New-York tribune., 1873-01-20
ART, MUSIC, AND DRAMA.
FINE ARTS.
THE IDYL OF THE BIRDS.


No work of Boughton's which has reached
this country years completely represents what
Is most valuable any picturethe artist himself Like
all Of BOughton's best works II Is prominently sug-
gestve In these pictures IL would be impossible for
TO put in language just the story he wishes 10
tell Essay It from study Of the subjects and the
sity Of recOneing his broken untes viii only weary in
the end But let him communicate his feeling and each
one makes a story for himself It win not be OF this
young Of this flight of birds but 1t will be
OF the great mysery OF life. We here We will pass
away whitheri There will be neither hope nor exuta
tiOn, nor the CLEAN OF happy ending. But there WIZ
be wonder tenderness. and submission IL VIII carry
You deeper into life. 1t will give to 1t new ana cn,,
meanings The sky will be cloudiess but the snn "i
not shine. Meanwhile the paintings and the ars are
forgotten They have only struck the Key theouraeh IS
your own.
Boughton not ouly creates. he inspires Wheh We
analyze his modes IL is difficult to say just where ms
power lies 1t can be referred TO no one thng' pu'
rather TO the complete harmony between his ngues'
his landscapes his color, his form and generai
treatment In all genre works, the interest
almost without exception ceDters IN the hgure' is -
not the case with BoughtOn. His figures (geherahy
Women) seem TO be almost all painted Hom 'he saino
model She is an unusually tall blonde with oVai lace
and oody classic features In these his latest WORKS
the face is nearly devoid of character It's shape ana
adapt il TO his sentiment and contributes TO the
reneral harmony all that another artist would give by
concentrating his power Ia expression Boughton OUT
lines his figures strongly, but can hardly be said 10
model them These figures are altogether nat there Is
no rounding OF the cheek, nor softly swelling curves
the drapery falls in rigid folds turned up In mechanical
curls around the bottom. In rendering texture, ne
appears 70 take little pains The diaphanOus scarf in
two OF these paintings hard lines that only
the color cleaning through tells that is net of gauze
In the first of the series there confusion in the position
the figure. 1t stands in the foreground leaning on
bough several feet behind The landscape, especially
that in the larger painting has much more care ex-
pended on it than BOughtOn generally gives III
technique It is very admirable. The beating sea- the
sandy beach the withered grass, the leaves hat torn
from their stems dropping and rugged, are all details
valuable In themselves. well as for the general Pur-
pose TO which they The triumph and greatness
of Bougnon is that he is able to rise so superior TO his
details and TO accomplish his great end by an appeal TO
fancy and emotion. Still his figures would lose nothing
by more expression and finer modelling nor his draperes
by more ease and naturalness in their fow and sus
pioon that they do end where vision ceases Far
from perfect in these respects BoughtOn is, we vel
come with unmixed pleasure every painting Of his
which comes to our shores. His Intentions and Dis
work are always equally honest and pure.
SALE OF PAINTINGS.
J. w. Ehningers collection of pictures, COM
prising oil and water-color paintings and cravings in
erayon and charcoal disposed of at auction at the
sOmervile Art Gallery, Friday The exhibition
room was crowded with ladies and gentlemen, among
whom were many well known in art circles. Very few
Of the pictures brought their full value but the prices
were as large as those usually given at art sales The
crayon and charcoal drawings all by EhniDger sold az
follows:
Italian Peasant Girl" 40 Us Two" s75i Don QuKote SO
Ssueho PabEa" &5o Msrquse" s50i sharing Crust $50
Quix1e R0zrsten SlO0 "SnehO Pans and Dsppe
sOJ Gen Grant and Robert Boauer
$40. "Mallenhooi7 Sl05j " The Tired Trooper" $50
The oil paintings brought prices as given below:
death snd the Gambler $780, Sharing Crust SSOi Idea
Hed SeO Portrait Of the late Prof Chas AnthOu OF Columbia Col
iese The Lsa Load" $500; The Tired Trooper" $50
EOu Girl az q FOunfsin." $40