New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-30

noVs eyerg stsle with sueh ifeeoom hec01p5 AZ ss'o'
tbe purpose in hand In por;ri,u'e his aim q q 'ar
bebs, level Of e1ceeoce than that which merely catches
,be vivid superficial traits Of the he psn;s
tho slity the temperament. the essential eod
,e,nepeut character Of ihe individual II u osar'h'
ms intellectual proce's proound -tudy OF ~. sulgs"
b,ouebt 20 toe by the aid of rare Wean OF e'u
diop snd en- nal conmsrd % the principles AGA N ans
Of the .r Thus lie best porraits have tae n,''o"
ysius ard will 70 down 70 po'iffiy ciessso WIN 'n7
famous head. Of the Tes, msster OF ihs order o. po'
trsture is the half length Of Henry Ward bseo no -
in the catalogue Ths is high srf Here vigorous enu
faithful rkeress not merely OF tic eouhenancc and i's e1
terna exprss on bu. Of the mad snd impulses tha roo
and o,t enea,b This eye kindle ths face can aa.b-
,bssa lin cen launch wit denuncston or appeal, this
pervo,. hand car thrill with the excitement of large idea
OF generous hu uane and s n5racing seni nen'. HeIe
"a be man such as have and heard him ad iresng
public s,seublsge s,tUnDg every nerve OF his auditors
to humanity toestiop, justice And he picture spanted
in such worthy gate style with such clear yet de
cato outnos such auss truth in every deta aud such
an uncony, nonal and free handling throughout thai
there can scarcely be fDer work Of the kind
Less pleasing but hardly lees successful is the portrait
Of Bishop Wainwright NJ g. in the gallery. II rs-
presenis DE vontrabe Bishop we have seen him par
forming the solemn services Of bis Office serious and some
what in aspect but with gsna kindness emperng
the pa,erns diguty Of hs But we must proceed
TO speak oftLe arPe picture exhibited by this artist the u
length portrait OF Er George I. Trinble well known
Quaker gene OF the City whose nsns is identified
with the early beginning and subsequent prosperity of our
public scboo syltsm The first impression derived from
this picture 10 that Of is exceeding roey Truth esa
sot stand forth more wildly in her owu sunlight than
does the figure Of Mr. Tm5e the canvas Of tho artist
And this quality IL obtained without sacrificing that artistic
Illusion that feeling in the spectator that Is work Of art
and not a stereoscope coored statue which is toe
source Of pleasure in beholdisg euch work The lie
likeness Of this picture is most mpressye because II is e
Ultimately simply and vigorously produced. Hore Is SO
we're adherence the truth Of natural forms with tender
feeling for tho dsrcste and npalpsbe beauties Of
color The Of that afternoon sky. the tone Of the
6ght fss upon the door and the delicious hues Of the
paper basket in the may DO sgnaed a. points on
which the oyo rests with particular pleasure Bat OF
oouse the figure snd head the focus Of the whole II
tall man. standing with simplicity and dignity in tue
broad daylight the entrance OF large room hS lea
mari cd by benevotnce and genial intellect Ind s
gray looks standing gently ou, against the gray clouds be
bind him !, would be difficult 10 find hesd more win
upg morally impressive nor picture IN which
the subject and treatment mtre eDtlely accord
But there is anof or rea,on for dwelling this picture
and for pro ounoDg it tie mort remarkable in tie EHhb
bion This is the originality the eudscy Of ts gen
eral method There a conventional mode in full length
portraits handed down from the old painters whose sub
jects men in flowing robes sardng in pslaa hais'
amid drapoTy pendant Gom sculp'ured columns and
every line curved and graceful This mode is bindy fol
lowed by artists at the present Gay an instance OF this
may be in Mr. Shegogues portrait Of Col BurnettNo.
5. the opposite side of the Gallery MIR Hicks however
boldly departs from this traditional style in order to be
faithful to facts they really and TO make hs work
not picture Of the middle but one out of tho living
history Of our own me How absurd would have been
have employ ed palace with Tapestries and archectu
raj stiOns the environment Of prominent founder
Aef the New FORK Public School Society and member OF
the Society of Friends But itrequred courage not merely
to depart from this conventional s9ndord but TO resist the
temptation 10 Jeaze aud disguise ho accessories really
proper for This picture But his been done the dicu
ties OF truth have been met and conquered and here for
the first tine is a iulengh po trait with back ground
f OF straight lines and angles bare aud unadrned just
in point OF fact the portrait ought 10 be Only artists can
sppreciate at It's complete vsno the sudacity of such
work the general public will find the result true to nature
and win be satisfied with that We viii simply tell them
that il is truly ideal than what would be pronounced
more by the ignorant and houghss for the reason that
there mind more intellect In and more original
adaptation of means to ends.
There others among the pictures OF Mr. Hicks thai are
well worthy Of notice. pArc culsry No H. portrait No li3
a cabinet portrait No l5i. spcrrait Of John Calhoun
and No 2G6 Study Of IrCes charming piece of drawing
and broad Daylight Mr. George a Baker exhibits pleas
ing and natural Group of Children No 49, which deserves
to be popular Mr. Terry has three pictures of anina
No So l9 1G7 which very carefully studied and paint
ed with genuine feeling Aansou Fisher has portrait OF
Mrs Beeoher Stowe which certified be very faithful
likeness il lacks force and decision Mr. Gray has some
five pictures the bes; Of which No 347 representing two
chldeD Mr. Grays manneIism degenerate from year to
year. and the abyss between him and nature wdens In
the originals Of these heads there is necessarily great va
ri.y of temperament and complexion but they are all rep
resented alike hard and yellow and void Of special charac
ter Next TO positive ignorance and incompetence nothing
more fatal TO an aItist than ase manner especially
he adhere il infexbly Mr. Gray illustrates this lie
long since bade adeu to nature in order give the appear
OF old pictures to his productions and this has led
the resut we see in the Exhibition Let him return to
and pitch his theory Of uniform yellow tone to the
dogs, II he would retrieve any genuine paver in art
A little picture by Mr. Frank Rowland No 9Os, The S'E'
dent is full of promise 1t painted in simple and true
manner and has delicious tone \ very beautiful
thing is No l72 Miniature Of L0dy by A. Wenzler
cur readers VIII thank for calling their attention 10 It,
Near this hsngs No Isl Frame Of WGcr Color DrGVHgs
by Uke German artist ofmerit Thee drawings care
fully and finely executed and full Of character Mr. Hays
has ve,y elaborate picture No 2>5 Terrier and Cane
is too crowded and the back ground too black Mr. Hays
has great talent painter OF animals and we have
seen more successful things from his pencil Mr. TAFT who
paints birds with very great fidelity and beauty here tries
q wider range in No els DGek Shooting the ducks as
matter of ooure models Of excellence the landscape
is not.
There are many other portraits and figure compositions
which We have not noticed mainly because we prefer TO
avoid severity except where may be useful or where er
esm Of that necessary for the public instruction
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