New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-10
Art Exhibitions
The Watson Collection OF Old
and Modern Masters
u, ROYAL CORTISSOi

corded .hc collection Of IT,, pictures
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gay I.". '"
can Art GaIoiI'S. mere arc ''''
pictures IN tho LOT. Not all OF the mar
do,on ov.,crs rerrosonted had the judg-
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Hch' o' tH' ."'e law" "
Plt's burgh, whose old and modern n"
tors FIJI the foreground. There arc nu-
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art largely OF European orig" "'''
fourishod among our collectors thirty
vcars sco I'm, those .brivcl ND beside
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inc Icai thlnEs IN '"e snow '"' "0'
OF torot. Rou. scau and their comIadeS'
! Tho ensemble speaks OF but one motive,
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~ Us Ike "a ocakcr Jun ol 'he WAL il"
South the Jmu.a- offered by this
band Of sInpie painters. after The thin,
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i"ty h@uH Z AeaId OF ."| ,'Inr -
d lacuIe FaIue had S'aIca NoIVs J."
sHt Is'o me "ou5u nave sc"n'. 80 f.a,.
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fo'"s Ji'.Ie 20 10 a""I .'', s'',,, or Iis
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ou' 90 "n'' ntI''! ~ P' ,,.o,.,,s
plctule' nero nero arc nlIle OF n.S IN YIN
IH ms cAHip''ton; Iai,s 'I!t I'm " va,
udI Il'e P"Lei me 'ne hIe'I'i.o'.' ,; ~,
INC nam =: 10 iuIi c'no''. P'etc ''n'
nc NoI' lH ""'ch inc
doubled with ne poe ana pol" are
al lhfr pest IhIoush tHe sHO' y s'1'
Ne4I'us PIoCtS ~" !pu ar aE@i' H.
sa.'' ESSENTIAL. Po''S .gu ti.S' % 49,.
PAINTER VINO Knows an the 'IlCh9 Oh MS
trade ana is "a" aI'lui ueS-ene' - 'TV.
mere was one. here III ever! MoCu ~
4 the magician who vas ever ial'hiul 10
one, who could not touch me canvas
I without enrichlng II with style. Ana
ye. the quality uniting all these lovely
/ compositions rs Just the quaHlE OF ha'-
ure. Of still waters ana DIahd SKIES OF
foliage touched win Sl!Nely igh' VI
landscape d. a WORD, unael sl9ou a. we
al under'lanu IT, Noio' ma" '"e ~
10 nature WhI'H is inc ne! ~ az q
simple bat very me perception OF
beauty. II has been Sald OF bee''o'eH
that he carried his hearers up 10 planes
they could not reach without MN ouo
there spoke 10 them III thelr mo'hVi
tongue. COrOt dld that' 700. =,
He IS, indeed, the exquisite IEil9I OF
his group None Of the others had
quite his subtle wtchery. But they al
had ms sincerity. his truth. hat IS
why the BarbiZOn tradition a II -
Illustrated or this occasion is so mag
nifccrtly "all of piece" The in
diyidual note changes The tunda-
mental power remains the same. Turn
TO The Winding Road by Rousseau,
all planned and measured, where Corot
is in sentiment the improvisation. This
more rugged temperament must eN-
press itself in severer terms. Rousseau
must model his ground forms with the
vigor of a sculptor dealing with the
stubborn clay. he must search out the
construction Of his trees and arrive at
something like an exact definition OF
twip and bougn. His silhouette must
he tirmcr. his air must be more lucent,
than Corot would have deemed neces-
sary. But at bottom they were driving
at the same pastoral impression, each
was concerned to open window upon
the visible world.
The charm Of TINS contingent is the
charm Of vivid. breathing NE. We
mako no pretencc of describing each OF
tho many pictures by which it is repre-
eonted Resides the Corots and the two
pousseaus there are five Daubignys,
f,e Trovons. SIX spcciments OF DiaZ,
enc glorious sunset. by Dupre and
generous group Of paintings By Jacqre
and Harpignics 20 remind us OF the
persistence Of great inspiration long
after the battle OF 1880 h"d Deeh
fought Detailed description would ne
wearisOme here, even Do ID were pIaO
tlcablc But II Us OF the pure relresn-
mont provided by the baIO'zoh Sehoo'
Of that and of nothing else 'haI we
prcfcr 20 speak. TINS Spiendid array
of ma tcrpieccs comes IKE benson
after the hectic STUN o. "H1c" 30 man!
latter day exhibitions are maze
Il is interesting TO uo'e Una, NV
PAINTINGS most closely allied TO ~ are
u few American landscapes, notably Inc
sroup Of seven or eight Nyants LETT by
The late Gustav Richard. lney arc
studies rather than pictures. li"gmeh's
from the painters workshop ana some
Of them arc gems ne EaGe Gu ~I WY
Woods, for example SHOWS Van
able TO stand beside Cotot ana Ain no
flvors OF INN. ms Sh''ciI' ,oo' ~ 49,
modest way mas 'nc an vi @ '..,rts
piece. Inc lt','" .ll ., J;ra,ad , Iot Of
lncIuae' a. We No., 'r b,,t i,fteJ above
llght' ar'lnc'Sl Siu.' ,,.. .a.tior tbcre
the Ordinary l'I'' ~ NJ e., Voilon
arc p'eeoS pl Ntpnt;.,il; and trank
i.ec"npS' h''S XIV Cc,"rs'dcrabic merit.
UT" ~ - 90 no Vitality of