New-York tribune., 1884-01-24
THE PAINTINGS.

The exhibition of paintings was small III num-
ber including only seventy works, and In IT. general
character differed materially from the previous I'M
portant loan exhibitions Of the club. There was not the
usual some embarrassing profusiOn OF examples OF
Daz Dr6, Daubigny and C0r0t on the contrary tnere
was hut one work by Daz and 10y Dupr6 neither
maskable examples, while COTot, Daubgny, and even
Gerone were be- counted amon- the absent There was
hut one painting by Meis5onicr "a Song, sufficiently
characteristic work, ard there was nothing winch bore
the OF Theodore Rousseau. These negative q7l-
icaons are readily explained BY the eourse naturally
taken by the art commiitoe in admitting only works
which had never before exhibited in the gallery Of
the club This decision while rendering the duties OF the
committee far arluous resulted in col
lection OF pictures whose virtues and linn
itatons presented at least the attraction
OF copara;iye novelty while the wide range OF the
mbitim md the annie representatinn accorded to Am
ercan artists were points TOO obvious TO escape com
A. 10 the former there were reuniscences the Dssc
dorf school slmOa forgotten, in The Old Beau by
LuLwg Blune, aud Tue Interrupted CouhicrleeIs ~
K IAtschsler. from which we turned 80 sneh Snowy
phases OF the art OF the day as Madr " Dmc,ui
Passage and The Butterfly ana ka,lhheieIs' Ar
and Literature" From Kacmmerer 10 Neazgucz Is IN
o.hGr abrupt transition; but thanks 20 Mr. charles B
Curtis, the exhibition contained NeiAIqutH. sinai
painting entitled Boy Eating Soup noteworthy for rs
ooorng as wei IS ISr Il wonder " o1 s
work NDert, folns anu leo wore tpp9
the first by - Visit from HIS Eminence,' Worms ny
sn1kIiSr It,e sndscape Xear Poisly Frame some
of the works the considerable dimensions, and,
interest, were e" A Turkish Lady by Duhufe, two
nsor paintings j. Beaufain Irving, ami kiefsahis
"Pilrhnage Chapel in Bixen" Mr. Albert Spencer sent
TIOyOu, VII IA in coiOrng, and IN the action Oi the
tho human iarc aud the cattle and sheep proved It's
claim to high place among the wOrks OF tue great cattle
painter koualski's llrse scene in Ao!Ina4lyi Flo
Incntn's On the Nile" Jacquet's Ideal Head, Nan
Marcke's Landscape with Cattle Gnd LscosuTa's
Triumph OF the Fayorite." all these worHs possessed
elements Of value and attraction. The CrOup o. Aneri
can paintings comprised IN the collection proved OF
uunsiiA aud varied excellence Mir. Eastman johnson
showed his pOrta OF ChefJ stce FoScr. UDon wtucJ,
according to nasty glhnpses. Mr. Johnson has done
work both fOrcOly and uncOnstganed There shown
the painting Oi Mansfield ounain at sunset. nv the
late Sandforl f. Clifford. loaned by Mr.. Robert Gordon,
and Mr. n h. Lawrence contributed q murine Dy Mr X.
swain Clifford. Scar Zalr0am, Holland MI Basnbcids
suggestive d" Autumn" rcappearcd In company win
a new painting perineated hy quite dlerrnt feetnE-
"A oman Wedding Procession" Mr.. Mlri scnt stuiy
Of breaking waves called "a NoItheastcr" and sketch
Of a head II was . pleasure 10 welcome again d" Ihe
Old Clearing" Mr.. A. II. Wyants admirable WORK. Nr.
HDyrndels studies OF heads. MI. Bolton Joness late
Autumn" Mr. Rehus Massachusetts, Coast Nr u i.
suitb's ~Mid-Oceau." AID Mr. SaTtdin'- "Paqultt
added 10 the interest OF the collection and no dOlut dr
Low. pullid and curiOusy proportional "Teilrg the
Bees" contributed subject for discussion. but We
musi close our buef outline Of the exhibition Iai'iug
ONLY 10 note works by Mesrs Wordsworth. Thompson,
HrldgInan, satterlee Parton and Bristol