The New York herald., 1877-12-02
BROOKLYN ART ASSOCIATION.

OPEN TOMORROW EvENING-THE ARRAY OF
| PICTURES.
AT the thirty,nfh reception preliminary to the hll
exhibition OF the Brooklyn Art Association, which
will DO held tomorrow evening at the Academy and
Art Association Building one OF the best and certainly
the largest collection OF pictures which has been
brought together on OCCASIONS in BROOKLYN will
be presented There are over Eve hundred paintings
hung upon the walls OF the "Assocation Hall" and
tho adjoining and larger assembly room to the 800
admitted last year.
II VIC have a fault to and with the collection a.
whole II is from the fact that many pictures now
hanging which below par not rejsc.ed thus
curing much chocer, il smaller collection. The stand
ard OF excellence required before admission In such
exhibitions is secured should be high, Tor II Is largely
through them that the art knowledge OF the people Is
acquired II pictures are therefore admitted which
fall below certain rank the eject produced by them
is deleterous instead OF benencia Fortunately, how
ever in the present tho number Of good pictures
is strongly In the ascendant We hope, however, that
hereafter the selection committee will either be al.
lowed or assume greater powers OF discrimination.
Turning TO the lett on entering the smaller gallery
which contaps the choicest pictures. we first notice
A. I. Brchcr's marine 'srhe Damon Rocks" we'll
painted, with finely shadowed rocks, good atmo-
sphere and waterscape Next on the line below is A.
Il. Bellows very charming and poetic midsummer
English harvest scene, by which is little William
Hart. who is represented further on BY larger can
vas, very pleasing. BY the Bellows Is Carl
Brandt, snowy scene in Germany, In which we can
only praise the figures A Hne J. B. Bristol-"Lake
ChampIain. from Ferysburg'-shsn attracts attcn-
ton, and by II moonit coast scene by William F. do
Haas. Then comes a largo Bierstadt, "Sentincl
Rocks, Yosemite" sent by tho owner, and pleasing
but not very strong Arthur Parton, "Birches Loeb
Leven"
A Story, which is hung the line does not please
US, and we again see H. W. Robbins Academy pic
ture, "Harbor Island, Lake George" BY these nangs
Seymour J. Guys Fair Venice" admirably painted
but almost polished aud refined. HIS "Inspra-
tion' and "Love's FIRST Labor' hung IN tho same
room, please US much better, beng froer in treat
menL We observe ine large cattle picture, pos
sessng many very good points, by J. II. L. dc Haas
oil Brussels. J. G. Brown Is represented on this
wall by his Discovering the Wreck" noticed favor
ably several times before. and another part OF the
room by sThe Coming SquaI," q strong and boldly
painted canvas from Of his last summers Grand
Mcnan sketches NJ. y. II. de Hass "A Souvenir
Of Southampton Beach, which we next note, has
some very notceable good painting in the hazy Au-
gust moonlit sky and tho golden pathway over the
moonlit waters.
on the line OF the above is strong Bavarian land
scape by W. S. Macy Dolph, which does not please
us us much as has Kitten study, on an Adjoining WALL
hangs In the corner Is an h. l.. Henry, lady
walking ia front OF the English manor house, when
did duty in mis- Academy picture. Tue detail painting
Is very careful, and The rendering OF different bits is
very nice but there Is no cohesion, no broad eHecs
no harmony oil Tone
ON the north wall hang pair OF Arthur Quartley's
pictures. Dotn nicely painted and one especially 80.
'.Waiting Tor the Tide" Below, the first ON The lnc,
is a sonntag, quite pleasing. aud without the
OF Walter shlraw. very admirably painted Bava.
rian interior, with asures, called "Tne Bad Little
on ' The HUDSON, by $. ' X G,rora, and sS,vs Gil
bert Gaui's picture OF flower girl and a Dewsboy
asleep IN front OF the bakery window very admlra.
too much warmth Of tonc from the yellow gasRht.
by Wggns there Is strongly painted and effective
EARN Scene at sunset" and below "A Landscape"
by K. w. Hubbard, with one OF his admirably gwen
skies. Very noticeable on the limo is 'Surp.,sed."a
hs nude lgare. treated in mastery manner, an ex-
lhe place Of honor on tho north wall is held by Os-
waia AchenoAch's large picture. Tore ds' Anausl
Is quite pleasing, bu, not as strong as some OF ms
late canvases We have seen. Above Is Cropssy's
large English roadside soene-a mass OF color detail,
with lew good bits OF drawing, no harmony, local COL
orng which does strike at all true, and the
usual peculiar manipulation. Rondel is represented
by little canvas, and there Is pleasing Clinton
Ogilve. William Morgan's line figure piece, REV.
erie is to be noted Near the Ogilvle on the south
wall, line DAVID johnson. almost too rich in tone
and Constable like. Above this is good W. dc Haas,
and ON the line next an admirable fancy head Ia the
well known style VI d. Huntington. Further on IS
luminous landscape, very pleasing by X. van Elten.
Near by is one Of l. L. Smiths well known winter
scenes, and below a scene on the Mediterranean in
Inness best stvle very vigorous. Charles h. Miller
Long Island scene iull Of tender greens and
port Frank Waller is represented by scene on The
Nile with Two foreground figures and strong local
tone. "Morning Lake, Annccy, Savoy" is nne
John A. Parker ABOUT which can say nothing good.
Next The door OF entry hangs large and hne can
vas Of an Italian girl drawing water, 0y Charles ).
Pearce OF Boston, with admirably treated face and
figure. In this room there are also a strong little
wyant; a j. .Heaton's "The Young Lady Love- with
Sartain; j. A. Oertcl's Elijah on Mount Horeb,"
strongly drawn; tue r. Swan Clifford. ard pleas
ing example OF BouRhton.
In the little room between the gallery lust noticed
and the larger one number OF drawings In black
and white by students oil the Polytechnic School and
Packer Institute, of which are quite noticeable.
Passing into the assembly room we notice 70 the
lett strong Eastern head by +. A. Bridgeman,
good w. f. de Haas and picture by Sorhcoic not
pleasing There is an Eastern scene by Il. Constant,
Of Paris, and near W. Al. Cbase's strongly painted
Eastern picture, boy and Parrot" Here are on the
east wall Wnslow Honer's .In Blue Boat Looking for
Beaver S,gns"-an Adirondack sccne large sdion
line little panel o. an old Bavarian woman IN the Mid
die Ages q cathedral STALL l. Bumes "Fowcr
Charity" has some good qualities. Near II hangs
good sized and nue catte IN landscape by Wlgsins.
On the forth wall Is De Luce's Academy picture, "a
Halt by tue Waysidc," and near II a Minor. Tho
poet, Is good example OF 4. h Blash6eid Next we
note lnany's little downtown scene aud a strong q.
Ii. Miller .sscene in the Goshen Meadows.
Theopniie Gide's .Catncrine de Medics Emporium
Ing Charles TX Sign the Death Warrant OF Admiral
Colgny" has been loaned, and will attract good ccal
OF attention.
Iu The water color room a charming little Bel
lows, CHARACTERISTIC ana amusing Ii. l. Stephens a
fine Magrah, some OF Lawrc's graceful crayon heads
Powell's portrait OF W. p. Douglas IN Highland cos.
tune, II neat tte example OF IL. Y. Ogden, "The In
terror of . Mosque" by Tiffany, aud a pleasing .Beg-
gar Girl by n. French.
The Exhibition Committee arc Mcssrs r. W. Hub.
bard John ~ Falconer, M. y. II. do Haas and John a.
Parker The exhibition remains open for two weeks
from to-morrow.