New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
water-colors sold during the past week

There will be placed exhibition tomorrow at
Knoeders gallery an lpoftant pah ber ey an th
Centennial Exhibition, English pictures are so rare III
The gieries that ths fne example of BrOn Riviere As
sociate of the ROYAL Academy, will be thoroughly wei
come. and that too upon lis merits Inc suDec OF the
picture is similar TO nat OF MS refseP hd C %cn
The name The Night Watch" conveys curlousy In
trmnie in the quiet OF night In the moonlight that
floods everything, the very hieroglyphlcs on the
Of their capitals are clearly revealed. Across
the broken tessclaed pavement creep beasts OF prey
searching every corner Tor an enemy victim To the
right nearly in foreground, three large columns
before which creeps lion followed by two honesses
one Looking up as though attrac ed by sound and
the other with her head turned to side. Another
lion IL the ruined porch the right ana others are
seen in the distance In the middle distance and on the
e is the stretch Of Bent the square and diamonds
OF stone broken into fragments here aud there by time
all rendered with The most scrupulous ndenty
TO the lett extending to the baekgrouid
are the lines of tall pillars stately even in their ruin
few bright be seen in the dark blue sky But
the strongest impression conveyed by the painting Is OF
the suppressed ferOcity Of the hons skkng WdtchIuy
The e are also here painting by Angllste Bon
heur OF sheep upon a rocky river bank with mountains
beyond, and "a little scene by l.. Bronges
At ScnaIss gallery has just been placed on view
the most remarkable Corot tiat ma De tey Dr9Hgns
ont rs BuclerOnncs," or 1.-THE FagotgatncrerS was
painted in 1870 the last year of Corots life, and was MS
lat contribution to the salon bt instead OF ne ch "a
vrlitv and Lower in many of his Later pictures, ana
dhOnhtlhs S.Gn W t - ros and holdness ~ ~
OF much OF tie strength OF grlsP anu poltcTs VI b
prime. on a graysh hillside, sluping down toward the
reg Ground. a girl il bending to tie up her Dunulc
Of sticks while just behind anoth is walking to
ward with fagOts under Eer arm; Along le
graf beecaes and oak, between whose massive
Tnnks is gragg NV h dog Eevond the hi ton is
seen white house. with gray clouds dmmng the bright
blue the sky overhead The foliage s motto, ably ar
ferent from the ncbn0ns and vapOry bots OF some OF
COrOs willows. and possesses character OF lts own
There is also here elaborate fowerpiecc by Robe,
with masses OF bright flowers in blue jar ana OF roses IN
an earthen vase with chased tankard or two to com
plete the stlfe accessories considered necessary By
techui uc and the fidelity with which The artist follows
ont every de all II called the Three Fri nds, ana
shows an interior with three in Flemish costume
looking over n por folio of cngraNlngs ,, :
Kirby * o. Last evening OF paintings which he has
recently collected abroad These are said 10 nave Deen
PAINTED 10 order for and personally selected by Mr.
Mecks." They are spoken of as belonging 10 me
French Spanish Munich and Italian schools Oh lloutill
art there appear to De many my l nraccnv
here. The collection includes several meTidor3us niue
blrWrriiers 100 La e." udy OF an old man.
balm lawyers clerk, armed with wrll7 appearing
at a door on which stamped notice tells him IN tnnt
he has been anticipa ed Also excellent Ia thinner
mans An Apprecntive Judge, genial old topper put
,riGe Vnsonoya's At Prayer" Is wO de- itlly inlth-
ful study of "A Mussuman standing upon his ptayer riH
with his face turned toward Mecca lhese pictures VIII
be sold o, Thursday aud Friday evenings.
George w. Maynard il engaged upon portrait OF III
NJ, DE Forcsl Bolmer il completing large picture for
the Academy the subject OF which II a view 1om ne
of sandy soil spots aud again hidden ny coarse
grasses, with the ribs OF wreck SHOWING o 'io
and few figures on the lelt &, "I me
background with the dark blue range
of sea beyond Swallowed by cloudy SKY Ahother PIC
ture desigrcd the Academy Is scene III Drown
uasture With rocky pool In the foreground hgh grasses
on the left beyond which the field Is divided py fence
while dull clouds that NIL the SKY are oroAe oh INC
horizon by fringe OF trees .,,,-,- ,
r. NJ shurteh has flashed large AdrohdacK "oou
scene for the Academy. ~, -
r. ". Van BOskerck is completing painung OF
scene near Hackensack. y. j. The cehfal Polht Is
stretch OF sandy road lined by green trees when cast
long shadows while beyond Is farmhouse Darn anu
fields.