Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-05

Their profession from the degiada,on into which these
establishments fast preepatng H." They hope by means
Of this association not cny to purchase and distribute works
Of art bring artists throughout the whole country
into closer communion in order better devise the
OF improving their condition, Of cuvs,ng public TASTE and
teaching due appreciation Of the benign influence ct
legitimate art 1t seems confess quite reasonable
that those who devoted their lives TO the study Of
should be the judges Of that art and the
best qualified direct the public We hope, therefore,
this association may prove enduring than the In
ternstopal Art Union" Of Mesrs Goup and Vber, which,
by awakening the jealousy Of native artists forfeited the
public patronage generous rivalry between the American
Art Union and the Artists Association would give de-
velopment to the fine arts in midst.
There sls established in New York gallery for the
hbon OF private collection Of painnss and original draw
ings by the artists Of the Dusseldorf Academy Of Fine Arts.
The artists of this academy have long attained and held the
rank and dignity Of distinct school in the history Of German
Mr. Boxer, the proprietor Of the collection which has
FIR several years been exhibition this city, honor
ay secretary and member of the committee Of the Dusse-
dof Art Union that for all practical purposes his exhb-
ton may be regarded branch Of the German Aca
DENY. Subscriptions to the Dusseldorf Union regularly
received and prizes and prints distributed this CITY, Dus
sedor European tourists remember is the capital Of Berg
Duchy in the Rhensh Provinces Of Prussa
and it is here that the King Of Prussia has reestabshed the
Academy Of Fine Arts formerly seated there but which was
dissolved during the ascendency Of Bonapae At the close
Of the last century German art had sunk low ebb. is
that Germany still had her schools in painting. is still
the in modern Italy, and the in Belgium
until within the last twenty years. but ALBERT DURER found
About the year 1910 Overbeck Vogel and
others students Of the Academy Of Vienns, and
having presumed rebel against the artificial and conven
onsl Of the Vennese school, they expelled the
academy and beook themselves Rome in search Of higher
Inspiration than could be afforded by the eess creations and
allegorcal phsnoms of German Here they were
joined by CORNELIUS ScHADow, and Vert, who may be
garded the founders of this modern school Of Mr.
Sco historian Of the Dusseldorf school, styles Overlook
the Resorer Cornelius the Reome and Schadow the Con-
sodator of the ne Germany. The leading feature
in the reform effected by these artists is the prominence given
to the pecuares artists ,ha, directly preceded Michael
Angelo and Raphael Goethe and schIegel partly in
strumena bringing about this revolution in tase for they
each proessed an unbounded admiration Of the early German
and Italian masters in preference the lustrious
Of Leo Y. But Louis, the late King Of Bavaria, the
royal Maecenas of that body of artists who have since
richly adorned the capital Of Bavaria with their works in
Fresco and on the canvass.
AS the present is when many strangers will pass
we know not any way which they may agreeaby
spend an idle hour than by visiting the Dusseldorf collection
in Broadway, where they fail admire the chef
dGuvres Of Stenbruck and Hdebrandt and Leasing.
EBORACENSIS.