New-York tribune., 1876-01-25
TIE ARTISTS FUND SOCIETY.

The sixteenth annual exhibition OF the
Artists Fund Society has been before the public for some
past at Kurt Gallery We have had occasion on pre-
vious exhibitions OF the kind to find fault with ihe OIL
GERS aud members Of this Socety-wiih the Latter Tor
sending pictures hch below the stand rd OF thcir
average work. and with the former foi their omlafahcc
IN accepting this rubbish 1t may not De polite To loon
ift hors la the mouth unlo to praise his dental youth
iulncss while the donor s by but surely l"htehess is
place regards these contrbutory artchHfeS'
auction value Of which, II II exceed certain sum- IN
gain to the contIbut r aud loss TO the Fund We are
glad 10 change for the better. There nre poo'
pictures In the present exhibition Of course, but
they are fewer In number than at any previous eNi-
biion the average OF good pictures exceeding We thA
when numbers taken into account those In The
annual exhibitions OF the National Academy Of Design
There are several which luger before, and dis-
like to leave, aud several oilers which We
nnd ourselves studying carefully. II We could
have but one picture in the collection, We
should select "What tie Shell Says" by MI
Eastman Johnson II is little glimpse OF home He III
New EnsIand-I ely Il cI.d holding conch shell To
the Of its grandfather, who IS STOPPING to please h7
pet and pretending be Interested IN the roaring he
she'll Nothing can be simpler nothing more beautiful.
Tho grouping Of the two figures, the expression
of childishnoss and Old aSe. and the sui
dued but rich tone OF the coloring, are exquisite
Mr. johnson has painted nothing better since hs drop
ping on" As great rnst To this picture rs n be
imagined IL found n The r. eaten" OF BIZ j. u
Brown. II might venture to give Mr Brown ADVICE,
twOuld be to study this picture Of Mr. Johnson's. II
contains all that his work, which q clover. lacks
poetry In conception and ter OF eN-
ecution lie is the prose historian OF common
place children. Mr. johnson, at his best. II as
truly their poet Hans Christian Andersen. We doubt
whether Mr.. Browns boy Will catch the ball. he ex-
pects and certain that his ltse grl who Is
transIarcnty hiding berscl is huubue. Neither in
terest us healthy bit OF oyer-fed chubbnesa Is Mr..
Iambdin's "Iiito Sunshine" which Is very sweety
painted. Mr.. George H. story's "Ncw-England Pro
febsor Of Psalmody" s az excellent 1t IL
unpreendng. Tie type Of musical composer to which
the old man belongs is about extinct hut its memory Is
faithfully portrayed here. The best head In the
hibition IL Mr. Alexander Lawre's Brunette" whose
face Is finely nodded and ripe in color tropical
fruit We have before good an x'mpe OF
10 mentioned "The Reaper Maiden 4" OF Nr:
John NJ. Falconer The Wandering Ministries
q Mr.; F; o. e, barley, and Mr. D. GeSrge S
mandy, and The Ballad, Normandy" They are rlies
perhaps hastily done. and never Ietouched but They are
such as only Mr.. Boushton can produce MI julian l,n
Scott's Head OF the Column an honest. vigorous little
watercoor is page out Of our Revolutionary history
They are who ut the fore there and In the long
neither the Hcssian Yagors nor the tai GIehades