New-York tribune., 1879-04-12

desired effect is brought ont with marvellous
truth. The beach is covered with seaweed thrown
up by the storm, the clouds still seem 60 De scud-
ding before the dying gale, and the curling roam.
capped breakers show that the sea has not yel
sunk to rest. In somewhat sim1Iar i1Hl
spirit Mr.. John. Smart has painted ,aIhe "Lhe
Crofter's Flittin'." Exception NAV he taken
to details. The snow covered, misty hills seem very
near the comparatively warm freshness of the va
lev and under the Strcakv clouds OF rainy shy
the hight in the foreground seems too hrlehi anu
cheerful. Ii is moreover open To question II me
costume of the average CTOfteT bears "a very clUso
resemblance to that seen III the picture. but tilc
painting is nevertheless to be ClaSSed WIN tne
best on exhibition and is not only in tone ana feeI
ing nCthoroughly Scotch but could not have becn eN-
ecuted by one less familiar than MT. smart
with the spirit of Scottish Landscape. III MI Johu
NcSbittS "Rising of the Mist, Glen Croe, the var
ley Is already frightening, the water - cleaning
among the stones i'm the foreground ana tne iii.l
hanging round the higher summIts oi the mis- Inc
Heht is admirably managed. and IN that reSPect,
and considering the few cOors employed, IL Is Won
derlu how much variety has been thrown lh!o NJ ,,,o
piece The style Of treatment Is liiusraIedlh Mr
Smart's " The Sma Glen, Perthshlre," where the
mOnotOny of a gray sky rs relieved by pehclis Of
light falling here and there-hghtlng up tuIL oI
heather or a grassy knoll. or shadOwing rock IN
the foreground pool. There are dozen Other paint
ingS equally deserving of notice: Attadale' Loch
Carrm," by J. Douglas Scott where the perSpec-
live Is magnificent: j. u. OSwalds Autumn i'aE'
Loeb Achray"; Arthur PerGafs ben Lar
Ross-shrc' David Farquharsons Sc9ttlSh Ulp-
sizes" and many more. A. MAJ ma 'Nin,IS Mnnr
for the sake of the purple tlnge OF the heatheT'
which gives tone to the picture and leaves mel
low light upon the faT-of hills seen nowhere else,
| am told as it is seen In Scotland can only, AZ
present rcc0ect one painting IN America ia when
IL is illustIated-a Scotch scene III the gallery oi
Mr. Fales. of Philadelphia.
notice of the Exhibition must needs be lncoIn-
plete in which nothing more than mere references
il made TO the works of the late Kenneth Macleay'
to William M. Taggart and to Alexander fraseI,
but enough has been said to show that the Scntcl
painters of landscape paint with hearts as well as
brains and that they turn most frequently Wneh Ia
search OF subjects TO the scenes most liheIy
10 call painters feeling into play,
those amidst which they were born ana
among which they have studied. worked ana lived
There can be no doubt of the wisdom OF choosing
subjects which they understand. Their success
wond probably be more limited II they were 70
attempt the Interpretation of Nature "a she reveals
herself in America. Fortunately the taste to when
they minister is such that TO whatever walk
in art the Scottish painters apply theu-
selves they can never be wrong IN ieaVing
upOn their works the impress OF thelr ma
tionality in restricting themselves to themes on
which they can their full strength, ana mat ap
peal 10 the patriotic sentiment Of the Scottsh peo-
ple The task of the American painter would De
greatly sImpIfied could he meet with the assurance
that his work would be equally acceptable II the
field of his endeayor were equally limited ana
equally well defined