New-York tribune., 1869-05-22


rarely exhibits ANYTHING o. at does not give proof that
she puts some conscience n.to her painting, But
| we getting little trei OF waiting for
something than nero Isolated studies.
No artist ought TO sit down satisfied with having pro-
daced only collection Of utblts We are not asking
Miss Wcnzlcr for anything great grand We dare say
She Is not capable Of work tua would deserve he called
by either OF these names But, should be glad il se
wonld paint picture, aud keep her studies her
use ana Instruction She IS abuudanty able to make pic
lures iha VIII give her reputation and profit There is
place IN every collection for picture OF fruit on an In
dian japanese dish, with OF the curious or eau
tiinl things that the owners fond Of bringing
dessert and discussing with the pppns and cheese Or
for flowers I'm porcelain crystal irs or in bowls OF
| lacquer Odtlaudish trays Whatever she pleases
give us in this way will be welcome from hands so skill
! fu and mind accurate and truthful Miss Wenz-
ers But no more single pears. apples bunches OF
grapes The mind Geyous these and is done with them,
almost as soon the body disposes Of their originals.
| We hoped something from Mr. William Morgan, once,
but he 10 prove 10 were mistaken "Resnr-
rcetou" is sentimental and silly, and the parrot IN tho
foreground is without any relation to the subject whle
it kills the rest Of the picture by the violent color Of its
plumage. We beg leave to remind Mr.. Morgan that
theme Of this kind ought be taken 10 play with,
il indeed would be better the whole, not 20 attempt TO
illustrate tremendous ideas by sups OF schoolgirl sent-
| meDt, but if the artist is bent on doing
1t he ought at least show that he feels earnestly
il he thinks weakly. AS it is, Mr. Morgans picture is
chiefly interesting for the problem presents 10 how
the young depicted in it has contrlyed give her
dress such remarkable twist The pGHier, II that be
the proper word is in front. and the train side;
and Of the opinion that 1t will be difficult TO
for her getting OF her clothes than for the
buerhys getting out OF his. This picture perhaps
better painted than No. 174, The JaekstOnepayers"
but that is very weak The children the right aud
left blind apparently, and the folds in their clothes
look like holes
Mr.. George B. Wood, Jr has painted Barn Yard" in
way that deserves praise, although his manner is
somewhat too formal and precise. Nature never quite
so easy TO make out this Mr. Wood and cOntriyes TO
please by that very deficiency 1t is curious that
Of the first things teach young artists is TO decide
what they shall leave ont OF a they to paint.
They ought to be taught the direct opposite to how
much they can get in. The leaving out should be the
privilege Of the cousummate painter, not Of the yro.
Mr.. Woods BarnYard" is bare aud clean, aud real
rnyard is never either on any weIlregulaed farm.
Manchester Coast" No. 1S7, by Winslow Homer is "a
disappointment which the artist had right to inct
upon that portion Of the public that takes strong inter-
est in him. and would admire him II it could be permitted
do with safe conscience. Not but what there Is OF
IT. s good only there nothing oft but the first n-
tention. We take it that Mr. Homer great deal
more than this in tn spot he has pamted ne did not,
lie not called upon TO say anything te the public
about It. If a should have VISIT from an angel,
and should down to compose letter informing that
the angel had shape Of kind but he didn't care to
tell US what it was Ike should express hope that
the next angel would to somebody who was not so
close.mouthed If this be the coast Of Massachusetts'
Manchester, we know il intimately enough TO know that
IL Is much better worth painting than Mr. Homer woul
seem TO allow It. But the truth is this sketch may be OF
any rocky seacoast and true OF one as OF another IL
is not daub such lines these are put on with
deliberate intention, but 1t Is sketch too slight to oher
the public nero memorandum for the artists portfolio.
II Mr. Homer has adopted the notion that he can put
down in any ne in nature in any passage Of human
hfe oil that worth recording In haltdozen strokes OF
his brush he makes blunder that in some men would
deserve to be called concet but is blunder pure aud
simple in any who adopts It as practice. IL was
said of bIr picture, Prisoners at the Front"
by one OF the greatest living French artists that Ws
full Of promise II 1t were presented as SKETCH but tLat
IL was very from being finished picture. Yet along
side Of Mr. Homers later work that picture would GER
tainly deserve 10 be called finished We reconcile
ourselves having artist Of reaabiityand we have
very few men so able as Mr.. HOmer-snuf himself Qua
with theory this way. We will hope that he Is only
suffering from attack Of whim.
Mr. Eastman Johnson's Portraits" is not equal 10
interest to the beautiful group which he painted some
years ago for Mr. BlOdgett although dare say IL is
fully as well painted But, is it possible that artist
could have invented or chosen this dreadful roomi We
cannot believe that Mr. Johnson would do either. lie
might possibly have invented the furniture and deeora
ton under the influence OF nightmare or indeeston buI
the most harrassing circumstances. And If it were
chosen for him. we offer hlm most respectful sympa
Tor the toures that he must have endured in paint
Ing it But he has gone TO his task In noble spirit OF
seltsacriace determined to do even II he had to die.
What conscience has been expended on tho chandelier
It looks as IL made up OF tho artists cyszed tears OF
yexaton having to waste his time over the tastess
thing What quiet skill has given the mautelpiece,
though It must have hung like msone round his neeh
In the doing. And how skilfully he has wrought the
whole discordant upholstery into harmony which,
while It allows nothing TO escape makes 1t easy TO forget
all the incongruous detail. The figures are altogether
satisfactory although the adys dress ite formal
The introduction Of the child is very happily Managed
but we should be better pleased could see his face
His hands however, are charmngy painted ana the old
gentemans caught with exactly the right express
sion. How much we hayo TO thank Mr.. Johnson forl
How good Il is to have man who Is unfangy true
70 his art and TO himself and who, whatever may be his
subject shows us how the true artist can always get out
~ II something with which to feed the spirit and 10 de-
Mr. Carl L. Braudts "Dish OF Alpine srawber
rIesp is most beautifully painted. After SEEING
his commonplace " gnaton," No. IS, and his con
yentional "Fortune Teller" No. 33s, we were
mos agreeably surprised turning to the catalogue to
And that the same hand had painted this delicate and In
dlydual work. perhaps. triho hard but not more
so than is inevitable In such treatment while It adds to
the ordinary interest OF piece Of stlllie slight charm
of suggestveness which such pictures often want to re-
deem them from the charge OF being mere bits Of
painted catalogue raisonnte There is hint here Of
travel Of study OF mutual domestic pleasures, the wifea
thimbe and spool Of silk the husbands box OF crayons
aud the Catalogue Of the Louvre which they have both
enjoyed together All these things, with the beautifully
shaped deicately colorod Alpine strawberries, are
panted with sentiment well with aud accu'
racy and picture that results from the nnOp Is one
such rarely produced ON this side the water
MIR Boughtons Christmas Eve" we have seen some,
where before, but are glad 10 see II again Ie oa
odv "a as well painted as she Is imagined. and that IS
saving great deal for she is dear, goOdnatnrea Gou