New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06

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by Mr. J. Deare, called Evening on the Marchus,
North Waller" II il Ike looking out Of the loop
h"ie 81 t,wer lit Of scenery, fresh and real IL
II. iiuots tive pictuies were sold, | am told, for
| leu. They VIII fetch marvellous price one day
Tie other one is called The Awakening Conscience,
and 10 the best bit Of passion in the Academy II IS
painful sutject-psnful in its associations and III It's
| tTuthfilness Two figures at piano-a fast young
man and bis mistress. She has been sitting on has
knee while be played "Oft ia the Silly night The
words and the music have led hcl thoughts hack TO her
past and sudden fash OF conscience iliumes and re-
yess to her the presents and in agony feeling she
has started up with clutched hands and upturned ice
and such face You her left hand has rings on
each finger, the marriage one and that is vacant
The man is laughing and singing on. The painting Of
every detail is marvel Of skill.
There are are some delicious bits of landscape in the
rooms, by Creswck, Redgraye and Others; also some
seapeces by stanfed, Cooke and Others OF great ex
ceence. And if painters excel in anything II
surely is in landscape painting Some small phases
and simple transcripts of English life admirably
given. There some fine portraits. Louis NaPo-
leon has portrait which must rejoice the hearts OF
his enemies. He is represented having the head aud
neck Of beast, the eyes OF fish, and the body OF
gentleman II is said the likeness is good one. Our
historical painters large and loud usual, espe
cially Maclise. They seem to be under the same in
preston the Irshman who requested that the letter
to his mother shOuld be written large, very large be-
cause sbe deaf, aud they to think that the
public is deaf TO the voice of the charmer charm he
never so wisely if be do not also charm everybody
and so il it, IL does not know any better, but the
painter ought to know better.
Mr. Ruskins lectures Architecture and Painting
have just been published. They contain some fine
bursts of his glorious prose and are written with all
his vented earnest energy. In the two rst he treats
the subject Of Domestic Architecture He deyotes the
third TO Turner and the fourth 10 the Raphaetes.
Speaking Of Pre- Raphaelitism he says
1T has but one principle that Of absolute, uncompro
ms truth in all that does obtained from working
and from nature only. Every PreRaphaeite landscape
Ground is painted to the last touch in the open air
from the thing Itself Every PreRaphaelte figure, how
studied in EXPRESSION d true portrait OF some living
person Every minute accessory painted in the
manner And sfthe chief for the violent OPP
position with which the school has been attacked by other
arits is the enormous Of and labor which such
a system demands from those who adopt IT, in cOntradis-
tinction to the present sovenly and imperfect style.
How true is this and how triumphanty it is illus
tratod in the exhibition OF the Royal Academy of this
year by Mr. Hunt on the hand, and those artists
who think it does not do to follow nature too closely
the other. But il must rot be thought that Pre- a-
phaet,m consists in hard accuracy and scrupuOus
copying alone, simple outlines are only the boundaries
Of the mechanics OF art,-t is there where genius be-
ens 1t is there aso where the false PreRaphaelites
conclude.
great deal has been said about the of the
great painter Tuner his want of generosity sprover
bial but Mr. Ruskin has word to say in his defense.
He says:
"Whon Turner'S picture Of Cologne exhibited in
II G wear 1886 it hung between two portraits by Sir
Thomas Lawrence, Of Lady Walscourt and Lady Robert
Marners. The sky OF Turner'S picture was exceedingly
hight, and il had most injurious effect on the color Of the
two portraits Lawrence naturally felt mortified and COM
planned openly of the position of his pictures fou are
aware that artists at that time permitted to reouch
their pictures the walls Of the Academy On the
ing of the opening of the exhibition at the private view
friend of Turner'S who had the Cologne in all its
sIerdor led group of expecant critics up TO the picture.
He started back from il ia consernaon The golden sky
had changed to dun color He ran up to Turner who
was in another part of the Turner, what have you
been doing to your pictuIeF Oh, nuttered Turner in
q low voice. poor Lawrence was unhappy; lis only
lamp black; it II all wash off after the exhibition He
haG actually passed wash of lampback in water color
Owe the Whole sky and utterly spoiled his picture for The
time, md so left il through the exhibition lest 1t should
bur ewTence =
You are aware that we have had what the Method
ist in their truly refreshing phraseoloey call revi
"va IL poetry. At least, if you are 20 believe Some
c ur publishers who head their LETS OF books of verse
"Thc Revival in Poetry" Some of the critics also
insist On il that have recently gwen birth TO several
"rew Poets" God grant il may be SO, for we had
cniv about hafa-dOzen living. Unlike You ia this re-
elect who have some two thousand OF course do
not speak with mathematical Precision--you may have
more or less. Shall reckon ours up to you FIRST
then there is TennysOn. great ana glorious Alfred.
He is the greatest of living poets, the perecTest
poet If century, aud one of the very nobcs OF all
tine. you americans reverse that judgment, THINK
u,sterity went agree with You on the subject. Some
time when in the mood will endeayor to show how
and wherefore he is of the very nObes poets that
ever lived. This may not be essential 10 American
readers Of poetry and yett il 10 English ones, and has
never been done for them. Alfred Ienn!son has not
met with his true critic yet. Edgar Poe IN America
and Charles Kingsley here, have given hints OF their
cspacitv. and they only. Then there is Il. H. Horne
who is now rambling about Australia and who has not
received a fitting recognition from his countrymen.
For dramatic force Dantcan dstlnctness of IMPRESSION
lofty melody large and subtle Imagination, depth of
feeling and general great qualities Horne is unslr-
passed among living men, and seldom by the poets OF
any aQe. And vet he is best known as the eccentric
man " no published epic poem at farthing. which
few people have read. When leaving England, Horne
reverted somewhat sadly the fact that his works had
not been appreciated according Ia their merits but, he
may rest assured that justice viii be done Ia him rs 1t
has been TO others in many memorable instance one
should rather dstrust such large aud immediate pop
ulaIty as MAJ he won in the present time. when
"F,stus" and the Z" Life-Drama' can set men mad
with admiration and are pronounced greater than In
"Memoriam' and "OriOn" One should remember
that some generations Of naples aud iirs shoot mp.
four.h uxuriauty, wither and fail, while single oak
is growing To its prime. Mis-. and Mr.. Browning iol-
low next and Bay Thomas. Ard and sydney Dobell,
will complete the first hali-dozen. Really 1t Is diff
cult 10 make up the number specified. Can any one
hone sily say that have more than SIX living f0csof
the saef was Obliged 10 bring i'll the author OF the
Roman, although he belongs 10 the New Poets lie
tie first Of them. and put forth his claims some
four wears ago in the Roman" Previously he had
written few lyrical pieces in The Peoples Journal,
which he has not reprinted. His new poem, or first
part Of poem, has not had the welcome reception
ilat the "Roman" received from the critics. Ii has
,,ru the subject If much Misrepresentation. ils
design Ias not been understood. 1t is unfortunate
tlat the poem should have broken of So abruptly
al such a point. Ii will disgust large number
of readels lie poem wants condensation and concen
tration hope the author will do better IN the next
Pant With all his power OF writing magnificent poe