The New York herald., 1868-03-15
ART NOTES..

Two important sales of high class paintings are
announced to take place at the Leeds Art Galleries
on the 18th and 10Th instants The first evenings
sale will comprise works by such American artists
James M. Hart s. II. Clifford, r. w Hubbard, j. G..
Brown, A. Berstadt J. w. CASTELAR,, j. r. Cropsey, j..
r. Brevoort. II. p Gray, A. +. TAFT Louis Lang and
W. L. Sontag. The second evening win be devoted
to the sale OF foreign pictures, consigned to Mr..
Knoedler by Messrs. Goupil Co., OF Paris including
works by Meissoner, Frere, Merle, Koek- -Koek. ver-
boeckhoven, vantier, Achenbach Hoflaen. Toul-
mouche Robie, Plassan and Castan. At q private
view Of these pictures on Friday evening, among the
most highly admired were the "Home in the
Wilderness" by 8. X. Clifford, which reflected
such great credit upon American art at the
recent Paris Exposition; 'The First Prize" by
Delob5e, a pupil OF Bouguereau; SORROW" by
Toulmouche; "The Careful Mother,n by De Jonghe;
'The Promenade" by Compte-Cax; "Mount Piatus,
a Sunset In Switzerland by Oswald Achenbach;
"The savoyard Girl" by Charles Brun; "a Lady
Tending Flowers" by e. Passan; "a Flock OF
Sheep Caught in Rainstorm," by f. verboeckho-
ven;" "Mother and Child" by DeJonghe; "Charity,n
by Ed. Dubufe; "Boy Burning the whip" by Ed.
Frsre; "view near Cleves," by Koek-Koek; 'The
Broken Vow" by Vautier; "Flowersu by Robie: and
'sThe Philosopher" by Messonier. The foreign pic
lures which we have specified, together with nearly
a hundred more on exhibition, present some OF the
best characteristics OF the modern French, Belgian
and German schools, and Chords "Home In the
Wilderness happily illustrates the superiority which
American landscape painting is acknowledged to
have attained
Mr.. Knoedler received yesterday fresh invoice of
foreign pictures, among the most striking OF which
we must mention two by Boutibonne IA name com.
paratively unknown In this country, but destined to
become very favorably known, "Going to the Ball..
and "Dressng for the Promenade" In which velvet
satin, silk and ernine are exguisely represented to
say nothing OF merits when , I these works above
Beuschlau; and ia Petit Ecoliere,r charming
picture by Bouguerau. Mr.. Knoedler has also inn
ported two admirable chromos OF Bouguereau's.
'swistfunessn and "First Caresses.n The life size
original OF the latter II In the collection OF Mr.. Bel
class, but OF a high type Of womanly beauty, fond.
ling her infant who returns the caresses with
h :. s.o FIJI 1e uhe and { the af Of Mr
Cooke The artist here again depicts mother and
child. The mother, with her taInbourine and at
tendant goat Is OF the gypsy type, and the child
souty withholds from the wlstfal goat cluster Of
grapes.
hibtion at Knoedler's Is composed OF a pckcrel, a
trout, o whitefsh and little fish which we not
learned enough In n Izaak Walton's gentler art OF
wafer, and, in drawing, color and sversmitude are
superior to anything OF the kind we have ever seen
M. Brackett the Boston artist who painted them TO
be unrivaed in this line Of art. None approach the
excellence winch BrackeU nsS attained In II except
the celebrated English artist Rolfe.
Mr.. whittredge has just completed woodland
scene which viii rank with his best productions.
lie has not yet bestowed upon II name but that OF
.sThe willows OF Lebanon" might not be inappro.
pirate. over trout brook In Lebanon valley a
number OF gnarled trunks OF old willows arise in.
terlacing their long branches In the most picturesque
STYLE Another Of his recently finished pictures Is
"A Wood Pasture" traversed by the same trout
brook which Is represented In 'sThe willows OF
Lebanon" and animated by cows and q wa.chful
kngfisher. The largest picture which Mr. whttredge
has on exhibition at his studio Is 'rhe Plains at the
Base of the Rocky Mountains" This has already
been particularly described in these columns II
leads ms to hope that the artist will yet draw
largely upon the sketches OF wild mountain scenery
In the West with which he filed his portfolio during
his distant excursions In search Of the pic
turesque. "Whittredge,v says an apprecative
critic, "is progressive artist; he acquired
with the dexterity some OF the mannersm Of
the Dusseldorf school; but constant and loving study
OF nature since hts return FROM abroad has modi
fed this habitude; he Is more original and applies
HIS skill with deeper sentiment. Consclentously de-
voted to his art for manly fidelity 70 the simple
verties OF nature, no one OF our painters Is more
consistently distinguished than worthington Whit
redge.p
Mr.. Bradford's fine large picture, "sealer Crushed
by Icebergs," has been brought back from Europe,
wnere u has attracted great attention On ,s RETURN
y " accompanied by supeIb chrome which repro.
duces u win force OF truthfuiness that almost
challenges oomps.son with the original THIS