The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-29
FINE ARTS.

rIcTrnrs ~ TEE BnooELrS Exhibition.
Tie nrookiyh Art Association bids fair 10 become .
dangerous rival o the National Academy Of Design IN
~ interest," Of exhibitions and the facilities offered
for m sle o. pulsres which are generally directly
iron IN e,selz u The artists There always .
nuub<r % foreign piesrcs usually the latest aoquis
uons - private galleries. which loaned BY the oxn-
- sdd the interest and The principal ART schools
% the city sxhbl the beat work ofthe students The
fsosf prominent etzeas Of Brooklyn interested IN
the association. NEST Of them being members and
cenr al N their po~er 10 promote through iss innu-
enc the ART culture Of brooklyn This year the display
Of landscapes ancommonly good. spite OF tho
c~ntennlal spt New york Academy exhibitions hav-
Inc nearly cmpsed she stsdsck One OF the most efcc
tive = s~nfra o. Glnord's Coming storm,r with the
black tlanasr cioad breaking over . mountain; the
sunshine. which \ not yet obscurcd by the second
mass teaching she TOPS ef rocks and Frightening
the iollsse and sbe lake below. with smooth
surface r'ppcd ~ the gusts n wind dancing over IL
A wood lrterlor BY A. a. wyant. souvenir OF East
Hampton" ana ssScplensber Morning the Meadows.
by Robert G Minor; scotch scenes by Arthur
Parton: "Lonf Island from Connection by r. W.
Hubbard; Holland scene. Dy kruseman Van
Eisoa and = French scene, IN Germany
and IN Colorado. by Harvey Young. are
MI works OF the highest ~ ner this branch OF
art Among the hgure paintings Constant Mayer Is the
contributor ~ the largest and most important works
'fsisr >ostsr n the title. and two young women IN
modern kneelng al their dsvotions IN one
Of thc private chapeis common throughout Europe
The figures about halt life sxe aud the artist has
worked amount al tenderness INTO the rciare which
h very human aud appeals llnmcd:aeiy 10 the SYM
paih'ss O re spectator HIS other re'arr kept
In. though differing entirely subject, contains the
element 20 saaness-a llttc peasant girl si,tsng
alone, surrounded ~ The rude furniture Of parish
school With her book open on her knees and oking
though her those OF omission rather
than OF commission =. q. Brown has ncnre OF one
Of his pretty characters Of little apple riri. bat
il is painted on larger scale than usual "waik In
Is young woman standing BY half open gate, also
BY him ny George u story there are ,w9 pisnrs.
The latter represents little fouryearod seated on
top OF an old fashioned writing desk gum pen stuck
back ward car his hands hilcd with docu
and tho OF others scattered IN pieces
around the overturned Ink bottle on the floor, and
among his toys n wooden doll hanging from string
around lis Leck, with us iace turned one
way and its toes the other. Eastman johnson 10
represented by two works-.srhe Girl Icft Behind
Nc" ssThc First Lesson" where little child Is
teaching younger one from an illustrated book BY
John Muivany there Is single unfinished figure OF
evidently without aid. .Hs First Step Ic' Is The
title IAN Artists studio Is portrait Of his own
studio by J. y. Weir ambition" ~ carefully
finished picture by Rufus Wright "Draiung the
Glass; and '.El Torcra are two strongly painted
Of 4 Gossip" by Maria r. Dixon are Two figures OF
children illustrating the Titles IN very pretty man
They life size, and one represents little boy
he clasps tightly against his modern white drcss.
Caught the Spirit OF '76n is the title. Tho other,
"Dasy's Chain,'' is a rosy checked little boy, with
wreath OF daisies dropping from his old hat N. i.
Stone sends "A Little Convalcscent.n ByP. p Ryder
a small interior, called 'Fircsidc Compsnions''-an
old woman before nm open country fireplace, with no
companion visible but Tabby BY samuel ). Carr there
is humorous phase OF child life, illustrated, called
ssThc End OF tho Game.n There few portraits in
the exhibition the principal being those Of Admiral
Stringham and OF Jervis McEnlec by Thomas
I4eClear, OF Bishop Iattlejohn by j. b.
Stearns, General Sherman by Daniel Huutiu sdon,
and one by Henry Peters Gray. There
cattle pictures by-J Ogden Wood, James Hart and
Doph; marines by Broker, y. A. Silva. Ed. Moran,
NJ. +. II. DE Haas, A. Cary Smith, William +. De Haas,
Harry Chase and Arthur Quartley. There are, among
others who represented by good works, William
Hart Frank Waller, L. NJ. wies, Jervis hcEntee, A.
r. Bellows John Pope, I. L. Smith, Clinton Ogilvic,
Fideia Bridges, Miss H. A. and Miss V. Cranberry,
G. H. NJ. Gard, n. D. GunEison, Sonntag,
p. C Thorn, A. W. Thompson, 4. II. Rem.
uingdon Edwin White ". w Hail. jennie
Brounscombe, Brdgman, l. b. Culver, +. H. Dates,
Mrs Hart, John La Fargo and others, including many
color There 70 pieces OF sculpture
j. S. Hartley, Miss s. N. Free0orne and one or two
others being the only artists represented Among the
principal loaned pictures are: "Thc Attack" by G.
Washington; landscape, by Jacob Ruysdael "Cov-
etousncss'' and ..Far from Home" by Bouguercau;
s.At tho Seaside" by Boudin; landscapes by Zwen
gaucr; an orning in the Mountains by Oertel; "in
Mcmoriam, Paganini," Ludwig Blume; "Broken
vowsn Meyer Bremen; "Foldng the Sheep" by
Var .,.yo