The New York herald., 1870-05-13
ART IN FRANCE.

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Opening OF tho Annual Exhibition Of Art
Over Threc Thousand Works classified aud
Arrauged-Everyday l. 70 Two thousand
Years Aso-What tho Scuiptors Have
Sent In. 80.
On Sunday next the Iong expected opening OF the
Annual Artistic Exhin ton viii take place, and The
pADic will then be admitted tgratis) 70 view the
three or four thousand works OF art wh'ch nave
occupied the government officials for the last nvc
weeks IN classifying, arranging and hanging on the
walls Of the very rooms set apart Tor inns
display IN the Palais dc rIndustre. As usual the
system Of arrangement II ALPHABETICAL, mas
much az the works OF those artists whose
names rejoice In such or such an initial
have the frequently unenvable privilege OF being
placed In luxiap,sitioa win those whose company
they would have fain avoided-''et pour clusen
Large capital letters over the entrance Of each
loon Indicate the series OF names TO DO found there
rendering thereby te re- creme, TO the catalogue aud
the discovery Of the work uyht for very eas Y
matter.
Having this year by especial favor been admitted,
SO TO FAY, benind the OF the artistic theatre
We enabled beforehand point out readers
many OF those works which Will take fore most rank
| In the present. exniDtiJn. IL Is however much 10
be regretted that OWING to the unusual indulgence
the Jury in admitting for exhibition AZ least iour
IL ths ol the pictures sent IA; tnat the malori,y OF
the contributions VIII be ldr teOw the average stand
dard OF pictorial respectfully, and thar cOnse-
queut II Will be anyting nut Iabor OF love TO DIS
COZ er the few gems ana the relatively iar amount OF
rea taleit wiicn Will oIten aias be half hidden
among heaps or lpaintei ruDbtsh.
Among otner works we have been favored with
the ssnt OF two gorgeous ialnt.ngs, OF We large
dlnelsiOns aud ol the highest qui ~ respectively.
Jhey are an "Anuqu, INTERIOR pl Hhaua the
| youn ger representing scene from the everyday
life OF neary two thousand years ago, where bird
charmer is exhibit ug his tricks before admlring
public. This and another splendid p.c.ufe py Tony
| Robert fleury, which portraJs tue sacking OF
ancient Corntn by the Romans, are the two lst
| reina kable paintings IN the collection, and,
| atnouga they The works of comparatively
| young men, they are yet executed with sucB an
| amount Of scence and such a thorough knowledge
OF all The sources OF the noble they Cutva te
tnat the unpre udlced c0naoiSseur must iney ably
come TO this conclusion that nsomuch technical
excel ence, sKlll of nlaniputatlJn correctness VI
| drawing ana real good taste are concerned the
| modern French school can bear, and hon0rabiy
bear, comparison Win any other school OF any coun
| try or ANY epoch whatever that has preceded 1t.
We worship the anc ents, IL II lrue, and we are
right in doing; for, taking item a whole. "A
grand basis OF doctrine and "A groundwork OF
| the way and taught the moderns how 70 use their
eyes and how 90 utilize the faculties they possess.
But 1t must in all honesty be- owned that after we
have named some i've or six dazzling exceptions,
winch, like meteors shooting across the heavens,
| have cast an everlasting lusre on the Middle Ages
they would equally have lllumined any age wnere
DESTINY had bid them shine We may Qhis aud
much more grintedl 10 assert that tle ensemble of
ART OF 1870 can bear and US we sald can honor
| ably bear, comparison with hing that the
| past has left us; and we have principally, or we
might say only allude to what termed the hstori
| cal branches OF art; for. lf we dNerge INTO
| the paths Of landscape and outdoor nature
we shall ind that the modern school outstrips the
ancient without q single exception even II we pla
the revered and classic Claude at the head of the list
Bat to continue these considerations Of u higher
| order ana to support ana enforce them by such
arguments as rush IN mutltudes upon us While we
wiite would by far exceed the imlts OF present
purpose. So We must periorce return TO the coming
| exhibition.
| Let then, tho lovers OF art seek. among many
others, FOR two large paintings by Wydone Iaitil-
Venice, bazing In The light Of nooalsy sunshine,
gay and ealivcned by numberess figures the
anays boats and gondolas on the broad canal,
| and incidents without end, indicating the mirth
| ana Dustio OF Italian life. The other, Its com
panion, sunset revene, "reminiscences OF the lovely
landscape of Tiyoi with Its antique temple Its over
hanging rocks, It's luxuriant verdure and ITS tran
| qnll stream, the whole enveloped in u lnstrous
atmosphere OF glowing luminosity, which arrests he
eye aud makes you wish TO be there. These are two
| exceptionally fine paiGtings ana We may say, with
out fear contradiction, that the ideas OF tie ist
have been fully carried out by the mastery manner
| in which the pictures are executed.
| Let the lover OF goJd painting seek too, for the
| most amusing .'Guuiyer' ever put canvas, with
pnmnerless eke Lpqaaanss aaasn IL ~ ss r,n Ia IAN,
p,eyous to his awaking. This picture ~ by vibort,
| and is a masterpiece. The artist Il yet young III
years but may alreldy fairy rank as veteran 10
his profession. Tnen we have lovely 'Bai4neuse''
and charming .Bretoane. by Bougueredu; tne
illustration OF shakspeare's ''Cynbeine"b by May.
our conntryman; an "Eve," comparable 10 anything,
OF the Corrego Carraci schooi. by Brune Charm
| ing ana poetical engmas by De Beaumont; hunr-
| Ing scenes, with wOndrous horses, dogs aud stag
| ny John Lewis Brown, and similar subjects, fe-sze
and IL eike, admirably treated by Leplc; tender ana
| affecting household scenes by Tantn, an ARTIST
already well known In the United States; the Soon
| Iession OF Toireador" and the search o. simplest
or sinpletons, two paintings, inll OF esprit and
| talent by Giraud the elder; fine portraits, by
Dubule; Spanish drolleries, exquisitely painted by
Worms zamacois fine picIure by Ravel OF the
"Prisoner OF Chlll0n,r ana many others. Then we
have landscapes by De Cock and LamDinet; sma
gems BY Fichel and Plassan; Turkish scenes, full OF
life and TRUTH by Pasni, and we know not how many
| more which we have had hardly time " ips. ec,
! and OF which our knowledge Is TOO Imperfect TO
venture On o counsel or opinion.
After the opening We shall be better able to con-
duct your readers through the rooms and TO give
| those lar away a more definite idea OF the present
! state Of the school OF art in France.
We must not however, omit TO notice some mag
nihcent works In sculpture by Tremiet; a bronze
group OF four horses life size, destined for the gar
den of the Luxembourg and statue or the Duke OF
Orleans Of the fourteenth century-he who founded
the chateau de PerrefOnds-thc statue being deS
| tined for the Ornamentation OF that chateau