New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-22
THE FINE ARTS.
air. Bryan's Gr!lc--.

! Many old pictures are imported InVO tue
United States AZ general thing they re trash, sold
BIZ crafty picture vendors travelling AM cans utterly
ignorant OF everything about Az except perhaps, the
names Ct it, msss clsc they are brought here By
srecua,ors 20 Gull and svinile Americans VINO have
completed orwho have not ye, begun tho grand tour
For the mas Of such collections have no sentiment
bui contempt no language but condemnation and
exTosrre We would rs Jig pus end 70 suca foolish
ard pernicicus in neutrality-suspicious., both because
they tend 10 create false taste and % prevent men Of
mean. from purchasing the WORKS OF cur own artists.
Old pictures Of merit servo three u ul purposes;
tie, u trste 70 tie student tie inmu sble principles
o. Art they contain a record OF he ruling IDEA and
d,ere, OF civilization pr saing At the time OF their
? cduction; and they CRAFTY ni.Ilar.an slirt
which IL an idspcnsatlc Gni often touching element
O. human nature For thc FIST OF thee purposes, only
Il bet productions Of aay nlstor ought % be taken
a. exr pnry guides for the second all from the po'r'
estto tie beet alike necessary While oT lie third,
anything 20 Tia: b, * oeinsy poor, much obscurei
liz 1t and very dark VII crelte en,husiasn,
osvech y II tic observer be literally endowed with
cgcdul,y and Ignorance.
We know not the object CT ,Ir Bryan n tho collcc
tion of liz gallery has that any bearing upon IT,
value; enough, pronounce .,,he best most genuine,
and complete, ever seen or this siie the Atlantic.
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fouudly beneficial re Ill upon Sac earnest student fur.
n.fhos chronological history Of ar Trough lapse
ofnclry fve hundre years, owing the slow bu:
tan progress ty which i has s.taa-d Is present
/ perfection.
II travelled nan Of real tar-e and krowle l,e who
slal ia hours ia IT, coil ION viii xpericn, pleas
-sadDoss. Il will cor family bring back lis rcaoilcc
con he aaLeTi 0. the Louvre Berlin 'eaaa. Venice,
Florence AID Rome aad with them tc day, beautiful
days whom lie perused their tro-surc5 Here on every
,;dc be rrect old r. cni never 20 be lcryottcn From
one side Of the rolm LOOKS down head scarcely less
/ tian living wi,h noae but ihs pencil of Renbrsat
could have touched with such swee,aess of tone and
dcesoy Of liolke expression on the Other ide he is
startled ana thrilled By the almcst fcTocOns Wgor OF
Rubcrc Here are David Tcniors in stcan AMI
! TolluTg. We the water OF Won der Vcllc
wirdtcrn and d.shcd among tho scd-c, onl startled
~ the barking of do.s turn aid behold to minis
taxable touch Of Francis snyiers Bcrshen aud
EuJfjlel here IN their quie, beauty Vanly;k
/ Eud Philip de Champagne, Cuyp and Bd khui5en,
with msny moro, comrtte the Dutch and Elem
I sh schools Albert Dlscr On in;, rigid tnl ela5-
orstc is here in'aleacry while Dennera nd Crsnach
Wit les ergesCuenrss Of rarin tiou .how the pro-
uo.s OF i'm le ution. Most irous are the land
( fclIes Of Lucas and Marin WaSeuhury which are
the FIR productions in that branch Of tie ert Of
painting There arc singu,'r spec mems Of the eesiy
Il.l.n schoola even O. tie Byzantine wien the art
w Truly ia rs sw.dilag-c clhcr, and Ind not YET
taken IL fret ,iels Tie s,yas Of Cimaluc Simon
Ncnmi Tadoo God. ant Gorto are here represented,
n.cug vii i0ricoii Pcni,iao mi l. 'narlo Tue d.
vine Raphael in liz earliest nin.or, Bar, ,'omeo, al
tie Vcrlc-scncwnsl Tusn are hcsc 10 etacr wi
Ell he ma iers specimens OF whom arc necessary -
rco,riut De- student OF arateur WIKI the chronology
t...t 49,. 81. f..
oflhe collection are NJ A. by Corrclo end 40 30 by
( Dcnolduo. The former "a tie oi,ral -n,ly for the
mo-; Celebrated O. L- pieare. the 80 I-rou~ no" at
Pe.mo Cc-rceio was Tie pupil Of Aalr,a N.a.agnl,
AID ;hose 'amiiar WIKI The ea5orl.e works o. that
great ld ttgl ma ter uay trace ia .a!s ltady al the
clements oi hi meuucr even TO TIE gliding AMI won.
dcru'y MINI 'e ri l 20 ercut from vigt unite'y
constituted Coucs.os .liutaio style 4 Il picture s
wei slLelrttli and l. worth the co.as, artistic in
,ii-lt.cn u. The Dculu.chao Is II P-al carried to
Heaven by Angels ard ~ fnei wiki h power Of tla.
sri q soul lcu may III long before Tai Exile piclure
ard and more TIE uptulred face Of the Saint the
uoyant and upward noycmer,ofthe angels are instinct
with iIc, until your own thought and feeling sublued
and solennzcd you forget the noisy confusion Of the
great city wthcu, lud feel only the QUILTING power
OF rch. ors fifth Nor may forget the specimens Of
Nelssquez and Nurllo, nor the Eutombncn, of Christ
by Lanes Y Vsldes Murlos successor in the Academy
OF svle The masters Of the French SCHOOL are hume
IN the collection Specimens from the pencils OF
mon Ct famous ngmo are here in proflson. The
PouesiIs, Claude Lorraine, Lebrun and Jouyenet An.
t,iue Vatican and Joseph yernet are all represented
There sie Eve pictures By Greuze the most reraarkl
| bic Of which l. q Nymrh and beautiful study for
/ picture o. France Triumphant, b. Prudhon plafond
Low al Dion The srti,ts birthplace also, study ofN4.
~ l. he Ff,,a i.,s,f. II
VeIret Other living artists complete the collection
We take he greatest pleasure in inviting the public
to tli- Exhiocn, because its vace 10 this connun,y
great and genuine. We seriously hone that sorn,
ara Cement may be entered into with the rrooristor
by whi,h il may become definitely established here
That we need in this Metropolis permanent Gal.
lery nus5be arpaEer, 70 every citizen OF rednemep,
ara Intellectual culture. While all the material occu.
patious which form the staple Of American activity ru,b
Onward With frgtul with cheering impetus. il were
VI to Keep alive the sentiments which induce calm
AID pcscei1i thought and Nhich serve Ike con9ass 70
tie chip 20 keep her the right tack in this turmoil of
prosress.
La; ret considering ait merely Is means 10 refine
aIo expand the taste, we heed such collection as
NJ BiyHs, 70 enlghten the community upon the his.
'oia iscis q art 20 show 70 al who may not yi. Eu
rope rot Only The several schools but By Whit rral1al
dcveofment those school. attained TO IN excellence
which centuries have pronounced wonderful and min.
Hat.e We wan, such a collection in a convenient
pAce opcr az ell times TO al clsses al the snalle.t
possible eItrrncc fee; and one day in the week omen
wfhcvt charge 20 schools and all who desire to y.it
il On such days. Boeton and Philadelphia both have
their permanent exhibitions, while New-York thouyh
larger than either Of them, the great horuughfsre Of
AL travellers, Lot only from every part Of our own
country but from every quarter of the world hs. moth,
ing o. the sort Once year the National Acale,nv ~
Design has Exhibition Of pictures, produced within
the year which lasts for about sx weeks Apar, from
this the means Of qualification thar citizens or stan