. A group of twenty-four paintings of the French, Spanish, German and American schools selected from the Cottier Gallery . Ivan PokitonowTHE OUTSKIRTS OF A FRENCH VILLAGE Height, 5 inches ; width, 10^ inches. Signed Pokitonow, the Gallicised Pole, has been well termed the Meis-sonier of landscape art, for he brings to his minute transcripts ofnature the same breadth of vision and capacity for detail thatMeissonier put into his figure subjects. In these small works wesee the soft moist skies, the shimmering foliage, the gradation ofgray and green tones that always afford delight to the lover of
. A group of twenty-four paintings of the French, Spanish, German and American schools selected from the Cottier Gallery . Ivan PokitonowTHE OUTSKIRTS OF A FRENCH VILLAGE Height, 5 inches ; width, 10^ inches. Signed Pokitonow, the Gallicised Pole, has been well termed the Meis-sonier of landscape art, for he brings to his minute transcripts ofnature the same breadth of vision and capacity for detail thatMeissonier put into his figure subjects. In these small works wesee the soft moist skies, the shimmering foliage, the gradation ofgray and green tones that always afford delight to the lover of land-scape Charles Francois Daubigny (1817-1878)A COUNTRY ROAD IN FRANCE Canvas. Height, 172 inches; width, 32 J4 inches. Signed This noble work will attract more than casual notice from all whofind delight in landscape art. The luscious greens of the summer fieldsand trees, the white road stretching away to the horizon like a promise,the expanse of sky filled with soft clouds show the penetrating observa-tion and deep consciousness which characterize the best modern land-scape painting. In its presence one feels the repose of nature.
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