New-York tribune., 1866-12-22
FINE ARTS.
NE. oApARr-TuB TREEoH ETCHING CLUB

toh,,s t,r,oott.s and lronyes ri the DERBY Galley We
have not YET seen the exhibition. but shnl Nl.i i '
6svs as6 tell the readers Of THE TRIBUNE what We hu H'e
We frost for their sates that these gentlemen nave 90
g, "a m their former witt % have made ther present
srectoi Of pictures with the knowledge that we are ho,
oxac, society Of iguosunt oLdrenAAo"nS nothing anu
cepsle o being pleased with suytingbu ha ie" among
r. a last can t good picture hom BAD one The truth
a M Aossrs Cadart a1d Luguet have noi little forgotten
q, n excess Of ;er business zeal the respect that is due 10
os and we think 70 OILY night they hold know that they
arrot make statements random without being called 70 oioeE
We were not little surprised the o.her dayon receiving from
a-, our CODY OF us3l and entertaining "Chonque dos
Je.ux Art the light parachute which accompanies the
what cavvGvng Gazette des Beaux Arto read IN 1t the
following paragraph. It well known that last year NJ A
Cdart the young and publisher who has raised
his honrs 10 the most honorable in spite Of thousand
olscca visited America with eohings and pictures Nearly
ell sold and the Americans seized with strong
passion Tor school OF whose existence the leayngs and
swecus Of our studios scI over there by the shpoad by tho
dealers in copies had not given them suspicion This
year Clart goes over with s choice selection and
hopes To mad pubc,eose education has been begun by hn
Uvch peril Ond gi many rks-betior prepared 70
rcoeiye him We cannot this attempt to establish
Seoas arreaons between tie old Europe and the young
America without expressing the peaIure H affords u.s.
worth WHILE might augsc our readers by trans
latng nlo. few ophs-stM more absurd but not SO
open 70 the charge Of misrepresentation Mr CaSagays
Introduction to the Voums Etohngs for the year 1906 nd
Society which Mr. Cada the Director But we arc not
concerned TO expose the oonce assumption the bounce
expressive bit Of slang OF this writer We viii say
briefly Mossrs Cudart and LuQue make mistake
IN surrounding their enterprise with such cloud OF puhry
Il nav do In Paris and believe there country where
pury and admiration and 6sttery perssteny
end unushngy pracced in Franeobut TO the class in
t ooEtrv which Nj Cadar hopes to reach his method Of
is very offensive He made himself ridiculous here
h the way last and departed sd une1tingushabe
laughter after the absurd Of his attempted potureaie
where hs was altogether in the wrong he showed him.
self s least extremely wanting in tact We are so-y to see
that b, peas to have nothing om tBat experience
nut has returned altogether persuaded that brag and ple
aud svSge win in the land that has produced
Barnum and Andrew johnson Wearo cutie content to let him
Learn By sad experience whatever lesson the iates have
An sose FOR him. but have regard for truth, and
some sense Of gratitude, and we shall not oiow
the e!ams Of men who worked sr9ag for years
patiently unpreendngy and most honoHb Ia the service OF
the best art aud Germany. ia e most cordial
goodwill the artists Of ~, 10 te oontepn
susly setted The house Of Goupn Goa rclrescutcd il
Ameoa by Mr. Knoedler entitled to al nt honor which tho
"Gazette des Beaux Arts" mpuGent, oas c its own
pro;6g6 Ar Cadar AMI nothing but merenay spirit
could prompted 10 write what lsve quoted above
easily capable OF proof that GOupl TO- nave never
put obstacle the Of other houses in as country but
hsvest al times shown large and generous It For our
selves sltough is needless we hope to say t w speak
from tho most dsutercsrd motives have lorg cooked
upon lr KnOeler Of the most 10 be depended
upon IN every effort the Interests OF art in
AmeTca There meanness IN him. and
We OWo to him. before all OthoF the familiarity that has
been ganed in this country within the last ten years IN The
nOwdge OF the works Of the best European artists lie has
Of course never pretended be teacher he leaves 20
bOder and entefprsng spirits the Office Of re-
claiming whole nation from bafbarism and giving them
new des-but be has taken pains that fast as anything
good or great or notable presented aroad in Europe 90
,rsue lie vii
se It, and have and slGd 10 believe that
ound the Americans willing pay the p-ce Of good
work We viii undertake 20 the long list Of
names Of which France and Belgium justly proud aid
whose works have been imported by GouF Co., yoaT ner
year into this country But in the srs Exhibition O. ls2
In the French Belgian Division Of the immense collection
Of pictures We found only few Of mark aud those among
The ser ones with whose work. Mr. Knoeicrs galleries
bad made t0raby familiar And o. these few we have
had abundance Of specimens 70 enable Us 10 follow
then r. their progress or docline
We DO not BY neas wash to be understood as o5ectng
TO composition glad TO welcome it. But let it he
honorable End ast and modest Mr. CadaTt v no doubt
make acquainted with names but time mast prove
whether their morit equal 10 their novelty. We elod Ike
70 nOw Coro and Courbet and Rbot better before assisting
a. their apothooss We know that vigorous cuque doing
Ia best o make Their famous but IL well remember that
takes than clique to make genuine fame
VRKRoH AND FLEMIsH PICTURES AT THE TESTH'sT
STUDIO. BUILDING.
We have delayed, longer than we ought, 10 speak Of
Ss collection Of pictures Rsera the for tho
house Gambar London has hougt 70 this country
end which exhibition in the gallery Of the Studio-
building In Tcuthst While choerfuIy giving the company
the direction OF these yearly imporatons o. which
this the fifth credit for energy and perseverance Wemus c1
pre,s our surprise that character does improve from
year 10 year but rather whole deoraes There may
be reasons for which know nothing con
oened 10 know al that in commission 70
deal with may the best pictures cannot b. procVred
nay that the second bast sell readily is non thought
es to the risk Of bringing the more costly
maybe Cadart has yet brought to the proper
point where good be submitted with reason
able prospect sPprecAng M but whatever the reason 1t
pretty certain that Mr. Pgeram and his principals
tAink It worth while show the oss Of vorks
that they would show the citizens Of London and Paris This
however. is the eompaHys affair and leave them to fd out
their mistake II be their leisure II We speak Of II at
at spirit III VIII for obliged to Ar Pgeram
Cor the fW good pictures hc hos brought but becse
interested IN the pecunay Of every undeEikac
Ostve foreign that gives the opportunity TO sud pic
turca naturally dsconiented that
have the opportunity show the best should
gut ~ % with inferior productions.
One Of the striking pictures these walls by urts.
GOT hitherto heard O believe in America Mr. q. Hiea
Of the Royal Academy Il called Before the Magistrate
and represents familiar enough dare say to those
Who frequent the police courts Dublin Cork An o,Ih
temH-4st whose natural sweetness OF temper has not becn
improved BY drink has probably bcca indugng in has
beer brought up the magistrate policeman
complaint Of elderly gcntewOman and her daughter who
have sse think charged her with stealing bonnet and beat
ing employer These figures occupy the center Of the pic
ture; right magistrates seated standing
aboss trir table and listening with cool Indifference aud
ticed patience ,he oyeraowng Of the old womans rage,
while tks clerk excitabe hotheadel little fellow, in vain
attempts to quiet her despair Of getting down her ey
continues rattle at her present pace AT the