New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-08
Exhibition OF Pictures at the Old Du.sei.
dorf d.nllcrY.

| The collection TO be sold at auction on Satur-
day comprises between eighty and ninety pictures,
Of than belonging 10 the modern French school OF
genre although usual In such cases there arc a
few verbocckhovens Koek.Koek'A and othors Of The
tea-lray brotherhood. There Is very charming Speei
nsn OF Edouard FIero-a peasant mother sewing wkio
the baby sleeps in s cradle by hor side. Thi, s BY
tar the best picture IN the collections atmosphere OF
tenderness purity and contentment peTVades IL; It's
truth and beauty are without alloy.
Two specimens Of Pecrus incline us 20 a moro favor,
able Judgment Of this painter than We have formed oh
the examples Of his work We have hitherto seen. But
of the best hs mere painter Of costume and furni.
ture; he portray gown or table cover ve.l
eh and achieve certain agreeable tones but thors
never any insight into character 10 be discovered in
his pctureS and the story he has to tell Is never worth
There Is very good example Of Trayer-"Tbe Con.
volesccnt Motler"-vhioh is well worth looking at.
Duyegcr Is represented by two pictures both Of thsia
excellent. Nothing could be natural than the en.
preston Of tho Ace the action OF the hands the whole
attitude OF the old woman in No. 80. And yet with all
this study. aid careful conscientious work, how Little
there IL Of enduring interest In such subject EycH
Frero sometimes wastes his incompatible povers-as In
No. G5
We are tired Of Couturier's poultry yards whs. va.
Guilty must that maus mind be who 20 repeating
himself In this fashion. year after yeorl Here, Ia NO
10 he has tried his hand al peacock, but the result
q failure.
We Judge by this collection that imitators as
plenty In France elsewhere. Hero IL Brlolin iin
tatng Messonof but with only tho Of carica
turist He has neither his masters knowledge Of human
nature lie miraculous execution. Mile. Pauline
BorTges tries 10 walk In H. frerc's shoes, and has
painted pretty little picture Of child studying bis
lesson, which, though not by any equal 20 her
msster's work, Is nearer to II than oOuntryman
Th0ms, who 10 making the unhappy mistake Of sup
pOsng that imitation, however clever bc hs PIE.
ciOns as original work. the result Of independent
study. ..t
We have only room 20 Say good word for Wioschel
bnks Mother Away" work full Of genuine ha-
NOR. We never saw anything Of tho knd better done,
aud the pleasure take Is unmarried by any OF
tdanger 10 tie youngster We know that though he is
swathed tightly IN ls cradle. the old dog. who has
jumped up TO look at him, will not hurt bin beside her
puppoS crying for her, he for his nanny and wo
VD hope she Is not far Of The large picture by Le
Pottcvin. Light Housc-Coast Of Holland" Is clev.
ery painted. but not sufficiently interesting to I'll ~
large The specimen Of Willcms Is the least
attractive have from tho hands Of this ad
mirabc painters docs the Knaus do Justice 10 the
best without comparison. Of all the Dusseldorf artists
coed example OF Troyon, and all expressive head by
Merle, OF Italian woman, deserve attention. We do
not know what people find TO like In Lanfant dc Metz;
bo never bas any thing TO say, and says that little In
very poor fashion
In conclusion. let suggest that the number OF peo
plo who capable Of enjoying and apprecating good
pictures is every day increasing among us. The whole
number may not be absolutely large. but It comprises
mea Of too great intelligence for any man 10 hop