New-York tribune., 1916-03-26
Multitude of Paintings and
Other Objects To Be Sold
at American Galleries.
BLAKELOCK PICTURES
IN THE COLLECTION
Friends of Young Artists Have
Interesting Exhibition at Old
Blakeslee Gallery.

A multitude OF objects may be seen
at the American Art Galleries. where
they are to be sold on the afternoons
and evenings Of several days this
week, beginning Tuesday. More than
800 paintings are on the walls. Some
Of them belong TO the estate OF the
late Salvador de Mendonca. formerly
Brazilian Minister at Washington. The
others come from half dozen sources.
They make. all told, a rather curious
collection. decidedly mixed. Common
place stuff, old and modern, foreign
and American, is much in evidence.
4 But there are a number of good things,
and these are mostly examples of our
own school.
Excellent landscapes crop up at many
points in the exhibition. There is II.
". Rangers Evening on the Little
River a picture painted, we gather,
some years ago. II is lovely thing,
most beguiling in its delicate tones and
having about II an unusually poetic
sentiment. It is not ar important
canvas, but IT is an interesting work
Of art.
Some such comment as this is invited
by any number Of the American land
scapeS shown paintings by Blakelock,
James c. Thom. Max Weyl. ". !. Pick
nell. r. {. Minor, Ben Foster, Dennis
NJ Bunker, Emil Carlsen and others.
Among the modern foreign pictures.
100, there are some engaging bits by
Domingo. Luisi Loir, Msestenbroeck
and few others. The old masters
are OF little interest. One of them,
the portrait attributed TO Mabuse NO.
244), has an uncOmmonly attractive
quality, but the average is pretty dull.
The collection of Mrs. f. G. Sim
mons is made up Of snuff bottles,
jades, lacquers, enamels, small porce-
lains and other objects Of Oriental art.
The single color porcelains are the
most interesting items IN the list
From c. A. Hlrschfelder come num-
her Of japanese and European worries,
including many admirable pieces. In
the print room the second part of the
Levy collection Of old and modern en-
cravings, etchings and woodcuts Is on
view. The 900 and odd examples here
are uneven in quality, but the chances
for the discerning amateur are not TO
be despised Indeed, this collection,
like the others in the exhibition, should
attract the buyer in search Of modest
bargains.
Some unusually fine miniatures by
the Danish artist, Gustav Brock, are on
exhibition in the show rooms OF the
| Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Company,
at 256 Fifth Avenue. II is seldom that
a present-day miniaturist realizes so
well the possibilities of his medium
odV n Ia
Especiallv in the flesh does the ivory
/ itself play an important part in the
! effect as a whole. This is best 20 be
seen in the portrait Of the artists wife.
/ In il. parts of the neck and face are
absolutely unpainted, the ivory repro
/ ducing with perfection the very tone
/ of the fair skin. Mr. Brock gives his
sitters landscape backgrounds. These
are well studied and harmonic with
and set of the head. His treatment OF
/ texture. too. is excellent. Witness the
two pictures Of Argentine women IN
/ fur coats and hats, and the jewels ana
| stufs Of all the portraits. Ihree OF
! these miniatures received the SILVER
medal at the Panama-Paclhc Exposi-
! ton They are portraits OF the queen
I Of Denmark, Of Mrs: Asp OF open
hagen, and Of Mrs. Magruder, OF the
] American GtEdN4OAs +S N''N"f 49,
small, is worth seeing.
An interesting collection OF pictures
and sculpture is being shown at the
/ former Blakeslee gallery, under the
/ auspices Of "The Friends OF Young
/ Artists" The sculpture is on higher
/ level than the painting. A Laughing
Pawn" bv Sarah Morris Green. is de-
/ lightfully mischievous head IN her usual
terra-cotta technique. Ii Immediately
puts the visitor in good humor. Two
/ bronzes are from the hand OF Gertruce
] V. Whitney. The head OF Spanish
/ peasant is strongly and tnely moo
olled. T. Tolles Chamberlain Cup
Bearer" is a figure with good deal oil
/ charm. though the head IS lacking IN
interest. Very gracious in It's modern
ized Gothic is J. Sterling Calders
Virgin and Child" IL is done with
sweet and pure sentiment behttlng the
subject. and the treatment OF the drap-
cry is full of interest. Arthur Daw-
t sons painting Summer Days" has the
parenthetical title New Hampshire
/ Farm" which is well, for the picture
! is absolutely un-American IN atmos-
phere and might almost have been
painted in the Forest OF fontalnbleau.
Robert Henri's Gypsy" is delight
/ full portrait Of an ugly but thoroughly
/ fascinating child. High Tide" by Luis
/ Mora, has a good deal Of vigor and
spontaneity Jonas Lie contributes a
/ splendid canvas of fishing boats IN
| blues and greenish straw color: The
most charming picture in the show IS
J. Alden Weir's water color. The Road
/ TO Chilham, England" II is an ex-
! quisite composition Of a group OF trees
/ by a roadside, sympathetic in handling
I and very beautiful in color.
At the Folsom gallery is collection
4 OF paintings by Nathaniel Cobb, the
b first. We believe. he has ever shown IN
public in this couLtry. His pictures
/ are not slices OF life. He is essentially
/ an idylist seeking 70 express MS nat
ure in blended color. This color III
many. especially in the smaller, more
/ indefinite sketches is delightful. II is,
| for the most part, extremely delicate,
with little relation 10 natures usual
/ hues. His composition. too, is general
/ lv effective. These pictures, as is
/ usually the case with idealistic sub
| iects. contain many nudes, but they