New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-21
TbeLate Clement Griscom's
Adventures Among Old
and Modern Pictures.
FROM SALON TYPES
TO GREAT MASTERS
Same Beautiful Dutch and Eng
Gsh Paintings-The Car
yalho POrcelainS.
l.. nnAAl- CnRrIssOz.

.-,,-.,-s some good pictures u Che coll
...or now or Wow 40 the American Art
$3.50 Tho late element q. Gr.scora.
n Philadelphia. who hrouehi 81 tosether'
..s evidently one OF those men who 10
..,.lir through certai. phases OF artistic
.s..a,for making mistakes only % profit
,te-~ Tie scv,utt-two paintings
A.o, could bc arranged 900 Cd sequence
.,,,b would correspond pretty accurate
no dare say. 60 the evolution of me
-,re,,o~.s taste. Die began. 80 seems fair
=. sssurc. with works Ike Beruo- Belle
Is solder al a Well or koyoet
Head OF q ouns Man. bits Of common
...c, salon dexterity. But he ended by
s.,o.lrg himself Co the old masters. and
,.,.- time 90 time Boa the course Of his de-
Lament he had moments OF curious au-
,..tv and Judgment such moments as
80 indicated by the huge romantic COM
..i,,or from :hc brush or Monucclh and
=. similarly spacious canvas ~ which
r,,-het depicted a group Of peasants re-
icing from the fair We speak Of these
~,,.srs because 70 is always interesting
:. ,o-oe upon q collection that is ca
tive ~ Z. personality. The human in
80, thus awakened makes the atmos-
~, o, a gallery "a little more sympa-
aeto.
sven AZ the time OF his initial errors 1t
e.. .,s,, that N~. Griscom had an coca
,,,sl inspiration and bought a picture
mich possessed more than ordinary
u,rt Witness. for example, mis- eXcep-
,o,allv brilliant MIL stream 10y Thau-
t,w work in which that faci.e Nor
vss.an for once added a positive charm
3, his sdro.tucss Witness the capital
trait OF The school Master" by For
INV az early piece. containing naught OF
b. clever Standards glitter. but show
= instead q solid treatment Of form
osa surprising feeling for characterize
so- Witness finally. the handsome
Sill Life Fsh," by Vollon. which sug-
s.ss how this collector came 10 appre-
s,,s pure painting Then he took in his
,.-ise the Barbizon men and the impress
ss-ists and by this time knowing quite
val What he-was about. obtained delight
hi specimens o. their talent The French
Romantcists are charmingly represented
ts-s Corot by a fair figure subject and by
landscape not only charming in sent-
usnt but peculiarly interesting from its
u.ususl proport ions-those Of an almost
esr square The Dupre is perfect one
those reposeful scenes In which trees.
mixing water. farm buildings. cattle and
gssnt rolling country are all fused into
tysl balanced composition with a Dutch
g-.iciiy. and the whole is enveloped IN
~ beauty o. rich color. ROusseau's
harvest Field is one OF the gems IN the
oolsc,ion q small canvas painted in
ags msnner. It's impressiyeness is due
especially L. the wonderfully painted sky.
Al the members Of ;he group are here
Dsgbgny. D.az. Decamps and T-oyon.
Michel and Frommtin are also present.
how ore remembers the time when these
hants, and no others. were the names
With which every connOisseur was bound
70 concern himself, Mr. Griscom. too, II
syi6ent paid his tribute 10 convention.
No, all these pictures are as interesting
Hve would Ike them TO be in view Of
her origin But some OF them. as We
ave seen are well above the average.
The Rousseau We repeat. is a master
ls,s and one Of the Troyons, "L'Avreu-
rr" II not quite deserving u that epi-
het Is sill extraordinarily fine. Indeed.
u have seen Troyons far more 'inlpOr~
ant than this one which were at bottom
NY works q dull routine compared with
1s powerful study The horses In II are
y against a stormy sky. and the latter
1es 10 the whole scene a strangely dra-
Eatic character The big Courbet is es-
n Saially museum picture. a document
The history Of the artist rather IMAM a
mig 10 enjoy Tor It's own sake. From
II Students point Of view II has high
uAs. Illustrating as it does. fully and
fz1ly, the uaturalsm which was this
iusts particular git 20 French painting.
non that other revolutionist, Claude
A'nsi we have a beautiful "Efet de
Aese Giverny a snow scene admira-
hs IN the first place for its truth, but
aat sluring as an instance Of the poetry
fheh has sometimes Crept into the great
Elfesslonis,s work, despite his purely
's1al conception of his task. Allied 70
ne canvas IS Miss Cassatts double por-
~ the pastel Of "The Sisters. 1t has
F4ay Of color and greater beauty IN
y ciaitsnans T. There remain among
~ modern pictures several excellent
v-'h works examples Of Blommcrs.
"aes Keyer and Jongknd. There are
~ landscape by Harpignies one Of
-Nh The sperdldly designed Pay of
ss'es. is especially welcome; and IL is
noted that among all these Foreign
escapes there is q single American
S1Ang. the Golden Autumn" II George
'ess which holds IFS own with cheering
~aoiiy. Light and color MAKE fairly
SAM his almost classical composition.
ne modern picture on which We are
tempted 90 pause before turning 10
DC masters is Monucellis Reunion
u Pare. done on a large scale.
~ restraint not always Characteristic
~s headlong colorist Where he oroi-
leaves his forms half defined in a
,'N'oas penumOra he gives them, in
ese almost their full value The
- contains too. many delicale blond
80 That The eject IS one II light
-. sweetness. The scene Is nominally
~ historical romance. a souvenir OF
,an Of Henri H. but these gracious
nigh, be moving about ia fairy
49, me picture IS painted. like every
Nonilcelfs. 10 ravish The vision.
~nsuous charm al compact bu,
near, Is a finer grace. the tender
pure poetic sentiment.
sr. are some Italian paintings Of a
o.. MID interest among Mir. Girls
- w lnasiar. La. IL enl-..uI A-nIhs