New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-25


painted the Old Mans Lesson" reprssen lens s and
good in everything An Old Mans ssSssth Morning
st bis possession and known BY sS SGa
Kauterskh Glove, with figure OF In landscape
down to The Year 1882 and in letter wheh nS You
at that time describing them he wrote a. no score Of
seTIption can only furnish you with the meent
and hurried memorandum mOpn many other pictures.
but presume you have enough in the ~ Azure sub
ment at least II you wish any g them YOU remem
er: via The Peder,' Wrath OF feter n5ye The
vete%sn storv Washington and Harvey Blren t s nv
Passage in Che Life of woman peesn nre produoed.
an attempt at tho order in which tpey W. rrtesrd TO
INT cannot carry Il out,-tberofore pay ho "e
arrangement .rhso6ueptly visited Europe with ms
friend r " Fdmunds and painted T. W pl.,ea iaud
swiss scenery hastened BACK 70 ~ iting that
where alone he could be happy, wiihous into
everlasting land OF Brittany ne Thought possessed
farce by American artists Anon np,5 and selecting
the subject OF the Judgment on cog ne win the
conception: wild mo lntalu i,r ,,reciuices end
den cbas,ns and thrown into confusion ~ eide
soehs, anu t g. Gathering around the mountain eas,
t IT, gloom over the narrow pass IehoeI{Sr
SasnY ~ re Gssbcs Of lightning. Muutudgs Gi IN.
9eshea rzr nlunined 6y ray OF light rom SooNv c
Titin1, his inspiration; while beyond lnIosI
entrance Of the gorge appears ~ hTrnng villages
IN marx the course OF the nyadeIS A., or,er ne
Rt The psrcnlar phase Of Mr. Durano esIecl d" T
no ,pfer which is In advance OF al olu'l
i - te mentioned He was the iISt man III tI III
contry unless except very Few thoI4s b1
g T nsIghfv Thomas Cole and Daniel huntheloh,
YEN info the woods and open fields win cahNas
ami coors. and actually painted hhlaneu P' and
directly from nature. lie dd tnls Tor many Shtb Lc
With fidelity truly amazing. The example WIFI , I
thus set and which has been followed TO I'ia de
extent by the younger generation Oh alI, iare arr
more 10 improve the American school OF Hu1cre e. e.
than all the teachings Of the Academy OF WI c Oy .e
way he was of the founders ana Tor many az h
president The forest and mountain pictures ~
has since produced far excel in artistic niet an M
viOus efforts in that particular uepaILhen eIatty ~
few of them in their poetic beauty ana nae e ="
nature are unsurpassed notably ms Primevdl ls
Ia the Woods" The Edge ot tne Foi'a'i S,res
Mountains The Beeches," on the Femnig ,ine
Jansen's Kin. Among those who appIeclaleu 1i n
Durands abilities hy purchasing ms PetuIes Ct2y,s
mentioned Luman Reed, Jonathan st4fges, - Ius
Butler, A. NJ. COzzcns. Robert Hoe J9h ~ rts
Ten lanes IenOx r. VI. Oyphant, Nlslalt - ho'ell ~
r. /. stuart, James /. Clagh0rn, W. l. Ne'oi' anu
, nt content With placing himself ct the head ofthe
American engravcrs. ard in the front rank among iA
seape painters, ana doing mue cIv'i'ai ,i he .Iso
dspartinen.s of pOrtraitlIre and hgFc pam inri Nv
fb+ nurand series OF very interesting ana F2Iu1p!e
letters Oh the art Of landscape painting IheNs et,ds
aPeSr ntsa thercin are the foOwing That the best
tndjo is thar OF nature; that Il is 10y no means ecs
fo become acquainted with their native scenery Ne c
lions the student not TO place any Fealce OH rG'
when he said 10 him. on had better ttIA 10 lLahc
shoes than become painter e1ptSgs rno ioD ~
that a
ma ,paZ a. little could ever be expected from an
iii mo was Influenced by such ,or'iid mohves uai
the highest attainment, of arr u relftseildt.u @ w.
i,,i.ofiou. that in painting landscapes atmosphere
should be f foreground be seer boy 2ha iHst p",i
and he nathalie IN the distance; that sunshine Is me So
nv life If picture that the prevailing dislike OF green
among critics was unnatural tnat payments Shonlu ne
sed and the style of execution should hot be Oh
rvo6a. and that while simple natIlneSS cannot T. axe
picture great, picture cannot he srcat NTout ma
",,atv Indeed It Is the nGtrIalncss OF MT bufdla
cs 10 The Young painter which gives suci rare Nalnc
70 his nstrucons and is because ne las iNed hoOie
q IN fIt
ito suiovment OF happy old age, and mas Won lli.e
which viii he as perennial ne memory or me Ioiest,
"a mountains and streams which the glory OF our
land. ~ 900, O"Ni'ii"' A-'