New-York tribune., 1876-10-14
DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS.
BrLGI,N PICTURES, STATUES, AND DECORATED
FAIENCR.

Of Fine Arts ls contained in one room in Memorial Hail.
Room o." and tireo in thc Annex, Rooms 35 ~ -,
Originally there were two rooms in Memorial liah
allotted TO Belgium NJ" ana o. ant they are sim 20
ono+ted III the plan OF the Building In the Catalogue;
Int when the Russian pictures, Whcn were 80 mi' III
coming finally ar ived they found 10 place road! lor
tbe,n and so Room IN" given up to Russia
as Belgium really had no need Oh H. lheso
small rooms on the north aide of Melho'ai
Han oro III suited to works OF Art The
prss,,p roou IS crowded a. well poorly Eshted.
and il vii, hc found that two Of the best specimens OF
Russian sculpture have, in consequence OF THIS Cio"oea
state OF tneir department., been Obliged To ASK 'e
hospitality OF Relium; at least so interpret te pa-
enea in the Belgian OF two heads in marble both
Russian In subject "Thc Drunlon Mouik," No. 49, ana
d" 4 Russiuu Peasant Woman" No. 1872. by Godohsky,
which Is certainly Russian or a Polish name. lhess
are two clover peccs both IN expression OF character
and in thcie execution, and 1T s pity tha they should
not have been placed where their excellence "on zen
for the country Of The artist instead " gons % tAe5 90
now to add to the reputation which is caiucd for Bel
GUM BY the works of her scuiptos, FiaRn, tassln
launians, and one OF two more.
In Room o" Of Memorial Hail the Belgian ENhint
consists o. about dozen pieces OF marble sculpture IVY
Belgian artists; good many small Terra co'ta'; SoiAo
artistic bIasswork, consisting Of huge Dishes lew
plauuo5 of beaten work. and the fittings Of fireplace
and about sixty pieces of decorated faence These with
tho photographs OF the works Of that nine days Belgian
wonder. TIC late Mr. Wieriz, masc small CORRECTION
which would be mach attractive thdn IL - II u
were not doomed TO halfIgntod room. The iai'nce
especially (pr tlo sculpture takes TO itself al Inc
u.ht there is. and so on reasonably wciD
should have beon put by Itself IN the Main Bridns II "a
Individual I'm its character aud interesting, ana would
no, have suffered 10y comparison wih any Of the modern
work In the Exhbioa. In ts room II IL cio"d'G Ih'"
the corner flrtaest removed from the window" ana IL 80
udcd together the shelves that it is dilcut task
TO keep the works OF the different artists distinct from
D It.frt I0Ttg-t
out Of ho Of 90 pieces entered under the name OF
Edward TMirteau OF BrusscS but the styles OF
these specimens are 70 varied th"t We rus
psct s1lnc collaboration. II TINS be not 'H'
easel we may be allowed to praise the Wus'
for his freedom from manncrisIn His exhibit cort1rs
Vases pots dishes. plaques and various small Objects
atchstanls ash-rays and forth, aud the Su'lest'
are rs varied as tac forms, while IN coloring some oi tho
larger pieces dark rch and 6ironS III hoir 'oh''
nations while others light ana cheerful The tone OF
some of the larger pieces rcmnhs uh OF hIth o' INV
rpoge4 faIepce sent by the firm o! Hayiand Co. o.
Ncw-York, tholgn Mr.. Tourtcau's WORK is NoIithe
siptino on smooth surface OF earth 'nVnrc, while the
Iuotes work is rather species OF enamc'nS arhro 10
a surface rough with modelling. Bur We SPEAK I'''eI ="
the tones themselves than O toe style Va VINO" '1 sur
face /. handed. OlcT decorators whose WoIA j. ~ '
roo1, are hr r. X V0kacrts of BRUSSELS Who coi'r' IA
4 Ieht and airs style; Mr. Alo'phe D. MOI! VINO has
naiDtrd on plaques with much spirit; two or three H''-
,,,tcs dame ny and playing tie timboilne; ana a Mr.
DANCE whose work also strong. and leans 10 'hh
school Of M Tourtc H. while Nile Grorsrttc hrn'''r
copea on her ornamental plaques the pump 'u"d' "'
Boucher and tue Diana Of NOuet
Tie artistic brtsswOrk ~ this cNhibIi Is al 'y one
hand tnat OF Mr. D. j. Labaor Of Antwerp; It s rough
ana niany work very effective and Tie a.tst ha7 'dc'
cerded in avoiding the mechanical look OF much ol '
ugsh and French metallic work, ana Lis DISHES -natt
strongly of ;lc time when the coppcr'nti brt's-'ra'-
,. ana bllcksmitns worked mostly with ticr heads
ana mado small account Of tools
Among the sculptors whose Productions are ID im'
room we recrr with pleasure 90 FTan,a few casts f"m
who's, works were brought over TO tIs country mhJ
years ago ana exhibited somewhere IN Ncw-lorF' OEo
piece wo have always remembered Cupid or I".A'f an
infant Sea,od asicepin shell, b2ue thai seemed 10
have been suggested by TIC Cnd on Dolphin waicA Is
attributed Raphael east Of this h-ro by FrHkn Is
nov, in fie Philadelphia Academy of The Fine Arts
Thauss TO the enterprise OF our dealers ana 70 our
cl,aurd relations with Europe, those Of Us WHO are
tntee,ted in the ma ter can now got kho"i-
d of what the artists are doing In Europe. We gct
bropzcs caste and photographs OF the sculptures oi inc
day aud see almost much Of the painting tha - pro-
ducrd from year 10 year the people N Europe 40
themselves. Not many years ago, however ths was
different and may DO the pictures and statues ;at
csno over tuan mtlc more Impression on us ana Hfo
better remembered than those that ore brought over TO-
day in sucn crowds viii be. Fraihn has TWO statues
/ hero botn IN marble -"Thc First Cnild" ana "Tbo
Humble Bee ne latter little child trying to catch
bee wlthhe shirt being much better more wc 'houd say
within the altists powers than the statue called lhe
First Child" when is sort OF combination OF @reuNe
and Boucher that naturally does not turn ou very sue
cessfully the carly work to which we have alluded
Frahin produced piece Of sculpture but III ih''t
marbles he has not very successfully competed with the
| Italian carycrs OF images on their own ground
Fas.in's bost work is his "Ncapolitin WatcrSelcr"
cast of which in iyanoplastic is in the Belgian Room
No al of tie Art Annex. Tho watcrseer, boy OF H.
steps lightly along with the wateIbotlc st Hat on the
palm Of one uped hand ana IN the other hand the jug
from, which II is 10 bo reIed. He naked except
the waistooth, that concession to British prejudice
which was nadc the NoapUlans come few years ago.
and which has since been followed by complete sur
render 10 rcspectabity and discomfort on tie part OF
the inhabitants. His figure Is weInoielod and the set
Of the shapey head crowned with its abundance OF crisp
/ hair and the spirited, handsome face beneath make
statue that 70 one OF the most attractive h the
E.hntion Other work OF FdsSin's Is hcre-two charac
ter heads Roma and "NapOl," passaby pleasing, bdi
nothing very distinguished Mcssrs Rodin eieYer and
Comen contribute crowd OF small works In terra Gotta
which are specifically clover but need not deian us.
Passing over the Annex find the Belgian PICTURES
which are almost as little satisfactory representatives OF
the Art Of Belgium, those Of her greater neighbOr
France are Perhaps this is not 10 be wondered
| at for tie Belgian artists great runaways and
their pictures for the most part 10 add to the interest
Of exhibitions Paris and London There nothing here
OF Baron Lsys Gaait Alfred stevens, or Ciays or
Tissot, Alma Tadema, artists who have given their
/ native land o new distinction, aud whose works are
| patriotically as much esteemed at home they
everywhere in Europe But Leys dead, aud his works
have long passed out of the public reach into the
hands Of Governments and private collectors Galat IS
growing old and his latest works have not carried out
the promise OF youth the painter OF Art and LIB
erty and OF the "Counts Emont and Horn long since
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