New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-20

holiday watching the of the regatta We
! do not see much OF the sailing the picture
is made up he people, There Is the most astonishing
variety and Invention In these groups and an individual
y in the separate figures that shows the artist to be an
observer OF exceptional power. II with tAs picture as
standard Tho visitor viii look other pictures in the
Exhibition in which good many figures are introduced
hcIc s however picture here in which near 80 many
are 80 be found he w how great difference there
is between the best OF them and this Here are hundreds
OF figures the nearest not two inches long, and the
major part OF them dressed in the uniform OF the French
peasant class in any particular district Yet no two OF
these figures alike in anything but dress and even
! this is worn las It always Isl with difference.
Nor the people atttudinzing, playing at watch
ing the regatta but really thinking OF the spectator
They have forgotten all about u.s. If they knew
we're looking at hem, and the whole assembly has but
one heart and mind for the moment Compare with
this little picture the pictures OF Mr FRITZ in the Eng
lish gallery, The Railway Station" and The Marriage
Of the Prince of Wales" The Engsh pictures more
specifically interesting but the more they are studied
the made up and theatrical they SEEM Mr..
Feyens picture is il Ia impossible to weary OF, be-
it is founded in sincerity and in the closest study
OF nature, without prceuson aud without caricature
In the q be found few other pictures
that VIII merit study. Prons "school for Young
sayrs has good deal Of life in IT, but little Of either
classical repose or Of classical spi which, by the way,
ust good OF s kind and Just characteristic rs the
"Tepose" Of which we hear much The objection to
these says is that they only playing at bong sayrs
II real they have lost their old character aud are be-
modern in their loss of gaycy and unconscious
ness. The anmaiing principle Of this merry group is
business" The old sltyr evidently thinks there Is
money In It," and II II be not too cruel translation OF
this scene, should ray that II made think Of Fagin
instuctng his pupils IN tbt arts by which they were to
get on in the world,
The Kings Entertainment" by T. c. Comte, "a also
IA
oppressive and there IL great deal real humor in the
situation, indeed 1t seems to remarkable that with
such subiect-a man, has brought trained pigs
into the bedroom Of Louis XL, and the sick King enjoys
seeing them Ganeo TO drum and tabor dressed up in the
costume of a gentleman and lady OF the time--thcro
shOuld be trace Of carcaurc. Yet everything Is kept
sOberly down TO the probabilities OF the scene. The King
is soberly amused the grave physician, who stands at
his side, may have his pleasure in the show but Will not
bctray IT, The two monks by the rc-sido horribly
scandalized but cast fuTye gaDoes aud forget their
beads for few moments The of the pigs pipes
away soberly as II pgs and men were oil one to him.
Behind the curtains at The foot Of the bed, the wife Is
training another set little grunters for the next part ~
the show. They the learned and are to solve
some arthmeca problem. She holds up her fingers and
makes them rehearse their udiments.
Two "sheep" pictures by Mr. A. L. SchenCk, Ameri-
can who by long living IN Franco has become almost
FrencEman justify his reputation OF the clcyerest
Of animal painters In tile second rank. lie belongs
rather 90 the English school Of Iandseor ard Ansdcll
than that OF Jacques but his pictures seem TO us more
spirited than OF Andel at least and far more m
terestne than those OF Yerboccbhoycn. picture that
gives much pleasure is Trnpheine's "Drawns-SchOo"
There Is much OF the essential earnestness In H.
result OF close following OF nature, that we have
praised in NJ Fcyen's little picture Aud before leaving
the gallery we not forget Dumaresque's Congress
of Geneva 1873" which IL one Of the best portrait
groups wo remember Tho painting Is in style that
requires the spectator TO be at little distance
from It to sec It wc bat it easy to see 1t as 1t hangs
The artist evidently aterer, aud one or two OF his
subjects may vince his rcmurseoss dealing with them,
but better portraits than those OF Mr. Cushing which the
Frencbuan spells "Cuchug" Mr. Eyarts, and Mr. Ban
croft Davis, We not likely 10 see.
There are few Othor pictures in the gallery and in the
corridors at.whIch one gances "ntcrior
Of Mcnagcrie," No 65 " which the nayed body OF a
horse is made good pictorial Of A. r. Yerons" Storm
Entrance 70 the Harbor Of Bouognc" No. @, where
there wind enough the pier 10 make mp for the want
of IL on the water; and L. A. Barthodfs
"Od California" and "New California" which
have grit IN them, though the "Eew California"
Is rather hopeless sort Of idyl try ones hand at
The old lady Is more at home IN the frat picture, where
she il helping her sons and husband In their goldwash
ing than In the second where she is enjoying the ne
wards Of her labor The fate OF the husband however
deserves and shall receive deep commisratOn In
the first picture Is taking the place Of mule In grind
ing at the wheel hike another Samson, aud more de-
dressed old person we have seen. I'm the second
ne Is made 10 suffer 1--WE suppose Tor the proana language
he used during his first period by being stuck upon
wooden set:ee too short for his legs and with the sun
I'm his eyes while he tries to read the newspaper Have
lived dogs life" he seems to say, to come TO TINS
after all I" CO