New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-13
ART ITEMS.

The eaddest event ne have been called upon to
c5rlDcls in tn Sc briaf comments uoon the Mt
trsussctoBs # tie pnbK OF Is the dsath of Mr..
n Van Beesi, The marine pain err whose merits were
bot bseuniDg 10 Be by The conuoiseuTs ia
this g uitry We aun uDc d a few weeks sgo ttat
Nj Van 8eest wss IN a fair way OF rsco very, and
there were then tavIrs'l- 81 mp ONE in his diseases
bat lie soon gre g worse, aud was we'd TO St.
Lbke Hospirs where cied On the 9,h lost, and
was buried On Tnursddy in Green VOID Cemetery, &
large nomber Of ar ists aid per;onal friends being
prs,ent a ite fun,1sl His dsea,e was cancer in the
svm,ob. He was q awe Of II lland aud had been
a idshpu an in h Ddsch navy, and had held M
ision u The seIyie OF the Emperor Nicholas Of Rus
sis His aly f,mi iity with toe stormy seas of tbs
Nor,h was remarkably nsIfe' ed ID bic pictures, 10
wLic 1o delighted represent the ocean iashed into
fur by tie lowing u4ot.of The tsmPest ships d43ned
20 p'ec.s on ? r ky at, ssors cliDgiog 90 wreck
old hUbs yiDg in rusty decay on toe sea-si'e, leo
usss on litsry prOmontois plates in their md
n.h xp. oi IONS ships of envlop5d III sue Re
a. hs1ae were The SUBJECTS be rsveled in, and never
Def Tr d'd any att throw so mlcn OF tue ronan1c
alds.v &C. as.eo Of sea life iato picture be has
done 10 Is NUMEROUS couposiiDne. There was moth
ire IL lin bat old : SUITE q sea Grange After esv.
northern Countries Of Europe, spsniiog year among
the foros q Iceland, sod making sketches OF Noun.
H.ca tie G. ysers a.d the ~i merry Of the coast.
he At er.sfd pept some Gme 10 the 7dite anelo,
tleu Gro ss.d the Ad4atc, aud after ezhAusrng the
osst Of Bfazi be aent to toe Falkland Islands then
ent round Csls Born into the Pacific, aud from Cali
fer,is cross overland 70 te Atlantic. The Pa ne
restless we Of awe aid foLd foe coast scs mes
aud the wild lie Of an oce an rover ~fich had mPsled
him before leo bin )re our sea shores, aod
ba az more familiar With coast tceoery frCm tls
Mississippi 70 Mouot Desert tbau ma Of orr own
artist. have been Hespspt two Summersin Nantucket
sud wss he orly arist who has ever msde really
claeacrtIs'ic pic Uie Cf whsl-s'ip During toe pa'5
SIMMER, ne bed heen on long y'c cruise, aaa only
retprIsd 70 N10-Ynri account Of bis ocrea ling II
aess He sket he'd and Poi ted with gr.as rap hty,
and 6arbed be color upon the canvass wl Il nervous
iuoetu, 81 Y tha seem,d BIKE bapfszard "oFE' every
s+tole f hs us1 tod with marvellous force and pro-
duced ust tie fest he Intended. BE had projected
se,es Of large psiotrRa Illuuaritg oar naval vl't'rl95
O. the var wrh Eogand bat be h4d flushed oliy
two tnem tbe c,p arc Of the lerr-re % the C'n-
si,u,io1, sid he attack the pn0aeer General arm
ropg N The harb5r cf Ia al. HIS smaller pa'nnng7
a,d ysyon dra re were very nnmerJus aud ehe O5J
of his perform ,Does He wa small IN stAuTe, qack,
urvous I'D m9ulriv- 10 biz movements, ana as a a H.
ter a coarse strongly imonfc @th the pscaares Of
oc I'D life. He We particularly sensitive on tho SUD
iecl If bis ,ns Try, an h'o gsat h'rF OF oeog
1ristaker , GeTmar. IL must have been something
over tBrs -6ye yers Of age a. the inc OF his dea'h
and iad en- a oa- 1--WE ears in this country lie re
pos,s quietly in he sylvan solitude OF Gfe'n"o'd'
bal hefh ul bsv be- 10 ca. deep bosom oitle OCEAN
barred or else by toe sts, were the wild way 60
wb,ss Dasis he loved 90 well would break over MS
last pstng place.
At the rooms # Goupil s. Co in Broadway, may
he seen ~ fret example, that have beer EXHIBITED %
Tho prblic Of the arts ic talent of oar fair country
yyoua, Mis- Stebligs, who bias chosen TIE profession
n seniet for her carr e. c he Ths7 con-i-t OF two
small ideal ftaues 10 marble Of Labor ani life
fze busl Of Charlotte Coshman. Tbe sstlee are vary
nre,ty PAL = or1amsnts 49, one representa- Com
rperce In The form Of gallant youth 10 ths dress OF
vsol tsU,p, and The ot,e. Mio'r, an Apollo IN
pair Or IT, users win saivy lanp on his head ana a
piclaz On his arm They very genteel hgafes ana
yroUph, with most exqli.ite beauty Tue poftrAe
bust Of Oar Charlotte is rot g, all ideadzed, but
still good 10 king likeness Of the tuoject.
"A. Govpns Gallery roay also be seen the holy
Fsmiiy Of MariL5, wbca Nas brought here from
Lima or soue .9theI spanish-Anericsu city and mas
been titeen years 10 the po-es-on OF t1' fanny
Of TIE late Henry BrevoOrt. w ua1@r'tsnd that the
riure is 70 be cent 20 Europe for ssls unless pur'
chaser for it should be found hero. There is al'o Oh
exhibition At this art6epot psintirg ~ Mr.. Bull re-
Gently eeeived from ROME representing ths mpta
ton OF Chris il ibe Wiid'ruess Tho ogh painted in
Rome itbsers evidence Of the young artsts study Of
German masters,
The artists Of the Studio Building in Tenth stree
iupro,is.d basty bot a very respectable show
psip,pes fog tho Prince Of Wales Among item Wers
Gignouxs NO might Yie~ Of Niagara Falls and
Ltutze. Maid Of S4rag s0a from tue collection Of Mr.
Belmont H!cks's Doctor Kane, new pie'nfe by
Lang, Landscapes by Kenseti, Clifford, Mgnot suy-
dam &c.
"A monster ststus of the Virgin Notre-Dame-de-
France bag recently been coDsecrsted with great Po"p
at Puy Hsute Loire, of very remarkable character
Twenty five Archbishops aud Bishops, and the Dae de
Mslakoff assisted at the conservation. Tins orazen
Virgin is placed upon Mouot Corneille and 49, ato-
eetheI, remarkable image chs is seventy feet hgo'
with winding sairease 10 her inferior; she Wolghs
J5O lima cost 400 GOO france and was modelled BY tue