DOI Heft:
Nr. 167 (February 1907)
DOI Artikel:Halton, Ernest G.: The collection of Mr. Alexander Young, [5]: Fifth and concluding article
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20774#0044
The Alexander Young Collection—Conclusion
“ HAYMAKERS ”
life a touch of romance. Mention should also be made
of a small head by Gustave Jacquet called Winter
(p. 19), and a number of interesting figures by
Pierre Billet, some of which are reproduced here.
Though Mr. Alexander Young’s name will
always be associated
with his Barbi^on and
modern Dutch pictures,
a general review of the
works of the different
schools represented in
the collection, and of
the pictures by artists
belonging to no par-
ticular school, will
speedily convince us
that he is a man of
wide-reaching sympa-
thies in art. That he
appreciates, for in-
stance, the subtle beau-
ties of a Corot is no
bar to his just estimate
of the value of the more
easily read pictures
of Pierre Billet; the
elegant grace of a
Bargue appeals to him
as well as the breezy atmosphere of a Maris. And
may it not be that this is one of the secrets of Ms
success as a collector that he approaches art with an
open mind, relying on his own instincts rather than
on the dictates of fashion. E. G. Halton.
BY PIERRE BILLET
“ AVANT LA piCHE
BY PIERRE BILLET
22
“ HAYMAKERS ”
life a touch of romance. Mention should also be made
of a small head by Gustave Jacquet called Winter
(p. 19), and a number of interesting figures by
Pierre Billet, some of which are reproduced here.
Though Mr. Alexander Young’s name will
always be associated
with his Barbi^on and
modern Dutch pictures,
a general review of the
works of the different
schools represented in
the collection, and of
the pictures by artists
belonging to no par-
ticular school, will
speedily convince us
that he is a man of
wide-reaching sympa-
thies in art. That he
appreciates, for in-
stance, the subtle beau-
ties of a Corot is no
bar to his just estimate
of the value of the more
easily read pictures
of Pierre Billet; the
elegant grace of a
Bargue appeals to him
as well as the breezy atmosphere of a Maris. And
may it not be that this is one of the secrets of Ms
success as a collector that he approaches art with an
open mind, relying on his own instincts rather than
on the dictates of fashion. E. G. Halton.
BY PIERRE BILLET
“ AVANT LA piCHE
BY PIERRE BILLET
22