The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-22

Somerville Art GaIlcry-Important Sale
Or Pictures Tonight.
Tonight and tomorrow night are to be occupied,
at the Somerville Art Gallery, Fifth avenue and
Fourteenth street. In the public disposal OF ITO
modern oil paintings In the possession OF Messrs.
w. K. fO'Brien Brothers. We are aware that
an aucttoneers wit, tact and humor are sometimes
employed to sugar the artistic pill which the doclle
pubic u expected to swallow and we are there
fore peculiarly glad that the pending occasion is
one In which the exercise OF these gifts will
not DO necessary for any such purpose.
FOR, although some OF the paintings
are infelcitous In theme and not 80 successful in
expression as could be wished, large proportion
are from accomplished artists and tell us in an in
teresting manner something valuable about ma
ture. Among those which are to be sold tonight
is an exceedingly unpretending little work by
Edouard Larue, which has probably attracted
much less attention than Is its desert 1t is en-
titled 'sTwilight on the Seine" The dark masses
OF foliage are shone upon with o grave, quiet and
solemn light. and the arched space OF the heavens
is indicated with considerable truth. But we
greatly fear this Is considered OF the .star
pictures OF the exhibition, though we could easily
mention more than one OF these that are inferior
to Il In sentiment and delcacy.
which srovS this art,ss q, nna ~ he ora
ana spiritual moods, is arectionately and health
fully treated 10 excellent In composition, pure and
mann-Chatrian, for instance), so in art we occa-
sionally meet with specimens OF Siamese twinship,
and Van Severd0nck Landscape and Catten
No. 56) ID BY these artists and consists of group
Of sheep ana cT n gKaang IN an open space be-
pecihc character and the scene Is infused with
that life which relates to US the gradual and unre
hitting processes OF nature. But still the picture
is more eloquent as a representation OF facts in
nature than as an expression OF thoughts IN the
artist.
David Col's swine Tasters," is full OF that quaint
JUNCTION and genality that are justly admired in
many OF this artists works A wine dealer and one
vintage. The racy importantly OF the dealer and
the wary reticence Of the purchaser are finely rem
Among other mentionabIe examples to be sold to-
night rgS ~ are ne Lambert once the prop
Charles BrpD oThe Old tinker Franz BeinSe "a
Kiss. Mother" b. Fraustadt; "Riches and Pow
erty,n Charles verlat. "vist OF the Toy Dealer"
Joseph Auiray; Feeding. the Goat" Won
Among paintings which are not Indicated in the
catalogue, but which will be sold either tonight
tomorrow, are "The Flemish Pirates" by Karel
OOmS, or Antwerp; picture after Gerard Dow,
representing woman selling fish, and one by
David Col entitled. we believe '.Do You Remem-
arecti0nate interest young man and woman
making love. Was 1t not Solomon who said that
he way o. man with maid was one o. the three
little gem by Col Is piquant Illustration OF the
fact. Kare OOms "Femish Pirateso has already
been described in these columns. 1t is intensely
dramatic, full or character and rugged power, re-
markable for the vigor and pcturesquesness Of its
grouping, and gives expression to an uncommon
thrilling theme
Tomorrow evenings sale is even stronger than
to-nighr's. Dommerson has a ''Coast Scene,"
torcibly rendering the wild disorder OF the waves
as they are beaten back from rocky snore. De
BuePs shepherd and FlOckn Is so thoroughly ex-
cellent as to justify the conviction that, had he
not prematurely died, he would have done better
things IN even better manner In "Evening
After Storm in Brittany" by Gustave Brion
streak of red and yellow light edges the mountains
In the background. This streak Is bOrdered by
high banks OF lurid Clouds through q rift In which
break some blended "reminiscences of fair
damp shadow and bracing GOODNESS Of q
passed or storm. William Harris september
SnOw' is one of the richest and most audacl0us
weddings OF color that have left even his easel.
daring matrim0nles OF the palette which his brush
has brought about. Some extremely character
istic paintings by Kuwasseg Ills, and very bril-
liant combination OF moonlight and market-light,
tional subjects Internationally treated. Eugene
Verboeckhoven's ''Stable, Sheep, InteriOr,n Is
marvellOusy beautiful wonderful alike for the
incompatible fidelity with which every spicula
of hay Is rendered, and for the truthfulness with
which specific character and individuality are
given to the sheep. We have the gloomy and
saturnine Wether, the amiable eve, the hungry
ram and the drowsy frst-born cuddled by its
mother-a specimen OF ovne portraiture scarcely
equalled In this country. Then there are one or
two refined little gems by Meyer Won Bremen;
CoOmans' "Pompeiian Gir,r sweet and spiritual
yet favored with sensuousness; .Childhood,n
freshly breathing from the hand OF Bouguereau,
and David co.'s ~Tne Neighbors, y in which a less
the point OF yielding to the rustic who, pipe in
hand, makes love to her across the fence.