The evening world., 1911-01-25
UP AND DOWN
PICTURE LANE
N ENJOYABLE exb,b,,,or-vh,o
BY Henry T'yYreH

A N ENJOYABLE exhibition-which
~ at the same time Is a liberal
education In the line OF modern
paintings the average American cofec-
TOR has been collecting OF late years
Is At the American Art Galleries, Mad
'son Square south. where the works of
the Barbizon, Dutch and contemporaries
GUS schools, belonging to Julius Oehme, a
! wen known and highly reputed art deal
Of New York City. are shown pre-
Pyminary to their sale at auction at
Mendelssohn Hall next Friday evening.
Mr.. Oehme knew what the best sellers
were. and he was fortunate as well as
tactful in getting hold of meritorlous
examples OF painters whose vogue Is
founded on something more substantial
and permanent thar a fad.
The genres, story pictures and deco
rative heads by Kaemmerer. Blommers.
Detti. kever, Kiesel. Beraud. Henner,
Roybet. the younger MISSIONER, Sig
norini. Gabriel MAJ and Albert Lynch
are all there In their most amiable
moods. They serve as a fitting compile
ment TO the men higher up In art, who
are both popular and g~reat-Corot, Dau-
oigny. Rousseau. Diaz, Boudin, the two
ftbfVS Nohi'o dnu JuiltUD, IsbDeD,
lsraels. Harpignies. Jongkind. Mauve,
Michel. Monchablon. Pissaro, Troyon.
. Thaulow and Ziem.
or the three small Corots, the Italian
i'yl called Morning in the Valley"
surely contains as much OF the concen-
loneliness of this Vergilian land
'vcape poet as ever was put on so many
luare inches OF canvas. The single
susseau is a gorgeou sunset. and the
Daubigny reflects that master In min
iature. h two Mauves are water
colors, tiny but rich-one a COW n
, he other goats. Pissaro's Apple Trees
In Blossom" Is a perfect example OF
this Joyous and robust impressionist.
Georges Michel's River In Flood" is an
unusually fine demonstration OF this
painters mellow and sombre power.
Henry q. Dearth and Charles p.
Grippe are two Americans who stand
kout well In this representative picture
pllection. particularly Grippe. whose
Dutch canal scene at Voorburg Is splen-
did and authoritative in-well, II we
mpst come down TO jargon terms-in
"tonality."
THE galleries at No. 47 Fifth ave-
\ nue. which Mr.. Oehme has va
Gated Che Is ~rellnquishing BUSH
hess OF account OF continued III healthy.
are now occupied by Victor G. Fischer
OF Washington. u. c., who makes his
New York debut with an exhibition OF
old and modern masterpieces OF the
English, French, Spanish, German,
Dutch. Flemish and Italian schools tina
! may well confirm the reputation for
comprehensive connoisseurship enjoyed
by this dealer.
Three portraits by Sir Joshua Rey-
! Mods In his prime. two by Raeburn. one
by Hogarth. and important figure pieces
and landscapes by Constable. wilkie,
Wilson. Calleott. Old Crome. Landseer.
Leslie, Linnell. Morland. Nasmyth, stot-
hard and Vincent are In the English
section alone.
The large Constable landscape Ia n ire.
mendous thing. so strong and vivid that
one can scarcely believe II was painted
-+neary 2 century ago by Turner's chief
contemp6 airy rival and exhibited in the
Paris Salon Of 1897. where It proved a
memorable Neye-opener for the young
French l~andscapists who were to de-
velop later into the historic men
Of 1890"
The Fets Day In Venice" one Of Ave
csnvasses b. Francesca Guard, must be
the largest and most brilliant work Of
this clever eighteenth century Venetian
that ever came 20 New York's Picture
Lane-and we don't forget. either. that