New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-24

,-,wome, on the Coast OF Brittany" Is hurt
49, the cy Alvarez, but Jules Breton, TOO paints
g. somber key, AMI Is easily hurt ny On
,spsny bright neigabor. IL possiDe tnat
.,ar,zs picture looks better than II really Is ioi
-, 40 surrounded aud that 1t would lose little OF liza
,acv II II were hung in the midst of group OF pic
,rrs IA cheerful aud yvacious as ITSELF This we cannot
fg, nor deny, for there are too few oil s'ch pictures
nor 10 ilIge what the tf5ct might be- We are content
g. pi the painting as t Is an TO Let DOR pi;'seH eve
rder ai will over this bed Of flowers wilh SOFT mean
aerug Spanish names. 1t is the pre of this picture
a., n delights seen far near; the harmony OF the
- tsls at no matter what distance we are placed,
ut = execution is unerIing that no near view
con d,sappoini. For all that the artist has proposed
q, hn>ell we not why tits picture is not per
tec work The moral Of it is no higher than the eopie
me cream OF the cream OF their Spanish eighteenth
century world where there is apparently not even
te grain OF conscience to make them sour 'ut no one
troules limsl II about the morals OF butteints OF NUM-
ipcbirs whose business IT simply is to reflect a. ruch
rr,sInatc IL ut as possible, and these human butterflies
and nummng birds serving the purpose Oh the VIZ
alton in making their OF the world oewi'ch'y
bright and gay. One of them however, the age" !"u
IN rose-oolOred coat with caotellated collar Il Nv
xeIopn a moral naCure He is falling in love tn i'e
singer aud will presently de OF rose in aiohao P
This touching incident serves the pnrl ose o. "''
with little sentiment what without 1t "oaiu NC ho'N'Ns
but dish Of delightful syllabub' ,.,.,..o ,,o
W
r tru ~ cabinet pictures that iii nc"riy the whole
cd % ,.e North Room They AL good examples OF
the artists whose they bear, and have an eeStn
many cases. from fact that they show rs carry saS
IN the development of men now distinguished Ior 'ue
otcton they have reached in the field Of polished ana
minnie manipulation. We pass on to the larger pictures
of Mr. Morgans collection. The Baggage dc Cr0aUem-
ta,,e" ia 50 wen known by the photographs ana enslN
s that have been taken OF il that it is sure OF wet
come from the public 1t Is pretty conception
of the subject and though we know that these
dear little babies alas, too soon To oe e"'e UP
by that ogre of whom is impossible to approve YET we
cannot persuade ourselves to be sad about IT, Ihese are
speh real children so deliciousy innocent, so aAsurdy
so of everybody good Intentions
that until the ogre does actually begin TO pail tier niue
egs aud arms of. and set himself seriously 10 MS neal
they will never believe he means to do It, Ana VIC sr
not sure that he can do it, either long as the CheNaher
Bayard in the back of the basket alias Tom Thumb IS
there to defend his brothers and sisters IHeio are peo-
ple who may bo too much for ogres.
In the Corridor Mr. Morgan has several pictures OF
valre the that seems TO us to have most lcr rs
piece storytelling is called Scene IN Court by u
Kromberger OF Munich Two rivals for the hand OF a
pretty girl nave had fight and the one who was ldeSy
enough 10 WIN the girl has been unucsy enough 10 get
broken head the others krOtod club Tie case Is
being argued in court with high German soeni;y, and
the patience with which all the parties bear The burdens
OF the hour most edyng but looks for ali ITS humoF
as true as p"SSlple 10 nature "O4I"''' a. -''- a.
this sort OF storytelling, and the Germans nave
developed an amazing cleverness in tie an
elysis of facial expression and In the .oan-
sgement of gesture. This, so long rs they
keen TO humble themes and attempt nothing higher than
mere village joys and sorrows. Here on one wall we
have three capital specimens of their skill in this narrow
aec "Tle IIvals OF Krcmberger, the "Mine Tasters
OF Hasencever, and the wedding Eve" OF DAenbach.
When thcy strain at higher flight their good genius de
serts hon and we have such academic patudes as the
"Charty" Of Kauacb the door OF the North Room
On the orridorl. aud g. Becker's scene hon Gotbe :
6tz Won Berlichingen i'm the South kOUm. Inc tAil-
lion is fortunately almost wholly nee from this phase OF
German