New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-12

Buakelock did not leave his critical in
spection Of the painting he was exam
ming.
You are mistaken. my friend ne
said clearly. The artist is nothing;
his art is everything.
As he stood before q beautiful moon
light scene ne remarked quietly, in an
swer 10 a rapturous comment: Yes,
have always been fond OF that painting
II is quiet and companionable. II has
harmony, and there is music IN good
painting as well as other qualities
The painting recently purchased by
the Toledo Museum for $4,000 Alb
sorbed him for some time. for he re-
called that just after he had finished
il he had been haunted by the feeling
that he should remodel the foliage IN
the upper part As see Il now he
said. Il am glad that ] left It just as
il is. i is good, very good"
But 20 merely quote what Blakelock
said does not convey his pleasure in
seeing his lost canvsses around him
once more. or the delighted way IN
which he pointed them out 10 his
friend Watrous or the doctor. and his
laughing recollections of a past which
10 any other man might have been
filed with bitter memories. But in
spite OF il all he had not forgotten
that his home was in an asylum for the
insane. When Dr. Ashley told him that
the day was his 20 do as he wished, he
smiled: I'VE must get back 10 Middle
town some time this afternoon You
know its hard place 20 get away
from. Our friends up there have stay
ing qualities al least
II any one had retained the least
doub, OF Biakelock's keen and accu-
rate memory Of the world OF art u
would have been set al rest later on IN
the afternoon. when the curator o.
paintings Of the Metropolitan escorted
the little artist around q few OF the
"There's a Diaz. and think that's
Dunre beside IT," he exclaimed OF two
small paintings at the further end OF
one Of the rooms. And. sure enough,
they we're. lie was invariably right
except in some cases where ne"
painter had appeared since his com
initial TO the asylum. Al luncheon AZ
The hotel he recalled correctly Ger
tain painting Of the Dutch school that
he had seen i'm The morning. though no
other man in the room could remember
40 artists name or ite title. His com
mont 10 the curator on certain pant
irg Of an extremely modern school 70
Gently ACQUIRED by the Metropo titan
Vas model Of diplomacy. though he
said il with CLEAN Of humor. Il ad-
miro IL excessively" he remarked
"uben / consider II in purely AGA j,
denic light. II needs 90 be considered
IN that way, perhaps.
In utter contempt Of his .sixty-nIne
vears and Of his long life ct the asylum
Blakelock was determined 20 see as
much OF New York as he could possibly
roanagc in one day. for, though. he did
not suggest It. he perhaps wondered X
he would ever have another chance IN
his life. He was taken IN motor up
Riverside Drive. during which he called
the Soldiers and Sailors Monument
classic gem. and then maintained as
erect silence when his attention was al,
tracted 70 the architectural glorles OF
tho apartment houses further up the
Drive He invaded Knoedler's galleries
vhere he was so attracted by. an e1-
/ bibition Of Sorolla's that he refused 20
nav anv attention 20 his own paintings
on the next wall.
He went into the Grand Central ana
romarked of the domed ceiling that IL
was magnificent, but that the SKY was