The New York herald., 1870-03-07
ART NOTES.

collection OF oil paintings by foreign and Amer.
ican artists. together with what was expressed in
the catalogue o. selection Of rare engravngs ana
superb water colors" for few days past on exhibit
tion a, Barkers Gallery Of Art, No. s45 Broadway,
was disposed Of BY auction on Thursday afternoon
and evening, March 3.
The collection on the whole was q good one To
many wo visit the several art galleries some Of the
pictures. 1t is true, were already very familiar.
That, however, 1s, or should be, no objection.
really good work. to appreciated, must be studied
To study requires time and repeatedly seeing the
object. large proportion OF the paintings were
from foreign artists. Is this very favorable ind
cation the reversef Large sales OF pictures can
never give more than very general sign OF tne
drift Of art taste In people.
Many OF the paintings have already been noticed.
Prominent among the rest may be mentioned
s'THE HiNTER-sEE," By CARL TRfggEf,
q very faithful rendering OF o scene In the Tyrol
Evening has already somewhat deepened the shades
at the bases OF the mountains, While the sunllgnt
still plays on their snowy SUBMITS far Off in the dis.
tance. The lake and the atmosphere are well given
The gradation OF color, aso IS good, though trne
too marked
..Acceptedn and Rejected" by Otto Erdmann.
These are both generally well drawn and studied,
with great deal of decacy anda sentiment The
former Is especially good The treatment somewhat
redeems the idea, which, II time enoaored, IL cer-
talnly time worn.
"A GROUP or FIELD FLOWERS" ny LOUISE DARRU,
is wei masscd. There ls some strength ana eject.
1t Is more OF q sketch than q finished picture
good effect OF "Moonltght," strong and true Is
by A. Br0meis
Monastery in Wintcr,n by J. Jacobsen; Lake Of
the Four Cantons," by ). w. Lnaiar: the jung
frau.n by Saal; Scene on the Dutch Coast. Near
schevingen," by vandeventer, are all good land
"AskING FOR ToLI-n BY RUDE.U.
Is beautiful little French work, with vast
n M
action. Both the figures are well drawn, and every
line expresses feelin2 and sentiment
ask by Knarren, Is o very remarkable rendering or
material IN the drapcry OF the figures. There IS
good feeling throughout The picture.
'oARD PANTY vERHoEvEN; ''cHEcKER PLAYERS"
By DAVID COL,
are OF that school OF which Gerhard Dow and Van
der Werr in their different ways, were such Illus
trious disciples
There is a tendency with some, more especially
foreign painters, to revive, in somewhat modified
FORM that old love for familiar and carefully
detailed treatmen. once SO 80 tnoT0nghy ana amos,
from the few great principles which underlie all ART
there is the taste and opinion Of the Individual To
this last every has an unqueStionabe right. The
true lover OF art should carefully distinguish be-
tween this liberty o private taste and tie 6xed laws.
enlarged.
TO many the working OUT Of the utmost trvla'ities
IN these pictures Is most wearisome but there Is
care and veracity in them which caunot fail OF ap
probation. The subject may be commonplace,
homely and with little or no interest such as 1t 49,
however, there Is generally snch careful study and
feeling that THESE often Claim the attention TO de-
gree which makes one lose sight OF the first OBJ
lection.
"A Scene on the Hudson' IL an interesting study
OF the extreme infancy decrepit OF art There
Is an equal absence Of promise and remembering
better II not peasan.er things. 10 this with the
picture OF cat may be conceded the distinction OF
ending the list Wretched however, as this last un
dOubtedy is the retrbution seems indeed severe IL
just, which has perpetuatcd the artlsr's humiliation
IN bad cbromo-hthograph, which has the sole merit
OF being irresponsible.
The engraylngs described in the catalogue as
rare, and which in one sense, at least, certainly
were though not to the same extent as was true OF
the water colors, comprised an Indifferent Strange
q Vile, three or four Raphael Morghens. several
good prints and number or-wel, let US say, Or
dlDary ones.
One cannot but admire, in passing, the glowing
imagery which SEEKS to transform few toeraole
water sketches into selection OF superb water
cOors. Euphemisns like these may look weli on
the cover OF catalogue but they SAVIOR rather too
strongly OF devices winch seem not altogether
worthy Of dealers IN what might, IN this case, be
somewhat appropriately called high art.
The sale was well attended, both afternoon and
evening" and fair number OF works were disposed
OF 10 the satisfaction OF those interested. AS not
altogether unusual, some OF tho more merltorious
were unsold while others OF less merit brought high
prices. This latter fact would seem TO prove that
wlih some al least the cover OF the catalogue was
fully appreciated, however they may have Iai!ed 10
40 SO IN regard to the collection itself.