Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-17
EUROPE'S ART GALLERIES.

Probably the names OF n few living crit
les are more familiar to tho student of
art than that of John Van Dyke. tho uni
versity professor and lecturer, whose nu-
merous books on paintings are so widely
studied by those who wish 10 gain an
insight into the beauties and value OF
the famous paintings of the world. Mr..
Van Dykes many years of study in Eu-
rope have fitted him to discuss this phase
of art with the great clarity of expression
and KNOWLEDGE that has made his books
so popular Now Mr.. Van Dyke has been
preparing n new series of books dealing
with the famous galleries of Europo and
the paintings to be found in each--or the
paintings that We're to have been found
in each previous to the outbreak of pres
ent hostilities and German threats OF
removing art treasures from conquered
cities in place of money ransom Under
the broad title, New Guides to old Mas
tors." Charles Scrihnors Sons have pre-
pared this series of small pocket-sze
books In an attractive red leather binding
there being twelve volumes In the COM
plote set Eight of these have already ap-
peared, each dealing with tho
galleries of one or more of the European
art centers
In the general Introduction to the en-
tire series which prcfaces the first vol
umc of the set Mr.. Van Dyke takes M
various important subjects to he consid-
cred before entering upon a systematic
enumeration of the paintings in European
galleries. In this he discusses such points
rs the Eenuineness OF the so-called "old
masters" the pictures of workshop and
of the school, which sometimes pass as
paintings from the hand OF the master,
rcplicas and copies, limitations and forge
cries and the cleaning and restoring
which many of the paintings have had to
undergo, all of these being subjects that
must be understood before any critical
estimate of the work can he undertaken.
Each of the volumes has its own intro
duction dealing directly with the
gallery to be visited and following this
comes the list of paintings which hang
upon the gallery walls, described in sim
pie and and concise terms, with brief
critical notes, and done 18th the COM
prehcnsion that only comes from repeat
Cd visits to the great treasure galleries
of Europe. These three sentences in tho
might be taken as applicable In Mr. Van
Dykes way Of thinking to any of the
galleries. THE average tourist may do
the national gallery in an nour, but the
student can spend weeks or months here.
The pictures should be seen again and
again, Each visit will reveal something
new-perhaps something rich and rare"
The eight volumes already issued by the
Scribners are: CONVERSATIONAL Gal
lery, Wallace Collection" cd: Paris
Louvre" 90 cents); "Amsterdam-Rlik
museum; The Haguc-Royai Gallery;
Iaarlem-IIals museum" G5 cents neD;
Antwerp Royal museum: Brusscls-
Royal museum" (75 cents net; Munich
Old Pinacothck; Frankfort Staedel In
stitute; Cassel-Royal Gallery" SD;
"Brrlin-Kaiser Friedrich museum; Ores
den Royal Gallery sd, Vienna-Imper-
ial gallery; Budapest Museum OF Fine
Arts sd, and "Madrd-Prado" l75
cents). The volumes to come will deal
with the galleries in Venice, Milan, Flor
enCe and Rome