New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-18


leries Of Europe; but il would not be difficult to
beheve it a work Of the 10th century. This may |
in some measure be the result Of the subject
The black hair, eyes and beard the contour OF
the face together with the swarthy hue Of the skin
the natural eIectness Of position, all present the
obsrscteristics Of southern Europeans while the
closeness Of drawing everywhere narrowing itself
TO express the Individuality Of nature, melowed
down by yellow ish tone 70 q cslmness et once
dgnifed ard impressive, forces you irresstibly 70
recall the severe and intellectual works Of Gorgione
ard Titan. No shiny lights are here resorted to to
produce rotupbty the tone is united and son. yet
leaving the forms firm and solid The fault of the
head is that it rese mbIes an old pictures it's mis-
fortune, that the original is not more extensively
known We heenly regret that Mr. Rage nag Ou'
this work in the present exhibition.
The pendant No 100, is by Elliott, PoTtratoi
Rev. pr. Bellows. lis handed in the artists usu'
al style, free, spirited, but too red end purple
throughout. If the subject were not public char
acter the picture would never be twice looked at
by the same peIfon.
Nos 1856 and 40 are two female portraits by G.
q. IscHAN. We have neither time nor space 10
speak Of the works Of ibis artist in detail. He is
advanced in life, and has been popularity known in
Ney.York and some OF the New England cities az
n portrait painter for some fifteen years The ex-
oeedipg smoo,hness Of his works renders them
peouliar, and always safices to delight certain
fsss;diouspess Of taste, which has its origin In
natural vulearity or ambitious ignorance. Blabora
lion in processes Of painting can only be Legitimate
and wsrrentsble when it is Indispensable to the
tavf
glss, spherical or otherwise, polished ivory or
metal, calm water or anything in all the variety
Unnatural objects Teseubling these, is 10 be I'M
tsed. Il is obvious from q moments reflection, that
n xrocess resulting in smoothness would more
neatly express the quality than one resulting in
gyUlsted or rough surface, aud Tor the reason that
in painting, great smO'@hness OF finish produces
sol;d;.y and htrdnefs We have in the Exhibition
,ome ak or seven works by Mr.. Ingham, sl
smooth chalky, pinA, and as bard as be'l'mstsL
From the fret 10 the last there is no evidence OF
love for Nature ia the artist. Instead OF sincere
faith in hor, aud a willingness to confess her sape-
riority, yielding obedienty to the broad YET sppo
efIo,s of beauty which her laws forever reproduce
-instead Of being Az earnest student Of her gran
.r ,s well ia hte az in great things, VIC fiad al
.bo 60 generously offers falsely represented, as II
,ha artist labored only 70 reprod0cs himself not
he, There i. an utter want Of artistic taste ia
desc works they all show tina. their author lacks
,be idea offne foru OF true local color Of natural
light end shadow, ana OF the grsdRtion of light and
DARK; and, consequently, they are without effect in
those psrticulars. Yet the likeness is generally
reoognza able, and then their smoothness charms the
ladies. iust as they might be charmed By the pro
auctions Of painter Of porcelain.
No. 10 is portrait Of q lady, by JARED u. FLAG
This picture to be ia imitation OF Lhe style OF
Mr.. Ineham. Nature is q better guide to excel
ence ii not TO the boadosr.
No. $40 is the portrait OF gentleman by Mr.
GRAY. and ia one oil the most characteristic pic.
tures in the exhibition The hat and gloves are ex-
ceedpely well painted, but the flesh is essentially
bad. The process employed by Mr. Gray ia one
that cannot, by any possibility, represent the ma
ssrally beautiful qualities Of flesh; in following
IL the variety Of tin,s lost along with purity and
simplicity of tone. After picture ia advanced in
light, shadow and gradation SO far that the forms
are sufficiently vigorous aud bold, to go over the
whole work repeatedly with yellowish reddish and
brownish semiuanspsrent pigments must newt
ably produce monotony, and, al the sane time' de-
,troy the olearness and viyecity OF touch Which are
always tho hfe Of painting. Mr.. Grays early
piotures were much better IL all the lsstnamed
Qualities. for the ample reason that he then essay
cd 10 ps;rt what he saw, and was not deluded by
tho ufe Of veriAes AID OILS into processes OgiazIo5
and the imitation OF The dst vi ich time has collect
ed upon the WORKS OF the old masters
No. ss4 "The Young POe!ess' is one OF Mr.
Grays earlier productions, and is happy in many
Qualities which ars reproduced with nsturalness.
No.Is. Romaao" Is the picture Of child, and
ia the best Of it, kind 10 the collection. While you
feel the want OF surface il tho painting, which is
destroyed by repeated glazing, you find ssimplicity
and sarpestness In the expression and character
which are truly charming.
Nos 81 ana 355 are the two best heads by Ell.
hot In the present Exhibition. No. 81, from the
pc,aresqueness Of the subject is perhaps the most
interesting In ali the works Of this artist there is
one estimabls quality, namely-vivacity resulting
from the freedom Of bis penoling, which leaves
dear and decided touch. The hair in 35J is bsaut
fully peucied, as SILKY and glossy almost as the re-
atty His great difficulty ID always in the color
ing Of aesh His lights are rose color, tho half
tones pink. running into purple, the shadows Grim.
son lake and 50 on " that the hue tone is always
heavy and horfd. Where are douotess some neads
OF this character in nature and they should DO care
fully represented bot ordinary aesh is filed in all
Ns half tones and shadows with the most delicate
pearl and olive ,inss incinns to gray. This cannot
he otherwise, because the original power Of the
prismatc hues is so modified and weakened that
they can only tel as color when surrounded by oP-
pOsi,e tones. These, ha,monioasly painted, would
be pearl. olive or pure gray. However, man who
paints nothing bu, portraits must become manner
is and II be givss you character you must be sat
is6ed to do witboss some ether essential qualities.
NJ nxrrRrr and Mr. s BAYLE initiate NJ.