New-York tribune., 1875-10-19
FINE ARTS.

The two picturcs by Hams Makart of which
We spoke the other day likely 10 bc soon exhibited in
our city have been placed in the kurz Ar Gallery, NO
g East Twenty thrl-st, where they are now ON
view day and evening As the only works
u, tbeir author that have been exhibited in
this country they are certainly deserving of
visit for Ai,Earl is an artist who, though still Young
has raised storm of controversy. and though hardly
known oven by name on this side the water. has 6cen
more talked Of in Europe and Ia England THAI almost
any modern artist. 1t j. OF cOuirt only ~ the
circular that accompanies these pictures as they
travel about from city to city that We are
fold how in respect 10 brilancy of co!oring
M,kal works arc declared 10y cOnmoisseurs worthy 10
rank with those OF Rubcns. Rembrandt and CorregPiO
and other great coorsts BuoV among those who know
better than 10 call Corcg-O and RcmbrTndj cooi's,
we find the same spirit Of extrayagtni lauaiion Wear"
told that Makar is the lnea inhelOr OF the e Mus o
Paul Veronose Tntoretto, and Ruhens; that he has
taken up ,hc of painting where they lad down
and that he ia the only good cociist row living and
working III Europe.
Reasoning from what is known, there is no reason why
there shoI.d not he new Neronese, a new Rembrandt
or a new Rubcns But If y man asserts. or If his
friends assert for him. that hr il that new man, or all
three Of these in one he is bound to prove IT, and
IN proye it, not TO bis Clique merely, not
m his TOWN not TO his nation but TO the world of Europe
and America We know what these men were, and we
know vhy they are rcckoned great They have been
studied bv millions Of eyes and TINS immense publicity
has mot weakened their fame. decreased the value
in which their works are held Aud it must De
remembered that their fame has been the
occretiou of years-it never conferred by
any set OF even by any one
,otiop IT, therefore for conner 10 lay
hand, on such laurcs need of mighty cOnquerOrs. and
we have a right to question seriously the credentials OF
anv one who after the production of fcw works-evon
though they may De big oncs-clans to he the peer OF
men who accomplished hcrculean tasks and who have
received their crowns at the hands Of a world of
II is nearly impossible in words to give On intclll-
chile description Of the two pictures at present on eX-
bbition The title only forced relation to the com
uosion and grouping of the figures and The more cX-
planation profered the less oXpcable the pictures
prove The truth is the spectator had better dismiss
from his mind all thought Of relation between the pie
turcs anG their title aud all endeayOr 10 establish any
reasonable relation any relation Of any kind between
the separate ures The painters one sole aim has been
10 make splendid, telling, arrangement Of color ana he
has done il nj the expense OF story, composition. draw
ing poetry, reason, everything that win OF without
color goes to make a great picture. For the groups
themselves they are borrowed from all quarters aud
fearfully abused in the borrowing. Here is bit from
Mancga another from Titan, another from Rembrandt
and vet neither Manteia nor Titan Rembrandt Is
treated with respect Their thoughts are taken, not
because the artist them but because he had no
thoughts Of his
The bad drawing that peryadcs every part of these pie
lures and grossly that every one, even tho unin
strced detects t. ia held excusabe because the artist
is "a great coOris" We told TO admire the rich and
splendid color and let the drawing go. But this Is i'm
possible and besides there warranty for It, All the
great coorsts great draugbtsmen, and Veronese
and Rubens-aaksrts models and cIemplars moi