New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-20
SAFE OF BATRB-COLOR DRAWINGS.

Over three hundred water-cOlor drawings
are now on free exhibition at the gallery OF Messrs
Thomas L. Kirby Co., Nos S45 and BAT broadway.
where they are sold the evenings OF Wednesday
Thursday and Friday March %, % and %. at 7:45
O'Clock The drawings belong TO Mr.. William II. Fan
ming aud they come from the hands OF French.
epanlsh italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Port
uguese. English, and, the catalogue might have
added American artists Well may the osta-
Iogue call this "AD Extraordinary Collection" The
like certainly in this quarter Of the
town There are. perhaps dozen or twenty drawings
here that by great stretch Of good will we may admit
to be not so bad u some four i've landscapes with
sheep" by r de W. Brissot simply treated and with
natural action, two oattle-pieces by Mauve-mere
eketohes but characteristic OF the artist flower
and frupeces by Francois Rivoire bright and fresh IN
color and with now and then some really excellent
work IN the south with roses and other
flowers and cherries well painted as We remember
There arc drawings by Kevor, said to be pupil Of
Josef sraes the artist has artificial style with his
high lights as black most peoples shadow, but he
treats his subjects IN honey, honest way; like his
master he finds them In the lives Of the peasants about
him Ole Petersen, of Copenhagen, has good
pieces and pupil Of his, H. Ohsen, follows suit ia
rawing No. r. which. II the sky good the
water would be g wholly excellent picture. There is
osrtsin j. Constantine represented here who makes cor
reot and useful drawings Of buildings and sites
Rome-ths Pantheon, the Forum, the Temple at
T1von and so on, which will be good
70 have In the house to fsmiliarize the
children with these famous objects These drawings
dressed up" but really give good practical notion
OF the thing represented. There is small drawing by
Fiche which fairly represents him. though the subject
study doubt for secondary figure in OF his
groups oourer In the dress OF Louis Xvs time stand
ing with his back to usis not particularly lively
Then Trayer Brittany Peasant Girls at Prayer"
dramatic than this rather painter usually shows
D. sauuier a leash OF Dc Peunes Hunting Dogs"-a
breed that the publication OF the popular colored
prints after two OF his drawings Is getting dangerously
near TO being Why try other kind of
dogi small drawing by Dore OF little importance
in his manner than the more pretending picture in
the Wolfe Collection O small but good Gavarni-only
the excellence and the value Of Gavarn lay In the way
he depleted the and women OF his time In
;ancful subjects Ike this so-cal!ed "Troubadour";
Anslly spirited sketch by Garrison stanfeld, and
vigpete by Turnerhere is the OF what Is TO ap
prehenson reasonably good in this large collection of
drawings.
As for the rest we say frankly we never saw
such 9 Wild uprosrious display as is made by the
various youngsters who responsible for the
swarm Of scenes from Oriental life with episodes
OF the French Directory and occasional dips into modern
life artists whose betray their South Of Europe
origin and who are the Spanish Italian and Portuguese
that figure brilliantly the titlepage OF the csta
logue Never have such performances these
outside Of the great arestablshments Of Nasssus and
Liberty ST. and fancy the dsmay of the dealers
81 that quarter they soc such @ swarm
Of artists who should be theirs, leaving their
native hives and settling on these stranger trees
We shall make attempt 20 describe these wonderful
works. No words could do justice TO them This is a
where more than ever remember Goetle's
wise advise TO speak OF work art except In
the OF the object some artists have
tot others, another One artist draw but cannot
color another color but his drawing IL always out
This is good at perspective that Is clever at
texture and forth and But here is whole tribe
81 young fellows each OF whom has AL the defects there
are. ana hardly SINGLE merit 10 divide whole
iot. We really should like 10 ask Mr. Tanning how
te went 10 work 10 find out that there such artists
- these. We hear and then grOaus over the
Downfall OF IN the countries of Raphael and Michel
Engeo, Of VelAsQuez and MuTilO. But that it s Guild
o