New-York tribune., 1922-01-27
Path Of [ reeacl,
Art Show, II,
4 New Exhibit
ke!ckian Collection. Now on
View at American Gal
'eri:s. Carries Spectator
From Ingrcs TO Cczanne
Crudcness i'm the Modern
Sudden Change in Stream
E>emrlihcd S,rikingly by
VARIETY Of Offerings
BY Ro, al Cortissoz

THs collection formed by NJ.
OiAran Khan Kelckian IS now on view
At inc American Art Galleries and will
no sold at the Plaza next Monday ana
Tuesday evenings. II IS composed Of
fG1 paintings and drawings. nearly all
or tho,, French. There is one exam
n,c Of Whistler displayed. THE Chol-
sra Girl" q charming little portrait.
and there are eight or nine drawings
bv Arthur b. Davies which VOL Illus
,rs.e his technical mastery and the
beauty with which ne can invest l,,
studies Of the nude. These American
,ssodcs, exceptional as to their or
*. are in another way typical of the
,oreotioa They point to Mr. Nele-
s;sl's sdifrercncc TO convention. his
r.eres. IN Thoroughly distinctive fg
.,,s. The character of his taste is
so s. owa ~ the nature @. TIC zen
-ceen.xtve picture here. I. is ecnor-
aliv ti, KIND O. picture that lies of
.se beaten track.
Chronolopically the c>hibitious be
81. icv example. with two drawings
bs Inr-es. portraits of Bcrlioz and
pa-inini 1t is inspirting merely to
asve HIN included in thc show. and we
are particularlN fortunate to sec him
in such superb souvenirs. Draw with
purity and largeness" Ingrcs was
wont 10 say to his disciples. He drew
IN ,nat manner himself
4 Painting by Dclacrox
% happy coincidence there hangs
in tho Kelckian collection small
painted portrait OF Pagarini by the
rivsl Of lngrcs. relacroiX 1t is sub
mantle where the other is classic. And
botn arc beautiful. The incident
throws food Of light on the futilty
Of some mutual antipathics. There
aresoveral other specimens of Della
croix on the walls, some studies in
tire fields Of poetic and romantic drama
which he loved TO explore, and q GU
r:--s little sketch made in George
Sands garden. None of these items
Is Of any great moment but none of
them is negligible. They are spon-
taneous personal memorials. free bits
Of form and color delightfully."- expires
sive of his temperament.
In a measure this collection has
certain historical significance FrolA
lngres and DelacroiN VIC may pass to
Daumicr or to Courbet. contemporarie
in the great period Of readiustment in
modern French art. One of the
Daumiers. the IN. Lavoignat" is a
rather dull portrait. and the "Buste de
Femme" is too roughly handled for its
linear intention to quite come off. But
the Trois Pers onnages" is fine piece,
AID so is the "Femme ct Enfant," the
latter. indeed. being sinCularly char
acterstic fragment, showing both
Daumier's Individual treatment Of
iorm and his brilliance in the distri-
button Of light. The Courbets are
deeply interesting. They range through
still life and landscape to the figure.
One Of the noblest of these paintings
is IA Mcr," a picture as subtle in
9ne as It is dramatic in sentiment
The robust habit Of Courbet, vitalized
By the sinccrcst devotion to nature, is
accompanied in "Lc Guitarrero" and
la Sceur dc PArtiste" by all the
fnesse and polish which might have
been expected of q man saturated in
the old French tradition. Rebel though