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

great warmth and purity o. color. ciearness ana
deicscv of touch, and is one OF the best coiored
and most real beads in the exhibition. No. 3fs IS
the uortrait Of a gentleman. We are not sa'hci
ertly acquainted with the face q the original to
sneak of the resemblance, bat it is one OF the most
powerfully characteristic heads in the collection
There is IN the expression Of the face miSaashropic
.sdpess high intellectual culture and power, With
safety. as il the experiences OF life had all lived
Their selves cot V III and trmness that seem set
Ting fast into indifference. while natural dignity
and self control subdce ard render the whole deeply
impressive; there is look from the eyes that once
caugh, will not easily be forgotten la tbsresPeos
it is Ike Repbaers portrait Of Cesar B1rgis In
its manipulation i. is free and powerful, bat it is
impossible TO tell whether it is painted to represent
half Eeht or 4 low tone. Another heal By this ar
list is No l76, called "MyHha." The color Is rica
and deep; the expression is that OF simple end pro-
found feeling. The great merit lies IN the manner
of i,s execution broad unaffected, artistic, SD" wing
that the artist works from feeling and imaglnAHon
not mechanically aud for the mere production Of
given quantity Of smooth surface.
Three heads are exhibited by Mr. DUoGAs. fall
or character and vigor Of drawing. This artists
profound knowledge Of anatomy and the dynamics
Of expression gives him power that is inestims.
be. and at the Same time great advantage over
bis contempoI aries. We should ike to see more
ofhi compositions Of the entire human figure.
Nos 81, 155 and 36s are portraits BY T. HICKS.
The force and character Of these wor&s render
them q. once striking and memorable. No. 81 iss
portrait Of DR.. T. U. Johnson, painted fJr the New
York Hospital, and therefore calculated to be
placed higher than we here see it. 1t is in the
finest style Of pOrHaiture and may well be ranked
among the first works Of its order. The execution
is mastery without being affected the arrange
ment in Light and dark, daring. yet harmonious,
while the expression O. TIE face and whole bearing
OF the figure is that oicamness, dignity aud thought
There is a hue ard tone Of Nature about the head
end accessofies that always give an irresist!be
charm to sDy picture, end particularly when Oh
taired without the excessive use OF glazing On
looking closely at this pictare We fad IL honestly
PAINTED, as If the artist had matched from dis pal
let the hue Of each tint in nature. and then placing
hem exactly in their places lefs thom not TO bs
touched again. No 3Cs, the portrait Of a. Old man,
is more carefully painted. 1t is smaller picture,
has the same vigor and freshness of touch. IA the
portrait Of a lady. No. l55. we see the manner
adapted TO the subject. We have here broad.
simple treatment Of character with great purity
Of color The half tints DO not sufficiently lose
themselves in the graduation from the light, and .hoy
arc also No; entirely clean. Whether the artist lelt
his work unfinished. or whether be was not able 70
carry it further end produce unity, we do not
know. but we are inclined to believe the latter
No. o2iss Portrait by G. w. FLAGc, treated
with some feeling end delicacy butthe color is dis
tgreeably cold and monosonous.
Without having spoken of all the portraits in the
Exhibition we are here obliged 70 close ourremarks.
There are many specimens by Messrs MAY, WEN
zLER, s. A. MOUNT, and others, that are highly
creditable while there are numbers Of others
utterly unworthy Of any position in which they
could be placed, no matter ia what exhibition.
Our next article will DO devoted to the Land
scspes but before discussing them we may be per
mtted word of reply to SEINE remarks OF cor
respouden, Of the Erening Post relative to our
criticisms upon the hanging and arrangement Of tho
pictures. We DO this net by way OF controversy
for that is none Of tho business Of these articles,
which ere rather designed to set forth certain con.
yictions Of oars about art for tho benef! of those
who can receive what truth there is in them. Nor
shall we tell our critic whether we prefer the
! works Of Fusei to those OF Raphael or Perrugno
ashe says we do, without knowing about than
he perhaps knows Of the essential difference in the
works of those artists. We merely desire to Illus
trete briefly our former remark that the effect
Mr. Durands Thanatopsis is weakened by the
proximity Of Mr.. Inghsm's red shawls. aud by the
red color Of the walls.
when 10 nature q crimson or scarlet flower is
seen in the midst of verdure, whose freshaess'
depth, and intensity cen scarcely be initiated by
the combination of the purest and most powerful
blue and yellow pigments We possess, the green
does not become more brilliant from its association
with the red but on the contrary its purity is in a
measure diminished, aud what in the absence OF
the red would be most powerfully brilliant green,
now becomes through absorption of the red light
from the flower, incliEed toward brown, while the
red being primary color, retains its original force
and seems really brighter by the contrast These
are the facts but it requires a delicate organz&
ton and careful investigation to perceive the vari
Gus influences. Crimson or scarlet with green,
composed of the purest blue and yellow, always go
beautifully together, and simply because the green
contains the united power Of the other two prima.
~ colors. But if such flower be taken from such
verdure as has been described. and placed in the
same relation with the sage plant, it will be per-
ceived thai the leaves Of that plant become duler
and psler by juxtaposition. The reason is obvi-
Gus the green Of the sage plant is not pure it has
strong alloy of white and black which are both
dead pigments, and always paler and duler when
opposed by al or either of the primary coors Now
| granting that Mr.. Ingham's shswls are not pure
scarlet or crimson, they are still powerful reds. At
the same time the green hues in the Landscape OF
Mr.. Durand are all very far from pure. The most