The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-09
ART MATTERS.
somerviIle Art Gallery.

There viii probably not be much dispute as to
the merit Of the 100 pictures hanging at present
upon the walls of the Somerville Art Gallery, 80
Filth avenue. The collection Ia owned by
Messrs. Williams and Everett, Of Boston, and has
been transferred to this city in consequence of the
temporary Indifference which the recent fire in
Boston has created with reference to works OF art.
Among the paintings will be found o
large proportion of fresh works gathered
for this seasons trade. or the foreign
works the majority were chosen in Europe
last Summer, and a large number were either
painted specially to order or purchased directly
from the artists. Among favorite foreign names
occur Bougereau, Barth, Zwengaur, Beranger,
Zamacois, Borillowen, Worms BakalOwicz, Yer
schuur, Corot, verboeckhoven, Courbet Tschaggeny,
De Comerck, De Vrlnt, TOulmouch, Tissot, De Buel,
De N0ter, Tourney. Troyon, Schreyer, DieIenbach,
Jules Dupre Daubigney, RoelOfs, Rousseau, Le-
jeune, Remnant, Escosura, Perignon, T. Frere,
r. Meyer, J. Hubner, Mali, Kuwasseg, Meisel.
Meyer Won Bremen, Lambinet and Lambert.
American painters, however, have not been
forgotten, and the visitor WIKI find apt
represen tation given to Weber, Hetze s. Coleman,
Glass; TAFT Hinckley, Bricher, Sonntag, Gay, Bir-
stadt. Richards, Guy, Brown, Lambden, Dunning,
Bellows, Bacon, Key and Coleman. The exhibition,
which is free, will remain open day and evening
until tomorrow week, the evenings OF February II
and 10 being ser apart for the SALE Meantime the
display is very interesting one, and In some re-
spects valuable appanage to other expositions Of
the kind to which we have recently asked atten-
tion. The Rosslter collection, the sale OF which
concluded last night, presented almost equal claims
to the antquary and the cOnnOlsseur in art. Mr..
Brevoorts group OF pictures at the Leav1tt Art
Gallery compels interest, because 1t is the compre-
hensve expression OF some OF that artists best
powers The display at the Academy of Design
presents strong claims, whether the water colors,
that are strictly American, come under considera-
ton, whether criticism be extended to those
that are English. In the same way the asseniblagc
OF paintings now at. the Somcrvle Gallery
land there are few water-cOlors among
them) makes exactiOns which it would Ne
ill-taste to dispute. First class artists OF neither
Europe nor America are unrepresented. and the
olic In ''Taking TOll' Henry Bacon piquantly
illustrates an episode which certainly no youthful
observer Will appreciate the less for having pos
sibly been the principal actor in a similar expe-
Renee. A. F. Bellows is almost as even in
sns o GIVE as ne ali credit he
we should be obliged to more than merely mention
his FoIding the Stream summer sum Time" and
feeling in Antoine Dienenbach's "Good Friends"
suggesting the mutual understanding existing be-
tween pet goat, which evidently likes to be ION
died. and a sweet-faced little peasantess, with
basket filled with grasses at her back. The Land
scape Sunset" of Jules Dapre, riyets attention by
ton of that sudden aesolatlon which falls upon
ss and river from which the latest
painted Lilies" by George 9. Lambden, Of Phila.
delphia, are companionable to "a Vase OF Roses'
by the same artist, and beside them may be mem
toned "AzaIias," still by the same hand. One OF the
largest pictures on view is Adolph Schreyers
ARABS in Alphabetically Morn" which win
usually be found surrounded by an animated cote
RE. Three Arabs on horseback ''with eye and ear
attentive bent. are lying In wait In large cleft
among the rocks ,, the three steeds are powerfully
vdualtes are indicated In them as IN their riders.
Experience teaches us that 1t would be unreason-
sidered complete without something from George
Inness. His Early Spring on the Campagnan reeks
| come to consider delightful because they are so
! notably interviewer with his breadth, ease and
freedom. ''The vintage by William Adophe Bou-
Her eyes are tender, wstul and full Of the enchant-
ment OF sadness. The figure is almost iaultlessly
drawn. John l.. Keys Cliffs at Newport. r. J."
calls Tor mention because OF the sense or openness
space, and breeZiness which 1t begets, and Phil
Rousseau's Dessert Table" water color, is one
out OF several excellent reproductions Of fruit
The growing interest felt in the brush OF N. T..
Richards receives fresh confirmation in the
Wintry Day." samuel Coleman's 'Study from
Nature" CLOVIS with touch or two after the man
of Kene choice s Ads sseas y y sudS
color. The hour has not yet passed when
an appreciable amount OF admiration ex,
by @. Ferari which satirize the luxures and vices
OF the epoch OF Louis the Fourteenth All the pru-
rient complexities Of intrigue deity inslnu-
whole may De detected In the altogether unscrupu.
lous leer OF the furthermost gentleman In the
Is AT the welLn by p Leray; but 1t Is an honestly
wrought out production, and the comfort of mo-
| expression of the tired woman, who. with
her hands on her hips, stands between her two
buckets the shadows 81
| "Frend Of the Chidren," representing a priest
surrounded by the little ones he has cared lor is to
be praised from the kindness OF Ats sentiment and
| the adequacy wherewith the artist has uttered
himself, and Theodore Frere's "village on the
Banks ofthc Nile Egypt" is full ofairy spendor and
scape " the slmmerng solitude Of which is relieved
by the OF r two wood Moon
emotions due to moonlight and loneliness,
w wit d those begottsn by perception o.
home abounas something of the iairyiike
glamour Of Venice seen from a distance is emitted
from Amadee Refers canvas deneating. the
stalwart horses propel wagon that bears some
relation to the famous Csnestogas with which we
| are all familiar. The team proceeds down hill a
| dog and a teamster keep 1t company; two strag
glers appear In the rear There Is great deal O
ing, and the horses are rs' dnere enc 1''i BY
many subtle touches, which betray deer
| little work entitled "Returning Home from
SCHOOL, Christian Nails Landscape and Czttle'
is one OF the largest in the room. IL represents
number or weil-painted oxen and sheep. the oxen
wearing that almost saturnine stolldlty which
characterzes the bovine features, and the wool OF
the sheep being most admirably rendered ayes
or MOI should, perhaps, have been speci
fed sooner. 1t Is by Meyer Won Bremen, and
con ssts oil q beautiful young girl apparently aboui
to decide the important question over an open
letter To the ingenuity with which the stoIy is in
d,cated the artul and Exhaustive use fsade oiacces
sores, and the perfection with which pleased per
pcXity Is slgnifed In the young girls counteDance
we shall hope to return with the intention OF doing
them fuller justice. T.. Schleich's "uampagna'
sh ,s"y d'scordant SKY IN Keeping WIZ the nc,
anu peaut td picture, oblong in shape, Is X. Pos