New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

.h" nc N,,, N"erman primitive. "Marriaco oe
me Virgin" is an attractiye '"sS s"h oi o,
piece and there are soma svnooi
Dutch landscapes. sumo excellent
A"e Niaenzers arc also rorr
~ 'ne modern wing. They cor+rih',.u i,veu
9ne OF the gems of the cvh;b;t;a' 1--WE
1'''le water color. Tho Rr;dno =, ~ we NE
sacoo Maris. thing cxouisito &C. nS
"'uue and IN feeling. 1t has c,,.,o''- rSo"-
honrn o"'panloh' by the way. in "Tho I.uxen,'
both 1anah ra'dSI'S' an oil upon which
Wha+ '".oo 7nd Matthew Maris worked
tv.a :. 'ouVn that family had. Ono Or
cood a.i nu'ch paintings appear. a
hUoa 'ohgMnd and an animal stnd,
donkey and Cart" which 10 SsuoS'
ment Of Mauve's prose. Then thnra = "s
some amusing Spanish and Italian exe re
S''pieS. an interior by the clevcr
N7@anova, an even more edro;t Go,,ra
SSuu9 U! 'almaroN a delightful land-
Scane with figures by Michetti Y.Loso
work IS too seldom seen hero AVID -
g,,N,'taoly. ,,, paintings by REQ and Pns;n;
me Parisianized Belgian Alfrod
stevens, IS represented IN a character'
isNcaily skillful modern costume snh-
Jec', skiIltui but not as interesting az =,
painting by him is wont to be. Tho
outstanding pictures that remain are
Four Corot Landscapes
The Basbizon paintings ]oavo an nv
usually cnkindling impression. Coro3
IS IN his most boguilinp form. All of
ms four landscapes are fine and ava -
them. the "Paturagc; Bord de Saules. i"
IS TO be ranked among his tcndercst
Lovellest achiemcnts. niaz, Daubirnv
pupre, Rousseau, all figure graciousiv
on the walls, in pictures small, inter
ees''ng IN subject in a word, GOOD to
ilvc with. Tho school is seldom
brought up in q public sale on such
sa''Sfactory. attractive grounds. and
'nc sequence Of French landscare
painting is further illustrated in the
same convincing way. The line zoe.
On @; through 'acque and l'arpignies to
Elssarro, Rcnolr and Roudin. rho
boud'n Summer Landscape" is ono of
INC most brilliant and unconventional
,hlngs OF MS wc have ever seen. Tho
kenoir 'Nlew Of Argenteui' makes a
similarly fresh appeal Impression is
not to be studied at full length on this
occasion. but tho few examples OF il
shown arc Of tho best.
Sargent nominally leads tho Amcri-
cans. "Nominally," VIC say. for his is
me most resplcndcnt name. but "a
1lrl of Capri is not one of his mas
terpicces. On the other hand. it is a
ilrst rate specimen of his earlier period
He never in his life could paint a
dull picture. Emil Carlsen proyjdes 8
two surprises. His Street Scene is
mere oddity, for him. The "Naturo
Morte' is not only in an unfamiliar
mode, *ut is as beautiful as it is
strange. He painted it in Paris. in
1881. In style it has no relation what
ever to the work by which he has long
been known. But it is possessed of a
rich; unctuous quality Of its own, as
good piece Of technique as he ever
put to his credit. The early Inness.
"Passing Shower" is minor but ar
resting landscape, as loosely painted as
Constable. Abbey and Boughton
strike routine notes. and there is a
handsome example of the decorative
portralturc in which the late John W.
Alexander excclled
An Italian Interior
There arc paintings scattered
through the mass of the Tolentino col
lection. and one or two Of them have
decided interest. There is the "Rene-