Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-09-18

Al ARTISTS ToUR.- We are living in a utiiita-
ran age-so utilitarian that there is danger now
Of our losing sight OF the refining Influences Of
tho hue ants altogether, for whose inTeais au ap-
D e narer, or sausage mIchiae, or curious
chuIu; OF the like, seems TO b. reg ardeo rs tie
only benefactor TO humanity and is tauded ac-
Cmdingly.
In ancient DAYS, uen made wondrous machines,
and built Pyramids aud Palmyra, aud Co
los,u5 and COiloseums and ObeliSSs, aH1 otaer
stupendOus structures GGi they were ut!ijtari1a
too but they likewise filed galleries with boll
statuary and paintings, which, unto this day sIc
regarded with profound admiration BY AL WHO
are adm =, Is OF genius and lovers Of beauty
Can't va. then Of modern days. combine The Se =
tilul Tits the useful, aud elevate our hearts aud
iat.ilects b. some devotion to such pu-tG'ts as
made many IN old Greek and Roman inmort-.
Some years sgos young man, born n tbs IAN
city OF ours, OF demeanor most modest oUI
with . soul full Of enthusiasm, betocS him 10 tle
s-glpto,'s ant ana commencing bytakLE casts Ia
Ulaster Of some distinguished men, and OF the
head Of Houdon's statue o; Washington entered
tie Medical College OF Virginia, with a view 10
tbs study Of anatomy. Six years ago he set out
on his long contemplated tour 10 Europe ana
reached Paris Here he commenced drawing
from life in the studio Of Couture, who himself
was a pupil in the ECOte dcS BeGEI drtS ana OF
Baron eros and Paul DelarOche, and had then a
great reputation and a membership in the Legion
Of Honor by his painting OF the Roman Deca'
dence, now IN tie Luxembourg Gallery. Couture.
TOO. undertook u paint scene in the streets OF
Paris during the Revolution, but he was forbidden
10 continue it, and, by way of compensation vas
entrusted with the execution OF three paintings 10
oil for the Church Of ST. Eustache.
In 1850 our Young pilgrim crossed Mo"1
Gents into sunny ltsly, 6nd visited Milan, Verona
Florence" ungrateful Florence fyr Dante sleeps
afsr IND Naples and Rome, mother OF dead
empires and then Florence, sgain, where, LIZ
many mouths he studied under B0UTEl0ft,, SOUP
Tor. painter and euCraver friend Of CaH0ro and
worker under IhOTrGisGCn, ana who. at TIE Time
was engraving Ia work he had been 'ngaged al
for ten years. one Of Murilos sketches io' ms
grand painting OF the immaculate Conception III
the Louvre in Paris. In June, 1861, the Young
artist travelled into Switzerland, by way OF Como,
Lago MaggiOre, and Monte s.. BernardinO aud
thence to Dresden. with the purpose Ct studying
in the atelier Of Ritschel; hut on bis arrival
there. ne found that artist was laid IN the TOMB
then, at last did he bend his steps toward Berlin,
the long sought land Of his promise where lie
desired 10 become pupil OF Professor Kiss, whose
reputation, and whose grand statue Of the Anna
Z1n, which he had seen ON this side tie Atlantic
had won his heart.
Oae summer afternoon. ia the year 1861 the
young Nrginian walked into the alelier OF hiss,
III the Csntian StraS,e in Berlin. Approaching
al Old man Of kindly and benevolent aspect, re
made his purpose known, but he was net with a
Tetusel-an intimation that he took no students
under him and the advice TO 20 elsewhere Bnt
the young American pleaded hard, and the old
man, manittstlt moved with his declaration that
TO no other artist in Berlin would he 90 told him
to-call IN thtee weeks from then. Punctual to the
day, he cal I'D renewed his application and Kiss
accented him as . pupil. Then his labor of.love.
} and study commenced in earnest, aud Kiss. 10 Is
what Ta'could do gave him plaster cast nom
the antiaus 81 Apollino 10 model in CLAW Then
+. followed mocc's in clay from yakions othsr1las.
ter casts anatomical studies, models frou,sl,e,
and studies of b rses- -
IN Berlin there stands statue in msrble Of the
Prusdsn General zietens With relies at the base.