New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-14
interesting Pictures of Two
MODERN Schools Assem-
bled in Current Show.
NATIVE ARTISTS ARE
WELL REPRESENTED
o.;.,tal Porcelains Also on EX-
Vh;bition-Aimone Collection OF
Furniture To Be Sold.
u, ROYAL CORTI>eOL.


- wears seem TO I've rolled
..v nv the exhibition when mas yus'
onened Al the American Art ua'-
We" rho collection of 216 pictures there
r has becn made up from divers
s'O" galf a dozen living owners and
'0'lss estates are represented. But by
ma Ia concatenaton Of circumstances
'.is material falls into 4 certain har-
M and illustrates the taste OF ritteeH
,no,ty wears ago. This is no rehecuch
.,a oualty of the exhibition WhlcA
inc as a matter Of fact, some good
..,,,es But by the ensemble we are
Panod N an earlier fashion, when the
=, masters were not quite so popular as
~. are to-day. The modern Contineh''1
'', 80 we're then much in vogue. Every
"a. had in have an example of lhe ha:-
ION school. and this exhibition reniihdS
80 TOO. that at that time our landscape
tr,ers were all devoted 10 quiet tones
,fs.n,esslonism was just making its way
rho Gale. which begins next Tuesday
u continues through the three follow
,.r evenings. should have one notaoie at
.~s.,,on for the collector 1t Will put
..,h,nr sensational before him, but 1t VIII
FER him all manner Of good chances 70
.omn.t. for comparatively modest prizes.
Tbs American section, for example IS Iui'
=, charming pictures. There are some
,,,srsstlng souvenirs Of lnness ana
want. and q number Of their followers
,,va an excellent account OF themselves
", 7 Francis Murphy. the late ROPER
y Minor. Bruce Crane. William A. Coffin,
Arthur Hoeber. George II. Bogert' these
and other able men are all present win
works which. if not precisely 'impoi-
,snt" are at all events worth having.
The long list yields. too, several Things
~ a rather unexpected character. III IS
delightful to come upon the late Robert
Rlunos water color, The Critic such
. dainty sketch Of his as this. done with
all the cleverness in the world after nc
manner Of Fortuny, comes but rarely mo
the market And it is amusing 20 en-
counter two early pictures by Mr.. w. NJ
chase. one OF them, the Happy Hours.
= light decorative figure study, and 'he
other. "a Mysterious Corner one OF
those works in which he has been more
than the accomplished technician. This
picture OF some secluded European street
mas evidently produced because the artist
wanted 10 see what he could 90 III me
portrayal OF brick and stone. but. per-
hans in spite Of himself, the painted sur
face takes on an almost imaginative Sig
niGcance. The scene is mysterious. The
simple appeal Of the thing is. by the way.
IN curious contrast TO the staglness OF
the late p. Marcus Smons's Classic
Land" This is supposed TO give us "a
vision OF ancient Greece in the heyday
Of her glory" but the composition is al
most grotesquely theatrical. and the gar
ish brittle color in il does away with the
last hope Of romantic Illusion. There are
many more American pictures on the
walls. pictures by +. A. Bridgman, George
H. Bouchton. Eastman Johnson, Swain
Clifford. James VI. Hart Charles ;.
Pearce. Arthur Quartley, J. Alden Weir
and others They leave, on the whole,
creditable impression. CnquestonabiF
the native artist may be expected TO hold
his own al the forthcoming sale
In the foreign contingent the few Old
pictures shown are OF no great oonse-
ouence. though one Of them. the "Bird5
Of the Farmyard." by Hondecoeter, as
handsome bit OF seventeenth century
Dutch decoration. The really interesting
pictures here begin with the Barbizon
group, which is represented by several
characteristic pieces. and then come many
picturesque Illustrations Of modern Euro
pean taste and adrotness in the painting
u costume subjects. one OF the best
things in the show is Kuhfs "Connois-
seur, a pleasing little panel with much
more sensitive technique in IL than one
expects OF the ordinary German tradition
TO which IL belongs Another arrestinS
bit OF mere painting is lie Bateau
Napeur." by Alfred Stevens. This cele-
brated Belgian painted in his time some
finer surfaces. but the picture is neverthe-
less significant OF his individualized gift
There are sufficiently numerous speci-
mems OF The CLOAK and sword school,
polished works by Zamacois, Charles
MISSIONER. Paul Viry. and the like, ald
the cult for pretty women in pretty
clothes is duly accounted for in TWO typi-
cal pictures by the Dutch Frederik kaem-
merer. From his even more noted com
rymen, Bastert, Blommers and Mauve,
there are also some admirable things.
One OF the distinctly salient figures Is.
Periodically, Ernest Jean ALBERT, the
Frenchman whose talent was peculiarly
Delicate and poetic. "Cupid's Magic Lam
tern is one OF the most charming things
he ever painted. The connoisseur who IS
not afraid OF painted anecdote rimpiy
because II is painted anecdote VIII
make a special note OF this graceful
fancy, and, We may observe in passing,
ne will also give some attention TO the
mail and kindred picture by Jean Louis
Hamon, Loves Whisperings." But We
might 90 on indefinitely citing these minor
yst stll artistic productions The colleo-
uon may have a slightly old-fashioned
atmosphere. but II is fun OF genuinely
interesting stuff.
While this exhibition is going on two
o'hers may also be seen at the American
an Galleries. One is composed OF Orien-
'Ai porcelsins belonging TO an anonymous
sinaieur. and contains over FIVE hundred
peces We have noted. some good exam
pes OF blue and white and fairly large
number OF fine single color glazes. TINS
collection Will be sold on the afternoons
u March -. % and q. The sale is now
Sung forward here OF the Americana col
'scied By tho late o. n. Marshall ana
~'oed 10 by his son The catalogue runs
- more than a thousand numbers and