New-York tribune., 1867-03-27
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, '
FINE ARTS.

w ART AssoCIATloN-sPRING ExH,rnrTIoN
t. socns ungracious for man to g., nom Dan to
uoebeba and cry that all he Ids there is barren,
esneciaIy when the Beersebite have done all that
in them lay to make their lind pleasant but If 1t be
barren there il nothing gained by pretending II lsn
We went last night from New-York to Brooklyn,
which for the nonce shall stand for Beersheba, ana
found pretty women in plenty prettlly dressed Deau.
ful flowers excellent music, and every hospi'apie
comfort and convenience for seeing and hearing lhese
bright sights and sounds in a hall as handsome as
can be found this side the herring pond; we VII @ 40
far TO see pretty women: we are not ashamed 10 gay
that pretty dresses delight to our eyes; as ioI
flowers who does not love them, ana music Ing Ig
man tiat is not moved with concord o1sWeeu soulus
is IN for nothing; but il was neither beauty nor
gowns nor flowers, went to see last lhghI; our our
eIrand was pictures and everything In the nan Vac %
better than the pictures For tins we DO not III the
least blame the Committee. nor. indeed anypouy'
Sure we are that gentlemen who have SHOWN % tnein-
selves so efficient III organizing ths asso." ?hit;nns
ton and in making these yearly eAhipi'lonS
the pleasant occasions that they are can
not have left any stone untuned TO TO secure
the best pictures for their walls lney eau,
however do no than they can and untll the arts
are more advanced with us, until there is more vi
the artist spirit among our artists ana more cui,"ic
among picture buyers as well as picture ihheIs % " -
useless TO hope for better results. we siial not q"
tempt TO criticize these pictures III detail; the MAJOR
ty are far from good. but many OF them are not eN
hbed for the first time, and have been ALREADY
spoken Of The best work in the room, the only wofk
that has any seed of hope in IT. work nsignfi-
cant in appearance that shall be thought uhIea-
corner that contains the watercOlor ana pencl dlaW
ings by Newman, I. {. Farrer, MISS Mcly9nalu'
IL. FaTrer and the wood -engavlngs by M Linton l
All tbis work is careful pains-taklng useful WORK;
and will advance both the artists who execute ~ anu
E4 reiple who learn TO appreciate II. BUT at pres
ent, it is AMIDST useless to a!!e! rrEy POTtIe P,tI,
through perverted taste. Still, we know thai the
work Of these artists is having its effect ana u II
docs not make its way rapidly 1t at least 1ul'rs @
the work of many who do not confess ITS healthy M sn
fluencc. Socially, this reception was dellRh,lul llR
success not pretty girl in Brooklyn seemed 10 nave
stayed at h9Me and. OF course the % hanGsSlno ONE "a
ing fathers and mothers iii guarding the delicate
flock OF the pictures we shall speak G.gaiD, after
seeing them by daylight:
NEW GEpiiAN PICTURES.
Persons intereste, III pictures of the Dutch school
will find small collection of authentic pieces on e1hDl-
ton and for sale at No 40 Beekmanst near Whilan'
They the property OF gentleman who bought them
for BIS own pleasure, but who has now determined to
dpoe Of them The collection contains two landscapes
nv Frederic Hdebrandt the younger brother OF EdWaid
Hildebrandt of Paris and by many thought to nave
exceled him. TWO cattlcpicces by +. kobell an ARTIST
residing in Dresden one by j. j. Eckhout, Director OF
the Fine Arts N Amsterdam. and 10y Charles lloGuo
f paris These are among the modern pict ures OF
tbe collection; those by older names and which the
owner prizes highly are two examples ot hrn.s,
though treating very different class OF subjects two sun
e,ar peces by Rcgnier BrackenbuTg, reminding one
ronoiv az IIocarth i'm the blunncss with which iepu
sve subject is handled though ogarth never touched
such subjects for the pleasure he took In them as rach
enbure does There is a spirited sketch by the younger
Tcniefs, small subject 10y Franz Won Mieres ana sen
c others by Iingclbach, Slngeland, Rcdinger Koicyh
(;amelin A. Brauwer, and MOncherOn. The two pictures
which the owner values most highly are " me lace
makers Gerhard Douw and a" Head on an Ola Man.
NV Denner. The picture by Douw has never neeh en-
rfaycd nor has been ont OF the family or lhe
original owner Prince Esterhazy hOught the pendant OF
mis- picture for 1000 Austrian glders The Dennor IS
the second which has been brought to this country OF
which we have any knowledge; the other, Head OF an
Od Woman" portrait is III the Bryan Gallery Collec
mons of pjctnres Of the class which these belong are
most often mere traps for the unsupci0us and the gno
rant and therefore TO say that the chIac
er OF their owner sufficient guaranty that these pic
lures are genuine examples Of the artists whose names
are attached 10 them At all events he believes them 10
he genuine and has in each ease, before pure asing
them taken every IN his power to satisfy himself
| that they are what they pretend % be.