New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-20
s.,, b, when we seek on Mr. Duranis canvas


,b;ng hat the solemn decorations Of the great
tomb Of nan Vain, too is all search for the wales
~stretcbing IN pei sive qaie:ness between
TIE observer will 6ud a Fat Of " meadows made
green "by the complaining brooks, bu, nothing Of
the rivers thar move in nsjesty" while the grove
ofdvsrf trees that snug themselves at the foot Of
the mountain fail in expressing the idea Of vener-
able woods aud qaite as little do you feel the
distant sheet Of pale, quiet light to be
aoH oceans gray and melancholy wss.s"
No. 4s. "sunmer Morning" is more successful
The calm and quiet Of the picture are much more
,rnropriste to the subject. The hsEy distance. the
Esh, struggling downward through the trees. the
clear faint ripple upon the pebby beach, al make
you feel that
~oer the elesr. sin water swells
The music Of me Sabbsih bells
R,t !, this. also, there is want OF vigor the
rsh,. should be more pslPsbly lights, the darks, or
80 os them ct least darker; as, for instance, in
AZ. Dar,nd'. Studies from Mature, Of which 226 and
o7s examples Inner presence he seems less
tmid; her beauty, variety and strength, seem to
ip,uire him; rocks, moss, treetrunks, and water
,,ox under his pencil pleasngly attractive. Here,
ne should say hes Mr. Durand's forte.
Mr. KyssE1r's direct representations Of Nature
a;sFsr from those Of Mr. Drrand in being stronger
r,;ptsd always with more boldness and force Ar
xs,.e,, IL. without doubt, the first in bis line OF
Landscape in this oountry-namely. the actual
rendering of certain combinations of forms and
color. in natural scenery We may cite, as an ex-
ample ftbis, bis delicious picture, No. 34ia view
in the Catskin Moantains." There Is delicacy oil
feeling and fidelity to the original In this picture
that places il, for these qualities, above ell other
vorks Of i.s kind in the collection From the tore
ground al up through the light portion there Is tie
variety Of nature, changing from cool 70 war ~
from the dry, dead leaves 70 the col, gray stones
and rock interpreted with green sPrlgs ana vines
.hou;nr long severe study, and the most intim ate
ohsery alton Of these qualities in nature TIE water
I. Enuid and cool az it comes dsshiDg over ridge
after ridge Of rocks scattering its spray about tu
NV the MANAGEMENT Of Gerial perspective yea dimy
ace ts first introduction iEio the picture packed
Inv data at mountain. The side in shadow per-
h.,. wants q little relief either by intense darks
mr. .oroe broken balflighis. Butlts picture whc1
onos .een and appreciated, will long be rernem'
bered. Mr. KeDse,t is peculiarly fortunate in hsv-
ing bit upon the very thing he can do best DE has
Int 70 SaIlow this up with the same diligence 70
.ecure a position not only lucrative, bat entirely
honorable both to himself and his country. Nos.
"a and 242 are among his finest studies. The
freshness. truth and beauty of these bits, will
make them Gems in any modern colestlon
The characteristics Of NJ. CHURcH's works are
peouliar. There is in them almost always a
str.nseness of effect closely approaching the sub
lima In solennity ard grandeur, and at the same
time Yankee ike smalness and contractedness
affecting and minuteness OF finish that destroy
the fvness Of the idea in endeavorng TO express It
Take for example No. AZ, the Ora Mountain, VI"
The time chose il sunset the mountain lies gray,
ast tormIess mass, save in the line against the
evening sky; the clouds, penciled with grea: ex.
,c,ness. are broken aod varied, catching the silver
light along their lower edges; the landscape comes
down to the foreground with forms sufficiently
commonplace for an actual scene, stream, bridge,
trees. bouses fences, road in which, going along at
good mace is horse which kicks up great dust
sup,osed to be illuminated by the last rays of the
declining sun The time, the arrangement Of the
sky and the effect Of light and shadow indicate an
.pprecistion of natural subimity. But DISPOSE
ton to follow up the detail Of nature with elaborate
exsctness, and the dnl, dead cOlors used in the
execution almost entirely paralyze the imagination
Of ths spectator. No 81 is subject to the same
criticism. The clouds are composed with great
knowledge of atmospheric effect, bat the light on
their edges ia so belAborei tina: there is No bril-
Hancy left Both Of these pictures suffer from
their positions on the wall
The picture BY Mr. Church, which redeems all
the others, and of which too much cannot be said
In praise, is No. 349-"Twilight, short Arbiter Of
Day and Night Its conception is throughout
highly imaginative. The light and shade, and the
kruas everywhere tend toward the grand; there
Ia q solennity in the shadows, heightened by the
lurid red and yellow lights, which takes At once a
powerful hold upon the imsginston-and the eye Of
the beholder, wearied and dszzled by their bright
ness, d relieved by the root and gable end Of soil
tary boase whose windows yet glow with the blaze
Of declining day. Down over the brown heath BY
stone fences and low shrubs, the eye at last rest
an instant upon quiet little stream which giesm'
diny IN eshade- The glory OF this picture Is tn'
sky; the cloud forms varied, fantastic, yet nat
ursl; the cosor is true 10 tie time and the scene
asA the execution N generous, bold and artistic
hat you feel while gazing that those shapes an
hues must change, that the glory Of that ssy is de
parting forever. The reason why this effect is pre-
duced upon the mind Of the spectator is In the fre
decided touch with which the clouds are painted
there IL apparently no over-Painting, and cons'
oueus,y the moving elasticity Of the brush is left
&C, upon the sense, and 50 upon the mind Ia
hey been over painted ard as artists say H'gglec
a. u the case with the Two pictures mentiOne
,hove. their vividness Of oOOr would have been los
and their forms would seem /. notionless andsoli
unrble. The treatment Of this work Il high
artistic thrOagbOot By bringing together the mas
Of asrh rocks and the brightest portion Of the SIX,
he Arts. has intensified and concentrated Ties
sxreues. which thus srst seize the attention {