The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-18
FINE ARTS.

The paintings belonging the late William T. Biod.
gctt will be placed public exhibition to-day At the
Kurtz Gallery. This event has been looked forward to
with much interest by art connoisseurs for scvcIal
months Mr.. BIodgctt well known ono OF the
most liberal patrons In this CITY, BY his death
New York lost Of its most energetic workers for
tho advancement OF art, he being one Of the founders
Of the Metropolitan Museum OF Art. and he did all In
his power to aid that institution, both by contributions
oil money aud by giving up Tor months the choicest
pictures IN his own private gallery 10 make the cxhb-
lions OF more interest The collection now offered Tor
sale contains ninetyiour paintings by The most cello
bfatcd American and European artists, and single
coloss. marble statue OF 'ScmIrains by ". w. story
Tho statue, being large for exhibition al kurtzs
gallery will be exhibition ut Chickcring Hall, Finn
avenue and Eighteenth street The whole collection
will be sold from there Thursday evening, April ~
The most important American picture IN the collection
Is that which brought Churcn into prominence AZ one
Of the greatest landscape painters IN the world 'Ihs
Heart OF the Andes. Tho Aurora Borcalig = umis
mating tho vast ice fields OF The Polar regions anda
tropical also important works ny tho same
ARTIST The most notable examples OF other American
artists are n marine and autumn scene, ny
kcnsctt "SprIng," landscape, painted by William
T. Richards in 1867 aud containing greater breadth Of
light and shade than Is generally seen IN pc-Raphacto
Booth as Iago," BY Thomas Hicks; an ''Esquimau
by william r. Hunt, and .srrcc study BY Durand.
Ono OF Edward H. Nays most ambitious pictures,
Into the shade" BY Bough,on, and First SNOW" W
Regis Ggnoux, nearly complete tho list OF American
artists. Among foreign figure pictures, Couturc's
"Plerrot and Harlequin" and ''ricrrot 30.
fore the judge familiar 20 many.
"Libcrty in Chains'' Is alcgorca 6gurc, smaller
than the others; ssfhc shipper Shop" by villegas;
.The Smokcr,n by Molssonicr; Prayer In the
Mosque" by Ger0nc; ARABS Meeting IN the Desert"
by Fromcnin and 'sfhe suicide by Dccamp< are all
important works. tho last mentioned being the picture
which made the artists reputation, and which wax ~
one time Ia the collection Of tho Count dc Morny
less ambitious picture by tho artist IL little do
nestle in which little child Is playing with
cat. "A Cardinan Is strong example Of Robert
fcury, the elder artist OF that name The Conscrpt
h by Bron, "Thc Elder Sister, by Bouguercau; "a
Brittany Interior" early picture BY Meriei
Fisher Boy" fnc example OF Frcrc, and one
excellence 10 ngurc picture by Diaz, representing
Diana, with Cupid and three attendants, returning
from the chase. Among tho animal pictures, one ~
Rosa Bonhcur and by Troyon are the most impor-
tant. ssrhe Halt In tho Dcscrt' by Schreycr; IAN
Angora Cat and Kittens" by Pyrol Bonhcur, sister
OF the more celebrated Rosa Bouhcur aud Monkeys
Fcastng.u by Meyerhcm, are also worthy Of nosices
although names Of the two most celebrated castS
painters OF tho century mako their work only secoo-
dairy In interest Among the landscapes . large Con-
stable an Italian scene by oswald Achcnbach, ana
smaller examples OF Dure Rousseau, Diaz zeim Dnu-
bigny Iambinet. Fromcntin and Others. and marus
by Andrcas Achcnbach. There are also cxamp'ss y
Passon. Laniclc. Wales, Boutibonnc, Dronais W.
tier vcrlat, PcroA Duncrger. and sThe Transn&sse'
tion,v In black and white, BY porc-