The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

The greatest ~innovator among them
Is Z. II. Mackie. whose large print
"Bassano Bridge" is rich with Venetian
color and so unlike the other produc-
tons Of the graver-printers that 1t
might easily he mistaken for a mono.
typ or some sort Of Autograph. This
difference N the prints texture IL due.
II is said. 10 the fact that Mr.. Mackie
uses oil color in printing.
Il. Rouesel sends some small prints
crisply designed and colored. Other
artists Represented are +. Marriott.
sydney Lee. r.. e. laurenson. Mrs.
Giles. ". Giles and Mrs. T.. &. Austen
Brown.
The pr:n, department ~ the BROOK
lNn Museum mas opened an exhibition
OF Japanese color prints which will ~,
continued until sunday. Jane II. in
! elusive. II Is n type collection for the
best artists. periods and styles IN the
given field Inc especially strong In en-
hib!ts of the tk.oye School. There
are 100 OF these prints. which have
been recently acquired by the museum
and which will take place among its
permanent exhibits.
H.roshige is represented by fifteen
prints. amonG them a view OF Fuj:
which is said 10 be the only one OF it's
lind in existence. Among the other
great artists represented are the fol-
lowing: Shunsho. T~oyoharu. koriu-
Sal. kiyonaca. Yeish.. ShunZan. Shun-
yei. Toyohun!, Toyohiru. Shunsen,
Seisen. HokuJu. liokusai ,ten Prints.
Tori kiyomssu. Okumura, Masanobu
and Torii K~iyoshige. The work IT
thirty-six other artists 10 shown.
A remarkab bic set OF ancient Flemish
tapestries has just been received in
America from the famous BalloCh
Castle, near Glasgow. Scotland. \
New York gallery had already acquired
a number OF pieces Of furniture from
this castle.
a writer in the Glasgow Herald
states that these tapestries depict the
Seasons" with reapers cutting tho
yellow grain in sumner: a skating
carnival for Winter" showing quaint
skaters who warm themselves at little
charcoal braziers. fishing is the sub
ject for the Spring panel. and the
vintage Is seen in Autumn The de-
tail and the color are especially rich.
Three galleries in the wing OF deco
rative arts in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art. which have been closed
for purposes OF repair and rearrange-
ment. have been opened to the public.
In the Renaissance or Italian room
the walls are now hung will a plum
colored velvet. which makes a rich
and effective BACKGROUND for tapestries
including two from the recent Gil
lespie bequest-as we'll as for the poly
chromed Renaissance sculptures which
have always been exhibited in this
'oOm A number Of smaller objects
and superfuous pieces Of furniture
have been retired, n two marble
reliefs lent by the estate ~ Theodore
NJ. Davis have been placed on Ni.w.
The Baroque or Dutch room CON
tains much of the material with which
tho public has grown familiar in this
place. the most recent additions teinC
II So; of f.c large hangincs IN silk
petit point, lent by Mrs William j.
Fitz Gerald Of London The walls here
have been painted "A neutral color
! suggestive Of the warm t.nts Of the
plaster backgrounds shown in paint
inss by Dutch artists OF the seven.
tenth century.
The third gallery 70 he opened is
the American room. recently holding
early painted furniture, but now given
over TO maple and satinwood OF the
! end Of tho eighteenth century. mostly
from the Bolles Collection. presented
t." the museum by Mrs. Russell Sage.
I'll. f- -. a
panels Of old-picture paper OF variety
made in France during the first part
Of the nineteenth century N largely
exported TO America. This paper was
purchased by the museum not long
ago from a lot said to have been pre-
served in h factory for some sixty