New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
ART EXHIBITIONS
The Buchanan CoIleCtiOn-Mr.
HopkinSon Smiths Drawings.

There Is an interesting collection on view
=, the American Art Galleries. one formed
~ the late William Buchanan. It Is di-
,ded into two parts The first consists Of
,ls household furnishings. bric-a-brac and
40 on, and is to be sold where il is now
,pown on Wednesday and Thursday after
,oons. this week. These things are useful
md decorative and will attract the house
,older. The second part Of the collection is
made up Of about fourscore paintings which
ire 10 be sold in the grand ballroom of the
Plaza on Thursday evening It is a mis-
Auaneous array of modern pictures. many
" which are of high value.
Mr.. Buchanan appears 70 have had
rav with him not always characteristic of
the modern collector. He did not ask of
p,cture that il should be important" If
4 was charming, that was enough for him.
FAKE. for example, the two little paintings
ty Millet "Nymph and Cupid" and The
Baker" or Fortunys miniature panel
Fruit Shop in Granada" or the sketch by
rourbet. called THE Little Goatherd."
These are not momentous souvenirs, but
they are nevertheless delightful So it is
With the Barbizon pictures, the examples
sf Corot, Daubigny, Rousseau, Barge. Diaz
Ind Dupre. There is not q star" picture
n the lot, but all these paintings are good
10 look upon. It is interesting, too, to OBJ
,erve that. having the courage OF his con
Jictions, Mr.. Buchanan could also buy the
productions of men who have gone out of
fashion. when, as matter of fact the
particular specimens of their craft that he
encountered happened 10 be good ones.
Witness The Bather" by Bouguereau, the
pest nude by that Academcian We have
peen in years. and the really lovely little
figure piece by Hebert. La Muse des
eois." There are paintings here. IL is true,
BY Carolus Duran Toulmouche. Perrault
and others which are fatty commonplace.
That is not the word TO apply To the bulk
pf Mr. Buchanan's collection. On the con-
lrarv. he accumulated a generous quantity
81 unpretentious but fine things, and we
shall be surprised II the sale does not pro-
Note energetic competition.
For years Mr.. F. Hopkiuson Smith has
bhown every season new collection OF
water colors painted in Venice and else
where on the Continent Again he has
been rambling through his accustomed
hsunts but this time he brings back, in
ttead of water COorS, a rich armful OF
drawings in charcoal They may be seen
o. the Knoedler Gallery, and to see them
ne may add, is TO enjoy fresh and IN
tpiriting sensation. Mr.. Smith cannot be
too warmly congratulated on the success
with which he has interpreted in black ana
white the themes which ne has hitherto
treated in color His hand has not only
not lost its cunning, but would seem to
have taken on a new lease of life. One
looks first. OF course. 10 the vividness of
his effects to the piCtureSqueness or ms
drawings to the sympathy with which he
denotes the special characteristics or this
or that locality. But one presently comes
pear TO losing sight of the value OF these
sketches as portraits of places in apprecia-
uon Of the artists technical skill We see
him, on this occasion, a strong and dex-
ferrous craftsman. knowing exactly what
to do with his material and doing II with
equal swiftness and sureness. 1t is d pity
that the twenty-threc drawings have been
crowded into too small a space. With an
other wall given to them they would CON
vey an even better impression But, as 1t
Is. nothing can obscure their vital spirit
or their solid merit. There opens to-day at
tniS RdUeTE, DS lhe way cH CHiiiSi''Oi4 Va
paintings by Nelly Harvey, Of Munich
An exhibition of bronzes. marbles and
medallions by Mr.. Victor q. Brenner has
been opened at the Hahlo Gallery, and will
continue there until May l. 1t contains I0O
pieces. the scale OF the show giving US
pleasantly surprising sense OF Mr.. Bren-
psr's activity. He has done good work,
and It was a good idea TO exhibit II thus at
FUN length at the Macbeth Gallery there
Is q show of selected paintings by Ameri-
can artists The MacDowell Club opens on
Thursday an exhibition OF paintings by
George II. MacCrum, Marion II. Bullaro
and others. The Salmagundi Club is hold
ing an exhibition of Thumb Box" sketches
b. members.
The MacDowel Club issues a prospectus
for exhibitions Of contemporary American
paintings and sculptures which should
prove of great interest to artists The club
offers its gallery to groups OF not less thah
eight or more than twelve artists, these
groups TO exhibit each for fortnight
They are to be self-organized selecting and
hanging their own works, and the cost for
a fortnight's show ia TO be only $3.50. The
seem to us favorable TO the happy develop
ment Of the scheme There is encourage
ment, too, in the names of the members or
the committee on painting having the plan
I'm charge This body is composed OF
Alessrs Herbert Adams, John Alexander
George Bellows. u. Putnam Brinley, Ben
AL Haggin. William Laurel Harris, Robert
Henri John {. Johansen and Paul Dough-
erty The prospectus contemplates a sea
son beginning October g. 1912. and closing
on MAY Is, 1918. 1t should permit the ap-
pearance of works by 24 artists. distrlb-
uted in seventeen groups. Every we'll
visher Of American art will hope that the
thing may go through
Mr. John w. Beatty, director of fine arts
a. the Carnegie Institute. Of Pittsburgh
announces that his institution has estao-
hshed a department Of prints. 1t alreaoy
possesses an important collection OF origi-
nal drawings by American artists, and II
will now give special attention 70 the pro-
cirement OF etchings and engraVings. ~
seems that at the present moment the hne
arts committee has in view and under con
sideration an important collection or prints
End another OF drawings II has embarked
on q wise policy Particularly judicious Is
its inclusion of drawings in Its programme
for these arc OF peculiar value to the stu
dent. H. -
J. MORTON GETS NEW PART