New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-06
prosr~.. Of Oh. Fine Ar,..-So NV

IN the series OF sketches which Nc have gwen
GA the rise and progress. OF the Pine Arts in city
and country w. have treated the subject chroaolc
.icaly q. IL would admit and hence have hitherto
len unno,Iccd the American Art MON sni her elder
sister the National Academy OF Design. with ia antique
and lie school To the latter u thcse institutions ~
are mainly Indebted for grcat scholars In Art ser
erncn whose autographs written with other mate
ria. than those which ma and daily print sfcrd-
whose reputation s Of 80 universal character - 81
render their mention supcrduous The annual eNhlhi
ton of this Institution powerful influence
the public mind and on the mind. of our Artist. Frors
IL. prcten.ion. and Ia magnitude from the rcspons
hty resting on officers and artists and fom public
expectation and hope. srises an effort every wsy
conducive 10 usefulness excellence and rcno~n -
.ensbiy indeed have All these causes operated thsi
al ~he witness the annual exhibition u art IN this In
,ttu,ou wonder At the ygor and the beauty Of us pro
ductons To those who delight In the progress and
cement OF Art Il mus, be- source ct sAustsc
ton Ia snow that We have an oNFoRp and tAasRtnct
in Art A. well a. M Letters The smplo revenues De
riysd from liberal commerce-from institutions
free than those OF other countries together With
uticl, diau.ed system Of education aud that %
sovereignty peculiar To American character. are now
powerfully operating in the hitherto scsn,y aeds Of liz
|
,hi. subject CONSEQUENCES OF past Incidence and In
.snsib'ty Ia temporarily stimulating the public mind
The American Art tnion, conscious ~ the impor
lance If it, mssion-of the great trust committed to
~. custody-is emphstcsy the nursing mother Of Nrt
She a. too the yor Cr,aaafs m de'oio'-her voice
has been heard Throughout the length sad breadth Of
the land In her corporate form she 10 mpelled BY the
sympathy and support OF thousands for whom ts gov
eminent act vicariou.ly and with potency unpsrsi
leed In the progress Art Tender toward the IN oct
feeble Of her votares still her mstonly pride cannot
forsgo the opportunity Of doing honor 10 the memory
of the most instructive poenca and most prophet
c of our great painters In juSs position with WORKS
Of great besuty are the efforts of younger branch
e. Of the isuiily--mero ,yros Justice and Judgment
alike require submission 10 this ordeasn ordesl %,
never falling instruction The thousands who throns
the hall of the American Ara Union peehns over shs
creations of genius and industry which adorn its wsls
wonder At the richness OF the banquet spread before
them and express their ssonlshment At so great 70
| cult from quietly yet powerfully operating
The prosperous condition of this instutlonthe GER
tany of its perpetuityis prominent fact la the pro
gress Of Society-snoher proof II smother be needed,
OF the power OF associative movement when aid and
comfort Is sought 20 be permanently established In
vabe Indeed Is the reputstion-st more so the char
acter those gentlemen who make ftss>. and md de-
Light In the OF Institutions OF learning
and refinement ben.actors In the best sense are they
whose efforts directed Ia the awakening OF liner
feelings leave both III. subjects and the objects
OF their mnlstrson wiser and better than they found
them. Nv"