New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-04
APT FxHIBTTIoN IN BROOKLYN.
ruR LARGEST EVER GIVEN II THAT CITY AND o
OF The BEST.

TIy LARGEST EVER GIVEN N THAI Cli1 AND O4'b
OF The BEST.
The thirty -ffth reception OF the brooklyn
Art Association WAS given last evening. Brooklyn
Academy OF Music from Which doors open lcafnS mo
the roons OF the Art Association. This reception marks
the op,nng OF the Assoc ons Fan and Winter eGllh
tion o. paintings The Attendance large, the rooms
being tlronged by the most fashionable people OF Brook
lyn The Academy handsomely decorated win
flowers aud during the promenadng music was fur
nisbed by an orchestra Among those observed IN the
hrong ot spectators were David \. Wells Judge Charles
H. Benedict United states DistrctAtorncy 1enney, the
Rev Dr. II. >. sous, the Rev. Dr. Farley, ex-Mayor
Hunter ]. :. 7. sIanaha1, John f. Henry, William H.
Martha and Henry I. Pierrepont
The exhibition is the largest ever given IN Brook
lyn and one OF the very pest in the quality OF the
works displayed. There less than 81 numbers
occupying nearly all the IN the great main hail, the
small intermediate chamber aud the large and
elegant foyer OF the Academy Of Music. good many
OF the mos prominent pictures were In our Academy TX
bibton last Spring; but there Is quite mum
Der Of new and interesting works IN ald-
tion TO those contributed by young artists
who have vet TO win tine Tae place Of
honor in the main hall Is gwen TO large Neapolitan
ecc,e by Oswald Achenhacb. which IS little gray and
monotonous in the foreground, but has all the artists
exquisite feeling for atmospheric color ANA sradaions u
perspective Huntington has good Ideal lieac' with
more warmth OF tone than he usually giyesa fair girl
in q costume suggestive OF Marie Stuart reading mis-
sal Among the pictures already exhibited here there
are Boards Eagle" Landscapes by Hart, Inness and
echbns UcAs's Con adina" Henry "Old Homestead"
GUYS oFair Venice" and marines by De Haas and Brch
r IN J. H. L. De Haas q relative OF The former send3
lar. ,icture OF Cattle in the Meadows Of Holland
which shows some excellent painting. Mr. kW Hubbard
bas . new landscape quiet stretch Of meadows, with
cleaning willow trees under OF bis skies Of luminous
silver portrait OF Stanley, the African explorer Ds
psi,lips VII attract general attention at present IL is
firm res.uc face with dark eyes and hair B!erstaLts
now ictIre Of Sunset in the Yosemite Valley is larger
Than was necessary for the subject He seems 10 be IN
lriu toward Turner his treatment Il suoh Subjects
niupg atmosphere and fOrm oDGcUrity and intense e.
fects Il color, in manner which aims at mystery aud
subinity picture called " Christmas I've by Ganl'
also deserves attention.
Tho ,o,adle room Is devoted to crayons executed by
the pur5 Of the Packer and Polytechnic instituted Inc
~ Of t,, are drawings from the round, but the aver
ace OF achievement Is far higher Than it wond have been
d few wears ago Perhaps the most noteworthy work IN
The Academy Hall is picture entitled Eamescs H." By
prdrc,,an the American artist, whose Mummy " won
b,p a golden medal az the last French salon. II Is
single falre breasl-lcngth remarkably well pantc = ah
catches IA, eye 40 once bur TINS l1tuld'' ~ go
face with suggestion o. o,tin- b ~ ~ ,,nosos
serene powerful. euoscd and lar-e-pcu ihcNga
H. OF the COiOs,i NJ AbJu-5inbe lAtto JIM ~
furcs m the same hall feiGcn t"tmftNos rom tns ho
or less crude performance OF tire hItSt@ WHO ~.
NOR way toward eXprcss0n-hrs X GlhOFds liif-
Nv Eagle" fili Of varied anu dcighllul sry .o.'
RacLi'. Furug time" aud Albert iIslcys " Autlnlh
mo i4t a. ereut in color and agreeable 10 look upon
~ spite of it, unnecessarily restless 20; Ml' - 80
Thaycr's cattle are Inuch better pItceu t, VI o.,
Academy and hence the picture has chance 10 NC ~
prcciated ts lief fault IL gloomy ana p"iiutl
background: the subject, IN sunlish "ouin hf'
been more elective Dagenecs's Infhlsn IASe'
1loore's Croelmoor" aud many other familiar WoiAs
nave places III ti-ls hall