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, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1858.ARTISTS OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL. \1 O-lie | Among the numerous exhibitions now open in Lomion, \118 i scarcely one is to be found possessing higher claims to tin* !IS : admiration of the lovers of the fine arts, than the Fifth = aj ; Annual Exliibifcion of Paintings by Artists of the French . School in tlie gallery at 1^0, Fall Mall, opposite ; sis.la p .the Opera Colonnade. It is not rich numerically, the pic- ac ^ ; tures falling short of two hundred in number ; but those of !; the very highest merit are in a larger ratio to the total num- £Q ! her exhibited than the year produces elsewhere. It may . _ j not be out of place to mention that the committee consists 1 J j of C. Stanfield, R-A. ; D. Maclise, R.A. ; F. Goodall, ! (J A.K.A.; G. Godwin, F.R.S. and S. A ; Lewis Pocock, • 95 F.S.A. ; J. D. Harding, and E. Gambart, the last named | being aLo the director. Mr. B. Frodsham is the secretary. !Paucity of floral and cereal delineation is one of the ' characteristics of the exhibition. Flowers and fruit are scarcely seen on the walls. There are a few exceptions. Brunner,-Lacoste has an admirable specimen of flowered11*3eir.thmch,veof»utLfllledoniceontinTyad)repainting ; Simon Saint Jean two more than admirable nortraitures of “ flowers ” and “ fruits.” If tlportraitures of 4* flowers ” and “ fruits.” If the studio of the great Dutch marine artist was the sea beach, or cliff, assuredly St. Jean must have studied in a not less natural school than the garden and the orchard.Portraits are not numerous. Edouard Dubuffe, a successful medallist, however, is a host in himself. His portraits of “ Mrs. Douglas Baird,” and “Mrs. Slvteman C. Strange,” and her husband, are veiy choice specimens of tliis particular branch of artistic delineation. The portrait of M. Le Strange is perhaps the best, the most expressive, life-like, and natural to be met with in the present London art season. There are some fine heads in the exhibition. Gasper Cruziger has an embodiment of Paul’s “ I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified,” a preacher, a pulpit, and a bible.Theodore Charles Frere, a medalist for paiisai/c, contributes no less than eight small pictures, in his own style.tbTi31Si1(soceMcaIS
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Mon, May 03, 1858
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