New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-03
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portrait. sid not require a iong examination ELMER u
r,,,-.,,,s ,bsr fault. or appreciate their merits
glance "a. enough 20 show that he was not born . 'i
vocation Bu, on Dis Cabinet picture No l5- We owen
long with increasing delight and have looked al asSn
d . only IN ind our hrst impression siren ztnened
liz ,i.,urs Of common life-the scene 10 barn Win
onlv four actors farmers boy playing violin an e.
srIv laborius man sitting him another STANDING IN
t-on, and negro listening in absorbed attention Just
tbou, the door The subject Ia certainly not OF tne
hishe., ehsr.cter bat the artist has invested II VINE
sornethins which makes works of much greater pre-
teuce which are hung about IL almost ridiculous 4ns'
something Truth In this simple picture there Is ma
ture there 10 genuine sentiment Imagination that me
harmony Of part with part and that cooperation oil every
.er1sn, in the one central effect which give the artist
GOOD right 10 the rather iadefnits title OF Man OF Genius
This picture tells story and does not need me
name in the catalogue The Force OF Music, % b. I'M
sersiood BIZ any one. Amid the nnse OF 10 aishy
neirhbors 10 may easily escape attention but those VINO
have the fortune really % look a. It will not look IN win
The negro though perhaps not more ssuly doue than
the other figures svidenty eiocus OF the picture The
others listen 70 the violin but he feels H. he IL true
critic and understands The knack Of L. while be does not
lose strain Of the music Possibly be could not denne
,ba s,.tucton between esseuca and form. but man
has keener sense of I, than Is displayed In all the es
lures Of hi. face Intense delight gives them positive
beauty and of q kind which do not grow weary OF
beholdng
In execution this picture ia far from satisfactory with
the exception Of the drawing which Is well done. Mr.
Mount is by no means mssier Of color. Indeed when
YOU carefully tx your eye this point alone you per
eeve singular efeet-every thing ia of the same con
.s,euev wood sud iron sppear Ike substance. as
~. NJ hef
guilty Of the csprsp and studied weakness which we
have 90 often condemned he seems man OF taste too
correct and Dfsxi5e At least ia the sphere 10 which be
is At homo.
There Is one thing In this connection which may pro
6tsbly be noticed subjects from common lie are fire.
quaniy chosen, bu, always happily There are some
pictures Of thi. sort In the Exhibition whose effect
ANYTHING but pleasing and have noticed particularly
niece a, tn. Art Union by Clonney called Mexican
Neusn where mean sentiment gains nothing by being
repre.ened in coarse sud rude persons. The power of
Mr. Mounts picture depends the force and elevation
of tho sentiment which animstes IT, The same negro
who Is here even dguhed by the passion Of the moment
vould be disgusting represented intoxicated and yor
Ting though painted with the hteli,y to nsiure-
There 10 no better reason for painting what morally
only repuslys than for painting leper Indeed the one
IL as much departure from nature az the other and
will be equally summed by the true artist We wishwe
had space TO spesk Of this subject IN something more
than hes. hints but leave H. and pass to ihs two
pictures exhibited By WrtLrAY PAGE.
Here again W. must set ont - rosreiing the lack OF
s,sc, and of leisure 10 follow our impulse. We doubt
whether better service 90 relation 70 Art could be- done 10
the hubble II l,rg, or 20 artists than by careful discus
sion Of Mr. Pages theory aud manner But such work
mus, be left tor ADLER hands to attempt elsewhere. and
f, the present we will ourselves with such cur
.ory notice as can bes,ow upon these two pictures
The first thing to be said about them Is that they were
plainly not painted 10 be exhibited in the hall OF the
Academy as that IL arranged. Low In Tone
strong and sober In color they require the honest day
light and the partial obscurity with which the eNhi
hilton generally has to be yelled In another respect
they differ from the pictures with which they are here
associated They DO not look well by iamplght as
by sun light Moreover they not well hung but the
contrary. Indeed had the effort been made 10 place
them IN the least favorable position they could scarcely
Rave Jared gor.s than they do Tnodrstn order no
90, portrait Of low snd perfect finish PLAYED in
tho close vicinity Of some Of tbs gsuiiesi en msie1t
pieces in toe ~ho'e exhibition the second, No go
Mother and Child" which cannot b' well seen above
l.y, OF ,hs eye snJ ought 20 be- sghty below IT, Is
hing bgh enough 30 destroy feet for the great
irtv Of suectstors But since Il IL lo, make the
be.t Off; and converting catalogues into tubes we
will exclude the bad company into which this noble por-
rsi, has been thrust and endeavor to whs, means
The strong and permanent impression is that here is
miracle of colorng and We stonce agree with those whom
II reminds of the old Such richness such soor-
ETY. such harmony such truth we have not seen before
Looking steadily It becomes alive, we see the man
breathing and through the transparent skin there are all
the changing bues Of life. II a, rs, when your eye
turned to It from the survey Of the room IL seemed too
highly and elaborasly you soon feel that some
how IN that work the artist has caught the trick OF ma
,are and gons upon her plan. The more ou look at Il
the more npressss YOU That flesh flesh tyod could
grasp IL you would fad il warm and substantial There
ar.sy about the ahol3 picture which you feel that the
wind cannot blow % pieces.
Not that W. have only praise 20 bc'to~ on this pic
ture Even is wonderful beauty Of color is not accom-
panied by such force and yyidness as might be desired
Nor 4, II happily managed and perfect throughout
The Inca for instance ia OF rather too low hue 10 be
in strict Eeopng with the other parts OF the picture
lacks tine Besides IL we may speak Of smother i'm
porAnt particular In portrait il does no, do justice to
the original with whom the writer has the pleasure Of
being well acquainted But making all deductions, II Is
grand and admirable picture only wish Ia leaving
IT, that the Artists of tho Academy might take It's sdmo
ntons 10 heart
The Mother and Child is picture Of higher order
than that have us, examined, though Is hung
even worse may not strike you Ii Is work not
70 be passed hastily BY It you would know its beauties
Ne have dwelt IL more than on any other, and We
believe not In vain Inc sentiment which il expresses
must 70 % the heart Of every mother while is power
otherwise might command those II any there are, Ia
whom that sentiment finds response Il Is he
bust Of a woman apparently Of twenty-five years
with child. head leaning upon her shoulder and against
her check which il bent 70 meet il. The arm Of tho
mother folded around Der charge, and the ehds arm
Is reached out upon her bosom The mothers isoe -
full Of calm tenderness and strength ready alike 70 che
rsh or protect tia Little who unconsciousy
sleeping In the sweet confidence Of infancy. Behind
them stretches gray leaden, November sky la which
the f4dag light Of sunset ia just about 10 vanish In tw
Light TO remind the behsder that gloom and decay
arc very tbs, hsppiaess and beauty The dominant
feeling Of toe piece Repose. The unseen angels thai.
watch over the sleeping child have communicated the
same peace TO ths mother lis not the silence ofrevey
that droop. her eyeids out the sacred Stiffness Of mo-
theirs joy and hope Looking long a, the picture We
may catch something Of the state. res, OF
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