New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-30

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h.o.,od tho tact will nudge # we too highly es-
80 -. valne This is independent OF the
| onestion whether the institution IS wen VI ''
| managed and whether It's mode oil distributing
n,ctures be Objectionable and Illegal or no'
Never has the Ant Union boosted so nch anu
satisfactory collection as the pre- NJ season
! There NAV have been single works OF greater al
| t,ac,iveness than any now on the catalogue Dul
| never so many really good pictures or so ihuch
| general excellence The works Of Durand, hos
ate, C,onsev. Kense,t, Hicks, Church and Bou-
,eue vbich were most admired at the National
Academy last Spring. are here surrounded by 9TH
ets from The same and other easels not unworthy
to be put along with those earlier favorltes
(No.l3) IN Autuo,rnl Las,, by c. P. Cranch,
is charming lttle picture, lmbued with that
peculiar poetic beauty which nature ever wears
IN the ewes of this artist. We are sorry TO miss
from the walls the large landscape which MI
Cranch exhibited at the Academy, ana winch
was certainly one of the best pictures seenthere.
no 40) Storm. by Boutelle, has fine, WHO
moyement. aud follows we'll upon the large
work he had in the Academy, which here deserv-
edIy hangs in a conspicuous place. (No. ~
tn, Enigrauts, by G. F Blauvelt, represents
German family on the wharf near the ship; the
mother. who has lost her other friends, clasps
her child with genuine but not exaggerated feel
ing and the father smokes his pipe with phlloso-
phy the picture Is not pretenlous, but ial'h'
hj NO 95.) Rabbit Hunting, by Hlnckley Is
the best we have seen by that artist the
dogs are full of character and all alive with the
oh ole OH
every hair and brIstle being wrought out (No.
ll4) Spring, by v Colyer, is a half-length OF
child in crayon, by an artist who deserves anu
will achieve wider reputation. (No. l3l)
Road Scene, by Hicks, is hillside with forest
and a broad valley In prospect 1t as Hooded
with light and is remarkable for power OF color
inr-But we have not space even for the brlefest
word concerning the many pictures marked for
comment upon our catalogue
Mr. Page has here a Holy Family, the first OF
his pictures we have seen since he has been IN
Europe. 1t resembles and suggests the works
of the old masters, having the same sobnety and
richness OF color and the same depth OF tone
We have studied il with all our wishes IN Its
favor. but we doubt more and more the cor
rectness of designedly producing the effect
which time and dust have wrought upon the
old pictures The true opposite OF raw
ness or hashlness OF ColOnng is not, OF neces-
sitv. to he found in an imitation OF the pre-
sent tone of works two or three centuries old,
and we cannot think II real compliment when
we saw spontaneously, that picture OF last
wear is like an old master Nor do we alto
eether like this work in other respects. The
face of the mother, though handsome, is not
that of the Madonna, nor particularly motherly,
and the head Of Joseph is poor and mean The
childs face is fine, but not to be mentioned along
with the infant SaviourS the old Italians painted
when Faith was living reality. Holy Families
cannot be produced now a.days, especially by
Protestant Americans.
Mr.. Leutze's Amazon and her Children Justly
attracts good deal of attention. 1t abounds IN
that vital force with which this artists pictures
v,vIIun, and has great deal Of errelen'
artistic ability. even where II is faulty IN draw
ing, as in the persons of the children, 1t evinces
a most careful and familiar acquaintance with
the human form The fault is that these are
not bows of four or five years, but miniature
men. The mother is good IN character and
drawing, but the flesh is cold and leathery The
painting of flesh, the most subtle and difficult OF
ob ects, is not Leutze's forte. In this respect
his picture is inferior to Pages the child of the
latter, though IN some parts incorrectly drawn,
is also yet truly child.
Healy's Great Union picture OF Daniel
Webster replying to Hayne, has for some time
been exhibiting at the Academy Rooms The
Z and
we cannot say that the artist has successfully
got over its difficulties Representations of pub
lie bodies and meetings are good as collections
of portraits, or when some highly dramatic Incl
dent breaks up their formality. But the de-
livery OF a speech Is not such an incident Men
in stiff black coats square down to the work
of listening and TO a spectator who does
not hear, but only sees, the thing is ted-
GUS There is no action going on, moth
ing that with mere movement and expression
OF features tells story and enllsts his IN
terest Therefore the subject Is one which
all artist might paint for ten thousand dollars,
but never as work of art Nor can we
saw that Mr.. Healy has succeeded well enough
with the execution of his picture to compensate
somewha, for its capital deficiency Mr. Web
ster himself he represents TO our judgment, much
too icebiy and lifelesSly Tor such al occasion.
Mr. Calhouns action is too intense and the I'M
happy person who is SO singularly arranged in
the corner in front Of Col. Benton, excites our
apprehenSions les, he should never be able 10
recover from that painful position, The portraits
IN general are not particularly good. Among
those III the gallery we notice that OF NJ. Cou-
ture, the eminent French artist, on whom Nj
Hssly seems without extraordinary success 10
have modelled his style The best done part of
the picture is the desks ami papers OF the Sona-
tors, which are managed with felicity and artistic
skill Judge Burnett, too, who sits IN the center
with arms resting on his chair and hands lust