New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-16
ART ITEMS.

pearance is another very favorable example Of the
Editzan style Of architecture with which citizens
are beginning TO be accustomed. The pecuarities Of
Mr. Eidizs designs simplicity, solidy, and ele-
gance His decorations, which are always sparingy
bestowed are sometimes grotesque but they are never
obrusive inappropriate. He employs no columns,
cornices nor pediments for mere show, and, in the
honesty of bis designs sets example which our are
tec,s may initiate with great profit to themselves and
their employers. The useless embellishments upon
many of the marble fronts in Broadway cost nearly as
much as the essential part Of the bull ngs. The SIM
plicity and beauty Of the Corn Exchange are in
most striking contrast 10 the famboyant superfuites,
and useless cornices and columns with which many Of
the new stores in our business streets overloaded
II occupies q very favorable position at the lower end
Of Broadway, with the principal front on Whitehall
street and entrances on Pearl and Water streets The
nshetic adaptation Of the style for commercial pur-
poses il as obvious that Of the Academy Of Music,
on Brooklyn Hights to the purposes for which that
magnificent building was designed.
The sale of the French and Belgian pictures last
week attracted very large concourse Of amateurs and
art-patrons, and considerable number Of paintings
were sold at good prices. But the gems Of the colec-
ton did not command sufficiently large bids to induce
Mr.. Gambarts agent TO part with them. The "Chrs-
tening" by Knaus, still remains unsold. On Friday
evening next, there s to be another sale at Coupils
rooms in Broadway, when the remaining pictnres Of
the French and Flemish exhibition will be offered at
auction together with the entire collection of paintings
belonging TO the Cray0n Art Gallery. Mr.. Nichols, it
is sunderstood goes TO Europe month in charge Of
Browns :" Bay Of NewYork,' which was purchased
BY company Of gentlemen in this city present to
e., La al in
London before il IL delivered to its royal owner.
The stories published Of the extrayagant price
which some British pcture-deaer had offered 10 pay
Mr. w. p Firth for picture, have brought letter,
which appears in The London AheH9am, from Mr..
Flatow, who states that he had agreed to pay Mr..
Firth tho sum of 5000 guineas for picture
representing Life at Railway Station This is the
highest price that has been paid for a modern
picture. But il il the whole price. In addition 10
the 5000 guneas the dealer pays $50 guneas for the
copyright of the picture, which gves the right Of
craving and Publishing, making in all lS7 los, or
1880. When the engraving has been published, any
enterprsing Yankee may have photographs copy
made Off, which viii be quite valuable US the orgi.
nal, and furnish our pcture-loying people with it al
dollar The absence Of any international copyright law,
whereby Gun supply ourselves with works Of art at
go cheap rate may appear TO some people with
secossonko cast Of conscience as greatly TO our ad
vantage. But the disadvantage Of it that il prevents
us from having any Friths Of own, who can sell
their works at sqch prices the French and British
artists are able TO obtain.
There il 10 be an exhibition in London, in May, Of
the works of the late Charles r. Leslie for the benefit
Of his family is 10 be arranged under the supervis-
ion of his biographer, Mr.. Tom Taylor.
A landscape painter Of celebrity, of the name
OF West died last month"; in London the age Of co.
His speciality in landscape painting waterfalls he
bad painted views of nearly all the cataraots in Europe,
and was generally called Waterfall West.
On Monday night, the 18th inst, the Brooklyn
artists will give their first reception for the season in
the new Academy of Music The pictures will be dis
played in the Assembly Room, but the whole Academy
will be opened and lighted up for the occasion.
Mr.. Frank Below whose comic designs were the
chief staple Of our humorous papers for good many
years, is now regularly enrolled in the artistic staff Of
PaRch in which several of his drawings have recently
appeared. He is not the only English artist who made
his first appearance an Illustrator in New-lork. Mr.
Thomas one of the best artists engaged upon The Lon
don Illustrated Ners came to New-York for the pur-
pose Of making the designs for the illustrated paper pro-
jeced by Mr. Henry Wikoa, which bore the high
sounding title of The Picture Gallery of Two
Worlds Only few numbers of it were published.
Mr. Thomas Mast, who is one of the artistic staff of
The London Illustrated News ia a New-Yorker by
BIRTH aud has worked for nearly all OF our local illus
raed papers. He made some of the best drawings of
the Garibaldian campaign in Sicily for the London
papers.
Lovers of coast scenery and placid summer skies,
who delight in the monoonous musical das Of tranquil
wayeles silvery shores will find some Of the love
lest seaside pictures in the elegant studio of Mr. Suy-
dam in the Tenth street Stndio Building that could be
desired. In the genter aspects Of coast scenery Mr.
Suydam il successful Van Beest was in the terrific
and severe forms of seaside life In Van Beess pic
tures The sea is always in wild fury beating ise
against the savage rocks which resist It's tremendous
power; but Mr. Snydam only Neptune in his drow-
sy moments when tho skies are soft the winds lued 10
Sleep and the crescent moon hangs in the purple sky'
"A new picture by Carl Hdbner, one Of the best Of
the Dusseldorf school Of tists has been lately re-
ceived by Mr.. Schauss of Broadway and placed in his
gallery ON exhibition. The subject is group of Ger
man peasants receiving the blessing of their pastor
before departing for America In point OF intense ex-
preston il s not equal to some of this artists other
pictures that have been exhibited here; but it is
work of decided merit, nevertheless, and the head OF
tho venerable pastor is worthy Of the reputation of the
artist.
Mr. Angero has at his studio, in Brevoort place, an
aarpiece of great beauty, painted for st. Parichs
Cathedral in Buffalo IL represents the Saint in his |
mter and magnificent saeerdotal robes, pronouneng
benedicton with uplfted II is similar in appear
to the picture of the Saint painted by Mr. Angero
for the uew Church of ST Peter in BROOKLYN.