The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-18

has been tested thus far, the second COM
mencing to-day. t
Music this afternoon will be furnished
by the Germania Band, who will perform
the following programmes:
| q Overture-Die Ihrfahrt Suppe.
8. Selection-n Trovatore... ................Ve Verdi.
| 9. .Waltz-Fruhlingslieder er........... Strauss.
g. Observation-Disclosures Tell. .......... .Rossini.
| T. Se!ecuon-Ernanl.. .....................Ve Verdi.
=. Mazurka. :............ Strauss.
| o. Waltz-Pfng gstr0sen.. n..................Pi .Piefke.
| III. Fmale... .........-..V Volgt.
The Barracks Band will perform the
following during the evening:
| Torpedo March-Gungl.
| ure-Martha-Flotow.
| Fleur DAlsace Waltzes-Steiner.
| Selection from Stradella-Flotow.
Remember Me Mazurka-Sara.
Selection from Macbeth-Verdi
Observation-Disclosures
Robin Adair and Gallop-Keller.
| Comic Fantastia-Devil let loose-Beyer.
Quadrilles-
ART HALL.
Of all the departments of the Exposi.
tion, Art BALL seems to have the greatest
attractions for the greatest numbers
Men, like children, are attracted by pic,
lures. Some drag their way listlessly
through the crowds, gazing at the gem
decked walls, as child studies the pic
lures of primer; others, with whom
| art, at first passion but has now be.
come a conviction, sit for hours gazing
at the beautiful painted words-for pic
lures are painted poems-before them
drinking In their beauty as one inhales
| the fragrance of flower, in unconscious
| thankfulness, forming friendships as
close for some as though they were hu-
man.
Pictures, like poems, may present in
Vulnerable ideas, from the grandest epic
| to the shortest song, from the "Last
Judgment" of Michael Angelo to a cat in
| Flemish piece. A painter must be in
measure poet, possessing at least the
creative powers Of one. 1t Is not enough
| to paint portrait 80 accurate that each
particular hair In the head may be seen
| with o microscope. A plant may be
painted with such fidelity that the down
can be seen upon the leaf, but 1t utterly
| fails If the spirit, the life that breathes
within, Is not there.
No man understood the relationship
better than Jean Baptiste Corot. This
celebrated master is represented by two
small landscapes, one OF which hangs in
Gem room. At the first approach one
would say, "rhis is an unfinished
sketch" This indistinctness is the Pc
culiarity of his landscapes. This vague
ness, this suppression Of useless details,
excltes wonder and angry comment from
the casual visitor, but it is this very
thing that gives scope to
| his genius, allowing him to
catch the indecisions and the
fluctuations of nature. II Is only tree
or so, weedy bank, a pond rejecting a
peculiar gray sky, a boat with an indis.
| tinot figure Of man. But it is all the
more the work of a genius, who in treat
| ing 10 commonplace, and by no means
| striking subject, can draw forth the po-
| etry of nature, seiZing the bright flash ol
the morn, or the last glimmer oftwi!ight,
catching the elements, as it were, at
| the very moment of their change. In
| this picture we see little more OF Corot
| than his idealism, or his strong opposi.
ton to what he termed the vulgar finish,
| which always detracts from the clear
| ness OF the first impression. Corot,
in painting, like Wagner, in music, has
been handled very roughly by some of
/ the critics, but though Blanch and Jal
accused him Of bad drawing and inde-
cision, the great poet Of landscape died
leaving none worthy to bear his crown.
OF all the French artists, OF whom
many are represented In the gallery this
wear. none are more popular with Amer
loans than G.. J. Vibert, who Is repre-
sented by the 'sCalling the Roll after the
| Pillage," the band Of "Devil-may-care'
warriors stand loaded down with spoils
J readv to answer the roll call. The cap
| tain stands leaning against h1s steed
| with the scrip in his hand, careless as tt
who Ia missing or whois not. The burn
ing village IN the back ground excites
| them as little as the sight OF their deaf
Comrades or foes, bleeding atrtheir feet
Inc composure with which one individ
ual in russet suit, who standing a lit
tie In the back ground as though he 'hat
| lust struggled from the lines, pulls at
bottle of spirits which be has raised tt
his mouth, perfectly careless OF the deaf
man at his feer, proves that one score
of Viberts success lies as mucn II
his ability as q student
character as his extraordinary skill al
a oolorist. The coloring III this picture
the effect of light and shade, the har
mony of expression aud delicate finish
declare the hand of master. VlDer
has received the highest honors that th'
French nation can bestOw upon an art
tist, and the most substantial OF all com
pliments from the American people
namely, ready sale for all of his paint
lings. Vibert has most exquisite touch
commencing his pictures, it is said
II where Fortuny and artists Of that schoo
, | generally lett Oft.
Zamacois' genius comes prominentl,
I to the front in the two pieces, the "Couri
/. Dwarls and Jester" and "fhe Decora
tion:u the latter, az exceedingly smal
i, picture, representing a beau OF foime
days in a suit OF white satin protusel
decorated, standing before large mil
ror arranging himself with view to tn
nicety OF things. A scant profile only
visible in the main figure, buI the renet
!. tion in the glass shows tpe countenanut
which in turn tells US oil Tho man. q:
a Lmacois WAS master oil coi0fs, as
= clearly seen In this picture. Note th
: play VI ligut and shadow upon the VIII;
satin coat, TIE vigor OF touch, the marve
Gus finish. and tie great wealth of talel