New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-26

anu OF Wntcn or poetic ana
skfifni membersher pictures unmcroifuily skyed
aud placed beside as pendants to . ot-houso pie
tnre-but We doubt II feeling about them
would be much changed II thoy put where
they belong. on the line These two pictures not
accdonal they the result of thought study and
DOR only criticism upon them that Decorative Panels
they do not nnswer TO their They look like pisces
OF pictures. and Decorative Panel should 10 a unit
We should not DO forced to think Of something outside
Tue fme. nor should the sentiment need to be inter
preted by human subject that Il associated with II.
but ought 10 b. BY hs side OF the wall this
grapevine cs-, Margaret must be sitting lranpg upon
her waerJsr and thinking OF the days
so long "a she Is only suggested not shown TO US, we
fecl that va have only the least neesng part Of the
picture, mere accessory Still Il IA To he cordially
admitted that Miss Greene's work reveals an artfs-
Tie spirit delicate In observoton and poetic in its gym
patty with naturo-;hcre Is trained hand eye
from which more important work ought surely day
to proceed Miss ELLIS sends a charcoal study OF
Head" No. GT. whioh shows independent character
feeling its way out Of bondage Mrs. NJ Leses Rhode
dendrons" quite smptuOus IN effect. but the ndys
hand is too much subded to the method she works 10
bears too much the impress Of having been
taught way TO do 1t" to DO as interesting
ought TO be- We in queer condition AZ u art In
this cuntry almost all the artists who are making
themselves. feI under tho influence Of some two or
artists either here at home else abroad
Unless 1t be Mr. LA FARCE vino himself begotten by
Hunt who begotten by Couture, do not know one
whom coui name who does not suggest somebody
else Mr. Ia Fargo H. to be almost wholly emsnc
patsd In his method. and has long been wholly enamel
pated his sentiment those who gave him the hrss
mpulson but this Is because Ia has so much more 70
say than the that be must needs at last find Ian
gua,;s OF his Mr. Ii Fargo Is rare example OF
Of high culture. great senstivcness to impression
and careful training working himself free from the fet
ers that their conditions Imply and asserting his ownin
divduay for 1t Ia certainly tcue that Mr.. La Farge's
fnIov bolx auIut rpiy hi. own Nh
the minor poets has distinctly Of his own.
Not that he is In relation to artistson the
contrary he b at the most delicate In perception,
tho most skful In execution and the most original In
thought and oppression hut Mr.. La Fargo Is not man
~ he compared with ourselves alone hs belongs to
wider circle and must be content 10 take hs place rea
lively more advanced condition OF things elsewhere.
Mr.. La Fargo represents to mind those qualities
which hold essential to tho artist AMI which
identical with those that essential TO
the poet o lives In tho world OF droams and bis work
represents experience which Is half intellectual and
half emotional aud which cannot DO repeated by All
other he set before another stainblo by win
or 10y study. His dreams his own another's dream
must belong to that other and whoever will be artist or
poet give himself up wholly to his dream he cannot
el admitted the secret Extern ally tho art Of the
artist the art Of the poet only tho striving ator tho
tes xpresson and hsre again zach man must finally
il he be sincere and earnest create his own laws and
make his style. We regret Ia think or Mr. La Fargb
OF hampered by nheath and hndered not little
besides by temperament sensitive that 1t dos not
always enough worth whilo 10 him tn elbow the
world aside roughly. But who have beaIdrs Mr..
La Fargo who could have drawn The Enchanre-s. No
So or the little Page LOos Leaves" the drawing
In which Spirit of the Water LILY rises ny frOm the
laket These beautiful creations ought to be source OF
delight TO those who art helpless IN it,
infancy or a. sterile In society where tho pursuit OF
money lsd ~ the conoding OF good with good To
eat" They that poetry still possible and creative
art while the exquisite way la which the last two have
been translated by Mr.. Henry Marsh may give further
cause Of rejoicing when reflect that this equal Of the
best cnxravcrs his tmewhO the best who
have lived 10 certain qaltes-is the product OF our ovn
land and of our time
MR. T. p. AvERY's CoILECTIoy-rRNArE VIEW.
Mr. :. r. Avery exhibited to q company of
artists and literary Saturday evening collection
Of nearly ono hundred pictures, the work OF
atirts Of the French. Belgian, German, Spanish
and Italian schools, which were oil either
painted expressly tn his order or selected by
him In Europe and which are " be sold at auction on
Tuesday evening" May 4. at the sorncrvue Gallery No
go Firthsve. Tho collection IA Interesting one. aud
contains much than tho usual amount OF t,cnicai
work Of high finish In which these artists excel. and
which hss ~ long passed for ideas that the
world now takes ihem ut their valuation. OF this
kind OF work Mr. Averys collection contains specimens
Of nearly every degree OF excellence
EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN PICTURES AT corrIER
&CO.S.
small company of American artists-ful
half of them ladicscoscy united In their OF think
ing and feeling about art. but only lightly affiliated
In their methods OF expression. have collected .
few Of their pictures and placed them
ON the hospitabie walls Of the Messrs
Cotter's room No. LA Ffthave.. where they can DO