New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-21
NATIONAL ACADEMY or DESIGN
The Th;rty-S;nlh EshibiDon.

FROM TIKI VILLAGE. THOMAS ShAALh'
FARRER.
We shoud, perhaps wonnd the PRIDE o. some
persons-wihou. doubt, rouse The ire Of many-li "o
were 70 declare our conviction that tie exhibition OF
these two pctures marks an era In the history OF Amer
can Art; and that considered with reference 10 the
principles which they painted they viii prove 81
uure importance In the future development OF that art
than all the pictures tal have been painted W al The
acaGe uiicians snco the Academy WAS fouEded
| Such H. nevertheless our conviction and we pro-
pose 10 give Whist seem totus good reasons for holding
IT, But lest any should. therefore. tafo It ior
granted that think these pictures masterpieces and
that they meet hc requirements make oil modern
art will say freely, hat consider them very f
from pefeetioI that they simply. very e4ccieit
siudentwoTk; that there i scarcely anything ID uem
which rises TO the rank Of art. and that whsle t.Te j.
abundant for tho interest they excite and Largo
promise for the future In ucm yet there Is also very
good for the dislike which many persons have Tor
them; and. perhaps some ground for suspicion
which huwcyer We believe viii prove without iounda-
ton hat this artist though strong 70 point out u
way has no. the power 10 climb himself 10 "a higher
ground than this Of accurate copyian. and seryic rem
dcriuc Of tho facts OF Nature, without boz spirit ana
without her BEAUTY.
This carping prophecy may or may not prove tthe
Meanwhile 10 has any right 20 make IT, especially
frcni these specimens Of the ariiss work On Tie con
trasy with all tbrr shortening, We gather Ron them
no such gloomy prospect; bnt rather good hopo' ana
hope too. almost much from these Deficiencies q.
from heir absolute merits These Shortcomings ana
deficiencies win ook az, presently; let ne look now
a ic pictures themselyes and zee what there II IN
lien 10 prs-se.
The two pictures are very different in subject Ono
of these "Tbe Csttssi,s, from tho Village" bas been
Often painted; view of the mountains, taken from
nearly the po. by Thomas Cole was IN The last
Exhibition Of the Aytst Fund Society and very inter-
esLng w.ld il be- and Instructive. 90. II tie Two YER
Mons could be hung here side by side Nothing more
ocmpendiogs cold be coatr' I'D, VIC believe 20 c@iR
Ito tho public what II Is tho rev men arc fighting Tor
People might not approve but they could hardly help
understanding.
The other picture by Mr.. Farrer, 30. IL, IL o view
Of tho river Iookiug upsecn acru's buck ~hren'd'
IN flower. II i, in many ways more attractive tlhl
No li3; seems 10 ~ . subject more within thr artists
reach at present; and beside has on element Of "rg
,it,-is esheT and les haoaneyed, and 70 comes 10
US with greater charm.
Thxnouniain landscape. No. l41. wonld he at once
admitted By every candid. uaprrcicod person 10 DC
picture bearing tho evident marks Of hard s'ad! u"
cnt labor and strong desire 10 record just VIA. inc
art saw to add nothing, TO leave nothing ONT mar
eoll he represented tie scae TO which TIE scene If
reduced MANY Inen would iIeely Misunderstanding The
picture md ying the gf'neipirs upon which a. u
paintcd-lLat It s.pI,seuts twelve times The study aud
NOR, than .Reve tines tie actual physical iaDf re-
CURED 10 pn, tie great iulength portrait contributed
Nv Nr. Huntncion-Eo e2s-Nhiie nothing is more
common than to hear 1t said. This picture is interest
Ing. ia instructive. II Jon sii down before It yea can
tu, II long ana barn IRON It many truths aboa; the
maintains and ihei. structure s5ogt The formation Of
the country the character Of the woods. Ne c"uT~' -"
the stream. Ifyou are Eeologst you cannot h'h !"
take pleasure Ia she the artist has reported '"'
mountains; hn may not have Known what That sifac
turc sign fed but his rye keca 10 SO H. his mana
.win AID Il f g. record H. and what he could not ee
c las not attempted 70 supply from fancy; nor on We
other hand has be omitted anything because II stood III
his WAY or did suit with his idea OF what his Az r.
CURED Then again siady the stream. SEQ how deli
ca,ely rs course il indicated. You may follow II ifom
The mountain 70 your ee-see where The mist asas'
thosc purple rsmpsrts marks its early pah ihen lface
Ioue the ior.syon gntlng light he!eh Listeieeps
out into the day from under is sanctuary ofoycrhag
ing boughs shows well to course rppes and breaks
over its stony bed. and here's N mont you zee TIC
5eeeh of sand len bare by tho Summer stream which
wosTs OF 10 side and falling IN The dref hne' con
Gne, Itself to it. channel which eats away The opposite
bank And On. through the picture, thore rie truth,
told in /, enough 10 feed the mind ard iesd IL on and
make Il desire long as II is stalled We ADMIT
al this; but-.
Tie elns.ion- have been large and fendy; let u '
ten cow 10 the objections The ns.u one seems 20 be.
1. H. l...g 81 . il ff.l ~
else. Too LILLE grace too little sentiment 100 little
beauty IL ssid that The picture is hard and sh ana
cold hat the mountain Is purple and The trees too
sleen; at the water j. not liquid. anu 'uat 'he u'es
srs wooIly tbs. tie picture is accurate. but that 50 j.
"A photograph, aud AT demands something more
tan hi. TO raise her above serve ror'ratuFe.
the clefeT trick OF tie uitaior OF The du dth'une's
- DE ldns .sors Y!oller
W, .raat On. tiu,h ., sume OF these cDai hlougI
40 think them exaggerated. We do not believe that
tie color tsr from the truth as is asaeed ucou
We know yery well thu, I. 10 not and a, wo have said
before We place very little yaue upon the Judgment OF
those Who sneak in this matter from anything bat ther
own experience. There are too many people VINO are
color blind too many Who have never looked OF those
effects OF liL hour in iher lives much less stnaied
them with care year after year. rs Mr.. FsrTcr has, TOO
many people y DO make DINER pictures t"'" ~" "
Judging OF such work IS this aud not Nsne iVr " ="
care much ioE any Judgment but our own "a testing '
question of color We pronounce ~ much neafef "
truth than 70 nlsehood. and have no hesitation N say
ing that Tie green Of the trees and grass cannot be eH
.,ed 20 please people vino for thirty years have
beey learning from Durand aud Kens,,t and Cole and
other conventional painters the interesting fact that
vrsss may be gray, or brown pink black but that
l.. [, 9fcr \
The purple OF the mountains we repeat nero 'he es' Oh
l.f,xa tbat he rul-uar ApJdglnClans