New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-07
mr.. q. p. Avery,s Picture Sale.

mr.. y. r. Avery's Picture Seie'
A collection of over $50 oi-paintings and
watercolor drawings consigned to Mr. S. p Avery Of
this city will be sold at auction Thursday and FRI
day evenings of this week, March and9 by Messra
Leeds g. Miner, at the old Dusseldorf Gallery. No.
54s Broadway.
Our readers will do we'll to attend this SALE for Is
presents singular phenomenon in the history of
tons at the Dusseldorf Galleryhe good pictures and
the clever pictures outnumber the bad This will be
welcome intelligence to many persons who have got
into way Of thinking picturesale as poor place IN
buy picture q Chatham st. shop to buy coat.
But Mr. Avery is well known to every artist and am
ateur in the city man OF taste; and his rooms in
Broadway have been, for the past year. one Of the
peasanes resorts In town for those who are interested
in pictures and who like to keep themselves instructed
in the movements Of artists at home and abroad. We
doubt If there is another American who is well in
formed as Mr.. Avery about the works Of modern
artists, particularly Americans this Is indeed.
generally understood but speak OF 1t because We Dc
not wish this sale Of his confounded with Others such
as are every week or so offered to the public little dis
eliminating yet in these matters Every picture Oh
drawing in this collection is what 1t is asserted to De
the genuine work of the artist whose name Is attached
to it; and though many Of them are very slgAt-ws
refer more particularly to the water color drawings
they all characteristic, and will in most cases. Do
come moro valuable with time. Thus every sketch oil
Gavarnis, such as No. 9l Diane" however slight II
may appear will hold its own. and be reckoned a.
clever fifty years hence, as to-day Ard these pencil
drawings Of Ed FIere-" The Kind Sister, No. 9ii
THE Amateur" and The EARRING Nos 20! and
23s-are as well worth having as some OF Freres later
and more elaborate works in oil for frere, We
are sorry to think, has been going back
little of late. But these sketches, albeit they are
but sketches. are in his best manner EDWARD
Frere's brother Theodore, is clever artist
too who paints chiefly scenes in the East
No. 10 "a Street in Cairo" is a suggestive bit by
him. A good strong drawing by Griset "A Sleeping
Lion" drawings by Fichel and Fauyelet, Dargeias
and Duyerger; one by Gustave Dore 1.-The Angela
Watching Over Moses" the original OF the wood'cus
in his Bible" and some pretty flower studies oy
e Pauline Grardn, will be sure to find admirers In
plenty but the exquisite beauty and truth OF the draw
ing by William Hunt is like enough, from Its delicate
finish and refinement Of feeling TO be passed by witn'
out due respect therefore call particular attention
to it. William Hunt is Dead we shall have no moro
precious work from his hand far we know this il
the only drawing Of his in America and, though his
very finest work would not be allowed to leave England.
Whero his drawings are heu NJ prices tht soen iaou
ous to US when given for watercolors-yet this Is
good specimen and well worth double or treble what
our indifference to watercoorsan Indifference arising
from our not having seen many good ones-wil make
1t bring at the sale.
The only fruit painting that can compare with VIII
liam Hunts, in this country is the work OF the two
Hlls-father and son--men whose drawings some day
will be worth all the gold that can be laid on them;
but even these have not the strength and decacy COM
bined nor the beauty of color that make every bit OF
Hunts work precious Farrer's and Halls and Miss
Wonders all clever workers in their way - snow
coarse aud unrefned by this marvellous execution.
Among the oil paintings in this collection, we sup
pose the large picture by Mr. Church VIII attract good
deal Of attention anything Mr.. Church may paint
pretty to dol but this Is effective work ana mas
POINTS that compensate for the manifest fans OF tue
picture The trouble with Mr. Church is that bis aim
Is not single He was born to be-shail we say
great painter but he is too eager for applause Inc
line work by Wiems of which we have already spoken
-" Au Roi;" the Attempted Elopement by llsSot;
two excellent specimens Of Fichel; the original study
for his Diogenes, by Gerome; avery pretty mead OF
young girl. by Antigua; with crowd OF smau WoiAs
by men with whose names we have been MADE iamlnaf
OF late Plassan Bouguerreau, DE Jonghe Duverger.
and many others make up the list. Boughton OF Al
bany sends home curious piece of work which shows
that he has been admirng Legs and his scholars OF te
We wish Mr. Avery success. We understand that ne
is going TO give his time particularly In future to
the collection of works by Americans and this sale Is
clearing Of his decks for action.