New-York tribune., 1880-04-04

uelpnia, where II anywhere honors are easy. Mr. Ro-
tnerme has a considerable name Rut NJ potho--.,s
reputation rs IN artist is of thoae forced hot h
'""V c'nnot lVe an hour in the omen mir he nav
| - - J"uNe" W 'hls picture; he has painted larger
DN' oetcr' ana nc has certainly often painted
worse How singular 1t seems to-day tnot sroL 80,
az this-rtGiculOus in drawing not Ii,nt rhtI 80,
W DOuy not body with the power OF ,V,a,di, iih
oS''' HoSes mouths sprinkled from rnon
pe-efust faces, with no beauty Ia groupin1 or g., ,
snEuiar We Sly IL seems, with all the technically
Shu anu with the not nfrequent poetieal wo, n, 90
day to bring 1t up to as a standard tbat s, -, y, w
TINS should have brought reputation to any man
Mr. George W. Maynaids Mexican Grip fro Nov,
can sue I'D the south ROOM No 370 is merItorious
ana so pleasing that We are rather dashed at seen this
group Of DortIaitsa family piece:n the Corridor No
lOO We recognize the extreme difficulty OF composin0
such agroup this naturally and practically at the
same tine-to make pleasing picture and TO secure
good kenesses-but II these Jobs be undertaken
there surely need showing thc unless they turn
out successfully Good ikenesses these heads and bodies
may be- OF that not judge the painting is Of
the most Indifferent kind, and the persOnages all stiff
If their last meal had been ramrod and they found
digestion dilcut The fatier-!ft be the father-has
indeed most plIintive ar Of mld asonishment, II
he for the first time his family all together He
ls fiat and thin that II he have buttons his
dress coat behind ought TO them ScrOoge did
the buttons the coat OF Mareys ghost Wo hope Mr.
Maynard did not invent the accessories the furniture
the rest. II he found it. twas well to paint 1t. how
future times. picture shall descend them
will like to what OF trusting to fashionable cab
netmakers.
Mr.. II. M. Shurcn's Autumn Gold " is d GOOD land
scape in tie wekuOwn American tcAoOl Of compromise
between realism AMI the studoonc OF those pictures
which the execution goes for little nothing though 1t
Obeys all the rules and the panied Is equally n-
eresting uuDteresilng throughout. When
you have looked at it for five minutes
steady, you have all there Is in it,
Mr.. John /. Tat's Watering Place" Is just such
othor only it is not quite monoonous subject The
interior OF "A wood Is difficult thing to paint WELL but
IL requires the salt Of incident to make it interest
ing Even Mr. Macy, with all his slfu painting, has
hardly succeeded I'm doing this" Forest Scene" No. 32
C1rrdor-ihougb look at it with pleasure longer
than we can at Mr.. Shurtens mainly because, we sup
pose. 1t IL more vigorous aud imprnts itself de-
cidedly on the rctina Of the actual Mr.. Tairs pic
ture' on the other hand wanting Individuality
SJnat what some people wO OF will call good plain
matterofiact landscip ipe with some everyday trees
done according TO wel-eslabllshed formulas piece OF
water where 1t ought to be, and some webehayed |
orthodox cows who coming down to the drinking
place on general principles neat and ord rlv pictre
credltabc to Mr. Tairs academic training, q good !
marketable article and that Will never disturb any
ones picudice--nor, 1t may be added make anybody
care hrthing more for painting The end OF twenty
years possession than he cared for when he bought
this specimen OF the art
ihore are good namea In the Corridor but they do not
wen stand Tor what the artists who them could do
II they tried. Mr.. Charlie, NJ. Dewey whose work nj.
ways Interests ls. aud who has lovely LITTLE picture in
thr Amcri'nn Artists Exhibition. has an indifferent
sketch hanging on the staircase; Mr. Thomas
Morana sunrise the Colorado Riv,rn 4.
more theatrical and explosive than IA usull even
with him; Alr. Henry T. Smiths" OTthe Bshops-Coast
of Maine" Is hardly worth while, after his Pcnzanee
Moor " OF the WatcrfOlOr Exhibition Mr. L. D. Nil.
les Portrait OF Boy" No. 90 has GOOD chair In H.
hut the artist shows better in the " Ba-h Bazoub" No
IG7. Of thc North Room This Portrait Il an ins,nln.
cant Performance. Ts hardly worth while to pcrpet.
uatc tho airs or the smOkngcap and cigarette axe Of
boyhuOd. Mr. Harry CAa~e', Herring Fishera "A
sehcvcningen " Is tame a0ue..do his spirited picture In
The Broadway Gallery Mr. Louis G. Tiffany IN his" Od
Rouad House, idscport, Conn" s;l struggles man
fully 20 make ia and our belongings picturesque In
spite ~ all denIls. and the Bridgeport peOpc ST.
Pct,r', Dome OF the existence OF which they coud not
have bccn aware. Name them ns DE- w Mr. TiRInys
portraits look like tnc places they pretend to rep
resent They are always masquerading In French
man, old clothes. Mr.. Lockwood De Forest Is better
satisfied an be- can expect the general OF specta-
tors 10 Jc with sate" hat haya nOinilg blt vast un
occupied spaces OF Orcln desert to recommend them
Mr. /. = Church rcckons too much, think, the pop
ua- n,cres In muskratshs only rbutons to this
IirturCi Of tie creatures ucst.
50 much for to-day. wr hope hnd something better
worth examination ia the remaining the gallery