New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-07

.,.,e a,,esav ciyen much more time 10 the picture
ma, ia Intrinsic merit deserves. We hove noticed it
., sucb length for tworeasons because we believe we
.os a, IL dstjnct promeo 81 better work in the future,
hel,cf based on the evidence Of new and more int
xont method of study and because Of the extravaY ant
rrase which has been gEcn 10 itproise which very
utte deserved even by the spirit Of progress ich il
shows and which certainly not due IT, for aDy excel
Iepee in its execution.
No. 20S. VENICE" A. ii. IiAlDwIY.
Another new name, but one destined to cor
sial greetings from year year the qualities shown
n this work shall continue TO 90 displayed with the In
sreasing power and perception which must he Wlthih
she painters reach. We are glad to see 81 already
marked 10 sold whoever las bought II may conera'u
late himself on owning q work of which he M not sooa
grow weary; for u s built careful thonehtu f'uay
and painted Wit, conscientious painstaking IN the
very spirit Of truth and with unaffected love Of Nature
The atmosphere is tenderly tensfused with light and
warmth TIE architecture painted with unusual care and
correctness and without the hardness-ss If drawn by
.Clerk Of the works-whoh generally the alternative
a. ho cemouer confusion and INDIGESTION Of pictures Of
yence There is no part of the work that seems hur
ried or neglected everything from the painting Of the
carved ornament on the mast - the piles or the right
NJ drawn with all the which the artist could bestow
and vet We are not 70 complain Of any Dusseldorf over
6nisa, or unreal defniteness We have studied this
petaro carefully aud We always leave 1t with renewed
pleasure gnd confidence What especially pieases us IN
is the reserve shows as If the artist were deter
mined TO master his art and TO be content with slow
but sure advance knowing well or al least, firmly
trusting that ifimagns.ion is gift the gods have IN
store for him. be best use II when his knowledge
and experience are ripe; and if II should never come
WHY then lie viii have his love OF truth his perception
Of beauty, and the skill which bis careful study has
xiyen him. az an ample and rich possession Its own sat
isting reward
We ssk those who object 10 the demand We make for
more conscientious study ard careful work In the
s,owed belief that such study and work would result IN
mere material finish, ard the degradation OF ari 10
mechanism TO look at this picture, and tell US what
shere is in the spirit in which It is painted or in tie man
per in which IL is executed that would prevent the artist
from expressing higher thoughts more precious TRUTH
or a nobler beautyi When they can show that the
greatest poets have been inscnsbe to The charms Of
rythm or ignorant Of its laws, wilfully defiant Of
shem; when they show that the clear fun knoNi
edge the k Of hand aud the devotion the truth OF
Phidais and Angelo, of Leonardo and Titan and Iur
rer stood in their way and hampered their free steps
SCARED toheaven-then and not till then, will they be JUS
tilted il condemniug for trying to persuade our young
artists 20 pursue the method OF training which the
great men followed that if they do not achieve the
same results as Of course not one in thousand ILL.,
their work will still have that permanent and increas
ing value which truth and high purpose can give to
she smallest deed Of nan.
No. r53. Iron BOUND COAST OF MAINE" y
w. s. HASELTISB, n. A.
An unfortunate title, we venture to suggest,
M il at once draws attention the fact that the rocks
are Of texture quite the opposite Of iron SO slight and
unsubstantisl in fact that il they had TO bear the
shoek Of real ocean Maine would be very badly off
indeed. However Mr.. Hasene seeing her strait he's
Kindly provided Of the most nofensiye chnr
acter one that would much MS lift knoted tasse
Of sea-weed or provoke barnacle to open his mouth
the fate of the world depended upon IT. On such q
civil. nild-spokeD. blond ocean an ironbeund coas
would be qsite thrown away as useless az an iron hei
met for ladys curls and are glad 10 record tina
Sbe painter hos regarded the fitness Of things, an'
neither wasted his pillows rocks that could not stan'
sheir shock nor his rocks pillows that all the EDS
winds that ever blew could not TO the most vspC
EXPRESSION Of an intention TO do them any injury what