New-York tribune., 1876-07-28
FINE ART DEPARTMENT.
.ArGExr1Hr REPUBLIC AND MEXICO.


trpov STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF The TEBUNEJ
PHr.pE1PHrA. July 25.-The display OF
rictl,res in the Mexican and Brazilian departments III
tho Annex 10 Memorial Hd and also that OF the AlFeh-
Tine Republic in the Corr dor Of the same structure Is
not as uninteresting might have been eNi'"ed iD
Art here is not, indeed OF very high hind nor ""u"
th names Of many of these exhibiting artists have been
heard or 10 assert outside the Ahh's Oh u'
native countries had it been for The hospitality ol
our Worlds Fair. For all that, however, there Is
more in these rooms to make hall hours SAY
in them worth while for those Who are abe
10 take the Exhibition leisurely) t7n thefe
Is in the German Gallery with its fonr walls
stuffed with desiccacd Art Grant that t3e interest cA
cited Gf than be not too strong word by these '''4l,
contributions is akin to that feel IN 'o"ing over Inc
Grawinss and paintings cf the schools OF 'c7 ~ "h'le
our boys and girls are learning their rrfnen's' Hso
much as it implies q certain condesceEAol on or part
q looking down from the nights Of experience or accom-
plishmeat upon Thoughts and hands feeling tAer way
In neither case is there any contempt mS'd VIII the
condescension. We saved from thai by TIE Aoc we
have Of better things, OF wider light, and Of greater
powers OF expression. But, in the ease m tNe "'c'
nation we are in despair over the emptiness % JUS 'A
hilt OF what 20 have past we cTl oI what ".e
10 have mad Dill er aud IIobru CraBact and scHUnrucr
for ancestors if he good seed they soNel s 70 spring u
and CHOKE Us transformed to such tares as these
The small exhibit Of the Argentine Eepnilic is con.
fined t. the eastern end Of tie transfers. c"iG" ID %
There four large pa nJlnFS itl tti '''NiG
executed ny Martin L. Bonro the subjects drawn RON
tbe pca-,nt life Of the district Tne hero IS country
fellow Gaucho" (wil The science OF cjFut!cF alc"
MS TO iather Oh TINS word eareon, " r,e-oolL' an"
"gaWk l" who is shown to Us rs In Love % f"''-
i'm, from ms Girl :" as flaming Wild Hcrse and as
"BreaLiug up Camp "a series drawn froma p"cm by "a
certain Dominicuez Rnde a the painting "i ihe-" PIC
tlre A., there Is something that attracts ~, IN id'r; the
artist admrcs his hero and sympathzcS with him. ard
expresses ls feelings honest, simple hearted way
that reminds OF the Robin Hood ballads Another
artist who has some native ceVtrNt5s, Oa' Seeh-
IN he without giSes OF example, Is c Gal-
tiuoni, who sends two "heads"-ore OF boy
ono Of an OLD man-aEd "C0urt}@.d with a
Wincyress," which has a favor OF reaiy aDnH'
II, and a look Of independent study There Is also Il
drawing after a bas ,eiscf OF the Fir-ID by Mn' dA
Fiesole which does the artist credit rs iaI <a"n
,aade with feeling. A. vel can MAKE out his
name is Juan BauOo DC Agu4rcz. but tET" ls 80 c'-
io.ue and the writing these canYaScs ana drawings
is not easy to make ont. y. de Castillo has "A''e
Harsc" which is not wanting in spirit, and T. tha'On
sends several Views Of Valparaiso OF Santiago de
Clih, and others. which make no pretensi'n 10 any
artistic qualities but are no doobt, correct enough -
record.
The Mexican display not only much fuller than that
OF the Argentine Republic II De- also more 'rd ana IN
tcrcs,ing sH fl does not crr US mucl that seems
OF native ori-n aud grovtile influence OF SPAN OF
Vranco ard even Of Germany is lcre manifest
,rou4b al every step. " any one had had
the happy thought 10 have united these Mexican ana
South American contributions IL one catalogue and pro
facrd il by statement OF what las been done, ana oi
1tat Is doing III the domain Of ;he Fine Arts vu' gave
the impetus where INSTRUCTION is had. and what tie
Governments do TO help the development OF Art ID these
countries we should been in better position 10
tudre these works than eau be at present in the
Aexicu there several pictures OF tho seven
tenth century. as judge, an Assumption OF the
ytrrp" by Vasqdez the Virgin heavy and common
oh. tpfg ~
heads of he disciples gathered about the empty Com1
By Rodriguez Juarez ther is a " Saint returning
from Begging VISIT" a1d by Nicolaus Rodriguez Jua-
rez saint Clara Offering her Heart" tH'ch looks Ike
large strawberry while other Juaroz nearer 10 our
own time apparently, their names 20 40 Adcra-
ton - the Mas" Jose Jrarcz), ana Marriage Of s..
Cntharne" Onis Juarz; but none OF these biz pictures
have any special merit thcy merely serve 10 sho" th
the seventeenth century decadeAce dad not raS y these
countries spanish in blood d cYiilz1t'nl YnDn Il was
smothcrng AIT by teaching artis's TO earn Their money
py painting pictures without feeling aud without TOO
much mechanical skill Not much be said either for
the ST. Sebastian" OF Felipe Grtticrcz, whose weak
ecntimen and grnrc'uness akin 10 Bat we "h
serve in Nora's Burial 81 ST. Lawrence ID the Sl"nNE
gallery We must not however neglect the praise lAat
lie artist has here made attempt TO depict ne" mel
dent IN the Maftyrdom Of the sainthc les along the
etouni end tue holy are drawing from his body
tLe Arrows p which DC has been slain. ST. Sebastian Is
here as be Is always TASTY youth, well built and ai Of
face the Apollo of the Christian my biology, tn" sub
ject gave the artists who called on T. paint religious
pictures rare opportunity paint the nude. and no
harm pcraps II the churchpeOple for whoIg Hese 81
eelssans were painted were not unwilling 10 sec an oc-
cas.onal variation on the ample drapeIs which, Nith
few executions he story 81 Adam 1hd Eve iha Bf. .tsm
and Crucih1on Of Our Lord were the rule 10 CHRISTIAN
AT
curions piece hangs This work Of Gutucrrz--a
ssaut Resale In her Cave Attended 10y Angels IL Is
D Joseph de Paez but there ciew to che time when
a Uos pauted nor 10 the position Of the artist. II Is
hardly more than curiosity different species IN tie
same category to which the rptych On the east wall be-
iongs-a painting in monochrome copy as we suppose
OF soe ancient piece IN which all The muia'ons OF the
original are carefully copied. Nothing Is gained by send
ing such tnSs TO an international exhibition What We
want 10 see represented the present state OF each
paoas Art and most grateful to those Who have
shovn IA the most y England and Spain have added
40 their coatrl uton OF modern works some pictures
that tlrog light upon their past We air 30 much the