New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-23
RATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
ror,,esh Annual E1hibi,ien.
IFMh Article.


FARRBR.
The critics to whose yearly lot it falls to take
- Academy Exhibition in hand. ought 10 De grateful
IN wear at least 70 Mr.. Farrer The EXHIBITOR IN
IN one and they find little to about IT. they cannot
raise and they weary Of scoding; SO TO rehe'e 'hein
snlyss from the oppressive ennui they ia 10 Hueone
ever his two fgure-subjeos JOKES sneers' eP.he'''
.Aseuoos explanations fill the air in the galleries
where they hang. and overflow into the newspapers
NH terrible unsnimity We tender Mr.. Farrer our
Assrty congratulations. This rdcue this ABUSE 'neso
for as vet there has been candid examination
n these pictures in the newspapers, no condemnation
:. inst grounds nothing bu an iconcealed display OF
1se and pleased ilnatnre at having got 'rouoieso'e
nan in tight plaee-the style Of attack say, which
- been adopted toward Mr.. Fsrrer is hundred tunes
Aetter for him hundred times healthier than the praise
sf such writers. IL he weak enough TO wish 70 ne
raised BY writer like "sordello" who proves his In
somue,epce for criticism BY linking together in triad
s.ch names az Griswold Martin and Suydami MI
oriswold who bids fair to be q painter of whom we
sAsl all be proud Of whom indeed in comparison with
usst that the Academy offers u.s. we may well be proud
to-day stands in about the relation to these men
vhose names are associated with his TeRnyson does
- Tupper Nothing can possibly be weaker more pal
M
ysyy pictures which this petmsitre this writer OF
sookney English sprnkled with tptoe French phrases
,elects TO praise along with Mr. Grswods strong meat
md wine. Hasn't the town laughed enough at Scr
aeIo Proteus and his Turk who buit the Sphynx and
The Pyramidsi at his glowing description OF his
swn picture at his cool depreciation Of Coroner
At his great modern English Sea-painter, Thee
ssre Hooki And yet this person. who neglects his
pictures 10 insult us with his criticisms and leaves MS
writings and bis facts to take Of themselves while
Ae paints his everlasting girl forever worse and worse
really type Of the who take upon themselves 10
award praise and blame to artists, say rather 10 rd'
sule and insult the they do not like, and 10 codde
md cocker their friends Mr.. Farrer may well THINK
lmsef lucky that he is not in favor with these men
He ought and every faithful artist ought, 20 he alike
hdiferent TO their praise and blame.
But among the sneers one falls from Tn anonymous
cloud TO the effect that The TRIBUNE has claimed for
Mr. Farrer the honor Of having inaugurated new era
n art. Well last year THE TRIBUNE did. But
vhyf Because Mr.. Farrer was the critics friend
Because Mr.. Farrer paid him with pictures and
sketehess Because he kept Art-Galery and had
H. Farrers pictures for saei Was it for one or all
tAese reasonsf or, because We believed then
md believe it now. that said 1T them and repeat II
newi Of course, Mr.. Farrer inaugurated new era
h art among us. Who doubts III Not one OF these
ssribbng artists who snatch the pen TO bolster falling
sanse and let fly surly at men who already
pauck their cheapy earned laures from their heads
Others may, but they do not.
Don't let anybody mistake Us. We do not say
have not said that Farrer is a great artist. W,
By no means think So We do not know that ht
an artist at al. Certainly his pictures. this year
strongly initiate against any claim he may have sci
sp that may have been set up for him to that
honor. If any oue has done So IL is neither he nor
We. But when we said that he inaugurated new era
we have not our precise words at hand to qHote-we
Deant that he naugurated the Of study of faithful
work, OF high aims in art, opposed 10 sapdash
Issness and the trading hucksterng spirit that pre-
gailed and still prevails among Of the older men,
He entered his quiet protest by long, accomplishing
lAborious struggle with poverty which trust he viii
pardon for abiding to that it SO bravey over
0one-wth poverty such as hardly one OF our artists
has ever known, q stranger, without friends in a
strange landhs quiet protest against the way in which
cur men, young and old, working. He belieTed
In work. he loved it. and he worked lie never pushed
himself he never pulled himself asked TO be pulled;
he joined no coterie made of clique; he never
PAINTED batch Of pictures for great sale Of master
pieces land failed 10 take the public III with hem); he
never exhibited picture with fictitious aids Of gas
Eight and upholstery hut he-worked; and, little by
little his ability has been recognized little by little his
fuenee has spread he has taught many, helped many
and the era that he inaugurated is that holds in
better seeds OF promise than America has seen.
We do not know that we are sorry FaTrer has not
proved himself great creative artist. Had he been
%, he might have founded school, and surrounded
himself with imitatOrs and there would have been an
end OF course we should like very much to great
creative artist make his appearance among as But,
would his pictures be accepted by the Academy !
Probably they would. because the officers OF that Inst
tuition would think they were Tad However, what We
need more than this improbable artist is 10 set
n example Of the right way Of working TO the young
Den who coming and that is Just what M Far
yer has done for them and for the young girls too Miss
Mcdonald for example.
For Mr.. Farrers principal contributions 10 the
Exhibition this year, we have no words Of approval
We must not this account however forget 10 award
high praise for the evidence that each Of them gives Of
patient work; and easily perceive that there is ev
dent in them great effort TO paint things truly But
there such singular and papabe and we are bound
70 say inexcusabe bunders running through both pic
tares-blunders that cannot explain away and yet
cannot possibly understand how they to be made
that do not look upon them in any way represent
ing the real ability Of the artist 1t is by
"fa" it is very serious aud deeply tobe-regretted
mistake. .I,.. ......t
People seem really to have found great difficulty In
understanding the meaning Of No l6. We, Ourselves.
heard mother and her daughter pleasantly but seti.
eusy discussing The point whether the lady is not
0ecesionis, who turns away In disgust from tie win
Aow al seeing the Seyenth Regiment going TO the de-
tense Of Washington The daughter did not think this
was the right Interpretation bat could find other