New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-20

the lovely tenderness Of the innsrmoSt green Of IT. sue
cucnt heart. Her love Of color wants refining 1t u
II she does not take warning in time 1t
win become morbid.
Mssss Grapes. No. $751; Grapes and Apples No ''-Mi''
WfSyLrR
Neither Of Miss wenxlsrs subjects Is as good as she
sometimes chooses but hey arc both painted with her
usual conscientious care Her great danger is Of be-
90 mug hard and mechanical; she cannot be said "
have escaped it in No $50; surely. there never was
such an rTeproachabe bunch Of Mnlagns pulled ont Of
any Neg Of sawdu.t ia the world They look painfully
good. They have ffowned down with complete success
the slightest tendency to peccadilo tho part Of
any member Of their community not one OF these
beryi globes has dared even TO think Of getting
specked tho mere mention ol slriyeiing has NOT
been tolerated. They are so determined 10 be good
grapes and get the prize that they won't even ieI
their seeds suggest their existence. These Maiagas
evidently grew 10 Utopia Why won't Miss Wonzler'
who can do anything that clever hands, patient
heart and clear eyes can accomplish paint u.s. next
year. some natural fruit. not too sound or gooa ior
human natures daily food The grapes in No 3'' arc
much better. They are not too prond to allow re"
rusty companions to enjoy their improving society
Sculpture G.nery-'Puctp By Mi" Ho,xRR.
If this little work had had another ZANE 1t might nave
been accepted o. pretty enough bit oil i'ncy' o"'
:" Robin Good.elow Is more Of boy than t"i' iHi'
soft. little pupy elf couldn't DO tie hai OF what ooeron
and Titanis set for him. This Is notWi' Sbakesp"afcs
"puck AT all Sir Joshras perhaps but sir Joshu"s
Ia cleaner limbed. and knows moro. IL uight ha'o
been designed without the artist ever having reaa
word Of Shakespeare but 1t would never have
hoo, made unless she had studied 81. Joshnss
ali Ionp and we'll 1t ID not in any sense, q
creation the sculpture s dccate but we suppose tho
ortia claims no credit for her workman's skill, and.
therefore VIC suppose may dismiss it as being only
a pretty toy. 1t is pity to waste such besutifn
piece Of marble on toy but Miss Hosmer "a not
the only one who finds it profitable. We dare say
Her work stands well the comparison with any other In
this ROOM saving only tho masculine bronse OF Henry
X Brown, 1.-The Striking Indian" which In Mr.
Quincy Wards regretted absence comforts rs with the
assurance that all the sculptors not turned confeo
toners.
Afics"-Nin WHITNEY.
Nor al the womsr. either ~ witness this ooid PEI
oi,nancs Of Miss Whitney. from whose weak snd uh'
meaning "Godiva" at 6obaus Rooms We should nov
have learned hope for anything strong ct hei hahds
This africa, Is indeed most pretunp'Iou'
work. but it has some meaning. Stin 1t ID great MS
take for any tyro man woman. to take SO mighty
subject Angelo himself II no had lived in our day
and mprehe nded all that this subject means WOMB
hardly have dared 10 summon such On imprlsohel I'M
animation from tho marble block. Ills mglet subIeo'
IS petty beside IT, And yet beginner with unhedseu
MOWERS without true comprehension OF the 'asiness OF
the theme without the culture 10 feel tie absolute ne
cessty Of imaginative treatment and without the uhs
pent TO teach Ter that Imagination In such case
must NECESSARILY Include the characteristic orms o. inc
personfed race offers this feeble. ha!iOrnei hSure
AZ TT represen atve OF that Ethiopia that sha ye'
sre,ch on. Der hands 10 God D! course 1t ID ais'
astrous failure We do not know tie man living In
whose hands Il would not have BEEN in conception an
equal failure although there are men enough who
vou,d have perceived that such an inmeI,e nass OF
flesh must have few bones In it somewhere to enable
1t To stand or even 10 ie One good result Of the rough
training get Is that they are Ashamed 10 expose
their ignorance TO otter men--wonen rasher and
count or forgiveness perhaps on toleIs,on. But II
will be good for them not to be allowed these muuni
ties al! longer.
The beat view Of ths mighty ia from the north
doorway Of the west gallery looking through 4; at the
back Of her head and her shordcr There consider
able rude strength on that aide. and Miss whitney
shows by 1t that II abe VIII take tho trouble. ana ac'o'
mus to learn 70 walk before thc attempts tight rope
dancing something may cone OF her yo'. seen, how
ever nom the side the statue IA amazing compound
Of poverty Of conception and gpornLce Of the ucare
OF the human body The right arm II especially feeble
and the fee. are only half formed. But tho failure o.
the whole body is cs nothing to the fsoe. winch Is
without either character. or force or beauty IL II
no. in the least Ike thc.African typo which Miss "h'
new has no more dared 70 iooepi than Mr. story IN hi
IJbysn Sibyl and II wants the sensuous BENNY o.
which his statue has considerable. The attitude O.
Miss Whitneys figure seems 10 Us to have bu
little expression. Sic is waking M. apparently. bu
her way Of doing 1t Is borrowed. not from nature bu
from the stage.
If Miss Whitney is going to hc sculptor. she need'
10 learn tho Lesson u true simplicity and 20 understand
that Imagination and oonvuislon not synonymous
Tho sublims lies In hair breadth and II this Africa
were as large as the msstodon it might si.n DO small
However We shall not leave tho artist without rem
derng her thanks for having refused - belttle
her statue with trnce Of fnikin detail. III she couh
have introduced a few links Of Chain, q bit OF
netting or necklace or tissel a she'll and had the
thing neatly by her workman, abe would not indeed
have secured praise thereby but she might have
earned that OF others no doubt better worth having.
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