The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-22
PU BLISHED AND EDITED BY
HENRY VI. WHITNEY.


other directions. An illustration Of this occurs
in the case Of Bayard Taylor, Of whom every one
thinks simply rs the frareieT: while it i years
since he has cared for bis reputation in that line,
and has been cultiyatIng marked pOetical talent,
striving u build up POetical fame. Taylor's
poems are ut least good ~ his books Of travel;
vet the old phrase j. - fixed in the public mind,
e. B1yard Taylor, the traveller" that few persons
even know that il il his ambition TO be known as
n poet. \ few years ago 1 called upon Herman
Melville, who wrote those charming Polyne-ian
stories .TvUee" 4" and =. OmOO," and found him
unwilling even 70 talk about the themes IN the
treatment OF which be had won such success.
All his rowing liie, and it, records, were uOtlIng
in his estimation; ne was busily studying Plato
and Fourier, and was only anxious % be known
a. a philO-opher,-to get out some profound
work which should hand down his name, not rs
the lover Of the dusky beauty, Faynway- bat a.
a creator Of new ideas. IL was a clear ease Of
~ srakeu sclf-estimatc, OF undertaking his best
abilities; and perhaps the same was true Of Bay
ard Taylor, when he preferred attempting the
pOetical instead Of the geographical Plrnassus.
But IN the case Of Mr. CFarch il il the public
and not the artist who make the wrong Judgment.
They persist IN asking him for Venetian scenes
he must paint Venice, always Venice; and when
he depicts lovely New England scenes, or the
wilder llnd-capcs OF his native State. Virginia.
the public glances at his name and says, .. Mr..
Cranch? oh yes,-hc paints those beautiful
Venetian views, and they pass ON 10 some
o.hcr name which they have 50 unjustly but con-
venieutly coupled with phrase. Thus, McEntee
suggests to tic majority nothing but "autumn
landscapes Eastman johnson paints only genre
pictures, and Bellows New England summers;
while few would admit that either Of the Boards
could produce anything but animal c,ricatures.
Mr.. Cranch's last painting i humorous and
satirical, and in the line just mentioned. Ii REL
resents n company Of geese in the character of
critics in a studio earnestly regarding painting
The studio i a stable, the artist ape who
looks on, palette in hand, with serene ard suIe-
riOr air Tne head goose Of tie party wears
Eyeglasses, and il evidently critic Of coEsidera-
bic consequence Another goose cnntempiates,
with an expression Of pleasure. the portrait Of an
as that hangs upon tine neighbOrins wall The
spectator regards with kind Of uneasy delight
this picture, in which the ape, the AS, and tho
geese are the only figures. The points Of satire
are 20 numerous and subtle that one hcsitatcs 10
critci-e the picture hastily; lest in way he
SuONlu ItOuJuuce JuN@4Aeut Nl"pH AlitSS4lf HHt
thinks Of Tcnnyson's line about tire
Lugnscs geese Of the yyoi that are ever Kissing dis
This picture was exhibited last week for TIE
first time at the monthly supper OF the Century
Club, and attracted much attention.
10 the same building with 1ir. Cranch, Mr.. T.
c. Farrer. the Bealist painter, Las his stddio.
This artist illustrates the life Of a man with a
artists sole concern. Whatever IS natural, he
thinks, is thereby sufficiently proved to be beau
tiiul and worthy. lie has not learned that the
finest aciiicyements Of man in every other DEPART
ment Of his energy precisely those i'll which
he has improved upon Nature. lie has not ap-
Piled this truth 70 the theory Of Art: and conse-
quently, all i grain that comes to Mr.. TarIer's
mill. He selects nothing in choosing his sub
jccts. He paints knot hole a lovingly and
with little question Of its interest hc Paints
the human face. y cactus-plant is n admirable
in his eyes clm-trec sunset. The bold
est liberalism IN rendering the uglicst fIcts-ihis
Is the result Of Mr.. Farrer's vet all that he
paints i executed IN such faithful and Iatient
spirit that the critic cannot speak haFshly Of
his work or Of tie large AMI growing school Of
Art which he represents. u j. 10 be hOred that
he and his brother Realists will live and think
long enough to see that hie natural. equally in
art IN life manners, institutions, j. very often
ugly and imperfect; and that il j. frequently the
duty both OF art and Of civilization 70 20 beyond
nature and % improve upon nature, passing by
her ugliuc--es and amending her imTeriectiOns.
The ReIli-r school Of Art in America j. the
school Of -ingleness AMI narrowuess oF purpose.
Ii remains 20 be seen whether il will ever develop
into that cgmpleIify which is the result Of all
progress.
The younger Of the two GiGOrds, who must
not be cJulouniei with each other, resides also
in the Broadway building. The elder, r. ).
Clifford, OF whom have already made mention.
Is now in Rome. Z. ;. Clifford Is n careful
painter and sends Landscapes yearly, to the exhi-
bition Of the Academy Of Design, that are equally
free, on the one hand, from the narrow liberalism
Of the Rcalizts, and on the other from the hasty
and careless style Of painters like T. c. Richards.
But 1t l. almost doing him an injustice to men
ton him thus briefly at the end Of letter.
Other artists Of whom l had intended to speak
must wait for criticism until future opportunity.
Since nv last letter 70 the ADVERTISER the
medical colleges Of this city have held their
nuaI commandments, and turned out some three
hundred new-inade physicians. Among tie num-
Der Just graduated, with the highest credit, Is
Islander. DR. Y. B. Emerson. lie was only pre-
vented from receiving the valedctory by the fear
that his appointment would be regarded a.
piece Of flyOritism; for DR.. Emerson belonged to
the private class Of DIR. Willard Parker, the emi-
nent surgeon and member Of the medical College
Faculty. CAL,Hus.
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