Show PERDITA AT THE FAIR wandering through the great galleries gallerie of the art building at the one the names of the uffe different reat countries whose treasures ot of henius genius are Arb stored within the beautiful halls placed over entrances loading leading into the be side hide galleries devoted to the display of paintings guiding him to the separate national realms obart of art of the many anany products precincts whose dis die tive guiding title summoned senea lions of delicious jn to our minds there was one which stood pre in its ita potent influence awakening something like a fueling feeling ot of awed expectancy as aa we came near the spot though each department had its unarmed liba and legends of famous painters pain teru and pictures to incite our I 1 r A and attention it was waa that portal over was written the word france which when we viewed it gent thrills of superlative pleasure ani ana an i anticipation in motion in the nerve cen tore ot of imagination producing a mentally breathless breath leee but delightful state of mind as aa we thought ot at roaming free bandau as aa it were amidei the rien to be to our gaze aa we W stopped stepped into the charmed pre cineta something like a sensation sea of mental dizziness assailed us at sight might ol of that wonderful array iu taise zigzag zig zag sag lines of painted canvas ranged across the series aerio s of rooms I 1 in a the french section were the master of such much artists as corot Bu bueron Bue gerou rou and aad B abinja aa min countant millet and jerome agnan boivert slid and a host of other famous painters whose names are lights lighte in the firmament firma mom of art besides a list of remarkable rising acusta whose excellent work had been made somewhat familiar to us through the medium of engravings ant ana descriptions in the leading magazines we commenced at first to go dai sedly slot albig g before the walls paneled with their irregular squares ot canvas edich representing the thought and touch 0 of f some being in whose soul a spark of the divine fire had kindled and whose visible attestation was here in myriad tw separate parate and beautiful forms of expression there were dattle scenes infused with ti avat at spirit and expression which produce an intensely dramatic effect without apparent effort a gift bolong belong ing toabe to the french it at would seem and which whether legitimate or not makes make anything which they may choose to touch in such lines line ae this thia something wahab the spectator must involuntarily pause and thrill at one of those these the presentation of the standard to h recruits 21 la Is among the most striking of these paintings and one may stand for an hour before its it thrilling at the aug suggestion conveyed in the title and picture carnot at Watt egrus is another effective battle battla piece and in fuu flight by altred alfred puria puns a wonderful conception and execution of euprea sin ain mutton motion and grouping the retreat by torchlight by ema em renard la 18 also weird and appealing appeals ug emil montigny Bont igny has a painting of f bonaparte in italy one of the best beat of the strictly historical Bee scenes rift and amongst a number of pictures of his bis orical of arc listen lug ing to 10 the Vo voices icea is the best beet the ane most exquisite of the ideal clau claim of paiuline is that called the birth burtn ot of the pearl by albert Mai maignan guan it shown a half open shell obell lying at the edge of a dawn tinted sea aea with the figureoa figure of a beautiful maiden half recumbent within and the figure of the spirit of dawn hovering in the pink este sky the death of eurydice PY by henry leopold levy to is another exquisite ideal scene which attracts in stout attention there are many pictures represent ing subjects conne connee oed eti with the people and events of tue the time of jesus and nu BO mure more be dutiful treatment it would seem could bt bo imagined than that in some of the ane themes fuere are numberless ideal representations of the cavior or of a virgin friend of the lowly etc each of which is possessed aed of wonderful merit and interest ot oi the many re presen ot or that divine being however were anere t its one which stands preeminent pre eminent holding the eye and attention with the ibe magic of au an irresistible spell the painting referred to is 18 by bougerol Bou geron and ana I 1 is called i phe mother ot of A egele it must be the prevalent reign ot or tag habit of re nerving ng any expression of the principal theme tb me irom from me liao title which has baa induced the artist to designate the mother as the subject of his hia picture for it Is in certainly not her figure which fixes fixers the atte attention at io n the picture rep resents the commo grouping of 01 the mother with the infant jesus in her arms and ana following the instinct sup sug geared by the title one looks eagerly at the lemale female figure expecting to find and in the alleged tho tb justification ot of big high anticipation of we he superior work and conception of the artist it is with disappointment that be does so for there is little that is remarkable remark aole sole I 1 in U it I 1 in n any W wy ay bu but t press presently aly 0 ones glance winders wanders to the babe to in her arms and in an instant a thrill 1 I cannot rightly use any other w rd of and delight takes posses sion of his bis heart ana he stands elands and gazes speechless and content ent I 1 had bad soon seen m ny pictures of the child christ belore before amongst them copies of those painted by tle the old masters and venerated through centuries as ideal cepro sen tationa of tuo divine subject and also ISO the conceptions of the more mod artille ern rn artists with their touch ot of needed naturalness to give them the quality dems demitt tided ded by the realistic tendencies of the times but la in no other tation of the subject by either ancient or modern artists artiste can be found such wonderfully divine expression as tin lo this in ID room with abir hung bung on the opposite wall la Is another painting by the same artist dealing with a similar subject it is called the women at the tomb 1 anti and represents presenta re the three marys marya in attitudes of fear and aej wonder gazing into the empty empt sepulcher it is 18 notable for the wonderful expression and coloring to in the three faces the moot striking features fea of both the holy mother and jesus the later in bis big later year it must be said however are found iu in the section of austrian art amongst otner excellent paintings in the austrian department are those of bones benea Kne kneppler Kneup ler one the picture ul of a lonely sea I 1 lit i t wl elih t h the afterglow of a warm sunset and bearing the suggestive title tf f the eternal being especially fine the triton Tri tons fight by the same artist is another beautiful sea picture with gods and naiads naiades to in the acene germany also has a beautiful cofler ton ion of marine pictures amongst them two by paul beisa ea entitled titled respectively the norwegian coast and after the storm moonlight in greal britaina Brit ains gallery another marvelous treat is spread for public delectation there we have the work of such artists as sir Fre frederic leigh ton sir dir john gilbert Oi lbert alma tadema E armitage Aro altage and a score of oth other or famous men brought together for our inspection bile copies of turner landseer and others of the greatest arti artists stis are rt presented iu in engraving os two of the great pictures in the british department are the death of cleopatra by john collier and the redemption of by prank frank dackson the painting might have been taken for a model ol of the stage scene boone in Wa magners wagners Wag ners stiers opera of ran hauser hanger representing the heros berola return so ao nearly arb they alike in detail the most striking however are those pointed by hugh do de glazebrook who has chosen two french subjects for his hie brush the first is called coat cent 11 1 1 empereur enao emo r and the second napoleon I 1 finding a gentry dentry asleep ou duty P no impressive theme than the latter could have been chosen fur for the character obar acter of francess france great soldier eol dier the la is a lonely midnight field jit only by the distant camp campfires fires ot of the army and showing blowing the recumbent figure ot of a soldier in uniform on the ground around martine from hla his guilty sleep to meet the presence of his hia emperor and general Ke italy is to ia not a large collection but la in filled with gems dussias Rus sias department was waa something of a revelation filled as it is i with paintings showing a wonderful degree of versatility and genius to give a complete list hat of the gems in this or any other of the national departments is ie as an has belore been said an taek tack and even to take the he few that have been mentioned seems something of an injustice as ag it is hopeless to do anything but touch upon their manifold merits anti attractions one can ao 00 so conscientiously perhaps only with the hope that the reader may view with hie bin own eyes the dazzling array of paintings in the art building build iOK at the ex position gaining through personal pera onal vision the appreciation and knowledge impossible to provide through the medium of a mere written description PERDITA |