The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-05
EAe Fine Arts.
70 Yns lDIron OF THE HHnALD.

0eeng ,has the me n ere 70 know Ne paea'
sure = beng embraced b car municipal government b.
yopd Ne = % cont isusio1 sportsAit Of Ah honor
the Mayor Or hat the Governor Of the State. Do
porabe and dsgracefu the citizens Of New York that
public suery open for their Qualification and he
cultivation Of their tasse The noble pride which feel
oontem plating our commerce aud elegant manufactures
does not seem 70 kin the fires OF enthusiasm In the
le Of creative Never" said enc of our most emil
nent artists, with whom We converse ION on the
subject art sere the arts 20 poorly patonzod by
citixps - ct this period Am ING the chief causes Of
the decline Of Two Of couYse aude TO historical and
landscape paintne the reigniug voup.uoasness Of
times No desorton Of people, and least Of oil the fAss
stocs obbng, power-nuntng money seeking people Of
city, have due regard for the line arts who arc
enrlaved BY the pleasures arising from grosse
eptes than tLose attaching to reflection The interests
dissipation and stuty opposite tina. they cannot
xst together In the mind Ut leas. to SUCH de
sree a. TO produce any advantage 10 the agent.
When We eat or drink moro than ought, We az o
Ragged 10 oontrnion tnroue the medium Of anguish
nd ioTegO ana violate tha. dgndot oanness O. the
EN- whrh 10 only oomrasoie 70 the nurture Of an bon
crAbe ambition and o refined taste Tho cor series Of
Gree or the sstes Of B-ccous could not al minister
use ed cs ut inspiration 70 inieilecss cebsed by
aoweo fever Without question the United States Dos.
more than ordinary portion Of genus; bnt %
chat purpose divine ibute re1? IN IL the
onsaiso Of narasrs that bus Mt. the power Of peroep
ion OF the besutful she e'nal and lhs true? Or s l.
10 be attributed 10 the passion for huge mirrors gaudy
tapestry sno swdry sescoesG In the early days OF
IN abs CITY, eminent painters loaned professors and
gentem, Of fortune and largely contributed 70 N
iLsituiiop Of a Datiousi academy sad the cuoro
art tzte but for all prsotcs purposes that
efete, ana VIC nave nov tawdry painted CANVASS set
forth IN oil the importance or Datoh metal fra
gala the eye and cntvsfe sbe sto Oar greatest
artists, with ine -ptou OF portrait pAntrs IN 10
reign Ands though iorsOo'b has neither history
nor o country worthy sb,r pe,oil Never, now.
s-dayr, the pubhc eya i0vited 10 TIE con
temptation of other than reDuaolo portssiture, . de
raIim mt In which thor oeverai artists cspao,e o.
assuming the baton Of history. Vaacer'yu, C,e sno
Doughty all felt hat poignant grief whioh puoc neglect
never fas 10 im~rt; and II not for the vanity Of
being banded down 70 postsrty by tne peno OF first
class porIrst pain tsrs would have long
extinct We have bee told that most OF young ~
lists reduced 70 the condn,on OF the poor srir
ing or b; they take out from spectators In pic
lUes who, after setting them IN tawdry Dutch meta
rsmfs, impudently proclaim tnom 10 be originals oi
the bert EuropesD ann American matters. n In this
manner tina, art brought TO lbs low state or degrs daou
II tots which crushes the young artists of country
All this results from the OF city pubis gallery
40 sttsnoaSd OF tsste-!or the want of menotca psu
by which the artist may prosecute his studies sdvan
tageousy and 70 bis own profit.