The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-21
day evening and that the public will be admitted
free until next "Wednesday tho evening OF

day evening and that the public win be admitted
which will be the first Of the two evenings
OF the SALE Space Is not at hand to Lay
have been used in the hanging, and In the cordial
invitation to picturelovers which exists in the fact
must content .Ourself for the present, therefore,
with naming, among those works which least re-
Coast" by william Hart; SToo Late" Very rare
water color. by Birket Foster; 'The Lovers" by
ss @ g. % W f. HssPs
"Town. OF Castellane, Mount Esterel in the Dis
tance.n BY Kuwasseg us; "sit STILL Miss p by J.
"In the Bayarian Alps, ~ Emil Boohm; ,.shop
ins"" ot by O. Brown; Looking up the Moselle
SHAH; "view near Parma, on the Ganges,"
by Narcsss Berchere; 1.-THE Good HOUSEWIFE by
BY Of the
Catsks,' by a: B. Durand; "0n the Bronx" BY
e seu pPy% By nsyssIs as
Y Ss a; y t Dainty Morss y joseph 6araSS
Essur ss0 sApHSnse RnRsiS as Siy
Sssss Ms1 sna BY T.
Market Day at Honaeur." q superb water color,
Rusc ESvers %eyeF Drf parn
ssenrOderi "a Favorable Opportunity" BY Joseph
Sweets" by Grips; '.Duck Shooting" by Thomas
Little NetmaEers crayo2 drawing, by Pierre Ed
ward Frere, and George Ii. Halls youth and Age"
preemnsnt superorities among so many that a are
unquestlonably excellent. But perhaps admiration
will be most apt to return more than once to the
singularly original paintings by Grips, to Durands
"reminiscences OF the Catskills," to Kaltenmosers
'Rebelisus Patient" to stevens New Picture"
and to Nerboeckhovens pastoral Scene"
Academy OF Design-East Room.
There have been exhibitions which have been
more fully and cordially attended than the
now In progress at the Academy Of Design, but the
interest taken in the present display has by no
means been 80 small as to be inappreciabe.
few days ago allusion was made to the more
striking works occupying the North Room. Per-
haps an equal number will be found in the East.
No. los represents "The Ghetto, Rome" by Harry
Fem. series OF wide and massive arches form
shadowy vista through which q glimpse OF
the pure blue sky is occasionally seen. d.
lapidated houses, the home OF Roman raggedness.
form the sides Of this VISTA In the foreground
fish vendors display their wares, the hucksters
gay colors glowing warmly In the gloom and
shadow OF the arches. One OF the most unique
labors in this room Is No. liz, "The Tomb OF a
Saint, near Tanger" by Il. Swain Clifford. 1t
breathes rich mournfulness, sensuous solem-
nifty, which at fascinates the eye and touches
tropic sentiment. An immense white square
mausoleum, with dome-like dover, stands alone,
amid short shrubbery, and looming through the
tender mystery OF the twilight The dying radi-
ance is grave and sad. solitary figure crouches
obscurely near. After studying this one ought to
look at No. 1l6, "The Island Rock Lake
George" by J. Henry Hill. Vitality, freedom and
gladness are in its blue rushing waters +. w.
Burton has, in No. III, given IAN Italian GIRL,
sitting upon rum. cat eurled complacently be-
side her. and diStaf In hand. She looks less inter-
ested in her work than in her thoughts and the air
abstraction Is favored by the delicacy OF her features
The vines in TIE background Gre rendered with
Wales" by Aug. Swift, is noticeable for the ex
actness with which the characteristics OF that re-
glon are interpreted. ind orange green OF the
grass, the purple tint of the rocks, the rugged ele
! vations and assures, and the incessant play OF
| mountain light and shadow are given with force
Near Ab6evile," No. 1913, by T. C. Debdine, fur
| nishes some suggestions not unworthy to be COM
! pared with those oil which hints are found In j.
| Skinner Prout's "Frauen Kirche," referred to in
these columns week ago, and meath the lines OF
garrets and projecting caves. higgling crowds
| elbow each other, while in the distance looms the
Charles S5s. r .as PERHAPS
there steals silently into the ear or memory these
| lines:- -
All within i vast as. q. and u ia 4 .,u
!, Ali within is hushed and still
often OF late that 1t is unnecessafy how TO feer
! more than in the most general way to the
| excellence OF his Fishing Banks,v a
study from nature. No. To- by Henry
rarrer, represents "A Gray bay on the
Coast Nature like the beard OF tie ghost in
Hamlet" Is OF sabled silver and the wiidness OF
sea and sky Ii not less energetic for being ex-
pressed In monotone. +. Bridges has some SNOW
| Birds" No. 1872. They are very graceful and deli
cate and the only great fault in the picture seems
| TO be that the stems which the little nutterers
| rest scarcely sway or bend beneath the burden.
| No: 1888, "Burnnam Woods In Autumn by Thomas
c. Farrer, presents phenomena almost as unique,
but by no means so gigantic, as those OF the Yo-
semitic. Immense gnared trees, raging out into
! fantastic branches, have their leaves richly and
yariousy tnctured. Through the deep foliage
bnely tempered light descends. j. G. Nicops "De
serted Farm No. 1886 Is enc Of those few pictures
OF which tue name precisely indicates the story
intended to be told. Neither human figures nor
cattle are In sight In the left background green
ACTIVITY slopes gradually toward the right. BE-
tween the sentiment produced and that Oh iohsll-
ness only there Is all the difference that exists De-
tween emptiness and mere vacuity. Desertion Is
expressed By tile nice omission oil those adJuhcts
which indicate life, activity AID human interests.
+. Hopkinson smith, in No. 1877, contributes "A
| quiet Bypath.n Two ngures-one sitting, Tue
other standing-occupy forest dell, rich Ia Gun
| ningly- oolored mosses and hchens. No. LAB. by
Gabrielle Eddy is very careful study OF otrches,
Walter Brown has handed IN some ciever itahSn