New-York tribune., 1921-01-15

a number Of those painters who are re-
membered as participating in the spirit
Of the Salon-Gerome. Martin, Rico,
Cain, Lermitte and the like.
Along with them we may cite GER
tain glittering virtuosi Boldini is one
of them. Teasing the Parrot" Is an
amusing bit Of his sleight-of hand. and
In the Garden" is an even better frag-
ment of his astonishing dexterity. A
kindred type is the Spaniard. Jose Do
mingo. The Spanish Courtyard" re-
minds US that he, too, like Fortuny,
could bring a certain breadth into his
abounding cleverness. There is cap
ital canvas by Casanova, the "Strolling
Players" thing of mere superhciality,
but amusing nevertheless. Vollon, in
three robustly painted studies of still
hfe; Henri Martin, in charming bit
Of sentiment charmingly painted; the
military painters. Detaille and De Neu-
vile; Dagnan-Bouveret, Joseph Bail,
Roybet and Vibert, the man of anec-
dotes, are among the artists who round
out this miscellaneous company. A
srecial reference should be made to the
picture Polishing the Metals" by Met
tling. Work of his is rather rare. and
when it does turn up it is not apt to
be as good as~en this occasion.
A Weir Landscape
The American pictures make a COM
paratively small but, on the whole, in
teresting body of painting. The
sLengthening Shadows" by J. Alden
Weir, is a beautiful landscape, dating
from the period just prior to that of his
more silvery and atmospheric studies.
The work is more solid in this. as in
his earlier paintings. 1t has all of
Weir's originality and a good deal of
the distinction that went With it. "The
Faun," by Mr.. T.. W. DewirE, is: a
curious survival of a phase to which
he long since bade farewell. 1t shows
the firm grasp upon form which he has
always had, but in no other respect does
it foreshadow the remarkable work of
his prime. 4
There are meritorious examples of
c. w. Hawthorne, w. A. Coffin, Childe
Hassam, Horatio Walker and F. B.
Williams. A notable canvas is "The
Amazon" by William Morris Hunt. He
is one of the outstanding personalities
in American painting, and souvenirs of
him come but seldom under the ham
mer. This one, the portrait Of a
romantic model, is attractive in sub
ject and it is executed with an easy
vigor gratifying to the student of tech
ulQue. we nope tHdI appreciation OIL
this picture will be shown at the sale.
Mrs. Bowie Collection
The remainder of the space at the
American Art Galleries is taken up by
the voluminous collection of Mrs. Will
liam d. Bowie, of Baltimore, which is
to be sold on the afternoons of Janu-
ary II, 1s, 19 and 20. There are 754
entries in the catalogue. They cover
quantities of good DID, furniture,
American and English glass, old china,
silver and other antiques. The collec-
tion is especially strong in it's early
American glass, though this is rivalled
by the pieces from Bohemia. Some Of
the old furniture is ugly-such as a
four-poster, for example, as the huge
eighteenth century piece (No. 607)-
but more of it has the simple dignity
which belongs to the Colonial period.
Scattered through the mass there
are any number of interesting things,
chairs, mirrors, clocks and so on. One
striking feature is set of chairs, with
a settee (No. 721) of eighteenth cent
ury English origin, which belonged to
the Empress Eugenie.