New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-11

efdrawiug Gattering expression aristOcrao look and
refinement And then bow charmingly the pretty wiit
| ing woman IN the background icontrasts with the
spendor ana makes the wnoie v ork BID I'D. L. ~ tne
painter had been snob he would not nave put her IN.
| been a gentleman, and known what the painter was
about he would not bave let him. But your critic says
Bridget yh the wraps" and says she u out OF place
III Jenkins were ~ INTO the neNt core WdIncrs star
and the artisan how 10 make shoes ne N ght snow
wit and get plane, but when the " ionts Oh
this great artist perspective are assdied before h
elaborate work, where every turn aud TWIST OF rouhn
and straight lines brought into play me crlc mus,
be a very great OF his to be- sure thar ne had
found an error His assertion Is naty denied the gti
IL truly depicted. Mr.. Guy declares thit me ~
lighted ND BY jet OF gs, close TO her and this IL
the cause OF cavil. IL Is also conIenueu th r
Well that Il complaint that other persons have fet
with the Vanderlilts but whether the IOulnouore -
be blamed for this or one OF hs pr0gehltor' - ~
affair OF art but OF jenkins. MI Gay measures s
he paints finds lt many feet long Droau SUI
high and one OF those on either sue tne a
is 10 by 2j-make. a ground pian ana Oh tnts S
plan no appOrtlOns every hgure ana OBJECT VIZ. ~ = =
measured aud proper space EEsSeou IT,, 81 M room
ures, with the furniture ana tue tui w.. 80 ~
devoted to cabinet pictures cannot Dut convey 80.
fullness; 50 you have that Ia MI Guy pctupo o
any one can see, ~ ne WILL that mere y 49,
still. Al any rate, il all right, for Mr.. Guys pcr
spectiye far beyond most panters-perhaps oeI1pe
any other And the figures measured aiter inc sane
fashion. There my be alteration Tor artlste redsos
bat when the critic comes 10 the "9rN ~ - & ,h
further ont than the painter Ana Destes' ,,-s
custom, your critic declares, 70 MAKE III 'le ou S
what usual The marx OF a persoha nlu- tn ,h
man look a watch differently ~ the Atcheh anu IA
library Dome people mere a4H1ls 80 taL-tN- =.
best ana new clothesl There Is canon Tor 1smuihs
with faint praise; is there also another Tor dahins
with little censuresi
Your contributor institutes q comparison OF tina WORK
with all that has been done by West and COpey AMI
Eastman Johnson and says il suffers. FLIP me WITH
three beetle" Is that fart And yet say ttat
have, although think Mr.. JOhnsOns genus IS as hlgh
that OF any know, seen conversational subject
portraits OF Mr.. Johnson exhibited That an sorry
SEEM and there said 10 be one picture OF the m
pOrtanco OF this OF Guys that he has not ever exhibited
and does dare 10. West reformed modern art ana
some great work, and COpey had great, gO0d color
aud grace and TASTE but fancy when Rembrandt Peae
comparison killed by your critic himself; and am
willing, when puts the a0ors OF Tour IVes against
one work OF one single man TO leave the contest 70 INC
crowds who gather around this picture In the eXhb-
ton, for would rather trust 70 their eyes and tneH
fairness than to the fac art-crtic OF THE TRIBUNE
AN AMERICAN PAINTER.
Brooklyn n. Y, May 9, 1874.
AS Tue TRIBUNE tries to grant hearing 20
those who consider that its judgments are unduy
severe or unjust, 1t gives to this defense of Mr.
Guys picture more space than 1t deserves por-
ton of the letter is suppressed it contains gross
breach of pr0priety in communicating an entirely
irrelevant letter from private gentleman, and adds
to this outrage imputation upon the art-crtIc oil
THE TRIBUNE which could only emanate from
little if not also dishonest mind, diseased by envy
and failure-Edl