New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-13
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DESIGN.
SECOND ARTICLE.

TO follow. LIT us begin nj the next room with
tuh Gort at order nnd arrangement. The promise
of American MT il in Land-cape. Perhaps because
the opportunity # the at in this country, to study
fh~ bun figure "a small; perhaps because human
uf, j. waiting 10 picturc-quenc~s aud variety among
~; pefhrps tecaure the artl-t needs the suggestive
in6ueces Of galleries for ether lines OF art when ne
fnas cut DOORS FIR landrcaPr paintings at any rats
the fact remains that the excellence Of American art
IA in this direction. and large proportion Of the
nc,urts in the exhibition il Of this character. Let
u-, then, first gai &c II, tie
LANDSCAPES.
Group of Paimct- il the first picture in the sec
osd gallery. l. is by Richards hut are not Will
iny q, b,l,rye that "a, ,he paDc;tOs Of the
soysrtign State If South Carolina. which we have
been taught 10 dread Near il u Song Of sumner
by cOlinau, il which there il tendency t. manner
TAM Observable alru IN his New England Meadows
further on. study # Bo:any would be Of service to
Mr. COnau, as well ~ uaDy other artists; for there
ertsiu fo@crs ard glasses that grow in marshy
I'D aud certain others that Vsill only flourish in a
o. sOil, fact hot by a. means held as law among
trntcrs. The maun'r "f the growth of trees, espe
c,aly, needs uOro study-tbo BEARDED elm having
one n.auner, the weeping elan another; also leaves.
We poy be parloucd for saying, must have twigs,
and tWigs bfanche- f. iaGe hot growing, ~ bees
swarm by the bunch. Nj. CDlnan u-eds To be Ir"rs
osn..ou, ia the f hi- b.uo- Ga these points he
~ vort .f advice and fault thinning HIS promise is
10 good tut he should Dot be ullnwob Ia slide into
error, ons q, cnrcrs, reatncn, without warning. No.
2i3 rs u Twilight 10y in, very rich, with warm and
mellow ligl t, anJ quit. fire Of the little pecularites
we detect 10 the "thcrs. lIi- Lake George, further
On il better example # wiiat ae take BE- his later
and fbnr. -
great pth to the sky and answering transparency
to the wutrr.
Asre,t View in Guayaquil, lay Mignot No 262. can
not fail t. attract attention Vr is breadth aud sOIiy,
and The Tram I,arency its atmosphere. 1t has the
bt lok uf The tropical hch il suggests without the
aid Of much tropical vegetation. The Mountain Stream
No 81, by james NJ. Hart is very brilliant and
without doubt. IT faithful mud CONSCIENTIOUS st rdy Of
Autumn cOlorins. though there some little
fsiuu # light VI Of ioag-but i, brilliant picture
The Dairy Farm, No. DO by Hurt. but the ANIMALS
by Tat, is cfeditabe to buth artists. The cattle
well g,ouped and well painted the elm trees
clearly studies from nntnre, und not guessed at aud
the veruic well colOrcd the Iulucsi of Summer
foliage HUT ,xccs, US il Tue Woodland Lake, No
Sic. from his pencil. Glimpe Of Tue White
Hills, No. 49,, by Krusott is hardly 50 ju an evil
dente Of his powers Is large picture should be.
There are ,lch,ant bits III the Foreground, but the
uJdlc-is,uncc r confused aud indstinct, and it fails
IN depth But hc u,t 's his rcput rtiOu iii the ouly
oahes vi, ture lac Las the exhibition. Lake George
No. 6l9 is y,Iy lovely, and every pant oi II IN perfect
unity. IL is very rCb Ia cOur aLd atmosphere aud
pabso &C winter. Tue prUuUniory III the foreground
would, Of itself, make vely perfect little picture.
One OF several ut BicrstaJt's characteristic paint
iugs Is On the opposite etie of tlis 1t view
near Ncwp", (Ao 3'ej. aud 1t is rcmarkablc for the
RIFF ciii e H. 1T fran tao vet sand Oi thoso
eight thugs which show close observ alton ani study.
Tie CuP'i, Bay Il Nip,s' ~" 7S), 10y him. Is
a-o uOtowoJtly ITO treatment Of water, aud the
fal ii the peculiar hue II the breaking waves,
aud the shallow water rolling up upJu the bsach. lac
line # lite hight the horizon here is exceedingly
we'll tone. Tie prtuIr, however, IL too crowded
With hlc IN the rsiuuud, which dctracts somewhat
from the inpr 1t would "lherwse make. Ihc
cuuds hSvc tfuIcaed appearance at their base and
tic cins are not gud rock. The whole picture, how
eyer is one # the most mert"rluuS II the larger
wUhs OF the exhibition. " Early Morning ON the
Rousutouc," by Moore No. 3G), ID ii pleasant
rural sc,ue, with its cool shadows hay
making, aud drinking cows ~ Sunset in the
Widcrness," by Clifford NO. 3id, Is gorgeous
Ia cul,r the western sky filled with golden ht, the
ness, aud the rosy tints red cited from the brilliant
clouds ana the d,, blue Of the ky above, very
happily brought down INTO the -utt vcrduru aud tho
quiet waters o the foreground Mr.. clifford has half
duzen other pictures H. the collection In his largest
(No. 79l) Mansfield Mountain, the aerial prrspcctvcs
admirable; the Nit is palpablc, floating mist, the
two three hgur,s oianiug On the brink Of chasn
are gazing down into deep abyss, over which the
L,
well given, To mountains b,.yuud mountains The
bold black rocks the lett aid in giving this great
depth to the picture. Nos. so aud 6nl, also by
Clifford, ale lustruus little gems which cannot
help oove,ing.
NJ. &6, F"gcy Morning on the Eat River, by
kswrtornr is very faitIful IN the peculiar gray light
the att q, NJ, al lines of Obj cts through the
haze, ana the sa,cry sun. No 30, ID liwarc Water
Gap 10y luutss, ratoer lacks variety Of Eff cts r 50
lsrge Canvas snd uur not familiar with the scenery
OF the Delaware wouli hardly conjecture that the
Water Gap for which ho looks is an oHing dnly
sect through the distant mountains. This however,
IL criticism rutLcr upon the of the pic
TAR thsn "i the picture ITSELF 1t unqu's'
tiashly has great ucptn. but fails to excite
The seusc of grandeur which belongs " that
region. Mr.. innes>'s Salt Marsh, NJ. 66', though
es AMBITIOUS. IL pl asdLter picture. 1t has great
transparency # e,ncsp ere, aud i, particularly rich
In cpiOr. But herr adu,rc under ss ht pro.
te-', 1t strikes us that the pu pie splcnIor oi ts
cleSds. aud the sunbrr hue Uf IT'S meudows belong
rsther To- Autumn thaa the beat of Suumer f,um
With the COWS seeking refuge in the stream.
The elm by the riverside i, boldly lrawn ani stand.
out with great siinctness against the sk, Ionrss
bss. bcsldes several little things Of great beauty.
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