The New York herald., 1879-12-08
FINE ARTS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ARTICLE.
| This evening the thirty y-ninth reception aud pr-
vate view of the winter exhibition of the Brooklyn
| Art Association will take place. The collection
| whose catalogue contains some Ave hundred num-
bers. is hung in the gallery of the Art building and
! IN the assembly room Of tho Academy of Music
The first contains the principal pictures and pre-
better appearance than it did at the spring
exhibition. Though the average quality OF tho
paintings is better there are few works of any
importance. In the assembly room are hung some
few paintings worthy Of note, exceenrVttle dis
play Of etchings. and among number OF water
colors several which will repay examination. Near
the centre Of the line. the south wall Of the prn
cipa gallery is Arthu Quartloy marine. after the
Tempest-Morning." which has been improved
since it hung high in the National Academy last
| spring. Its pendant 10 good j. B. Bristol. "a
Berkshire Stream" remarkable usual for
atmosphere. BY the latter is OF J..
G. Browns best single figures. "Hard Times.
Massa" and A. f. Burners large Venetian scene,
which in the Academy this year. vigorous
and admirable little sunset is signed r. w. Van Bos
kerck. BY it is fair A. I. Brcher. bright After
noon-Manc hester by the Sea-" This painters two
single figures. with seashore backgrounds. which
in the gallery greatly to his credit. Jervis
McEntee's Autumn Morning is good example.
though the extreme haziness OF the most distant
mountain seems rather strained.
A very jewel OF landscape Is A. H. Wyant's
Evening"" with its superb sky. delicate in tnts as
mother-of-pearl; its tender distance and its
ground full Of vague suggestiveness. vacslav Bro
zik's vigorously painted ''rhe Cavalry" spoke
OF at length not long ago. Near it is namby pain by
landscape by II. FenchsaI. A cleverIy painted but
rather heavy scene i'll cobbler's shop is by II.
Kotschenreuther. late sunset by Samuel Colman
| is u good example OF his earlier work. Solemn aud
dramatic is the poetry OF the which the
mastery hand of George lnness has painted. w. H.
Snyder's well painted ducks in barn glad to
see again. J. Il. Dolph tells amusing dog story
well in his Nothing Venture. Nothing Have" There
lot of pink children in the Village school, by
| J. L. Peele. OF London. A. 9. Rowland shows his
| Country Gossps." An Italian ''Street Musician"
70 M % ms
American Art Gallery display. Or Kruseman van
Elten we have Late Autumn in tho Woods"
rhere cleverly painted "Peonies" by Mrs. J. u.
Dillon. some excellent fruit by J. Donaghy. and ne
pathetic and well painted little girl Counting Her
| Change is by Cornelia w. Conant. "Spring Time"
Is well handled. Frenchy landscape by b. Bruce
Crane. Everything is scattered. though there is
clever painting OF certain kind. in Escosuras 'La
Lecture dun Roman" The marine by Cays is an
ho paints such good Cattle as J. Ogden Wood
example of David Col. Admirable in character, is
called "Un Concours de Chant" Henry Ferguson's
figures are weak. is much more to his credit than
| his Venetian We again. with pleasure.
FIRST smoke" Near it is Bavarian village scene
| by w. s. Macy. Mrs. Virginia Cranberry exhibits
aecssly given MSc osss ana Of Constant
| strength in exhibition We have already written
| when in his studio. He has another WORK which Is
not as good. charming girls head is by +.
| Miralles.
Arthur Parton's Early Morning-west High
lands very well given cattle. and is one OF his
best works. three-quarter length figure OF prom
! ise il by Maria Il. Dixon. small aud good little
p,Is pRshore on II Montaux Point ". Rays "Iorsiei
is good Cabanelesque nude. but the effect il the
arric; We further note In thu thus and the adjoining
Willems' "L'Age dor" wiggans; good portrait
OF a boy. by s. W. Rowse; Jensen's quite good. but
| rather too "Hard at Work." Cranes very praise
worthy Vicinity Of Southampton. L. LA noon
| light by Dc Haas G. II. Miller's 'Long Island;'
| very little would have been too much; bellows
''Safely Landed" chalky but not bad cattle, by @.
II. Witt, and J. H. Parkers .sOn the saco"
| Among the paintings in the assembly room Is
BY Harvey Young which s .
tender little twilight by j. Murphy, landscape by
| Arthur Parton. and Milers "Oaks at Creedmoor.
| Ssrtains s.Young Italy, and "The Unapt Scholar
| show him to advantage Ludwig Blume's "Cheap:
Upon Ny Soul" is an amusing story; there are good
| points about ]. H. Parker's Twilight" and Il. ].
| Plumb's "a Breton Landlord" Is u strong study.
The little exhibit of etchngs contains some remark
aDS Ine Pers Pats d Casteio "oa i Mil st East
hampton" stirling Castle and "York. England"
another OF j. M. Falconer, some OF his old houses,
| q landscape and q fac-simile of pen portrait by
Gilbert stuart OF himself. and James d. Smillies
plate after Jscque. The water colors include good
| ''Hollyhocks" by Agnes d. Abbatt. examples Of
George II. smillio and J. W. Champney. Dbdin
and memorial OF the late J. W. Hil in the form Of
| some twenty Of his works. among which u good
| coast scene. tender view Farmington Conn.,.
clever pen drawings of old New Workers. which
seen here last season. The hanging committee were
Messrs. Hubbard. Falconer. Parker and Chappell.
HOME NOTES.
The monthly exhibition OF paintings and art re-
cepton of the Union League Club will take place on
Thursday evening
II. N Hyneman's ''Desdemona" which was In the
Salon of this year. has been sold for 900 the
hibiton of the Philadelphia Society Of Artists.
The War Department has purchased two compost
tions by James L. Taylor. of this city-"The Battle
of vermiion Bayou. La.-April II. 1868" and ..Cus-
ter's Charge Through Black Kettles Cheyenne VIII
lage on the washita, Nov 81 1865" At the request
of General Sherman. who has written to compliment
the artist them. they will be placed in his private
| office. Mr.. Taylor who during the first
member OF New York regiment and aiterward one
OF Frank Leslies best known special artists is
at work series of afty water colors Of minor
| cidents of the struggle.
The December Art Amateur contains Q sketch
by p A. Cot OF bis "Daphnis ct Chloe" for the next
| Salon, contributed by DIR. c. G. Soulaycs to whom
the painter sent It. aud some childish drawings OF
| A private view OF the Ruskin drawings. which
were lately exhibited in Boston. will take place at
| the American Art Gallery this evening.
FOREIGN NOTES.
Sir John Gilbert Il. A., has called . special meet
ing Of the Society of Painters In Water Colors to
| memorabilia tho Italian Minister Of Public Works
apropos Of tho proposed restoration OF the Of
st. Marks, Venice.
Jundt will send to the Salon two picturesque
female half-length and the other "Une' Noce Bs-
teau."
Falguiere will havoA portrait Of lady in tho next
Salon.
Carolus Duran will send to the Salon . portrait
and ..Christ in tho Tomb" which no has just COM
plotted.
Bastien Lepage has about finished the portrait OF
the Prince or Wales, which the latter ordered of
him. 1t will 10 to tho next Salon.
Jules Goupii Ia ut work on picture to bo called
'Les Merveilleuses"
Barthodi IL hard at work his colossal statue Of
''Iiberty," for our harbor.