The New York herald., 1845-04-21
national Academy or Design-No. 4.

I National Academy or Design-No. L.
No death Of Abei, by C. Mar: Great at
| tempts should show, by eminent success, the
presence of real genius, else the pretender is but
| the more contemplate, from the endeavor OF aim
ing at point he can never possibly hit. This re-
| fiecliOn is suggested by the painting commencing
the catalogue. 1t is a subject that has occupied
| the genius of some Of the greatest artists of an
cient and modern tmes-and few have been en-
| trely successful Mr.. NJ has not been SO, for the
picture before US is filled with many and striking
| faults-bad drawing, dsagreeable coloring, and
ungraceful lines-and yet there are some points of
truth and beauty; the right arm and hand of Adam
are well drawn, and The right foot and leg of Eve
is a model of beauty, and, we should suppose, OF
truth-yet, beng bachelor, cannot speak from
actual knowledge Of its correctness. The wiring
ing of hands not legitimate mode of EXPIRE ssng
deep grief; feminine wrechedness, In books of
romance is always displayed in that manner, but
we doubt the rropriety of putting Adam in such an
efeminate position. A dog, too, is introduced in
the act Of smelling the first dead" giving fine
illustration of the curiosity of that devoted animal,
hut lowering the dignity Of the composition. The
flesh tints OF the mother OF mankind are chalky
ana unpleasant.
No. 2-Portrait of Gentleman, By J B Blon-
dsH: A. decided failure in expression; smile is
evidently intended, but a snarl only is produced.
No. 3-Ihe Dtscovery, by H. p. Clover We
cannot discover any merit in the affair.
No 4-Portrait of a Lady, by G. q. Thompson
In some points, good-but the artist has forgotten
every case, almost half the length Of the lace
and. in ordinary human beings, they are precisely
as long as the face. A minute detornily is as un-
pleasant as a great one.
B. Viet0 of the Roman Forum, by Chez. Pdcetti
Ordinary, very.
7. Portrait of a Lady, By n. II Wensier =
Strangely real, and makes US feel uncomfortable
when near it. II is hard in outline and inharmo-
nious in color, yet 30 carefully drawn that it has
the effect of being extraordinarily like breathing
being.
8. Red Jaeket'e Descendants, by ". j. W1ag1s:
10; haiy inthe 0ldtn Time, by T. Rossiter 1t
may be like "Italy in the olden time," but is un-
like any thing OF nature now existing.
a strange afectailon Of tone, giving his works the
appearance of old pictures. He has certainly much
merit, but he would find freshness more agreeable
10 his patrons than the deeply glazed and low tones
of old paintings, it should be remembered that
though time softens, it also destroys many of the
delicate links of color that unite the lights with
dows lis this want of the intermediate tns that
give such an untitled breadth to Mr.. G.'s pictures
generally A good likeness.
l4-Portyait Of Children, By C. Mayr Hsto-
rical-Nurder of the Innocemts
16-NetO York and SGNgerttes IThite Lead
Works, on Esopus Creek, Saugerties, Ne,o York,
by j. F. Cerpsey There is a clearness of touch in
many par.s Of this landscape that is commendabe.
The most striking deficiency in Mr. CPS works is
absence Of air, which gives his distances sharp
ar d untruthfu character. Breadth also is wanting,
rather unity Of breadth the broad shadows in this
picture are cut up near the foreground, that it
makes it seem spotted; and in nature very short
distance from objects destroys that character.
Every variety of form may be defined, If done
skifully, without breaking up the seeming breadth
of the shadowsor lights.
l8-7he alderman, by S Comstock: A coarse,
vulgar portrait. We do not kno the original, and
hope for his sake, that 1t Is, as we suppose, carl
caturc
2l- Nie,o of Lakes Waslaming and Washamee,
Salisbury County, Connecticut, by w. s. Je'cstt:
This large landscape is the antithess OF mwtum in
p1yv0.
22-Portrait By H. p. Gray: A sweet portrait,
CHARACTERISTIC and delicate, yet tlnctured with the
antiqaemess of the artist.
23-Col Ihayer, u. S. a., By r. w. Vier: A
large full length por rait IN magnificent frame.
8-Evening-Landscape Composition, By j. II.
ShegogMe: Neither poetical or natural
30-L0ndscape, Sunset, by G. p. CrGnch Too
violent in color, and in light and shade. It is one
of those hackneyed subjects that artists delight in
making, and often, 10 evident in this case, with
out an actual reference TO nature Bright lights
against dark shadows-that is the receipt for
making effective pictures, but we would advise
these graspers OF the beautiful to recollect that
there is always grajation of color even when it
seems like one grand mass, and that even the last
rays of the setting sun dlfuses light sufficiently
strong to see all Oh ects that are in the immediate
foreground