New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-30
mcnt for Great Britain and Ireland was rejected by a
vofc Of ~ u a.
TIE ROYAL ACADEMY.
SOME OF THE NOTEwoRTIY PICTURES TO BE
EXHIBITED IN LONDON THIS SEASON.

SOME OF THE NOTEWORTHY PICTURES TO BE
EXHIBITED IX LONDON THIS sEAsON.
London. April 29.-Thc amazing fertility Of produc
ton which has Of recent years been feature Of doubt
ful merit i'm the life Of British art has this year shown
no sign OF ,lackcning. The " Hanging Committee oI
the Academy have been more burdoned with inc
work Of selection Report said that no less than 3loOo
subjects had been sent in: although this was nh eN
aggcratlon. the total number rejected close on
5000 some Of the best Of the siXy-cight men VINO
add t. \. or \. II. ~ TO their names do not exhibit
Eurne-.Jones f. i'll and can send nothing. Thomas
Woolner, G. W. Leslie, II. IL. AImstcad {. H. Birci
f.. Armitagc T. Brock G.. +. Waits and Seymour Lucas
also missed.
Indicating what will probably be the pictures OF the
year, Millas's landscape. " Blow, Blow Ihou NihUy
Wind: Orcharlson's Napoleon at Longwood,' lctties
L" Illmatum." Rivlcrr's " Dead Hector and water
houScs Revenge of Gree may De selected The first
two take precedence Of anything else in the Academy
for nearly every quality that distinguishes great Work
Of art Mais', subject Is a snowclad IL Inland moor
In the foreground. tail pine. It's branches tossing IN
storm; underneath the tree. w0man clasplng chlli
10 her bosom: while the figure 0f man, vanishing III
the distance completes the story. orchaFdsonS Ma
poleon' deals with episode subsequent TO the Ma
poleon Aboard the Bcerophon1 which h. exhibited al
a recent Academy. The scene is n measrcly furnished
apartment at LongwOod. Il. Helena. Tic Imprisoned
conqueror Is standing over a heap Of map" upon inc
floor; his foot Is on one Of them. his sword upon an
other while he dictates TO his secretary The history OF
hi, campaigns. The dominant tone Of the picture Is
gray. The room l. utterly bar of decoration.
Of Sir Frederick cghtOns five pictures. the largest
I'm point Of size Is his Garden Of the Icsperdcs, ana
his finest in point Of execution small study called
"Cytic.7 small this latter picture h. compared
with the presidents other pictures IL Is more drinauc
The same artists "Gar!en Of the I'sprdes' Is spen
did rendering of the classic myth, mnTveously rich In
color, brilliant spirited. full OF the glow Of ie without
being scn.uous. The subject Will not take with the
general public well rs his other big canvas "Thc
Sea Gave up lis Dcad.' This picture originally
designed 10 worked IN mosaic for part Of the In
terror OF IT. Iaus. The subject suggested by Tho
Dean and probably outline 20 treatment came
from the quartet, for the painting Is u distinct
variation from anything the artist has turned out In
recent years. \ gray and restless sea. bounded by
bleak and barren rock In the centre three figures rising
from the waste OF heavng waters The central form
Of the three i, n man Of stately build. who, rs
he floats into the upper air upholds with his hight
arm woman. while with the other hc grusps child
The eve OF the man open and looking upward In
lah rapture. half cXpCctanc": the woman has the hnc
Of death siin over her face while the clhd clne'
10 him with halfawake CONSCIOUSNESS. On din
stretches Of land the graves are opening the dead
appearing in their ShrDuds.
Mr.. Pcttics Utmatnm,- stecl-clad warrior prof
ferinc peace or waffle latt'r prcicrrd-and hi
Prince Charlie powerful pictnrs. livier''s
Dead llctor7 l. a Gfmly Impressive study Ihc
stricken warrior lies on sandy leach whlc afouila
him pfOwI a Plck OF wUlf-llhe d0ss. S"mc hnuHcc
seems to rcst7in them from getting at tLc'r prey
Alma Tadena hcs Two portrait~-t that OF hr. water
hous>, Il. A.. and that ~ the Archdeacon 0f DURHAM
Nicat Cole ive- one Of his favOrc Ilsimcs studAs,
q stretch Of the rlvcr the House, of Parliament
with the fu.h OF sunSct spreading from behind inc
Islaoe tower the bargcs Lat and dun conic1
stream. Cahcrons work, Farewell represents a
naval officer uniform ~ the last century parting
with hi -1vcatlcart. The painting Is hardly nkeN
f0 attract the notice which h- saint ElIalrth' ~
a-t year obtained Wa >rhOusc has magnificent
painting. "Ihc Revenge ~ Clrcc.7 o.. ii. Bouglton
contributes two fine landscapes.