New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-22
THE FINE ARTS.
OF THE NATIONAL ACADExY.


To some respects the Landscapes in the present bshio
ton ,how q very marked inprovement-not however in
The wo.hs Of the older and longer established nss Ia
speaking Of this part Of the Exhibition shall End con
venert 10 divide the picarss into four classes nsmsiy
hose which appear to be the result Of yet close
obsery alton Of nature those treated IN an elaborate con
yenticrs style ihoe worked n misapprehenson OF
nature AZ well ss OF the well defaed princpIs Of art and
finally those 80 thoroughly imaginative to berAy neither
bpowedee of nature any degree Of artistic power
BeoreDg the inst caesory the works Of Crop'eJ,
Kensep Clifford Coemsn and Hart Nos $50 and 3e3, two
circular pictures by Mr. Clifford painted with great care
and .leveps He has made real progress in tone and
execution u ougb while these pictures pessog
they see slightly monotonous in color. No lo5, BY MI
Hart has generous perception OF nature and parts OF the
picture are very aereeaby painted The touch is crisp
With good feeling for local color but there Is pvadns
yellow tint that IL dssgreesbe end untrue Admitting tns'
oar eyes see colors with different bues, and that wns
cool 70 one organization nay be warm to another SUI 'ne
forms in nature generally dsnct and never see.a MS
low, into vagueness with solution OF gsmboge NO '''
StorS, on is fee from this objection, which proves
that the artist can paint clearly and distinctly The breezy
eject in this picture well given and ahaough there
less incident the piece is more natural than NO iO'
In the picture by Mr. Coleman No IS, there u the same
yellow hue and it the ruin Of the work ughou' there
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andhope and sunshine but the atmosphere is 20 yellow that
H.. human lungs could not therein perform the office OF
life Were il cleared up with invgoratng oxygen stroll
rnd the trees and by the water would sooh TO qnet the
most psrtuTbsd mind
Mr. Kersett does not this year equal himself His pictures
ore wagner form and grsyer in color than before There
is The ssre want Of unity ard the propensity 10 pro
drce every effect by dragging the coors over each other
While in nature each class OF substances has its own tex
4. - IT. K.te IL. ton r.net N
give NOISY and spscked character to everything HIS
studies Of rocks among the finest things NC have ever
Gen and there s and truth in the distances OF
bis pctures 20 gentle qut and tem iious that they are
great favorites with very many persons.
No 49, Coast Of Genoa by Mr.. Cropsey, is The hnest
piece Of out door painting the walls OF the Academy
perhaps the finest exhibited there since the days of Cole
end this Almost the only picture Of Mr. Crop=ey that IN
come decree DOES not resemble the works of that lame oe1
artist But here he 10 have broken away even from
himself 10 breathe in the pure air OF that Italian coast
The conception bold the treatnn marked by broad
and accurate comprehension of nature manly and artistic
in the highest degree II picture without dark shadows
or green trees 10 relieve the eye The clouds, baed in
filvery Eight float through the blue space mngDg at the
horizon with the bold irregular mouutans upon whose
SUBMITS the snow vet seems resist the summer sun sad
psyuIy over which the thin and broken cloud shsdows
pass in varied and truthful masses 1t seems miles from
their wild biz hts down TO the waters edge and ~ sou
trace the barren coast around on little peninsula
bosomed in rees with cloer and tower there eep- as If
cast off from the busy world convent within whose white
walls the ndont monk securely counts his beads kaeang
before some din picture Of the Virgin rudey carved
ece Of the Redeemr On the right Of the observer rises
high into The air the well known tower of Genoa connect
cd with the fertilization by vaduc whose arches span
b, mountain road and along which if il triumph over
the drogsy convent below, moves military PROCESSION
with Haunting banners ard sword and helmet flashing IL the
Jun At the cot of this wall OF rock the fishermen are busy
with their nets and boats The is dashed into foam az
by strong shore ard breeze and boat in the t OF con
ing about quveis the ridge OF crested wave Along
the beach, right the wet sand indicates the retrss
I'M SURF while through the middle and the left the rocks
seem soak and fairly smoke with the fierce and active
foam Thus with intellectual sagacily the artist hss
chosen actual neture in picturesque variety for his thence
for human incident religion and industry overlooked by
the parade Of military power, while over a-coudS, mouo
tans sea and tower he pours the broad light of day
msppusiion or whether the touch crisp hard
or soft We confess to know little moth NJ about it. rha
feature OF work Of is Judgment good, when the
object X fairly r. onted But the fret thing requisite in
an outdoor atmosphere that the human lunss
can expand H. and in this respect Mr. Ccpseys picture is
great success The as,s faced with un nching
age There is no .kulkiog behind smooth" and soft
to screen want of knowledge, 10 tickle the lquonce
taes OF the confident connoiseur eeminate detsnte
The faithful deneaton of local Incidents aad pure atmos
pherc space throughout the entire work bears the impress
/ Of buoysnt arc yirle power.
The other works Of Mr. Cropsey in the present Exhibition
belong to that senm nsl class known Every pleasing
As specimens Of the tlsbcrate and conventional style
We are forced consider the pictures Of Mr. Church and
Mr. Durapd both being ma ked in manner that they are
known TIE instant the eye falls upon them Having come
! In Of atrvaa sui
true pugstic zeal they keep repeatngi, without mercy
or under the applause of many innocent but mis-
Quioed friends who cry out, Hit bin again. Another
sun set with solitary house another twilight with reflect
ing pool another thunder storm and clearing up another
rural scene with pepced clouds, placid waters and well
shared trees that the winds Of heaven have visited
too roughly" Bravo" they cry, that is better than the
last How very pleasing-hew delicious" And so il
GOES until artistic manhood ensaved and crushed IN The
effort fashion nature in mould that sill fater the taste
Of picture lover who have looked at her Infinite and
varied spendors with the students eye hour IN hel
/ lives
Every genuine lover of nature must accord 10 Mr. Church
An exce memory Of cloud effects he could not paint
Il err forms and lines with such fidelity In No O.
Country Home he has not been happy in former
works ihe character The clouds are less distinctly
formed and blended to be pervaded by al un
naturally woody appearance However, The finish through
out admirable and while the relative proportions o! the
objects apparently untrue the individual drawing
characteristic and fine. But cannot get nd OF the lm
resson that You sre never near the foreground Of Mr
Churchs pictures. They slways seem in miniature, as i
after the distance painted he moved quarter of
mile further back fom the and sketohed the objects
in the foreground, eth painting them with the greatest
truth ever 70 the las, iwg that touches the frame The OBJ
iect;ouable conven.enaim Of Mr. Churchs pcsurs in
the uniform brown color Of the Whether the time