, 1873-07-06


Ing wo hnvo undergone, enhanced M 1t III by tho
perfect ropoHo around ,la and tito luxurious
coolnoaB OF tho eoft mnts, Tho tlroway influence
thu Of m aa
TINT wo havc nothing clac 10 do, wo drop nalesp,
with tho vision Of q plnmy kahili or foathcr-
fan, waving to aud fro over our heads.
THE VIENNA EXPOSITION.
Tho American Department..
pstnna Juns 10y co'resHontds'ted u tho fto York
Tho first Impression produced by our depnrt-
mont Ia Tint Of crulity. amounting to downright
70 nlnko tho lnopt Of It's resources, grouping and
decorating tho caHcs with IN .oyo to artistic
OBJECT, .viewing eaoh single object not only by
itself, but also IN connection with tho color and
duce harmony and proportion, We havo bcon con
| tent apparently to dump down our troaBuros in
lines md Piles aa If Lhoy were so many shoavos
| OF wheat. Whom contrast our efforts with, for
instance. tho beautiful collection from Prince
schwaryonborg's estatoa, or with the pyramid
from tho Dutch colonios-Q montion insontion
ally only such things aa can be compared like
with lilfo md tako no notice OF tho East Indian
payilion)-the disagrecahlo suspicion faBtcne
| for theboautiful, We make good articles-avon
pretty articles now mud tholl-but wo do not
| know how to combine. For Instance, we hayo
in our northern trnhsort pyramid OF cotton
and other Southern produce. Aa an idea It is
good, b,lt al an object 4. ID simply. ugly: Tho
| Dutch colonies hnvo built O. pyramid faull1cHs In
it's proportions, complete in ite details, graceful
IN outline mid decoration. In Its way it is as
much 4 work Of art as wns cyor Gothic catho-
dral. II suggests tho lands from which its ma
terialB camo. Ours suggests nothing but tho
poverty Of nvontion of tho builder.
Tho ordinary viHitor will stroll through tho
American gallery, aud say to himself, IB this al
1 &1,uff1 I'm honu Ut {fI
| Judge, the critic, tho connolHsour will tako a
deeper Wow, nnd discover that our exhibition IL
profoundly suggestive, not OF art, but Of brains.
Although slovonly arranged tho s'lngl9 articles
il hero no working up Of stale ideas. Almost
every single article reveals in itB maker an innate
striving after something now mud bottor,-a
steady striving upwards. It ih not my intention
letter. Noithcr III It my intention to hazard
any prophecies. But cannot refrnin from say
ing thus much, that when tho jurios como to
take our exhibition into account, tho unthink-
| ing public will learn once moro that England,
! FRANCE aud AuBtrin nro no mitch for American
| inycntion, even In its poorest Hotting. Mnuy
an unpretending American caso or platform Will
DO found to have dstanced completely Its moro
machinery. There NO havo no competition ut
all. In tho ontiro machinery hall tllcro il
scarcely new idea that ii not borrowed or
stoon from Amorica. allude ut present to our
IlluCn uCCElCu bnllciI Ill LuG L)H!uC0. 1pGU I0Eot
in our worst eatate VIC arc going to boa1 our
rivnls most numerically.
III the first place, aonle worls about our oxlli-
bition Of photographs. Tho Yosemite views aro
not ,ncrely fine, but tho finest in tllor way In
the entiro palace. AZ specimens Of landscape
photography they nro without riynl. Tho col
lection III tito English department III, II confcsa,
moro interesting, but rather becauso of tho sub
jects represented. Tho student and critic will
nIways tako Il dcepnr nso1cBt i'll tho representa-
tions OF architecture than III moro views Of
mountain and vAlloy, Aowoyor tlao they may lie.
Tho formor hnve iii them moro OF tho hlnlnt
clement. a photographic picture OF tho Taj
Alahal has greater clain.B upon ua than ono OF
Shadow Latte. Bat nH photographs, I repeat, tic
Yosemite views arc the best in Vienna, mud can
only regret TINT thoro aro no more Of tlom framed
and prnporty exhibited. Ten Or twolvo occupy
| n conspicuous position III good light, Doing
placed around II low case III Tho central nislo.
Others ngain aro hung along tho walls III tho
northern tranBcpt, too llisl, up to DO we'll acen.
OF portrait photographs thcrc il abundance.
Kurz, Of New York, occupies Tho moat conapc,,-
ous position, lB collection being tho first object
that strikes ono on ontoring our southern traa-
sept. Tho pictures aro arranged OIL tho front Of
long. high cnho that stands directly across The
o OF onrseo o Saek Of % o cso
ing tho other why, is occupied by Van Loo, Of
pointed in Kurz's display. There arc too mauy
@ EoqEsa pa too fey snsS qSe 0ns ov Ts
finished. Tho female portralts, especially. nre
so lnuc, touched up TINT ono il ut 4 loas toknow
where tlle work OF tho camera onts aud tint oi
tho brush begins. Two or throe portraits arc 90 e
intlin-inls than photographs, and produce the
general effect Of mazzo-tint Or stipplo engrav'
fnga. Tho cl,iof faults that 1l,id in Kurzs worl
arc the following: ln the tlrst place. tho tints
might escape criticism, but tho collection as q
, whole il positively chilling. Tho other fault il
thattle photographer !,as not only sort eono ugly
faceB, but has oven spoiled aomo good onos by
thcno Two cauHes, coldneas Of tnting anu want o
julicious wedding or posing, nB tllo case nla,
b. it rosults TINT Kurzs collection will not COM
, paro favorably with thosa Of fajans aud Mtoekz
, garinn department. Here wo haye handsome
} faces 51dieiously posed, and surrounded With at
, life. Who're thoHe qualities are wanting thoil
: workmpnnLip. As IN American in vionna,
should DO yory, 10th to lot tho proacnt collection
, pass current horo as fair sample OF Anorcar
female beauty. On tho other liand there il q go
poog;phs IL !, " number like
concerning which nothing bn. praise 6; 60.
, nosecH, but thoy arc good pictures m
mepose at aSa 80 fHuss u3aia
graphers hayn hard work III believing that tho.
t aro untouched, although tho negatives arc ler'
to 10 produced in proof. Tho jury, expect
Will BRONX tloir heads, as tho Gerns1ns say ovo
, ! thoBe untouched portraits.
Yan Loo'a collection difrors from Knrz's.
contains fower and larger pictures, and many o
! tl,om nro not likcneaAeB, hut genre photograph
! of American ptroot llfo. Tho execution is good
al,tl tho subjocta OF tho gonro pictures arc ver
0 attractive to Tho Arstrians. 1t is probably TIL
| first opportunity thut they Lavo lsad Of ,nakn
j themselves acquainted will our bootblaokH allt
0 nowadays and hutchcr-boya. The photograph
t by Nochcr, Of Chicago, are aboyo tile America
! nyorage and those by Landy, of Cincinnati
: considerably above it,
0 Our makers of gold pcns also make n goo
. Hhow. johnson 6 Co., Morton and Fairchils
arc represented, and tho laAt llas all especial
= large and fine case. Anthony, Of Now York, ha