The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-05

ART MATTERS.
Academy of Dcsign-Sixth Winter Exhi-
bition.
The doors of the National Academy Of Design
will be thrown open tomorrow evening" prelimi-
nary private view, however, being vouchsated to-
night at eight The occasion will mark the sixth
Winter exhibition of the Academy, and include the
sixth annual exhibition Of the American Society Of
Painters in Water Coors and collection of English
water cOlOrs and sketches. 1t would, doubtless
have been preferable to the American Society to
present its pictures in a manner that would more
strikingly have brought Its title and its claims to
the regard Of the public. We have no doubt that
the managers of the Academy Of Design had good
reasons for acquescing in the representations that
led them to accord the South Room to a separ ate
collection OF English pictures. We understand
that Mr.. Blackburn has taken the trouble to gather
together these, and that their display at the
Academy simultaneously with that OF the
American Societys collection is merely the
realization to him Of his original idea of
an international Exhibition" In what sense a
few English water colors, hung in an American
gallery, can be appropriately termed an 'inter-
national" affair we should leave readers to de-
termine were it not for an explanation ingeuu-
ously accorded to us by Mr. Blackburn himself.
To follow this gentemans argument his present dis
play OF English water colOrs is merely the beginning
Of line OF policy which, he expects will resultn
warm reciprocity on the part Of English societies
toward American artists. That Is to say, ii Mr..
BlacKburn's present display Of English water
colOrs Is favorably contemplated here English art
societies Will be as ready to accommodate pictures
by American artists as the Academy Of Design has
been to Obltge the British painters whom Mr..
Blackburn Is understood to represent. II such
considerations constitute the Black burn assemblage
of pictures an international" one, that adjective
has acquired q significance new to us. And in this
connection we cannot forbear noticing the equivO-
cality of Mr.. Blackburn's statements, when,
in note published IN one OF Mondays papers, he
declares that sit seems rather matter for regret
that the American Society of Painters III Water
Coo Color should have taken SO much pains to enrich
may be found to occupy places ION the line In their
galleries. to the injury. as far as position is con-
roneous impression Is conveyed by this sentence.
The proportion of English works which the Ameri-
can Society has placed "On the line" Is small
to be scarcely worth taking into account This ex-
PLANTATION seems due to the American Society. For
Mr.. Dlackburn's avowed motives in coming to this
country we have nothing but esteem, and such OBJ
servation as we have been able to make OF his Eng
lish pictures gives US a favorable opinion rather
than otherwise of the Judgment that selected
Them But we protest against their forming an in
ternatiOnal exhibition in any OF the usual and egiti
mate senses of that word and we are willing to
believe that Mr. Blackburns Impressions in state
ment are the inadvertencies OF man who, having
much work to do, almost necessarily transacts
Reception to General di Cesnola.
On Monday evening reception was given to
General L. P. al CesnOa, the United States Consul
to Cyprus, and the dscoverer OF the famous Cypran
antiquities which lately arrived at this port The
reception was rendered by Mr.. John Taylor John
ston, President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and was held at the house Of that gentleman,
No. Firth avenue. More than three hundred in
vitations were issued, and, in addition to the
trustees Of the Art Museum, many Of our most dis
tinguished citizens were present. Chief among the
memorable features of the evening was brief and
graceful address by General di Cesnola, rendered
all the more pleasant by the fact that the perfect
English in which it was expressed is not General
di Cesnoa's native tongue. Among the guests
present were Governor +. ID. Morgan, General
McUleian c chancellor Crosny ana W. 9; Prime
had been presented the entire company proceeded
to Mr. Johnston's picture gallery where the host
made neat and relevant speech. General di Ces-
nola made the appended reply
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Palette Art Association.
The second annual exhibition of this association