The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27
ART NOTES.


VI eaSt 'ctlS hVtCtls 10 SIeut tISIAi VI bltbc
few hos ever 1t must DO said that they are WORKS Of
no ordinary excellence, ana give w every hope for
iutars snDitloas.
5. r. CLIFFORD.
Nj. Clifford has paid another beautiful tribute 10
iand which, through US beauty and manifold asso-
catons most richly deserves IL. This tune tile
artist has chosen scene ana moment quite dsier-
ent IN many respects from recent excellent work
OF his on Venice, which we noticed. Tne subject is
the Church Of. Santa Maria della Salute on he
Grand Canal, with The marble palaces on the
one side and the low group OF most p.ctur-
eslne buildings forming the Dogana on the otner
The church is one which reflects Tar more credit
on the pions gratitude than on the good taste and
Judgment OF those who Duilt il but Mr. Clifford, with
a rare faculty which one OF his admirers calls very
justly executive skill,'' has selected time when
the absurd and lncongruous detail characteristic OF
tie renaissance Is sorted by the light and distance
ana the whole mass, gray In the early twilight
stands cut against the evening sky not without con-
side, able beauty and dignity. Far up the CanaazZo
the mis-, rising from the water steals up the long
lie OF marble palaces TIL substance and shallow,
original and reflection are blended 10 scthsr IN Que
beautiful mystery OF form ana coor A long bright
lne OF Crimson light bounds the horizon. Overhead,
in the soft dfused tinis OF early twilight, silver
crescent IL barely visible The work bears very care
iul study. There Is just enough melancholy infused
into the feeling OF the scene TO add an indefinite
Charm without broaching too far ON the sentimental
The language OF ordinary criticism seems almost oat
OF place where the charm IL so suoile and lie
zee iiY ana poetry 50 eXquisiicy delicate. His al
miiabe ana judi ioas Arrangement OF subjects with
their &C essores Is a merit which cannot he Z 30
Ihshly apprec aied or commended In this artist.
Any one familiar with tie scenes he represents can
not AL not on 10 recognize faithful and truthful
dcneatSon oil nature. but To feel the inspiration and
spirit VI the scene AS 1t Impressed him. In the pre-
sent picture for example What could be more per-
fectly harmonious than tae hour chosen, when,
ia me subdued light the lovely spot seems most Ike
@,sS or t .o psce was s N wy aals OF tne
evening, half covering Ike q VEIL fhe ravlges o,
tine and misfortune. fiesa Is u delicacy, a poetic
sentiment ~ sympathetic pity Tor her lost giorles
most touching ana tender.
A. BiERsTApg.
Mr.. B!crsfadl has recently complete q work
which IN importance and execution may he fairly
regarded as one OF his finest ANA most successful
efforts. IN % there are few, comparatively, OF those
faults which have peen found with some others OF his
works. He here shows the power he Doubtless pos
sesses. IL Is nsei judcionsiy. The effects OF lshs
am effort are here usei Win more deference 10 the
absolute regust viis oil the case The work is more
simple IN tolailty more natural add feeling THIS
bowev~r, ~ ~ relative. The picture has may al.
sone merits.
The work represents lake of stiIi wafer emho-
somed BY trees vested Ia The gorgeous trappgs OF
their autuL,nal foliage. Nearest the bchoi,ior a
broken branch, with brilliant scarlet and yellow
leaves, hes half i half our Of water. Fallen leaves
here anu there float on the surface OF the lake All
this 10 egfound rs wrought ont with the sill anu
care Of master workman. IL Is nor the meaning
less rvialtS o de;;l. ~ Is THE kno hedge ami nvc
OF nature as she is ~ Il the telling OF The story
of Autumn. IL i HE eeasent Of decay egea IA tae
fuiless OF beauty. group OF deer, come TO the
water edge 10 drink, Seem 10 serve little purpose,
unless II be TO aid the conception rs 70 distance
wnilc they betray lar less skllful hand than ma
!urcS III their manufacture 10 one side OF this
quiet sceue 81 Tranquil heaHty and solitude ike
Hope In tue midst % reaectep opens oat avsta OF
WQldrvus aud flry-likc loYeiiness, LEADING up
through Ia4ef r5ces ana falling waters iii The rlew
Is bounded by Mount Washington 10 the dstauce,
dreainlke in me sky. IN rs glory u Sunlight
aud mist aud shifting shadows and niny-tiuted
mountain sides rue lake Ia The fore .round Is adj
miratbly wei rendered rlerc isniogemcut epoigh
b. PREVENT its being too snirvortke, quiet enough
to show The cool, transparent depths 10
places. II lies partly IA Sunshine ami patty
"a nac, saaae ,,, ths mgaot1m sared py ne re.
The surface. Tile brilliant autumn foage winch
really has no standar beyond lie artists taste by
which II can be judg ID AMI seems Ia nature
be colored BY caprice, yety disciectly arranged
well moduated ~ SHADE In the foreground, sofcUel
aud harmonious 10y mist and sunlight In the al sia,cc
The vista up the rayme, with view Of Noun; Wash
ngtOn, the mott characteristic bit III the whole pie
OF the metallic, cold effect TO which III former works
exception nss been taken. ~ is here, however
warmer and more IN Keeping with the subject, and
in moderation not being IN itself objectionable The
effect Is brilliant and pleasing. The work as u
wli0e we consider. az we have already SAID, a great
Improvements both In simplicity and truth on prior
paintings or Mr.. ricrstadi, aud SHOWS what pfoLa
bly, 30 one really doubs. that he Il capable OF great
work when he Is really In earnest, ana lays aside the
tricks OF erect which are unworthy an artist OF his
ability.
u G. BROWN.
This art presents two Or three recently 1nisled
pI lures, one OF WHICH VIC regard as OF his hap
piest EFFORTS and hail "a near approach TO earlier
stgle IN which, beng SO successful we caunot hut
regret that nc Should have been tempted to de
part irvni Al. In several OF his best plctures-a
scenes oi chiid-life-tbere ~ pathos and genuine
feel Dg which often somewhat remind one Of Ander-
literature. Or course man cannot 90 on for.
ever painting pictures Of certain KIND any more
successful writer DO Que Kind OF wfifing one must
progress, advance. TIE paths tbatead to greatness
or absolute success are va le, but one lust sreIy
leads there as another SO let each one progress IN
his own path onward and upward, hui still III his
own peculiar track. lie need not do fo.eyer the
same thing, but the class kind " need not
be, US Nc have said, the waltz the composer may
limit himself to. but there is class or kind To which
that belongs, IL Which. II he be successful he should
In the several pictures OF Mr.. Brown where he has
merged into the dilactIc, the allegorc.l or the
emotional, we have miase those very qualities
which have charmed rs IN wnat IL seemed was more
particularly his sphere The little p.ctuge he has
now fnisned represents htue girl VITA TN can
her way 10 school, resting Tor moment BY The way
side. The little picture Is story, simple truthful
and complete. The child With her sweet, lnnocei
chld-lkc fac, II study from nature. Tile most
riAing etail Is full OF honest aud genuine feeling
Her pose u,lst,ded and Thoroughly chJlu.itke
shows great compreleusion and po;y,.r' while evsry
line bespeaEs q i've interest and earnest lntent
when does great credit 10 the ability and skin Of Inc
we were not so much pleased. There u q good ac-
lion In The picture, but there IL too much na0ncfisnl
and not enough OF nature.
l.. W. PERRY.
This artist has several pictures commenced or In
progress, which would seem 10 indicate that Gay
expect some results from his summer labOrs AMI
receations. They are ali those scenes OF New Eng
land domestic life, In treating which he has always
been successful and has shown 50 much grace and
understanding. We noticed enc charming little
figure OF young girl spianlng, which, although
incomplete, gives promise OF great simplicity ana
feeling ~
!. W. CASILAER
Two Ur three charming little pictures, complete or
nearly 40, the easel OF this artists studio. In all
OF them there Is thai ten Ter poetic feeling which Pc
| calary distinguishes his works--a beautiful accord
with all that Is pure5t and truest In Nature them
breahes the spirit or he genial sympathetic lover OF
| the good and the beant fuL one might regret That
there are NOT more important W0rks-and ~ inipof-
taDl we mean largerby this artist were 1t not that
would fear TO lose that simple grace, subtle
deICacy OF poetic feeling and that exquisite relne
ment which give soul u llis pictures and Which, in d
more complicated AMI ab0rei effort, might conflict
| with the power force and decided ciaracter which
are almost Indispensable in such works. Large of