New-York tribune., 1912-02-14
ART EXHIBITIONS
The Washington Stock of V. G.
Fischer at the Anderson
Galleries.

! When a dealer in pictures and art OBJ
| iects turns over the contents OF his gal
leries to the auctioneer, it is not surpris-
ing that an assortment, rather than a col
lection Is what greets the visitor, for a
| dealer must, under some conditions. meet
a wide variety in taste among his patrons
| Especially is this the case when the scene
| Of his activities has beer a city Of limited
size and purchasing power. Specialization
in any but a city OF the first rank is not
! easy for a dealer to combine with CONNER
! cial success
! Considerations of this sort will no doubt
! occur to the visitor at the Anderson gal
! leries, where during the present week and
until their sale on the afternoons and even
| ings of next week the paintings, ceramics,
old watches. rings, boxes and other art
objects belonging TO the Victor c. Fischer
Art Company, Of Washington. will be on
view. And these conditions also, will
help to explain the decidedly mscellane-
Gus character of what is exhibited, though
they will hardly suffice to account for the
presence of a legion Of great names, fire.
quently not supported by inherent quail
ity. In a number of instances the words
attributed to" have wisely been added to
the name of an artist in the catalogue. A
note to this effect also appears in the
preface which refers, too. to the influen-
tial part played by Mr.. Fischer In the art
life OF the national capital until he came,
a year ago, to open his new galleries in
New York at which there is now assem-
bled a gathering of paintings by old mas
ters whose patrician quality has been the
SY,b nf anurapiativp comment here and
elsewhere.
OF the paintings at the Anderson gal
lcrlcs one of the most ingratiating is
large Van Marcke. with cattle in the fore
ground, as usual but a glimpse Of ships and
sea in the further planes OF the compost
tion. II is agreeable in color and has the
stamp of authority. There are four Bou-
dns of good and characteristic sort and
Bonvin that invites close inspection,
work of quality and personality. Two little
pieces by Decamps are unobtrusve but
worth while. One of the two canvases
given to Monticello has a modicum of the
glow that illumines so generously the man
best work A large group OF portrait heads
by Ribot is of some interest, though rather
As a series of studies than a picture. Rata
ELI is represented by a pleasing little out
door scene, Thauow by several canvases
Corot's name appears four times on the
list, and by his successor, Harpignies are
two little pictures that make an agreeable
impression. Weissenbruch, Kever. Theo'
phile de Book. Israels "a small and unim-
pressive biD. Mesdag. Artz, Bernard de
Hoog, Neuhuys, are among contemporary
Dutchmen figuring in the galleries, gener-
ally in way to give pleasure-though the
Importance OF this modern Dutch school
has been a deal exaggerated by merchants
in pictures. anxious TO find a successor in
landscape art to the Barbizon group, whose
pictures became too scarce and too costly
some years ago to serve as a staple com
modify.
Pictures by Americans include several by
a Washington artist, Max Weyl, and others
by Robert Henri, a landscape with figures,
painted perhaps a dozen years ago, and
wearing well; Thomas Hovenden, who
rarely comes into the market now. and
whose memory is associated with his tragic
death in attempting TO save another's HE;
William NJ. Chase, with a capital still life;
j f.. Kensett and F. NJ. Boggs, with good
London study Of the Thames and the
Tower; a sympathetic httle Market" by
Jerome Myers, and others
BY ]. Whitelaw Hamilton Scotchman
OF to-day, is a fresh and attractive land
scape. in the idiom OF the Glasgow school
William ShackletOn, an Englishman mas
done a landscape, with nudes, touched with
Imagination: there are tiny Cain.
Henrietta Ronner, with the familiar cats;
a Bail. glistenlng as usual: Helleu draw
ing, among a roomful OF water colors, some
Of them spirited and good; group OF
drawings in color by Domingo, another
group by early Engishmen. and picture
by an unknown artist, numbered 100 In the
catalogue, showing a Spanish circus In
terror. distinguished in its way.
Turner. Bennington, Ravesteyn. Van Dyck'
Constable. Lawrence, Greuze. Larglliere'
are few OF the great names that grace
the list. There are many more. And there
are japanese prints, carved worries fans'
rorcelalns. some attractive pottery from
the Far East and from Egypt. and host
Of things too numerous for detailed men
ton