New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-21

water clear the sky clear-the reflection vas
perfect that 1t impossible, aluost-we believe u
could be qnise npossibc-to tel where the stone
ended and the rejection began Thus then our irehd
was drawing IT, and his work was far advanced. when
anoher artist along and stopped aud looked over
The workers. shoulder "Vory nice Very nice! very
faithful and rue aud bow hard you must have worked
over ii. what pity to take 80 long: quite a waste of
time For, don't you see, my dear fellow that people
viii ook at this drawing Of yours, and not KNOWN hat It
is They viii never know that It's Ia stone, and 'his
reflection Let NE show you how dos" and with that
he took the pencil, drew rough symbol for The stone:
below it, four horizontal lines academic symbol fr
water; then from the stone, three perpendicular lines
tops hsryy. bottoms light cadomic symbol for refec
tom snd handed it, complacenty TO the wiliu truth
teor Who thonked his for teaching HIN The way
10 do H. pat the curious symbolism into his portfolio
and wcnt On drawing after his own peryerse way.
No wonder that these men, and Tho people they have
Influenced the b1ys and girls they have directly taught
find ault with this work which. If Il shan once be M
dcrstcod aud s true value either intrinsic rs point
ing out the way, be recognized must inevitably damage
beyond hope all The I'D system OF work. aad replace II
by a better and IL noller.
Mr. Farror's work appears hard, simply boosuso he
WAS not trying make il soft but to get the truths Of
form snd stluctarc. And, such truths being fnnda-
mentaI must be acquired by the student hr't lie
caanct neglect them with impnniiy they are Tie alpha
bet The octave. the dgiis; no solid learning without
them. no advance without them. Mr. Iauer appears
to have amogg other Wild notions, strange ihLiashc'
revolutionary ithet painting Is al at to Dc eaf4
by industry and study liso arg other art whereas uo
trah isfog of course that must be Tie truth "Ai4i
every seadoncian practcss-that good painting l. h't
the result oil obsely aon study at a you ie'rn nov
trees are drawn md what is tree color how To 90 noun
taus and what is mountain color; whore ycu PIT y'
principal HAS and ,ous ceatra. point " interest,"
and in short get the law simple rules by heart Join BE
guild, pronounce lhe.r shibboleLh and-paint away
Now, see how these two pictures are made forever
precious and valuable by the faithful record oil The tsGh
u Nature that ii IN every square Inch .! theGs 'li -
the artist mad skin 10 follow his eye with his hand-and
he has great sail. and hdr-sceng eye That truih
alone ~ enough 10 make tie work worthy Of great
baaor why value It for it, tFutana tncfe IL iid
must be- great beauty too where there l. =, much dih-
and trust little 18th patience. that other qualities vii
show themselves in time.
Whatever may be tie faults Of these pictures, there
are 10 illfn fragrant violations Of the truth III them
There nro no shadows clst b. , rs IN NJ La fafg =
peture no shadows raging out from every tree and
figure So the Sposes Of wheel 90 II the Sun weFe h'
n mile OF in Mr.. Colmsn's Aiomoda di D'rio.'
40 such absurtities these no such illustration
Of careless ignorance these, 10 be found eh"r
in Mr. Farrer'., Mr. Hlls or Mr.. GrisEolda p!oin'r
yo challenge tho reader IA md m'ss;aismeat Of tia
soitsma or gleatin any Of tue soIs. sneeied at -
Pr EapAac!!;e.
Bat more than tbis, VIC nre not content ~ith merely
negative praise we sssort that in sr. tarlers icuir
o: tic HGckw heahoId there is roai beauty. Ne Pc
heye 1t would be very hard find anything sTsetef o.
,ondercr N any landscape ~ ibis country itcn 100
Young cedar AID tic.r shadows IN tais ricu.t
They aro loyal.y truo Nature in material form II
color snd in expression. The river Is most care.aiy
lairtoG with the wind ruains its surface cad many
truths of reflection simply and clearly tod wo "o"df
that this picture is not seized by some one Who 'ho"s
he river and loves Il, and has watched al these n'
cdeas in rs beautiful lif year after year. But poop"
cannot easily forgive the hardness that mus b6ong 70
the work Of stglen,-tLat ossh 20 Seong 70 Il bile
no ~ n irving get TIC mastery over he NaFeenon's
ofsls art People will sooner buy work thL' II al
padding or pup-wthout truth, without struer'Te-ii
only Il be .of than ono that is indeed hi;o haTf bur
rom which they will be always Earning 10 hove nature
more and study her pictures Ike these which
hr,ag you into communion with her because they are
the outcome Of communion with her the result flowing
aborf labor nniiring renewed year after yoar-abor
unTequ;cd, IL n Lad been endured for The sake %
any reward less satisfying than the guerdor Of hours
vel spent, days well bestowed.
The reader will see then why value these pictures,
anI dare 70 Soy that iher exhibition mass an era IN
the history OF our art They the FIST pictures that
have been painted here IN open defiance ~ ell e'tao-
shed rules Of art with the ayowed purpose OF striking
on. new paoi going to Nature end proving the rules
b comparison with her, and not forcing her TO NJ the
Proorustean bed Of tia rules We do not forge; tho
Ils-faihcr and SON. nor s.!iinan; all thcs. honorable
Names Bot If StlmAn painted very little, and Pur'
sucd his AIT IN rtes inconsiaas way his pictures have
great ercelences he might have doae ior rs what fa:
ror promises 10 DO but he had not he zeal the tA Io
viii Of this other Art with him. was IN o'nr'omen'i
he divided his interest between his easel his editor STA;
HE and his mechanic inventors and now another heI
holds him at work. half political hsif tilettsnte
Tho HHls too vondorfll interchangeable workers; no
hoes more industrious than they in that rural hive Of
theirs tls.r work precious and II Ias' diSco'
cred 10 he So Al last after long yea's OF waiting amer
is-oc p9fi-n chcergl waiting aud hoi s-""iiiH;'
i,lry, aihosl hope, bul a!!i .a"as-. q.
yalanc-,he time las como for understanding ien, Tor
seeking them oat ror securing their lovely work
why not ,hey. then the pionecrsi Becaose with si'
tbei, truth and all their zeal FOR truth they s suggest
much that they have brought with them ont oil ire od
held, where they worked % long. Much 'hs' IT, no
dorbt defensble in practice much thst pie"e- Us Nef
-but reform never Gomez from teaching that !. COM
promising and halfway It pot eScosh to say thai
ber is bat the shadow Of compromise; that compared
,h "a, old abpre. the new work seems wholly dHinei
e effective resormer turns his beck s1rafel' Oh the
rosu,o, 70 look al H. fshss l.. sparns Il Til, lie