New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-04
ZINE ARTS AT HOME.

The art season may be considered as closed.
The galleries empty or, if occupied are used oeca-
sOnay for the sale OF paintings which long suffering
artists are anxioIIs dispose Of: or which deae are
DESTROYS of getting OF their hands The metropolitan art
world has been unusually busy through the Winter.
Large numbers Of foreign pictures have been offered for
SALE our own pencils have been active and the whole
the result, pccuniary and aesthetic has been, pre-
sumo as satisfactory could lave been reasonably
looked for The Academy still open but the freshness
of it, interest has Of and strangers will find 10
great public attraction until the is ended and
another Autumn calls together the artists and heirpubc
But the city without attractions for those
that love works Of true merit There is almost always
something good at the print shops aud hour may al
ways be spent ageeaby there. At one Of thcm for
eral days a sea piece 10y VIM T. Richards drew attention
by the strange power with which represented the mid
ocean There no rage, no blOw, no angry toss Of
water hut long roll of the heavy mass, ecked here
and there with the foam the crest Of curling wave,
was painted earnestly and seriously and gayey that
the head looked at il, began TO swim. single
steamer in the distance deepencd the loneliness and
silence and made the space the small canvas seem
mmcasurabe. The color that duh gray which he
longs the deep, that ponderous eadcn hue that is
appalling glory CLEANS in the sky, which appears the
vast chamber of winds that it is the home Of the yapor
and the storm. No such piece, we thought has
been painted this side of the Atlantic, if either
side.
Recently, a new picture by Merle was a delightful
surprise, TO the admirers of that gentle, pen
sive, delicate too often over delicate artist This was
a head Of a higher type than he usually selects, and
animated by finer intellectual spirit than he com.
monty expresses. The subject entitled Revcrie'
the fair reader having turned from the book she
holds, and become absorbed in thought. But the
tremulous mouth the pang cheek the sensitive nostr
and more than ALL the rapt interior look Of the uped
eyes, suggest rather the character OF the Sby The pic
ture purchased before it had been unpacled day.
Two very pretty examples OF Meyer Won Bremer's
work have just been opened and they induce the belief
that he is II not deepening in sentiment gaining sol
idy Of treatment The mOnotony Of color is the same
there is the slightly wearisome repetition of forms
features and expressions the quiet average of
ton, which rarely rises TO the level OF feeling; but
ideas though OF general kind, put into the
piece; the action is less simple than is common with
him; there is touch Of byplay, that lends an additional
interest TO the composition, and suggests larger capa
city OF mind in the artist than had supposed him to
possess.
But such charming tre as these are quite forgotten
in the presence Of two paintings by Bougeraud both
and fresh from the easel that il cannot vet
be seen TO the best advantage The first in the upper
gallery, describes young peasant girl stepping across
brook with her little brother her back At first sight
the work looks slight almost careless The water ia not
painted with any attempt at literal fidelity the stones
special character; CLEAN of light in the background
shows where the woodland opened and let the travellers
pass the girls plain gown attracts no notice either by
It's color or It's cut but the humanes OF the piece are
most beautiful There nothing has been sighted The
designing Ia full OF grace the drawing every part ia
careful yetunstuded just sufficient TO satisfy truth but
not so prominent as to detan the eye from enjoyment OF
the two faces-the laughing face OF the chubby curly
pated child who cngs about his sisters slender neck
and the tender, sensitive face Of tho girl who looks
round half apprehensye Of disturbance or danger her
lovely countnance showing signs of the care that eomes
with poverty; her deep, translucent eyes, anxious and
tender telling Of inward emotion born Of constant du,v
and loving thought 1t is painting OF the hearts
superiority TO the lot, the Of soul that may
accompany and even spng from bitterness In the out
ward life. II is true story, truly conceived, and
beautifully related story which art should help us all
TO remember
Bougueraud siother picture, the last arrival is of
ferent kind entirely IL is less interesting 10 work of
sentiment but exhibits more perfectly the consummao
artist II Is AN Eastern girl, with sad DARK lusterless
eyes. aud pad face, standing n the attitude OF passive