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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

with some anonymous old masters
There is a splendid Van Dyck and there
are three or four fine Rembrandts. II
is especially interesting TO find amongst
the souvenirs Of the Dutch school a
drawing attributed TO Vermeer OIL,
Delft. The best OF the Italian draw.
ings are those in sanguine by Animals
Carracci and Bernardino Poccetu
From the French school there is a
strong nude by Boucher.
While we are referring 10 reproduc-
tions we may record the publication Of
"Fifty-eight Paintings by Homer D..
Martin" (Frederic Fairchild Shermanl
the plates being accompanied by sym
pathetic notes from the pen Of Mr..
Dana II. Carroll. This is an inyalu-
able memorial to the American land
scape master. The reproductions are
well made and are on sufficiently
generous scale. They form a littie gal
lery, through which one may become
intimately acquainted with tho paint
er's genius. The absence OF color is. Of
course, a handicap, but Martins beau
tiful quality Of design, his synthetic
habit and his feeling for form may all
be studied In these plates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

desslike creature. the Future. who lis
tens 10 the multitudinous echoes OF the
past The whole company is sisnii-
cantly bound together and brought
home to US with nobcr meaning
through 4 pIiestlike figure ia the cen
tire, UNFOLDING the cross. Back of them
all lies tie sea. bearing on its bosom
vessels which range from the ancient
trircmc TO a galley of the Armada and
the steel steamship OF to-day. The
men i'm this panel will face in the one
opposite women symbolizinS Hope and
Illusion. Wealth and Commerce, Ad-
venture and the Family; in other words.
the ideas which lured them on upon
their high cmprisC. Again the sea
PLAYS its part in the background. but
drifting there. as iu some fantastic
vision. are the towers OF a great mod
crn city and the cleaning walls Of tn
Tai Mahal. The men. loosely align If.
as We have said. nevertheless give
through the mere solidity of heir
forms a certain effect of energy and
strength 10 the picture. This note of
yirility is declared. too, clearly enough
but without emphasis in the color. Ia
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other jewel i'm the crown Of the Louvre
is threatened. not in regard 10 its
physical safety but in regard TO its au-
thorship. This is Giorgione's bewitch-
ing Concert Champetre," one of the
divinelv beautiful pictures in the world.
The few paintings by Giorgione that
are known TO history have, as every
student knows, been the special objects
of that scientific, critical research
which wreaks itself upon questions OF
attribution. Long ago Grove ard
Cavelcaselle threw doubts upon the au-
thenticity OF the Louvre picture. we
cannot say" they wrote. that Gior-
gione would not have painted such a
scene. but. as far as we know, he would
have treated il with more nobleness Of
sentiment" etc. They went on to suS-
gest that the picture might have been
painted 10y an imitator Of Sebastiano
del Piombo. Later critics have re-
fused. on the whole, to accept this
hvpothesis. an the standing Of the
picture as a true Glorglone mas seeGed
fairly secure. Recently however. NJ.
Lionello Ventura has returned to the
attack. and i'm a volume on "Giorgioae
e. il Giorgionismo" has done his best 10
prove that Sebastiano himself painted
the Concert" He is ingenious in his
argument. Of course. but NJ. Marcel
Raymond. writing in Tho Gazette"
successfully trayerses his different
points. That. without reproducing all
The details here. we feel justified in
stating 70 be tire upshOt Of the affair.
We hope it may rest there. Giorgione
is a master apart, painter with a
charm 50 peculiarly personal that there
would seem TO be no mistaknS his es-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

the facing panel however where enc
lighter sex prevails. so likewise The b'y
Is lightencd and the sentiment Of tie
thing is kept rhythmic and gracious
the movement Of the figures answering
TO the bllthe tints of rose and green
and blue. II IS on the artists color III
both dccora tions that We are most IN
clincd 10 dwell.
Ny. Simmons has long enjoyed a high
renute as a mural painter. and this re-
pute has rested above al on scholar
ship of design on a large sense Of FORM
and on an unusual technical mastery.
He has never practised the dry, me-
chanicaI method typical Of the salon.
but he has had q good deal oil the
sophsticatiOn, a good deal OF the SELL
confidence and easy thOroughncss,
characteristic Of the old hand i'm
Paris. with these traits there has
gone something OF that fidelity TO con-
ycntion i'm composition which makes
much of giving a decoration begin
ming. a middle and an cnd-in word.
Il iudic;ous formally. The formal Gle
mcnt is precious in mural painting. bat
that is not TO say that il is to be made
q fetch. and Mr.. Simmons recognizes
the fact on this occasion with more
courage than he has ever shown before
Each OF his professions has begin
ming. n middle and am end. but
neither of them is frozen into pat
tern. The balance is there, to be felt
rather thar TO be defined beneath the
grave movement Of his first panel and
the suifter. more tripping. pace OF the
second. And it receives this subtler
embodiment because the artist has
painted here in lire and form, if is true,
Lut even more i'm color. The very
method OF execution that he has
adopted is. for him. new and fresh.
Henri Martin. the brilliant Frenchman.
used something like it before him, but
Mr.. Simmons has done much more than
follow his example. Laying the paint
ON i'm parallel strokes, few inches
long and perhaps pudItOI OF "'l iii0"
or more apart, he has worked out "a
kind of mosaic of delicately modulatcd
touches which at the right distance
fuse gloriously into the purcst masses
of glowing tone II VIC may judge from
their appearance now, observed fifty
feet away or with the aid of a mirror,
these decorations in their appointed
place will convey an amazingly lumi-
rous impression, and. with this, an ef-
feet of true monumental unity. The
figures to which the painters method
gives a positive oddly when seen at
lose quarters take on an almost start
ling reality and beauty when seen 1T a
distance. They carry, too i'm addition
10 their loveliness of form and color
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jealous. and his wife had also an cX-
olisitely fine taste. II IS apparent
from what We read i'm the Gazette
that even their anonymous. minor
paiptings have invariably certain
quality.
They showed the same judgment IN
forming their collection Of sculpture.
NJ. Michel is explanatory over the IA
nous "afartyrdom Of ST. sebastian
the bass-relcf i'm bronze by Donateilo'
and notes. by the way. how II passed
into the hands OF VI. Andre FOR the gro
tesque sum Of 5000. Before the thought
of what this work would fetch IN the
market to-day ne pauses weiia.gh
breathicss. There are other pieces h(
Donatcllo ard there are some parucu-
larry representative examples OF h's
disciple. Des,dcrio da SettignanO. One
Of the best things OF this master. tde
marble Bust Of a Young Man IN re-
lief. is reproduced. n fires the imasi-
nation to reflect that, enchanting as
mcnt i'm the mass Of the Jacquema:t-
Andre riches. Besides the paintings
and sculpture. there arc Illuminated
manuscripts and quantities Of miscel-
IaneOus objects Of art. and all these
pricelcrs things are set in exactly the
lifting environment. Renaissance door
WAYS and mantlcpieccs abound i'm the
house There are wall and ceiling dec
orations hy Ticpolo and other great
painters. Apparently. not square foot
i'm the place is without its artistic sig
nificance. and while the building re-
mains d museum it is 50 arranged as
to preserve much Of the atmosphere Or
kind of Medicean palace and home.
No the Parisians do not need, after
all, to envy us the Altman collection or
Mr. Morgans great possessions.
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equal to it is the bestowal upon
the msttu, de France OF the mansion
ON the Boulevard Haussmann, full OF
works Of art which belonged to the
late Edouard Andre, and was be-
oueathed by him to his widow, the for
mer Ntlie Jacouemart. ON her death
il turned out that the two had resolved
TO put all their treasures and all their
fortune al the disposal Of the Institute,
which means, of course, that the mu-
scum into which their Paris home mas
been transformed is henceforth acces-
siblc to the public. II IS an imperial
legacy. and the Inauguration of this
latest artistic institution i'm Paris has
set all the commentators enthusiast
cally To work I'm the current number
of the Gazette DIES BeauX-Arts.' just
TO hand. q critical discussion Of the col
lection is begun with The first of u
series of articles on the paintings by
N. I.arcnestrc. and the first OF another
ON the sculptures 10y NJ Andre Michel
Their cnkindied pages, with a number
of deeply interesting Illustrations. give
an impressive idea OF what NJ. Andre
and his VIE have done, not only for
Paris but for The world.
The collection of two hundred paint
mgs is especially rich IN works Of the
Italian school. NJ Lalenostrc regrets
the absence of the most inspired of the
Florentine idealists and the most fer
vent of the naturalists. Fra Angelica
and Fra Filippo Lippi but he is con-
soled as he enters upon his survey of
fine different Madonnas. There is "A
beautiful Baldovinett, and from th's
rare master he passes TO one renowned
name after another, all represented by
really. fine examples and al eloquent of
the golden genius Of the Renaissance.
Nerrocchio, Signoreli, Mantegna, these
are some of the more salient painters
IN the collection. and as the chronology
,al sequence is unrollcd it discloses
Titan. Pordenone, Lorenzo Lotto. Sc
bastiano del Piombo. Moretto and Tin
toretto. Tie school Of Milan is illus
trated. In fact. there are souvenirs Of
nearly an thc great currents in Rcnais-
saucc Italian art Italy fills the fore
ground but there are works by the
Netherlandish masters, among them a.
famous Rembrandt, perhaps the most
dramatic of his pictures OF "Ths Sup
Der at Emmaus.' His poriralture, too
is illustrated. ass is the portraiturc Of
Halls and Van Dyck In tho French
section there are masterpieces by
Boucher. t'ragonard. Natter and
others. la The English there are mag
niiiccut examples of Gainsborough
REYNOLDS aud th,ir school. NJ. Andre
who As described by NJ. Lafcncstrc AS
al brilliant officer and man of the
world" was connoisseur as delicateiy
Instructed as he was Sympathetic and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

Then some decidedly interesting sales
are to bc expected. among them the
sale Of the Hirsch collection at the
American Art Galleries. The objects
TO bc seen there just now. bE the way
have come from various sources, but
-orm a pretty homogeneous collection.
they embrace old Persian faIences,
arms and armor, and other pieces OF
Orientalia. with particularly rich a.
ray Of Persian and Chinese rugs and
carpets All these things arc to be sold
ON the afternoons Of January o. :, :
and Q. At tho Anderson galleries the
current exhibition is OF modern paint
ings by American and foreign artists
from the estate of Henry Hilton. with
pieces from two Or three othor coilec-
tons. This body Of about 800 pictures
will bc SOLD ON the evenings Of January
Is and Z.
Now that the holidays are done with,
the small exhibitions VIII multiply with
zyer increasing rapidity until spring
m Its into summer So numerous are
they that il is d little difficult TO Keep
track Of them. At the School OF Ap-
piled Design for Women there is q
show. which VIII continue until Feb
ruary l. OF landscapes by Charles Eb-
ert. Nil Jonas Lie IS exhibiting at the
Enoedler gallery the paintings that he
has recently made OF thc Panama
Canal Fixtures by Hugo Bailin are at
the Montross gallery. The Powell sal
lcrv presents for the first time in this
.ountry fairly fun exhibition of the
work Of the English artist. Carton
Noorcpart. il contains water cOlors
done i'm Bermuda. animal studies litho-
graphs and few monotypes. PANT
ings by J. Wcngcr are at the Folsom
GALLERY. and an exhibition Of seven
pictures by Zuioaga is announced 20
open az the Kraushaar gallery OF jan
uary H.. In one quarter II appears
that We may expect echoes OF the
memorable Armory show. Hitherto
the exceedingly advanced" types who
had their fling in that exhibition have
otherwise been made known almost eN-
ciusiyely at the little gallery Of the
Photo Secession. In the recently cs-
tsblished Daniel gallery tho liberal pol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
Two New Decorations by Ed
ward Simmons.

The public has been made tolerably
familiar with the broad artistic pur-
pose adopted in the management OF the
exposition now being organized at San
Francisco. In this affair, designed 10
celebrate the opening OF the Panama
Canal every effort is being made 10 re-
peat the extraordinary success which
was achieved at Chicago twenty years
ago. That success was Que in great
measure TO the perfection OF the archl-
tcctural ensemble and to the ardor
with which the painters and sculptors
Of the country collaborGted in the nro-
duction OF the buildings. The San
Francisco scheme. going forward with
kindred aim and in the same har-
monious fashion, promises 10 be an
even moro Economically picturesque ar
chitectural fabric, and this time the
painters and sculptors will probably be
infinitely more effective. for they are
tackling their problems with infinitely
more experience. At Chicago our
school OF mural decoration was practi-
cally uniricd. Since then ii has come
20 something like maturity.
Little is known about what is beirg
done in the matter OF color for this en-
tcrprisc, and accordingly We are lad
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and their charm OF movement, an air
of rare individuality. That indeed is
the chief secret of ones whoiehcartcd
admiration for this remarkable piece OF
work. Mr. Simmons has cast loose
from all of his own sterling presidents.
and in the process has only proved
himself the greater painter The sure
ness Of hand which in the past has
stood him i'm such good stead keeps
pace with the inyoptivencss. the intel
lcctual and artistic fervor, with which
he has sought 10 solve his latest prob
lem. These paintings viii rank high
at san Francisco. and We shall bo sur
priscd if they do not exercise a con-
structive influence long after The Pan
ANA Exposition has had IT'S day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

Of the opportunity To speak mere oi one
! important contribution that is beng
made to it by Mr.. Edward Simmons.
He is a leading figure in that band OF
painters who. under the general dircc-
| ton of Mr. Jules Guerin, have for some
months been quietly working IN tre
East on huge panels destined. we be-
lieve, to have a profound influence III
! the West Huge is cmphatically the
word. and il accounts for the fact That
much Of the work TO which we refer IS
/ being carried OF in out of the way
places. far from public notice, where
| by hook or by crook. studio spaces
large enough might be secured. II
| has been over in Brooklyn that hr.
| Simmons has been labOring on the tW9
! immense canvases, each u feet nlSl
and nearly 30 feet long. which are to
I go on the walls of a high vaulted pas
sage at the eastern side Of McKim,
Mead a Whites Court Of the sun ard
/ Stars in the Panama Exposition. IN
! this triumphal arch. beneath coltered
ceiling OF gold and blue, these deccra- p
| tons will lie seen in a penumbral hga5
some fifty feet above the ground. Tic
] artificial stone in which they arc TO DC
! set will have an effect in tone similar
! TO that which the observer may now
/ study in the Pennsylvania Terminal
/ All this suggests, obviously. massi'e
monumental scheme. and as such Nr.
simmons has attacked it. But, as will
presently APP: ar. he has done so win
an originality delightfully."- eyading the
, cold. immobile effect so often promoted
by conditions Of the kind we have de-
scribed.
I He has released himself from con-
vention, in the first place. in the con-
ception Of his subject. His arch. as
we have noted, is the eastern one. and
so the. Atlantic gives him his motive,
Just as the Pacific supplies the basis
| for the work of Mir. +. Y. DuMond, VINO
is decorating the arch to the west. Mr.
Simmons has had the felicitous idea
I OF frustrating III looStlA IoIil'u
procession which stretches across his
first. panel the triumph Of mems minds
over the mysterious waste of waters
separating the old World from the
New. the irresistible force Of aspiring
ideas, the heroic persistence OF the c.
plorer and the might of the civilization
/ which follows in his track. II is a
poetic sequence ard begins by a posi-
. tive inspiration with the figure Of a
man whose presence points to the fas-
( cinating legend e the lost Atlantis.
Columbus follows. naturally, and aftef
! him types leading in due historical sue
cession to the immigrant of our own
day. above whom broods a superb god
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

Tho new year opens auspiciously
enough in the world OF art. The in
suguration at tho Museum Of the At
man and Morgan collections would
alone. as We have said before. make
the season one 10 he remembered
other things OF importance are also in
view. The loan exhibition of eighteenth
century English pictures which is soon
TO be opened at the new Duvcen gal
lcry ought 10 be a brilliant affair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

sential spirit II is hard n not inn.
sible, TO imagine sebastiano. or cns
other master Of the time. produces.
quite the miracle Of art and Of feen,.
that we possess in the Louvre pictu,.
The latest OF the societies establshea
FOR the dissemination i'm fac-simile :.
cravings by the old masters. tho pr
tel-Geselischaft Of Frankfort has JUS
issued its second portfolio. Hlustrat,a,
a number of the old masters in IT,
Grand Ducal Museum AZ lNcimar. IN.
selection Of thirty drawings opens Win
A curious and very characteristic Diec.
by Hans Baldung Grun. The North.r,
craftsmen are, Of cOurge, conspicuous
Jorg Breu and Lucas Cranach follow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

ioicing ian sift never paralleled here
and only rivaiied outside 81 Ire coun-
try Bog such rare Instances as those
provided in the Wallace collection in
London or the Poldo-PezZoh Museum
iu Milan. I'm France. of course, the
people are almost incredibly fortunate
the gift Of Chantiliy and its domain
by thc Duo d'Aumale, a gift made
i'm the grand style, is the most
splendid i'm long list. Almost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
The Jacquemart Andre Mu-
scum in Paris.

IL is surely truc. as We have more
than once remarked, that bcWcst
like that OF the Altman collection to the
Museum is calculated to cause the
director of any European gallery to
turn green with envy ON the other
iand, the French nation IS now re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
The Academy and Those 1t Left Out in tn
Cold-Mural Decoration at the Panama
Exposition New Note by Ed
ward Siimmons-The Jacque-
mart-Andre Museum.
~ ROYAL CORTI-SOZ.

icy OF MIR Stieglitz is evidently to De
rivallcd. The first show there when
closed yesterday. brought forward son'e
interesting examples Of George Luks'
Ernest Lawson. william J. Glackens'
Charles Austin Needham and similarly
unconventional painters, and this dls-
play is TO he followed at once pN a
show Of American "Post-lmpresslon-
;sts.'
Apropos Of these new Developments
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-16

Westby Times is about TO add Nor
wegian department in its columns
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-16
ONE AMONG MOST PROMINENT
Death of East End Man Removes Pro.
gressive Citizen. Edward Hammer

Vernon county mourns the loss of one
of her most enterprisiug and worthy
men in the passing of Edward Hammer
of Hillsboro. In the very prime OF life,
in the midst of his usefulness he sur.
rendered to the will of Him who Gre
ates and closes careers. Nocitizen has
had buster existence or more honor
able one, during the span Of a brief
life than congenial Ed Hammer He
was but SIS years old, yet for 2s years
he was in tbe harness of commercial
activity, power for all that was pro-
gressive and Up building in his native
village and county. No enterprise that
promised bene fit TO his community but
had his hearty support. being engaged
in all the principal activities of his sec
tion. AS town and village official and
member of and chairman of the county
board, Mr.. Hammer was active and
thoughtful for the public veal
Human endurance has its limits, and
Edward Hammer was the victim of his
own disregard of the laws of nature;
the strain of too many activities over
taxing his powers, and he broke in the
days when he should have been strong
in life's work. He suffered a break
down and stroke four years since, died
in Chicago sanatorium December 4,
and large kinship and a host Of ac-
quaintances join in paying fitting tri-
butte to mis- good memory.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-16

Miss Hazel Baker entertaine d
Christmas division in q party at her
home
Mr.. James Lynn OF southwestern
Franklin town. died from pneumonia
on Tuesday. i
Martin Anderson has purchased the
farm of Wilbur Smith, the latter NOV
ing to this city.
-Fraternal social given by Eastern
Star members, Friday evening, was a
fine social success for the series of Ma
sonic winter gatherings.
Lyman Martin, aged q, of Bishop
Branch, pleaded guilty &c incest before
Judge Higbee and was com mitted to
the state reformatory for two years.
Get your wife or daughter a piano
for Christmas. have two fine Wal.
than pianos, warranted ten years.
Come in and will give you low price.
j. w. Lucas, Jeweler.
One hundred and twenty seven of
the Chicago police force came from the
Kickapoo valley. The Kickapoo coun-
t-y is noted for the tallest and Drawn
lest men in the United States, so says
the Edgerton Tobacco Reporter.
CikNb Onl VI ttU
deeds, filed in the Office of the register
of deeds, the amount of purchase or
conveyance involved, is not stipulated,
IS and other valuable consideration"
is the phrase in stock used by the ma
jority. With the new war tax about
to go into effect, the law provides that
deeds be taxed on sliding scale ac-
cording to the value of the property in
I al -. L.. Al
hereafter the actual consideration will
be stipulated in the transfer 10 permit
proper appraisal of thefax,
The merchants OF Two Rivers are
not going to let the mail order houses
get much trade out of their town. In
addition to large advertising space in
the local papers by each individual con-
Germ, eleven of the leading merchants
of that town have united in large adj
vertisement in which, over their names,
they offer IS 90 cash for case where
they cannot meet or beat any purchase
you can make of mail order house. ("
Coupled with this offer is the sugges-
ton that local people interested in the
community will trade at home when 1t
can be done as well as in the city.
State Fire Marshal Host has issued
bulletin calling special attention of
housewives to the danger of using stove
polishes made with benzine. He says
scarcely ( day passes but what acci-
dents of a n,S-e O.: hess serious charac-
ter are reported of explosions caused
by using these polishes on a warm
stove. and it is only few monthssinc
that six. year-old child was killed and
her mother seriously injured through
an explosion caused in this way. The
FIRE marshal advises the use only of fire.
proof stove polishes, even though II
takes little more time to get results
with it. He closes with the trite say
ing that ut is better to be safe than
sorry"