New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-22
FINE ARTS.
rup PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY.
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bop 70. bers OF the catalogue. il natural 10
o. -" oor, GOOD pictures than find. and for fewer
p' h,ep exhibited before. II would not be fair,
mas ~ complain of the presence OF Old faces all
soN -, nave been hoped D.. that many new
tDS' would be sent home by cOuntrymen ana
p1,,,u,issm who studying In Europe, as TO give
es,,. and interest 10 the exhib ton. This has not
hes", 20 The extent we had been led expect. and
slight dsap poin. ment on looking over the walls;
svlcnt the directors not iu fault they have
'ul ? ey could 10 make the exhibition attractive.
80. aue1ng has been the object Of unusual care
- roe grca est courtesy tas been shown 10 artists
- NJ Philadelphia who have sent their pictures
su'S ma Of the Academy are most conveniently
~ - and well hgat, Il; in these ample spaces we
W about at our ease and II any picture suffers
VS. p,t the fault either OF It's pO-
o., or its lighting With The time
.oeo us and Philadelphia shortened to two
- ard a half. with the easy-rohing. weilaired ana
nS,. c,rs of the New7JeTsey Central to make MS
- we are not III our own parior-tneTe seems no
W., soy 4 should not be eOmmoner than 1t is for
vrsers 10 run on to PhilAde phia or the exhi6l-
go ard here could be no reason were 1t not hat New
- hive more TO see az than they properly
go 70 and that they are grounded III behet tna1
r,h,nc worth seeing comes sooner or later 60 Their
-, ,tv T.ere another reason, VIZ thaI "heh one
w reaehed the end of his journey the rail-
smuon Is at a fatIguiug distance from
- centre OF the city, aud the means OF
., ,nce rom the station TO The Academy are also
" and uncomfortable. When rapid transit shall have
~" over This distance. The stay-athome
- viii have no good reason t. give Tor not making
-, aeoullniance with our ueighbor cttY-a city
- 40 r,uch that is old still fingers alongside 50
-. thai Is lew a city which seems vaster, perhaps,
- but which, all "a a. is the only CITY on tins
I'm, N,,er mat calls up Loudon aud IN sp4'e OF us
sNe - i.slnidirics AID foatureless in
-. o..rtsrs has yet enough pcturesqueness ana
ra. certain grandeur III others. 20 maxi Us wonder
- haas NOT been more prOhnc IN aruSts and writers
Of fiction ,.,, ,.,,, Ar.
~b,s way in the presen5 exhibition are the land
- AM RON PARIS by NJ William l. PckneU-No.
s,c - Route de Concarueau," and No Zso' sur les
- n, II ras." tn these pictures we're ia tie
-, n OF the present year. and were tie
-. .t r,,.., friendly and admlrug comment Indeed
,h -,,r. tnry praised III Paris. that IL Is almost Of
ss,sv ,b.; We should nave allowed our expectations
: -, ..,..t tlo hsh ana mat first bush we SHOULD
s,or-.slye. little disappointed IN the qaaliy OF Mr.
p.os.sr. work la ROule dc COncarucau" Is the
-. nj ,,s Two Which mas been the more Ia. ked
-. rs.uyect Is one OF extreme simplicity such as
IN French school mach affects. and Indeed so far as
connection eurs this picture might pass for a
pou.s,a or D.uJl4ny In truth, II very closely Ie-
.embe.Ini It's general arrangement the fine Daubiguy
now again o. De- al GOupis after wandering lie,
tor sh.n lover OF Tine picture find no adequate
res>ou Wy sacu a picture. uUDle IN desIgn so
,,n ID lone, yet without trace ~ gloon, sh0u
never have hi1 the luck to NEE. with sympit4zn NJ
purcha..r s Que OF ia. puzzles of plcurr-DuyIng We
do 40, o e-cud TO solve Ne do mean to say that
there is aGy lJEce betT ibis picture and that
Of MI h Aurl IS such as would sagSest borrowing
our co.n -r aans part II only tnat hIs picture
recalled DaIOigy's. and set u thinking upon
ihe general subject Of how noDy the
,s,cir- by The best French Of Gil throN the
arus ODD essential qualities, anu make him independent
OF accreI and satIouaism. II M Fckneu Is not
TIE is artist neither Daubiguy the fret to
ce,e th,t If Ee have any real love for nature any
power O. enter into secret the artist can show his
love ald bis perception by using the simplest material
br Pcsnel has tried what ne could do with "A dusty
Frenc4 road running through hat pam. low trees ap
paran s. bordeuing a road that crosses thr hr>t az
rirat angle and The whole upper la Of the long canvas
led with sky OF notified gray scattered with sunlt
clouds The time midday, ana mid iminer
heat str1es the road INTO binding wnenrssi
4 ioadet wagon drawn by TWO horses, aud
the driver walking alongside, are going III
The direction from spectator BY this arrangeu en
tepositi uIs greatly helped, since the mInd as well
as the eve IS led toward the horizon % tbe point where
ma ROAD r,acains me bell Of strongly defes
the 1or z1a llne passes through 10 ANA disappears om
si,h Mr. Picineis picture painted with much teen
uic skill aud he has evidently Ell IN earnest Win IT,
hnt III. res- j. not pleasing. the sentiment The
lea.f touched by it, We almost douh whether artists
are not really from the right % take the mid
DAY for q theme unless indeed II be ia country where
without Ven OF riOAl- Lave l.tcE-
noon aud yi-nt or the gloom OF wood, give the light
in which pictures best take shape ana It asks very
different trl1len from that winch find ID this pic
tre 10 make such scene this. the time Of day the
a-tt s chosen pOetical. At present all we hnd here
Is good Notwithstanding and parts well related TO one
another Win distance wei expressed Is scientific
fac: out there l. no coor-0nly chalEY gray con
trsed with black greens there is no atmosphere only
perspecr1yc: the sky Is pudding-the only poorly
"a MED portion OF the pcture-and there Is truly
Paris studio absence Of anything that could De sus-
pected as feeling sentiment. LAltie more can be
allowed 10 the Les B0rd5 du Marlis." which
however as picture, is more Ameri-
can m IT'S characteristics than the La
Route de Concarneau" II IS natural study OF trees
come with tneIr branches filled with the mistletoe,
Others with their trunks clothed 10 ivy, and there ls
much careful painting and evidences IN plenty OF close
study 4 ais models by the arstwh0 yet snow notbhS
IN ,her NJ s pctnres that rs mertorOus that he could
not have learned at home fl, has, however IKE TOO
many OF our younger artists picked up certain manner
IN France that will do MN good either at nome or
there There they nave enough Of the same sort here
We are not ia sympathy with IT, because 1t answers 10
nothing il our uatuEe i'll our feelings No doubt MI
Pesnel mas ability, though 1t has been much over
"a ed by aatterng friends and W hone to near o. MS
having determined 10 come nome anu ueFeloP LIS '"i0n
under his SKY.
MI Charles sprague Pearce whose Death Of the First
Boru IN Egypt" was of our late New-York ezhDl'
lions nas among very large canvass Win Tine
sAcrace " Abraham " for subject There Is notnlng
this pretentious work except the head Oh
Isaac seen much fore horened he lies with his feet
away from the spectator The time for painting such
pictures IL clearly gone by unless IL be done
for a commission. or the artist has something
distinctly his own to put lDto MS
treatment Of IT, As the picture IL for sale and as there
Is not mOrsel Of anything new IN the concepaon OF
groupDg-cxeept the is 80 ooscurey placed as
IN he Nnd nd dld IN region
where wood enough to make thicEet OF must have
been az scarce as Dr. said It was IN the Heb
oesit Is PLAIN the work has been undertaken IN cold
blood Mr. Pearce's archaeology mas provided Abraham