New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-23
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rarged very fine collection of pictures for the Prince
of Wales and there were characteristic specmensof
of the principal Of Ne wYork among tbeu
i. i greatly 10 be regretted that his Royal Hghnes'
and his sDi,e did no. avail themselves Of the oppor-
unity Of learning something Of American art, They
will be able from other sources, however, TO
obtain q very good idea of our advancement in
the decorative arts but as 70 the higher branches
of the fine arts they viii not be able to form
just opinion as they had opportunities of seeing
wha! our artists have accomplished We believe there
was no eminent connoisseur Ike the late Lord Files
mere or tie Marquis of Lsnsdo xne, in the Princess
suite bat they were all men Of cultivated tastes and
Ike the Primo, himself have been accustomed oil their
lives TO seeing good pictures, and they would have
known how 10 appreciate the works of our landscape
painters. TIE Duke of Newcastle had accepted the
invitation Of the atits and it the intention of the
Prince TO visit the IS udos." But, owing to bluuder
somewhere, il was no; done. After calling on Gen
Scott on Saturday morning inquiry was made for the
Studio building, but nobody happened to know where
it was and instead of going to see the paintings in
Tenth street, the Royal party drove off ~ zee the
What Ia 1t ? at Barnums.
-Apropos Of the Prince, it has been suggested that
as the Committee of the Academy Of Music ball have
an unexpended surplus of S. 900 hand, they might
becOnngly dispose of it in some way to commemorate
the witt of bis Royal Hghness by some permanent
work of art instead of returning the amount 10 drb
let's to the Committee of four hundred portrait of
the Prince, by of art'ts, TO be placed 10 tae
City Hail. or IN The gallery of The Historical Society
would be very proper way of spending part OF the
money at least.
The last pictures executed by Van Beest, two very
admirable and characteristic marine views, in crayon,
have been placed for exhibition in Mr.. Nichols's
"Crsyon Gallery" on the Of Eighth street and
Broadway.
The new Roman Catholic Church of St. Paul, in
Brooklyn, in Hicks street, below the South Ferry,
which has been recently ded sted but Ia not yet open
for religious services, has no claims to admiration on
the ground of It's architectural oveiuess, but the ine-
rior decorations are of unusual beauty The form Of
the church is that of the ordinary congregational meet
ing-house, without a transept, and semi-circular
apse in which ia placed the altar; the ceiling is dvi
ded into triple arches, which rest upon pillars The
walls and ceilings are very richly and beautifully
painted in distemper, heads Of the Twelve Apostles
being placed between the arches either side of the
main aises In the center of the main arch repre-
sentaion Of the Lat Judgment on each side Of the
altar are full length figures of St. Bridget and st. Pat
rick and Tie rear of the high altar is divided into Eve
Compartments in which represents tons Of the An
nuncstiOp the Worship Of the Magi, the Temptation
in the Wilderness, Chrt Disputing with the Doctors
in the Temple and the Cruciixion. The entire deco
ration of the interior of the church is by Mr. Francis
Augero, native Of Turin who has been resident Of
New-York about three years.
Mr.. George L Brown has lately finished a large
LANDSCAPE, being accurate view of the Beach at
Newport He bias commenced picture representing
view Of the White Mountains, companion piece in
size to his view of the Bay Of NewYork at Sunrise.
Mr.. Hart, the Kentucky sculptor, is in town, aud
Mr.. William Hart the landscape painter, has returned
to bis studo from his Summer sojourn in the country.
Clifford and Hubbard have also returned and most of
the rooms in the Tenth-street Studio Building
more enlivened by their old occupants. Mr.. Hicks,
too has arrived in town from his beautiful rustic
treat at Trenton Falls where he has built himself
Summer studio on his own farm, go that he can COM
bine the delights Of art with the profits Of agriculture
We learn that Mr.. Cropsey has undertaken to
paint characteristic English landscape as compsn-
ion piece 10 his Autumn the Hudson" which has
gained him 60 much credit among London crtcs. The
new picture will be the celebrated view from Rich
mend Hill; the size Ct the canvas feet by9.
The London Daily Ners gives the following no.
tce Of young artist who is well known in Nsw-York
we have seen a statuette Of Lord Elcho in his vol
unteer uniform, by promising young German sculp-
ter named KuDtze, which has a union of artistic
feeling, skifu execution, and fidelity TO nature Plas
tic pOrraure of the scale of this little work could
hardly in fact be carried farther. The head s full of
Life and character ard exqusitely modelled; the att-
tude-holdng the cap in one hand and the csymore in
the otheris dignfed yet upcons raned and the folds
and texture Of the drapery are managed with tact and
judgment The uniform is that originally worn by
Lord EchO and which has been 30 generally adopted.
The statuette s believe to be published in Parian,
and we should think that many friends OF the yolun.
taer movement would be glad 10 possess the portrait Of
one Of ite chief promoters"
The young sculptor whose work 80 favorsbly spo-
ken of is Mr.. Edward Kuutze, who, year ago, had
studio in ApFletons building. lie made cOnsid:ra.
bls number of sta.uetes here, which greatly ad
mred, but ancyipg that his talent would be better sp
peted ia LoEdjn than It was here, ne left for the
Btsh metropolis. He has been very successful in
m ,Lirg p.e6alicn portraits Of Hawthorne, Motley,
tn historian, CfoPsey, AID Young America George
Fr3nci5 Train We learn that Mr.. Kuntzs has eived
a Royal commission for a statuete Of II. r. II. the
Prince Of Wales, similar TO that of Lord Elcho.
George Flagg lie now in London, and among bis
recent pictures lie portrait Of Cropsey the landscape
painter, which ia very highly spoken of.
-Dabufe's renowned pictures Of Adam and Eve,
which attracted 60 much attention here thirty years ago,
are again to be exhibited herecr at least, two pic
tuIes very much like tnem. The originals Of these
works were painted thirty.two years ago, when the
artist was a very young msn. They were exhibited
through the Union with great success (although the
artist never received any pecunisry benefit from them,
as he was swinded ont ofthe pictures and eventually
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