New-York tribune., 1875-02-22
FINE ARTS.


SuE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAINTERS N WATER
COLORs-EIGHTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Perhaps it viii he agreed that on the whole,
Che best drawings in tue present exhibition be
found In the North Room taOugh Judge by the
sra distribution OF names, thattbe Hanging Committee
hss not wished to concentrate is good works in
in particular STILL for the southern wall
Of the North Room contains the strongest and most at
traotve drawings tis besides the best arranged
cen OF the exhibition the pictures here well
hnsR. and be comfortably and fairly seen. The
erost important drawings this wall are Mrs Still
p1aR's, In Balcony" snd Villegas's Moorish Ba
Bsar" with Yberts The Politician" and spite OF its
pmallness sBiiss McDonalds Wild Roses" Artists
lellghted and mOrs We think than they ought to be
with tho technical sk aud Glttering broken color Of
1s 5paplab artists drawing. We have no wish to deny
ths talent Of these panters-FortuDy, Vllegas, Boil
dni NsdrazO and the rest. Without talent, and good
esal Of IT, they could have won the attention Of
tas vorld-but It Is talent which is, in too many
sasss. employed on subjects that not worth whe.
As our readers well enough the latest doctrine
for sake OF Art" aud is shouted down from
studios with all the zeal OF Muezzin calling US
% prayer from the mlparet We near good deal more
IN theso days Of "6rush-work." OF handling" Of
sac" OF this, that and the sther technical ricKery
and urds force than TO profitable: We are
tempted In dscOntented moods 10 WISE people wouldn't
sODtound Art and Artifce a. they do 70 our seeming
sr st least II we must have the Artice. that t might
be exercised something for whose sake could
poxfoct the Artfcs were tired OF it, critic
lately speaking Of Fsrtuny says, that what he and
his school loved 70 invest the lowest types OF
human with the most sparkling rpperies OF the
oolectors wardrobe-to show their skill IN expressing
at onoe the characters Of and carlal men and wo-
asS the subtites Of and combination In gorgeous
s,us Of Spain. Italy the East, or pe laes: Partisan
manufacture" Ne doubt there Is TOO much truth in
tns seyers ud though Fortuny was Tar less open
TO 1t shsn OF mis- followers. This drawing OF
VIexas illustrates the critics eensure in part though
not that the beings the artist has taken for
hssubjsot either particularly carua that we
cod fault with It is, that they not real people In
veal surroundings The artist didn't for his subject
Sax no has cared much more for his bricabrac than
Cor his men, and pslnted deal better too-though
for that matter wsud be hard to say why these men
arc not a. much bHoebrac as their surroundings In
spte cleverness dexterity and sparkle. the draw
Lng is aninterestnR 1t does not suggest does not tn
yite and only teaches by negatioos- How much we
wish that sRcs predestaed TO have the French
and all this work French IN Its begettng-tor
sstsrs might have the nobiSsi French, the Milets
ehe Oourbets the Coutures. the Corots, the Voons-
meu, every inch Of them, with manly Thoughts and
feelings and expsrences-with convictions In short,
sad not craftsmen, however clever Mrs stillmsns
10 a Balcony has been already so well described In
eHE TRIBUNE By an apprecatye hand, that there "a lit
LETT for say. drawn with serious care aud
soidly ooored conceived with simplicity and alb
souto freedom from all trace Of anectaon-a very no
Ds pioce OF painting There is trace in It either Of
that imitation OF her master which feel in her
other drawings here, and IN those which are In the
aIetropoiitan Museum All that this lady does shows
Client poetic feeling but in this portrait she has
tasnt and her feeling al the service Oh her own
Individuality, and has produced picture that ought TO
have more influence young artists than We fear
o. will have There is nothing OF the happyge-ueky
school here. All Is work. thoughtful, earnest sweetly
]. O. vIberts " Politician Is Cardinal read
iqg newspaper He Is leaning against the door post,
.ad soen N prone. Mr.. vibert has been quizznR
church dignitares OF late, does with much
Auoor and - little malice. that these gentlemen are
sure 10 forgive him. This Ia energetic drawing,
s'rong in color but wei harmoDiEed II requires no
hte skill with ,neb scarlet this OF the Car
nas gown Better praise is, that the CARDINALS face
fi sven better worth stldy than his eown.
Alrod btoyenss Tying 10 Whistle H." No 2s2, Is a
little sketch by aFst whose work IL seldom seen
IN America cut whenever 70 be angled out
from the mass as the work Of OF mark Stevens
rarely attacks subieets intricacy deep meaning
but ouxh painter OF genre he does not. IKE too many
painters ia our time cOnfound genre painting with
TIA painting Of furniture dFesses aud studio properties
Except ia artistouob, however there Is not much
- ths craving that particularly characteristic OF
s.syoBs
hr Julian scott's On Guard-l7T6" and On Guard
-il" hos tss and 1871. well enough 10 their way and
would mako pretty present from Amelia TO her young
Captain their wedding day, keep fresh In his mar
e~ mind the truth THAI duty hundred yesrs ago meant
much Ga same a. it means to-day. But these little
ssssRes hardly exclain the eXeeliencs Of Mr. snotfa