New-York tribune., 1876-09-06

and 80. introduce us TO aO astonishing mixture ba
art now begins to predominate but spruSed With
small and admirable pictures, which must bs care
fully sought for like diamonds in a drift 3f gravel.
There are two Washington AiiStons, for instance.
which might easily be overlooked one Giibert
Stuart Ames's head of President FELTON,, portrait
by Miss Anna M. Lea and sOne excellent landscape
art To balance these, there are Rothermefs
"Cbrstian Martyrs" and two hideous Nightmares
of conception and color by Thomas Moran. The lat
ter show what horrors come from an overdose of
Turner Advancing to No. AZ our first impulse rs to
ay from the room. Most of the names in the cata-
logue are new to ears. even az the pictures
are new in our experience OF art. Bat the
collection has a decided, if on the whole
melancholy interest. Ulke's portrait Of
Charles Sumner is sufficiently fearful, and Picrson
d Poincy's Ut took two Of them , " "Fircmen's Pa
rade in New Orleans" sufficiently surprising but
Kaufman's Influence of Electrity on Human Cul-
ture" IN ten panels, is like nothing that was ever
before exhibited. Here are also "NThe Almeh,"
"Tubal CAIN" and The Tramp in each OF which
there is a striking mixture of success ard failure
The remaining rooms, 40 and A, contain the same
blending of good work, shoveled in and half buried
under bad except that there few fine old por-
traits in the latter. These should by no means DO
overlooked.
Canada has room TO herself, on the west side.
She sends 156 pictures oil and water-colors, few
of which are by old painters. notably Vandyck and
Sir Peter Lely. while number of Others appear tc
be copies from English subjects. Those illustrative
of Canadian scenery and life of course the most
valuable contributions. Among the best are sew
eral by Werner and a few misty and golden Autumn
landscapes The worst is decidedly Forbess
s'Foundcring of the Hibernia." Thus for Canadian
art does not keep pace with the development OF the
Dominion IN other respects.
Immediately on the right of the Italian exhibition
the Netherlands occupy the three rooms hos D, l3'
and 10. There are very few well-known names IN
the catalogue; the pictures. while some OF them are
quito satisfactory to the academic sense, are gen.
orally stamped by respectable medioority. Alt
mann's copies Of the masterpieces of Rembrandt,
Paul Potter and Van der Helst, coarsey yet viger-
ously painted, are perhaps as interesting as any
thing else. The number of faTly-panted land
scapos few of which lack some fresh stamp OF tho
open air, whatever may be their other defects, Is
an agreeable feature Among the better works may
be mentioned Heemskerk's "Storm near Dover"
Bllders's Landscape near Yordcn," ApoPs " Early
Morning." Israels's "Card-Players," Koekkoeks
Landscape near Guilford," and his "Scenc in
Kinlenburg"
France takes nine rooms the northern half of the
look in vain for single moderately illusrious name.
If collection were made Of the works annually re-
ected by she Committee of the Paris Salon, it would
undoubtedly contain half of those exhibited here.
The genre pictures are mostly crude in character;
the nude figures cannot be called immoral, but
they are not beautiful enough with two or three
exceptions) TO justify their nudity and some OF tho
most strongly executed pictures are made re-
pulsiye by their subjects. Adams " Scene
of the Inauisiton Gu Room No. 35l, for
instance is an unmitigated horror. In
the same room there is q real phenomenon-Prnce-
tsau's Horses Frightened by Railway Train"
where rider, who has been leading second horse
by the Lridle, whirls him around his head, through
the airi Decatur at Tfipoip is also an anazenent
of red and white fire. Among tho pictures to be
pointed ont for relief if not enjoyment, are Casto!-
mans Apollo Gallery" Cassagse's "Cross-Road'
Garniers "Bather" Cherez's Landscape in Dau-
phin6," Herpin's River Marne,o Maignao's God of
the Woods" Debats "First Mourners." and Cas-
sarne's Sully's Walk" But some other pictures
will draw attention by traits which are striking. X
not wholly agreeable.
Immediately north Of tho Netherlands and east of
France, in three connecting rooms lAos -, 35 ana
30j is Belgium. Although we may apply the same
general remarks to this exhibition as 20 that OF the
former country, the average of performance is de-
cidedy higher-and also higher than that Of France
In these three rooms there aro about l75 oil paint
ings few pieces of sculpture, and good display o.
decorated Faicncc and earthenware III the rest OF
Europe had done as well as Belgium, the Ant Exhi-
bition would have been much moro important.
Although there are only few distn guishcd names,
such as TschaggeDy Slingeneyer, Count dc BengheH,
Neytz Gossuet and perhaps the Gerards, there IS
noticeable amount of clever works by unknown and
Drobably Young hands The influence of the Ant
weTp school so much more solid and uDmanDerod
than shat of Dusseldorf il plainly apparent IN many
pictures; but it is healthy foundation
for individual talent to build upon. IL
there is curiosity OF bad art III the
Belgian portion, il does not thrust ITSELF into tho
visitors face. Among the better works are Sing
eneyer's christian Martyr" and Night OF 50.
| Bartholomew" De SchamphclccTs Nymwegen,
Yerhass "Sea-ShoTe at BlankenbeI8he," Stroo-
bants House of the Society Of ArcherS," lschag-
cenys Flemish Stallion and Fire in the Stable"
8ba latter naiufully tragic Genissous " Hermitage
of ST. Hubert" MeenSs Saturday in the Monas-
| teryb and Phemots "On the Road 10 Market"
staIIaerPs "Cellar of Diomed" and lie Gendre's
! "ClytieD also show considerable power and origi-
nality The latter, however. is more strange than
beautiful il is the barest realistic Interpretation OF
! a beautiful nyth. OF the few pieces of sculpture,
| the one called Exercise" " is the best.
Next east OF Belgium is Spain, III Rooms NOS. 70
and 81 The pictures here are more secular IN char
actor than those in Memorial Hail. and about on tho
same level of achievement. Many Of them bear tho
stamp of the popular life Of Spain, and are cor
respondingly interesting; and the whole COLLECTION
decidedly surpasses that of Italy in feeling for color
yigor of drawing and a certain vriiity OF execution
The "Venus" of Valera is an excellent work, and
yiuamiPs Hunting Dogs" is little behind Land
seer. There are some curious and valuable copies