New-York tribune., 1885-03-15
LONDON PICTURES AND PLAfS.

AN GIISHMANS NOTES ON ENGLISh
TOPICS.
rh'" M LONDON Feb. %.
Art critics, that is to say everybody, Tor 'nefe
Is hardly B,ad street strDler OF any age ar sex VINO
d. nat ,uao,ne him her or itself profoundly ac-
,nfeJ with art are agog at the exhibition of two re-
marketable pici ures Of devotional character Ono OF
these is by Mr. Holman Hurt. picture on whch NC S
been at work for years IL Will be recoliected tht M
Holman Hunt ono of the "s''crrd s"Vc" wv
T. X b. or pre- aphael,tc Brotherhood and is the ONLY
one faithful to their original doctrine. BY FAR the gre"
eat them Mr. Miais Il A., hong since threw over
Van Rves Albrecht Durcr and the Etriy itaIians-se
early that they rod neither draw nor piint- FOR uc
t~ocbing of Titan, Tntoret, RcmIrlndt anu th~ Hu-
premc master vctsqucn Mr. Stephens has dwiie"' 20
~, ,.,,t,n of art critic of Ta; An Mr. wo'lner
seulp." ,rdy at all but writes poems like silenns
Mr. CoJlinsou became. ] think. drawing MASTER ana
Mr. RosSetu lived to prove he was not master
NJ drawing Alone, untouched, untaurht by
exuerieuer Mr. Holman Hunt painting as he di
when he produced "The Awakened Conseiencr ana aii
Inndon wondered how such ugiy woman could have
gotten ANYTHING upon her conscience and at the k OF
the PAINTER who could paint buttonsoots like those %
the gentleman at the piauofortc Mr. Holman Hunt has
nuntcd many remark bic pictures sine this notably
~rbe Light Of the World" "Thc Saviour Preaching IN tie
Temple" and .rhe shadow OF the Cross" HIS new pic
,ure The Triumph OF the innocents is chaotic ariir
over which be has waStct nearly seven years bHt he
has m army of wurshppcrs mostly Of the passion vast
e and thick. .wnsted ictic division long rcd men
and homeIy thick Of shoe and drassch OF petit
coat When you ask why the fat little b,ys are running
after big bombs are tof that IL IA
all symbolism" shall for my part call t unsling
cymbalism"
what pr,voke- Honeric larqhteris that Mr Hunt
Who ia one Of the AMI kndest zen IN the world
should have been ia iv sed writs descriptive
na,nuhict OF quaro o cxpIin what
his picture means what uncon 'cous satire on PFC
tnre which does tell Its story, symbolism which
does not symboize'
NJ Munkac.y's picture OF " Calvary" the companion
"a Christ IN the Pretorin Ia very diaront from the
strange work Mr. Holman Hunt. who goes actually to
Palestine to p.nt his pictures VI. Munsassy IL one OF
the rnaest and most ppwerfu OF moiern r,inisrs, and
wouid he perhaps The ercatest his color mt
t,Eaes narred buness like that seen in tho
later Belgian school T, picture does not appear
black AGAINST the rshaiowad sky at tho supreme
monsent of the crD-@. Tue gathering
tcr,ay was select. Only tho critics AM the
Primo. and Princess ot Wales there the Prince al
,n,rne t,e picture much. Hs h,d already it
in PARIS and s,rSer'i for the ecohn2. twenty gnra
affair rs-tav Egyptian Hall Was occupied by the
great soh private viewers VIM are OF nearly the
bat not q,r,te ~ the ar-t-ni,hters.
Tn. erosscs I'm MT'aresys picture correct. Tho
r~al Md fsr ercsfi Sos verv dirr.nt from
the conventional AM shtpat iitc thu letter r.
the uprizht not project n a''vo tbs cro's beams
yr U,rper Pnurirgt,n. who HIS iuzt hnishet his
h,chly succes f portr II of vi stanley Clark has by
the evcc ce or HI work atirtced the attention OF the
p .re.e ~, Wale4 whom ~ cgn make eo \ po"
trai, " m Ave with he - vi nrihy
httrd to an. The Prince htte- sittn for Ms nj"
t,rr time after timn as some "i4lr artist nrr ht
IN M Pen ,iuyton H. sl'nnt 1crr 'tblv rnntt IN his
.ark a,J ~ tain tnlr his 10 tpu here
panicr Ia o.'d just "a Mr. Sargent has W. Paris
he Drtraiis Mr.. L nun{tHn tiishin Tor
s,r,no exnt,rtIous ~ Nr Frederick G~hhnrf.
op. Of the little darvher ~ Mr. Gotf-eg the drpnt'i"
arthor aud smother of Mr.. Berntrd VI. BFk r. tia
w,lItnnwr Er/frbur, critic AMI special correspondent
Of rhe Daily Ners
y,,nr,se" ~ hard - work play.
eeptb,nllly tn motive bnt yet ~ crp,ii'i" az
treatment, not a neo rnaI bht ~ e'"'s fedrd,i1.
THIS has b"en great ok for the theatres II not at
b,d e~.eeo dscrssi,n ~ Nr Oscar Widr's crtfqu
rr Whistlcr'. "'rcn OC "ch l"ctnro Miss Mary
Anderson ia " The Iiu1chtrk nv no IA 'aia suc'rS'
The entire busiucss rcriind"d nc very mum or DR..
olyn s,n's rr-1ra o'ring The " ~ mri"' which wa-.
bs ss ''tabai H. lt rDd hcillbrcd i9llr-i. l.eooi
cd AMI il-ervc." II was nDt quite AZ 'a ~ al this ~
sirr esed and far Miss Ariersor went prcttiv
nr,ypa hare and there IN the oil Fashioned trid
,i""i rtV ~" often no" cnd nnepican "' ac'sr: %
So tradfripral to EppTar oil fashioned Possibly
arc ~ bi ~ old nation adding FOR thin -. BIT at
least we know by heart the best that Paris well
Iopdnn can d. amt pat the it'er plainly, ctpnO'
cTdr-c the rorr'onnts inpthel OF M. Ma-v An
ADD Mr Lawrence B,rrett after the Parinus aro " of
nornanrcs ne NJ frvlng'1 fd1o and Richrd III. We
want our o Lyceum company back again.
SIR wilson Barrett has made ecnnre sn"ccss. 81 far
as can seen. nv producing Junius." The late fd
Lytton wrote stlled lines. hut VIZ. an adInirhe play
wright. eenlv alive To situation aud stage eart. Mr.
Oscar wili- the first night. made of bis hnpoy
reg,rks zcad play" qppth O.cay. except for
the dialogue /; bui that u aiwav" !" tho way