New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-04
Art ITEMS.

The Spring fight Of our artists 10 Europe VIII
Lot b. 30 numerous syear asin pat seasons Seces-
sion Keeps them, us well a good many other people,
AT home. But Mr. Kensett starts next month for tue
pnrro,e Of sncndng thTce months in Switzerland The
tendency toward tie glaciers is shown in tie last PIC
ture lie PAINTED; highly finished view of Alpine
scenery, which was exhibited at the Athensum Club
on "Wednesday night last. Nh Goo. Ward Nichols
leaves for LoudoI in the City Of Baltimore Oh
"Wednesday, taking with him the Grown Of New
England d" and iis companion the Bay of New-Nork,'
both Of which are 70 be- exhibited III England.
Mr.. Eastman johnson hrs gone to the State Of
Maine where lie painted bis " Hu,kng in Barn."
for he puIo,e Of making studies for apiciurs repre-
sln,irc tha, peculiar phase O; American rustic lie
maTle-srrar camp. The subject has often been nj
TENTED by orr artists bu, 1r. Jchuson will make it
Lis IN by his mastery pencil The AT picture exc
cuted by him before he left FOR the sugar NAPLES is
called Tie Industrial School, and represents three
young children idlug az tier hooks.
"A Young French artist named Nellig, recently
drfec 70 New-Yor from Cuba. where he lad been to
make studies aud Sketches whose works viii hy.ard-
by be attracting attention % an ont e-tihi. n. Mr..
Nehlg has taken studio 81 tie cosnar q Bond street
and Br5ldwey aud il basily work finishing up pc
lures from me studies le made uthe vicinity Of Havana
and Maauzs. Some Of them be has scIi 10 Parif, but
he lss not yct exhibited anything in New-York. His
raiuriage are distinguished by great richness Of color
vico- Of drawing and romantic sentiment. They are
strongly suggestive OF DEz, but not 10 iniin0ns Of
that vouptuous ooloIst.
An artist pub.ishcs letter in TIE london
Aacrcrm in which be states tia be has omen IT.
tended the cs;Iref At the HOyI Academy, when fryi
Wr,tmGcot read Lis O.ssou.scs arr % AZ audience
Of but f.urItrsous, and NJ. Firth. the Acuderican,
tells Of q land.oapo painter Of reputation, who iai lie
Ic,ures rejected by the Royal Academy a. Us annual
exhibition eight years in suc,erIon. Our artists can
conrlain Of ~ such unacceptable treatment here The
National Academy t,bes everything Cat CONES along
AID one Of the picture dealers on broadway has some
thirty foreign paintings in the pre'ent Niib.ron.
There if % lc an ,zaihitiou in May, and deeply
interesting one DO viii De- %! the drawings oi the pupils
Of the School OF Defig1 for Women in ue Cooper In
srifue There are some hundred and eighty Puli.s,
mostly youug women, who attend tue drawing cia-,es
al lie ures,nt tine An exhibition Of pictures b. ie-
male artists has been opened in London this Spring
The celebrated artisi I. Dainty. who died recent
w. and wloe great picture Of the opening Of tie Sixth
Seal was exhibited IN this country some yenB since
Wa tlirty-fve years an a.foa,e Of the Royal Acad-
erpy without ever attaining the honor Of being ad-
mi,od a. an acacenicn. lie was o ycaIs old at Tie
time Of bis death.
There arpea-s 70 be but little probability Of the
beautiful de.gn by Mr.. Wight for the National
Academy, Which was accepted by the Council, eyer
being anything more than a pretty picture on paper
Tie n As have only money sufficient to pay for the
lots which they have purchased, aud, unless some be-
i'm
they will have to erect very common building instead
Of the superb one they selected the design for.
"A Pennsylvania sculptor, named Swayne, has dis
tincurhed himself in Washington the past Winter, hy
modelling heads Of some eminent members OF Congress
among whom were Vice-pierident Ilamlin, Senator
Seward and Senator Cameron lie has executed
bust of mad Anthony Wayne, which has been pnr-
chased ~ an ornament for the Courllouse of Chester
County, Pennsyly anla
Eliza ID. Murray is the name Of r female marine
painter, whose pictures have excited some attention in
London. She il Tho first who has exhibited
pictures Of that class.
49, Some patriotic writer IN one Of our cotemporary
Journals in recommending atlsts 10 send something
10 the great Inter- aioIul Exhibition 10 he opened in
London next year, says: Heretofore We have been
entirely ignored 10y the European powers and II If
about time We should make effort 10 convince them
that the E is such thing an American School
That our artists have been overlooked If not altogether
! ignored, by the European powers, Is an undenirbie
fact but before artists attempt 10 convince tie
uoyers in question that there is such thing as TN
American School Of AIT, thoy had better attempt to
/ convince their own coutrymen f IL
Among the recent additions to the picture-gallory
Of the New-York Historical Society in Second avenue
is that very vouFtnous work Of Wnterbsliers, rep
resentng King r. derrick the Goth, gazing upon The
ny nphs Of bis court who sii around the margin of
pool in naked oyelines, computing the length oil
their radiant tesses. The first and latest specimens oil
art may now be eecn in the Historical SOceiys build
ing Ir the bosemcnt may be examined the Nineveh
sculptures. brought from the CRY Of Nimrod by Mr..
Iaynrd; and in the gallery above may he seen
some OF the best examples Of contemporary art IN 'he
New World. TIE comparison between tie two IL noi
in the least degree atierng to our artistic progress In
the Eineveh pares may be Ieenthe origin oil ofeeh
att and in the modern sculptures above may be reen
whist it has dwinded 70. II Nimrod WAS mighty
hunter it is very plain from theee scuIptrrsd stones
that be had mighty men among his subjects, some OF
whom were mighty clever artistA
-Iir. Louis Langs historical painting. wucE hs eA'