Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-07
New York Letter.
CURRENT CALAMosITIEs-No /


and examine critically, in particular, tho
following oil paintings 1. The Yosemite
Valley" by Thomas Hill; 2. THE Crown
of New England by George L. Brown
3. "Sunset in California" by Alfred
Bierdstadt: and a. The Boyhood OF
Abraham Lincoln" by Eastman johnson.
| Of these we will hazard a few sugees-
tons and in their order. The size of No.
/. 10 by 6 feet. taken from Gen. Fremont
MaripoSa Trail. at the time that Samuel
Bowles Of Springfield, Mas, and his con-
grc-Sional associates were there. OF this
wonderful scene, the artist has presented
a most striking ana beautiful representa-
ton, with almost every variety of scenery
granite precipico. isolated rock. bridal
veil fall" mists, lofty pines, hills, groves,
and ms-doWa and the MERGED rivera high
sunny plateau with sharp rocks beneath
which are 1limpses OF pine tree tops in the
valley. groups of trees, mounted Indians
coming out ii the forests. IN these are
grouped to t7le life in th5~ picture by this
new artist OF him. -ece know but little.
save that ne is native af England. and q
resident Of Boston---a yoang artist, but a
most deserving one, and Of whom the Eos-
ton Traveller speaks in the following
pleasant language. 10 Wit;
Mr. Hill Is not yet SO widely known "a.
he ought to have been by his prev ious per
formance-. But his day Of struggles and
Of .ob-eurly Is past; for this painting
stamps him AS Il master. No apprentice
hand could have s,letchcd these mountains
with So much power and daring or could
have filed the valley with atmosphere SO
~ummer-!ike and hazy; ar could have
managed the lights and shades with such
admirable skill. where the utmost care
was needed 10 prevent IL most disastrous
failure; or could have depicted with such
uncrring beauty Of effect the glow and
glare ola sunbulSt. OH the sides of pine
clad activities. The painting does not
impress one ~ 2. work Of art. hnt rather
IS an actual le,niscape: and, as one looks
at It, he totg ess pigment and brush, and
thinks that H. could walk straight into
it, and'e'> piore the ALLEY, OF scale the
precipi.ous heights If heaotllv cared 10 do
SO.
NEo. . is said to Ire by the oldcrt living
Amenicsulandacape painter who has .ea-
rabli,hcd a greater European reputation
than among his own country men, The
picture is. u dny-hreak view of Mount
Washington, late in thc month OF Octo-
be-, taken on the slore Il mountain
midway between the valleys Of the Con
nectieut and Audroscoggin. Snow
mantle, the SUBMITS Of the mountains
Frost hps notified the foliage and the first
rays Of light are seen struggling through
the lingering darkness Of night, while the
sun i, successfully mastering tile thick
mist, and vapore oi the early morning
Withou: tedious detail Of the merits of
this rieturc7 it may properly be said that
Washington Allstou's prophecy, twenty
years ago, h., come To pass, that If young
Mr.. Brown could have the privileged of
European study, he would rise to the
foremost rank of American landscape
painters Ii tIaerh le faults il ibis PFC
turc and t. our ~ lutorrl eve. too much
horid colorinL Of 5ae words making them
lool, a. il they were on fire, j. one Of them,
still thoreis 10 much to admire that We
hold our tongue and remain silent about
real or supposed defect-
Ono 5. whose size i ~ 1-3 by L. inches
little need be said. where the reputation
Of Mr.. Bicrdtadt Is SO well known 1t i
/ also . view taken near the Yosemite
valley 4 lonely lake, whose waters are
bathyd with the subdued rays Of the
setting sun and whose solitude il broken
only bv the Struggling water-fowls that
hover on the shore or roo@t on the adia-
cent rocks, sleeps, with precipttoos
mountains and gigantic pines standing
thereon like sentinel-, and all aglow with
golden-hued sunshine, made las only the
brush of the praeticed artist can manu-
I facturc j
/ No i Ivy q1ot painter, whose Old
Kentucky Home and Barefoot Boy y"
have been reproduced in popular forms
|aua whose Pension Agent has won
! ecr,crI praise. The Barefoot Boy was
intended ID illustrate Whittier's poem Of
that title. and ha> won even The cncomi-
un Of the good old Quaker Bard him
. self
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la,, g., !, az, omen FIRE ,.1acc .tudvinc, his
r; f.;,hfn1 ,.rresao4ltiop. Of
tho ent,rior Of = l,aokwoods cabin, with all
the details true to fact aud nature, drawn
with arts t'e i'dellty. L SHOWS "nei''
where a'H 10" our. l.'e , i'''''''''. ",''
touehened Tor the '''''e 81 i''..
Tra.a.,,-. f,,r,.. II. particular. and many
;.,,.r.,.,-4 Cs,1rar,- of which t;mo