The New York herald., 1869-01-11
FINE ARTS.

FINE ARTS.
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ARTISTS SATURDAY RECEPTIONS.
The Saturday receptions. to which many OF our
artists invite their friends and the public, both
agreeable and sdvantaoeous. tending to break down
TIE wsu Of partition between those who cultivate
art ana those who devote themselves exclusively
to business or to the busy idIeness OF fashona-
BILE life. The majority Of visitors to these
receptions are the ladies. whose instructive
love for the beautiful. together with their.
more abundant leisure account for their out
numbering at present visitors OF the opposite sex.
The impressions made upon these ladies BY frequent
and habltua study Of pictures and statues viii be
transmitted In many cases 70 the minds OF the next
generation. From generation 70 generation the I'm
pressIons win become stronger, more numerous and
more distinct. taste for the ane arts u no less
hereditary than taste for anything nice to eat or 70
drink.
Educate your own eye TO see and appreciate the
marvels with which master can hll the canvas.
and your children ana grand children win be likely
to aud appreciate them better than yourself The
knowledge and taste difused through Ill classes In
those European capital cities where galleries Of art
have been opened for centuries an accumulation
OF transmitted impressions. One immediate advant-
age Of the Saturday receptions by New York artists
Is that the latter are thus withdrawn from
the isolation 70 which their pursuits con-
denim them In our busy, commercial metropo-
lis. They become personally better known, and.
other things being equal their works become better
known. Pictures and statues are made TO be sold
as well as to be admired Artists must be fed and
clothed and housed ike other respectable people,
and although working for money alone Is fatal to an
artists genius working without ever earning any
or that n chief Object moaey ms
ing. let hun abandon his studio at once and
select what promises best among the thousand and
one roads To fortune open 70 every cnterprislng
American. Art should be o profession aud not
merely metier-a trade. No artist, however, can
dent for facilitating the sale Of his works-suc for
instance, as exhibiting them to the public at these
ss Sps1 11e md G the
mud In the streets and It was such good walking
over headn that an unusually large number OF ladies
thronged the Studio Building In Tenth street. But
the doors OF only few studios were open and
scarcely any new pictures were exhibited, inasmuch
works to figure al the monthly meeting Of the Gen.
tury Club on Saturday evening There was, there
cent Gig Gignoux's % fne winter view Of Niagara,
"Uunder the Table Rock" Homer Martins
unfinished @ Clearing Up q an October storm" Dc
elaborate little pictures and OF Henrys specimens OF
city architecture }. G. Browns Swing" "rhe I'm
portant Secretn and other charming Illustrations Of
child ne-not to add OF doll-lifc-for by the best
testimony that OF a bright. pretty CHILD, whom
fectly successful; Iambdns Victim ana oner ex
celent "chid-lifo" pictures, Heade's Brazilian
scenery and last but BY no means least admirative.
Iae artists at the upper Dodworth's Building hold
their receptions on the first Saturday Of each MONTH
lie ut the last reception were Mr.. j. NJ. Hart, Mrs
Beers-whose landscapes rival those OF her distin-
Samuel Samuel So1man, Ausero. I. L. smith J. b. sm,is.
q, II. Smile, Ogilvie Lazarus tthe popular portrait
isb, Wenzler, Farman, Brcvoort kiteli, Pratt,
Mrs. l.. Greatorex-whose photographed pencil
sAeIches OF the "Relics OF Manhattan" compose
an elegant and valuable album-and the sculptols
RIOS sESBEgG's "oS rHR LOOK QUIZ
Mr.. Rosenberg has Just published a charming liz.
Tor winch some months ago ne received a cornms.
SION ir0in MIR. Barney Williams. The picture repre-
sents three Fenians or other Irish patriots upon
connected with their proposed movement.
The hour is sunset and it is one or
those sunsets peculiar to the Emerald Isle. AS q
painting this Is one Of the best small paintings
which we have recently seen from the hand OF the
M ee Uy ws wous Ge r 20 @
Williams Is gathering very dnc collection OF paint
ings. and although most OF them are by foreign ar
lists we are glad to see that he Is by no means in
diferent TO American talent. 1t Is remarkable that
Mt. Barney Williams and Mr.. Edwin Forrest are the
only two Of our successful actors who evince much
appreciation OF the works OF their profession
wHITTAKER'S "MAUD MULLER.n
new picture from the easel OF John b. Whit
taker is exhibition in the gallery Of MessrB
Morris, Fulton street. Brooklyn. The subject which
the ARTIST has chosen is suggested BY whttiers poem
'Maud Muller" and although many pictures OF
more pretensons have been suggested by the same
poem few are 20 original IN treatment, and so much
as .ss sssspps psns MS ae s
country girl, standing IN roadway, near running
spring Of water. In her right hand Is small tin
cup falling Idly TO her side, and her lett hand n
raised 10 her face, with one finger resting her
chin The attitude and dress Of the girl very sim
pie her face being shaded by hat straw hat,
brown skirt, an apron OF blue, and scarlet sack
covering her figure. In the background. across
meadow, Is the distant village
White from It's hill-slope looking down.
The picture Is excellcntly drawn aud colored with
great strength ana effect good deal OF inc judg-
ment being noticeable la The selection 0f coors.
The light and shade are skufu!ly managed. Ihe
figure stands In sunlight effectively relieved, aud the
light in the foreground ~ very beautifully handled.
The landscape Is aISo good Mr.. Whitaker has never
tried anything so elaborate before in this direction
but he may well congratulate himself upon his sue
cess in landscape drawing and coloring.
EXHIBITION or WATER COLOR PAINTINGS.
The next interesting event IN our New York art
world win be the opening OF the exhibron OF water
color paintings at the National 1 academy Of Design
winter exhibition has been q great Disappointment
TO the picture loving public, and we hope tnat the
rate the exhibition The water Color Society now
numbers nearly fity members among whom are
some OF the best Of our artists IN otis. Mira Murrays
advent in New York ana the entrance OF Mr. r. o. O.
Dariey and Mr.. Bayard Taylor into the color
adds large circle OF friends ana admirers 10 tue
movement. The awakening interest II so great to
bid fair 10 emulate tue rage ia England, where the
pictures so overflow the exhibitions that--as
informed by letter from Mr.. A. 4. Bellows who Ia
now In Lond0n--at recent exhibition no less than
l,00owere rejected ior want of wall room. Fashion
Is potent ia art, as ia lesser matters, and the excel
lent English fashion OF hanging water col
ors In drawing rooms should obtain here.
the more pretentlous I'm oil being
reserved for galleries. Water color pictures "lighr
upii q room with their bright and sparkling tones
and have cheerful an effect ON the senses some
spar king light wine. tue difference between them
anl OIL pictures being to carry out the idea-iIke
the qualty OF port contrasted with the light wine.
AT the exhibition OF last year visitors often re
marked that they LEFT the water color rooms with
more Iightsome spirit, and that aiterward oil pic
lures looked oily. The society expect to show some
800 works OF their own, and also, specimens ol the
bcsi Engsa aud continental schools.
TWkllsefD tlEcTM FsAu1s.