New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-09
ART ITEMS.

"A very earnest if not very lively, controversy
las been kept up for some three four months be-
tween some of artists and art critics. the subject
Of nudity in art The female statues Of Palmer aud
Abe Vsnuses Of Page the cause of this agitation;
and how the matter bas been decided whether there
has been any decieon at all in regard TO the merits Of
be case except by the notat-all fastidious public
which always likes anything that is good
and beautiful, we do not know. But, the
ssbjeet Of nudity in art has lately been discussed
m q very high quarter with q good deal OF
Eveliness wei seriousness. Lord Haddo, Scotch
Presbyterian has brought the matter before the British
Parliament in q resolution intended 10 prevent nude
models being used by artists. Happily for the cause
Of art in England Lord Haddo's prudery was laughed
eat Of countenance by his more sensible fellow men,
bers Of Parliament AZ The London Examiner very
Justly said the same nicely that would exclude nude
model from The artists studio would prevent the dis
section Of naked subject in surgical college. The
great fault of our own artss is, that they draw too
little and not too much, in what is called the Life
school"
"A great change has taken place in the migratory
habits Of our Landscape artists during the past few
Summers. They resort more 10 the sea-side and less
30 the mountains for their studies than was their won't
and there II prospect of there being "water, water
everywhere" by-and-by in our exhibitions. Mr.
Bradford Of New Bedford whose marine painting in
the Exhibition of the Academy this year has excited
considerable attention, has gone back to the Bay
State 10 resume his side sketches. hr. GgnouX,
who has made very fine studies OF coast
scenery down East in the Deighborhood OF Mount
Desert, goes TO the sea-shore again this Summer
William Hart spent the last season or the coast OF
Maine and has already given the public numer-
Gus evidences Of the earnest study which he bestowed
upon that rocky and picturesque region. Dix devoies
himself wholly 10 the sea- and Mr. Suydam has shown
HE love for Old Ocean in the numerous views he has
given as Of NarragaDset beach. One OF the closest
observers Of sea scenery and most succesful denea
tors Of coast scenes, is Mr. Allen Gay, whose unob-
tru,ve pictures IL the present exhibition Of the Acade
nv have been greatly admired by those who are ca
pable of approaching their beauty lie, too, has re-
purned 10 the Bay State and is sketehng il the neigh
borhood Of Hineha
Mr.. Thomss Hicks, who painted portrait of Mr.
Seward before the Chicago Convention, has now gone
70 Illinois 10 paint portrait Of " Honest Od Abe"
He left for tie residence Of the next President on
Friday.
Mr. Leutze, who has been spending few weeks
IN Fredericksburg Va has taken room as Cozzens g.
and VIII spend the Summer months at West Point
Mr.. Church evinoes almost as much invention ia
tessOwing names upon his pictures he does liz paint
ing them Twilight in the Wilderness the title Of
his new Landscape il almost az good name az " The
Heart Of the Andes" and there are many who think
the new picture ID the better Of the two IL bas
without a doubt more poe,ical feeling aud unity Of
design and in certain parts has never been exceled
by sny Of bis previous performances. Now, that lac
has finished this picture he viii probably go To work
uuon bis studies Of Icebergs which he brought from
Newfoundland Lar, year, and give US comPosiion Of
Ocean Qrsndeurs worthy Of a companionship with bls
Magma, his Heart Of the Andes and hs Twilight 10
ths Wilderness.
There are several very excellent pictures OF the
Belgian and German Schools in the " international
Art Gallery" No. ga Broadway, corner OF Fourth
street, which have attracted the attention 10 when
they were enutlcdi aud they would have remained
much longer unnciiced, probably but for The eircum-
stance Of FIRE having broken in the Gallery on
Thursday morning. Unfortunately several valuable
paintings were destroyed.
We understand that NJ. Evans who has been
exhibiting Pages Venus is making preparations for
an exhibition of a collection of Pages works ia con-
Dec,ion with that picture most interesting coIlec-
zion mighs be made Of his earlier paintings which
would have peculiar interest 81 showing The marked
changes in bis style, and the effects OF his different
methods Of color His earlier pictures are among the
most brilliant examples of color that he produced,
while Of hs later works have 70 changed that
they would hardly be recognized as the proine OF the
zane pencil.