New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-30

such q decided leaning in spot to "nGturasni."
The result Of the good intention 80 speedily and aTk.
wardy repentsa Of is worth young Students atten
ton lie vii see that the two trees as they rise lean
away rom the spectator Naturally then, the upper
part Of tie franks would be less clearly seen than the
bnse but tie feet stated by the artist is directly op
posits TO tic truth The base of the STEM which you
touch with your hand, is ndistinciy painted os
II il twenty yards away, while tie upper portions
far mp above cur heads ard bearing away from u.s. nre
"a clear aud sharp as II they were at our elbow. So
with the rocks az our feet We say rock We only take
IL for granted that ts is Mr. Durauds symbol FOR rock
and call it so for the FAKE Of tie argument Nobody
however eharitably inclined viii pretend that it looks
ike rock but. If it be meant for it, Why seeing that il
Is 80 near could IL not have been allowed at least
characteristic of the rock speiGs, Would that have
been too degrading o concession to the lovers Of
Truth,
No. 81. GREENWOOD LAKE. J.F.CROPsEY, MA.
We wish that Nr. Cropsey could find some
wsy OF expressing himself that did not involve the ne
cessty Of using color He cannot do anything with it
that is not painful; and general rule We have not
the patience b look long at his pictures because tho
color being positively and nggressively bad harsh
and discsrdant prevents getting behind it 10
find what there may be there. as compensation But,
one virtue glad to be able TO thank min for viz
that he faithfully endeavors to give the facts OF Ma
ture and that LIE does with less alloy o! falsehood
and conventional distortion than might be expected
when we consider that he belongs wholly TO the school
Of ths Durands and Kepsetts lie IL very little OF
mannerst witness bis pictures in this collection;
and il is plain that when lie calls picture Green
wood Lake" or Corfe Castle" or Sea Coast OF West
I Y - III -. IL lcI lie
there and brought awGy much timer transcript than
ia usual with the class to which he bcong- TO whom the
object of painting is. simply. to make pictures
No. 2G7. " DECEMBER" e. c. GRISwoLD.
This is a new name, but, one that will not
long remain unknown, 1.-THE owner will but continue TO
work IN the spirit which has presided the growth
Of this excellent work. We say, excellent; for, al
though II has serious faalts they are beieve. the
faults OF iInmaurty and such ~ ought To be looked
for, in the work Of student. There is moIotony in
the color which is not natural especially under sky
so lI;tc cloudcd md free from yapor there is an In
equality in the light is shosn b? the inequality Of
the shadows and in the road. md the cedars as well
in two lcss important places. the color is not
at all true. But these faults minor faults and
balanced with the merits OF the picture they Of com
parativey slight Impotence. bocause they admit Of
easy correction and because It plain enough that the
artist has taken mp lis work in such spirit as viii
make him sharp Judge u his own performance, and
lead him always 10 con pare 1t til the truth OF Mature
the only test Of value.
There Is work Oh this canya, which, for the simple
isthfuness It shows the desire 10 pet near to Nature
to learn how she looks and to record her truly IS not
surpassed by anything which hss been on the Academy
walls sor years. Let the reader hook st. with rs and
- - -. i g. ~,
unspoied by conventional ranters Whether si,h pen
pencihc c.dars in the front Of the picture, seGr
the stone wall; the sumac shrubs, with their crimson
berries the drawing Of the larger cedsrs that crown
The slope at the right Then. see how carefully how
dclcaiey and unobtrusrey he has painted all the a.
tails Of the houses 10 tLa, while they keep their proper
place. in relation 10 the other parts Of tie picture
they Will bear looking at Whenever viii, and give
pleasure too for after AL houses in the country espc
eiay they belong poor people and are not those
uuiHeresing things, "gsutemens residences" easily
nssHilaio themselves n tie landscape. and become
part Of Nature as IL were An artist often shows his
Bower Of approaching what Is beautiful and his in
inetve desire for the trlthby choosing. at the very
ousot tho old houses and barns and cabins about him
paint ard painting them faithfully and In interest
ing vsy-raiher than by the fashion In which he deals
with rooks and trees and clouds. Tie houses form
sort Of primer In which be learns the elements Of light
and shade Of color and pIoportion-rsing later into
Natures higher classes where she give HIN. fret. he'd
LANDSCAPE beauties and. finally, her and women,
TO /. am BY heart, and teach to us.
OF course M GTiswold Anoys very vel that this
picture 81 his is Gar rom being perfect but IL full O.,
promise OF the heolthicst hind. We thrk 10 win color
sell In time although we Judge more from his No 43.
"sPtno.InE Oh IIIE HuDeos,' than nom the Dr.
CEpBER' The one subject admits Of as much color
as the other though Of very different kind but from
the which has Leon gained in the color OF No 81
NC arc glad 10 believe that the failures Of No 2o7 only
such a. time and study Will gradually render impossible
Theysero failures which show, not n radical defect In
the power 10 color. defect which 10 amount Of
study can ever correct but simply want OF experience;
and 70 thinking they are signs OF promise rather
than bad omen for they to declare that the artist
is working in an independent way not learning how
the ,hng Is done" by other men, but how Nature does
A. which gives u strong hope that we ore recording
the first appearance Of student and not borrower Of
other mems ideas; Of 3 brer Of lature and not a
derotee Of vorn-out conventions Of man who Is
willing 10 move slowly aud 10 climb with toll, because
he believes in the power OF Ar. W reward him with
something worth all the patience, and toll and sacri
fee Of ease and pleasure that he can lay upen her Altar
Nos. 226, $50. S. r. CLIFFORD.
We, really, should Ike TO know whether Mr.
Clifford 1, ever going to show Nature undor any other
aspect than this Of vsporous obscuryi where the
sight Is either bsied By the iupossibity Of getting
positive form 20 res. upon dnzlea en- o. all power
10 enjoy VIVA. form there happens 10 be. II mpoesi
that Al srtist should not. finally suffer seriously IL
reputation who. year Aiter yesr. shows ne power "
paint more than one. or. st ths most two facts in
N.,nr. And II Ia nl,n thar ANY man lhonld