New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

4 MS Is UndCnldbly 4 handsome piece ot
i work. 1t is decorative in its linear ar
rangcmont redolent Of character in its
pose Though here again the masters i'm
pulse could probably he traced and of
/ a competence as 10 the details Of the
gown and the painting Of the face that
cannot be overlooked. Was it .he final
fash Of what might have hccn the art
ist's own personality? There seems no
other fully satisfactory explanation for
1t. Yet it could scarcely have been what
it is. had not Whistler first put on record
some OF his tan single figures.
The paintings in oil and water color
belonging to the estate OF the late Her
mann Schaus and constituting the stock
remaining in the old William SchaUs
Art Galleries when they we're closed 1T
the time of Hermann Schauss death,
have been placed on view at the Ameri-
can Art Galleries and will I've s)ld on
the evenings Of Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at the Plaza Hotel, aud "n
Thursday evening. January Is, at ihe
American Art Galleries. il docs not re-
quire n long memory to recall the ad-
mirable private collection of william
Schaus. shown in the same galleries
some fifteen years ago and dispersed at
prices that made IN average well above
/ 81 900 for every canvas While The pres
ent assortment makes no prcthn"c at
! being collection. in the exact sense n
| that word. since IL contains paintings Of
! the number and variety necessary 10
the working stock of an sftiyt dealer.
II includes fair quota ri pictures tlA.
are worth whjla besides good MANY
whose aprcaI will be mainly TO popular
gr casual taste.
Nothing in the show is moro listinc-
tive than a head of an Arab. by Henri
Regnault. reproduced on this page. IN
it's strong posc on the muscular sh"n'
ders and its somewhat disdainful OK
preston of CountcnanCc, this portrayal
Of a virile man Of the desert Ie'e1'S
strikingly the thought and style oi nc
lamented French painter who died when
but thirty eight years OLD. The broad
skptchy character Of the work - ac-
ccntuated by the dedication Inscribed at
the lower corner, to his friend Nayson.
1t was evidently for pleasure 'ho '
the interest II gave nm ''d' neNi'''''
painted this study. Adjo'hiHN '''' car
vas in the lower room of the American
Art |alle'l'S u 'uS'I'"'
Nollon, uncomIn"nIE warm t'' ''' o."
its color. Other near neighboTs are TWO
,r,,.,u .sr,accc nv Boudiu lone i'm the
sober yot appreciati'c fashion 'fa' N'S
I his wont, This IS an Ar''S' Nn''l WORN
wears well ana gains WIN .''i,''
~ JonEK'hd. "'""I'- "'''
not far away F''a'" III ''' -
the three sIna" -,..
mals, by when M''''' "''
/ but hkahle' All ol u''''i'
Animal PICTURES arc ous
| in the SchauS dSsorUHehO' '"''' 81
+ three canvascs by Van Mar'he' one "
which. The Pasturc-h'erihE '-'o'' 70
! a capital specimen 10y NM "''''
/ Dieterlc are thre' eNd''P''S' '''' u"
/ Of them. La Reine dh IrouPedu '-''''
/ she rivals the better known van N"r'"''
! Rosa Bonhcur appears h'r' VIZ" '''''''
| pictures and studies ana ''''''
Jacques Is seen IN We" F'','" n'
! yard study OF chickens fe'dlnS I"''
! (27J). There is another Jacques mere
larger one The Shephern '-'''' oI'
| this is dark and rather pritl''.
OF the landscape men oi lN"" 'i9h
hgures with ono Of his familiar rcnaer.
ings of tn" forest, 1t is more r'Straln'n