZ dresden
nm" foundations Of - collection nav. been
Ia,t
li'"" hi- riIu~'tkIug amt nearly com
gI'.'. discussion Of a.. various collections
Prot ~"ri.fP ii-'uur-.-s upon m. de-
'".ppWeu' of 'u" 'lt"~J'ur" upon th., sub
."r' Iui furnishes ID full bibliographv
IL url.-s~ th" -"a,.ulug and cumpr-h-n-
-iv" Iahur~ - F"uuIlu-a. who's. untimelv
fuAlug ~ n los september 81 was 4
loss lp ir', mentions tho exhibition held
Iu New lurS lu 1904 II tho Masters Of
I SNpy". and gives the dat. - IA present
"Nhau-'tr" work 'SH7. the iirrt .-iitIuuI
~,u," hen the book has been enlarged
and m m" pr-fic" 'he author pertinently
saw Though ~ hns been my earnest
"ud"dyUr 10 kr-J ~" Japanese ideal in
view MANY still object that tho criticism
~ artists -unh ~ Kiyonaga Sharlku
and ilokU-af are cr-Eurupean In senti-
men. In ,rs'h where there were ma
'"rlaI- fpr comparative. judgment and IL
-.-.''n..t .IA"lv rp h. fruitful 81 results |
ntr" u'' n"-r'lf..i - apply our own
divergent standard oopI-Ionallv
Japau"-.' painting ike ~ parent art
o h.u.-- iaiu''ug differ from modern
tur"f IAN painting "a tins that ~ de-
llh"ra'"ly '"r"yu"- an means - producing
nu Iwu"ila'" illusion II knows nothing
81 ne inIrd dimension hu' confn.-- ~
-"f - d"rDratIr" ..H"rt- IN one plane.
a' DO" -arl"'lu" r'" extraordinarily do
.,.IYf..i p,w"r- ~ ph-"ryl'lon IN tho
JIlpu'--'. ,utDI" % - convey AN unusual
amount II ui. and -ptur WITH NJ.
JapIu.-. -ga'" - not indicated bv 70, ,,-
NIX '"gr"'- .f I"pth and Il r"pr.--ni..d
~ tIl 80 I"a-' ru M" b.-' period II their
Ir' 10 rn' M .'-r' foo DO" LAYS g strict
p"r-u"rrI'' h"iug merely IuiioI ted nv
20 -'r'o- = -H"u.-- - pu rl.. stag" Men
AMI uhF"ut- 900 -gIr. Ar" NOT rpuud.t and
fI~' no r'lIiuN-. shadow 80 cast bong
according 90 POO. tnrns-a dpc'riu. some
thing accidental and not worthy - rapra-
-"utt'.uu 90 an Dpr-oi- 10 no. throw
lrk 'h" -pulgn' Iu ~" form - high
p ,i'- nor go they r.a.,.' Other ub ..rf.
.r 'r"fr neigh hp~np'd. 'h- 10 most con
-'r,.ln.I- 90 'nn.I-.. ~ water winch shows
neither r"'",'rau. nor high hgh'- Hence
anything Iu 'H" na'Ir" pf uhlarp-ouru. a
Homogeneous -ch"u" ~ ugh' altering
tlI ''" .1'.r rlluc- ~ . r,-'tru direction
.- ...' ~ 10" question whc'h"t 900 repre-
-.u'a'fpU- ~ INTERIOR 0r 'ha open air
Moreover 'hn proportions - 'ha figures
81" Usually DII'" arbitrary partly be-
GAYS" o. Ir-gTi~i"nf i''"ntIpn ?, TN.
point partly from delIbsrat. puruo..
To" IrumuhIII'y - N" f"lt1r.~ l. 10 b.
~ 49," pee uliar JapansS. notion
= do'n~uur. winch insists on q constantly
.,..tr.. ~"~IrrI-u"-- - "xpr"s-iDn one
..-uI. Ia.l'g rlt' 20" woman have their
.,y.prun- shaved ~ hour nps painted
'." r"i ,grh -u"uI7 and thor faces ,
...aA|y ,r.'.,.i Ni'h povd"r - .. not
Irhu.rr 0u Eu-ar" By' IN" bpfic~ a l-p q