, 1875-12-05

Fo"@A " " SQCu emu 0Hf thJt Wrfka
aud have nluaya written, SO far Is am abla, wha
may show that ther, II xel criterion Of sensrs.fa
! between right art and wrong.
j IlfiS characteristic opening is followed 10 viii
4 series Of equaily characteristic remarks upo
about ninety al the pictu1ea Of the exhibition
full OF the knowledge and ability which hav
made Ruskin the chief OF critica bat uasrke
all his writings Of half tne.r in3uence Ruski,
doea nothing bY halves. 1t is thus thai he hand
IN his allegiance to the youtnful fem.le ARTIST
Mss THOMSON,
Whose battle-oictures. 1.-The Rol1-Ca1l" and tn,
| "Charye at Cuatrebras are already famous
asyar approached picture with more inhibition;
PTe:ua.eo against 1t than did Hiss Thomson Is
| parity because have alwsys sid that No woman
the public made 50 muca fuss about must bo good 70.
nothing. o~ 80
But Il Is Amazone work this no doubt a, it and
the drss fine hae'ita picture of ba:.io we haye
hid: profoundly interesting, ant showing all mxaner
Of illustrative and realistic faculty. OF course I'll
TT need b sald Of it. o. ts side must have been
salt twenty times over In the journ.ls; aud !: re-
( n.lna oniy for mo to mako my tafuy genu1ouoa
On the tTsap'ed corn. before this Palms of P.il Nsu
that abe remember, Il her DAY of r:umnb. box a' i
came to pass taat ATLANTA was stayed, and Camilla
| c4nill,-uke Tho work ts-ch,eay in II. r,an,m.n,
quality had not In the leass er:ea fur the cley-
! crest voaan nlnoat always show their woaxuess in
suppose fov people would think Of lookn9 At. the st
the mcst teudery painted. and with the ruey out
1nes OF cloud. Of nj in the exhibition; and tho ter-
finc paeeo Of gallant wrath and suin tho extreme
Fight wero the cnirssster is catching roqud the pe.k
| Of bis horse rs be +: Lis, md tho convuaed faen
through ii Tue tsuth of is fssntie r.se;o vt ~,
Cations Of color and ahae which have not sem the
h.ie Of stnce Turner'S deAth.
Hnving thus done Justice to the artistic quail
scene fsaaen from a battle fought Su',day. Juna
IL. l515) saauld be called ''3unday Afternoon"
AS II "quite properly might have heen,"-aud
hung bv tho side Of picture Of that name bv
nlr: COL: :nson. which represents m old lady
reading the Bible, and as additional membera
OF the group, suggests Mr. Nicos' ..Sabhatp
Day" Scotch picture of pious old woman on |
her ~ay to the klrI. and Phillppoteau'a painting
OF H'ghland regiment at evening missionary ]
serVlco~ Vita these materials for meditation |
tae spectator would lie enahled 81 to understand |
bow, in this manner or tho friction OF ears Of |
corn-5y his bent knees instead Of hs fingers !
[she men are koeeling to rsc-ive charge Of
cavalry in wheat-feldl-the modern Christian I
not man Tor the Sabbath"
Another pictu,s described by TIE TRIBUNE
correspondent, which was commented On by |
Ruskln, is
a1LLA1s' "cRowx OF LOVE"
the subject Of which is taken from = poeoa of
Owen Meredith.-a sonth compelled b, Kings
to carry tie object Of his love in lis
srns to mountain top. and pe1sh,oe in the
7ttorr. Nor dues the c:itie appear to b. In any
say restrained by the memory Of the sad sever
Ince OF 40 early friendship, from coupoutiur !
reel' and bitterly on each OF Mlllas' pictures TO
shieh he haa occasion to refer. OF the nCrogn !
i Love" he saws:
This then, it appears il the best that English srt
eomise Of reward, Of Love- this the subect ~ zsni
aental likely to be most pleasing to tha
resent British public sorturc na1n Ay carried to tho
another. The British public are welcome to thctr
s'st hut, Is puzcaasern, they ought to 10 warned
:hool {Hunuenot, Claudio and Isabcl. April Love :
ID the nkel thls composon balances is exceza Of
ntnaent By defect Of industry and TINT it Is not
pictures Of lovers. that one should have : > ,dy !.
|thout face, and the other face without body =
WITH respect to
MiLLArs' NEGLECTED GARDEN
} il even moro severe llcmark,ng that when | ~
wrote tho first limo OF Modern Painters he y
tie thought that a day would como wben he ! =
onlo have to say OF modern picture what he =,
ut say Of This he gives noble and interest =
!: sketch OF the ar:1sta mho were lhen at xo,k
llkle, Turner, Mufready, Constable, stap6eId | C'
wild Roberts. Lewis, Cox, Prout ETC. aevcrr ch
9 Of them, according to hia strength. doing G.
70 THINKS with loving mind"; then after al II
llng 70 she careful detail in the paintings OF 70
m Bellin!, Mautegna. aad Titan, he suddenly as
ms to Ailais' picture With this unambieuous 81
ticsm: "a
II these aso examples OF true patntees' work in u
1or but moi. by patience and LIE
dests, tninitabe. Thore was once day when he we
atet Of this sodIsan landscape prouaised to do etc
: ~, - god r. coming 1tsa,sh fro that to this,
. Of modern science and art aud for Ill tbs cood
1ance Of Kens,ngton and the Mess1s. A9nev. But.
90 think that The fous-petaled rose sprinkle Of
looking Ike i1~4lrawn heather, tho sun-tl;l look
hko an M-drawn fountain. .he dirty bicch-trec T.,
tae reat-whatever 1t Ia meant forof tho na1t1c- the
Of fars nGs q. nksy 4. to '9:ss 10 hs
51a you have always the heroic consolation given his
We betresn T,.n ~ enrs.S1- "e must int
III the cotton-1uil-" | ttoc
IEsL1Es ''sCuoor REVISITED" i =
70 OF the pictures mentioned ~ ha7ing in [ and
'd tho clltic to resume his notes, because be III.
[ght he should be able to write IN an en,irotv NV
i humored-and therafora naer,,IN-r;rI* mer
although his humor changed with reference man
ae gallery rs uho1e, his good opinion Of / '' II
picture persisted: trnn
eamo upon this picture early in my nrst walk nea,
Ugh the eooms, Rud wab delighted with il that %
de- me Ike everything else saw that morning: se'o
atogetno1 e1quisate IN rendering some Of tho skill
ost easy and graceful comno:ta ~ "a h ,oe rno,s sue
written hrst - 'aassery~ Composition: but no naett
enr ~ ~. sasea modtne4 Or snb auIa
s between them. Mr Leshe at present x1hdaee sxpe
ene ~ oot local darks and scarcely per treat
Unset, esen IL desh, color enough for n1e | n.r
the present. however, this picture sod ,he elav @a
its Of Carlyle are, fur my review reaches tens
ot essential vaua in tbs exhibition acka<
ar representing xhat deservea - qaes two
III
=. TIE bAn11oS1AE nARn1AoE xARH," prepa
*, ttat;s pssuse "olcn mas attracted great Dr.
OF pralee, although hlr. Ruak,n points ont D''eo
40 painter has IN the first inssapce m,s- p'ooo
lis story, or been m,sled By bis transs- Rene
'po @ nat tne custom here REPRESENTED aid larger
Wise by Ha1odotus4 could never hare beea | hta m
,ed among the AesyTa0 uoblea- kaverthe-
the work Is remarkable, in the modern sea'0o