New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
heplessness: it might be hesitatng Psyche beside
the eouch of Cupid

have not been able, from sheer want Oh '"o, "
visit the studios OF Mr. Ives and Miss hosmer 'u'
! was fortunate in finding Miss Foley in ner "o'A-
shop busy with the completion of a charming ue'ien
for a fountain. Three naked Children shii"Ains
from or daIlyina with the water. are seated on
rocky base out of which springs luXnrlahV tui' OF
acanthus the sculpturesque leaves curvihg ouo"sro
las in the Corinthian capital and forming the nasih
above for the central watar-et. This latter feature
is prettv and graceful. but it belongs to merely
decorative art in the children. however, Miss Foley
has aecoinplished sound. honest sculptors work.
Roth in r,odeling and in grouping they iuihll the
hest conditions of art the grace Delights because u
is appareutlv unsought aud Is not achieved az the
o az r+ro,c+h These are no Dresden-C China
cbernbs bpt children in whom feels the future
women and men. Miss Foley has made great pro-
ress in the last i've years. but it is the natural fruit
of her uatlence and her aspiration Mr. ldnehart Is
now NJ home with his statue of ChieiJustlce Ianey
I saw. however an exquisite Clytie' which Inc has
recently completed, in the rOOms OF MIR. HERMAN II
Rinehart lives twenty years longer, predict noble
fame for hIm his beginnings show freedom from
mistaken aims, pure and intelligent ambition.
which is not as freduent as we could wish in Amer-
can artists OF painters Mr. George II. Yewell re-
freshed our earlier knowledge of him. at home
wear ago.--Or, rather, gave rs q new knowledge OF
his powers by the beautiful Venetian interiors be
brought with him. He is now hore. and is just com
Melting a picture of the grand hall in the Doges
Palace Which much surpasses all hsprevious works.
Ii is Venetian, not only in the SUBJECT but also III It's
rrodigality Of rich, harmonious color. l hope Mr.
Kemp of Eew-York. its lucky possessOr, VIII allow
the world chance to see II, after it reaches him.
Mr. NJ. O. Roberts who has been no less liberal than
discriminating in his orders here this Winter, has
engaged another interior of Mr.. Yewel, giving the
latter his choice Of subject It is an instance where
both artist and purchaser are to be congratulated
for the best encouragement OF Art Is that winch
leaves il free.
Vedder. as usual with him. has more designs and
sketches than finished pictures but the former are
so weirdly suggestive so provocative OF many IDEAS
so fuIl of subtle hints of color that one does not
know whether to beg him 20 on designing OF 70
Dause select and elaborate. He is a painter-Poe
who delirhts TO wander by the dark tarn OF
Auber' ,-.-. -, ,,,..-,
and searches for the language OF his tancies III all
IMAGINABLE figures ard accessories, as Poe sought Tor
ms in hunting words and rhythns He has a sipyl-
o. youut uartentous creature IN flying robes, stridng
away with her three books. after burning the rest
an Ftruscan sorceress. about TO cast her baleful
SHELLS on some enemy; japanese woman IN the
shadow of her chamber, dark against sunny NH
side; and several festive professions, pure carnlVas
of color in the costumes of the fourteenth and nj
teenth centuries care less for the latter, though
they seem TO be eagerly sought for by English ana
American connoisseurs: they appeal rather 10 the
sensual delirht in color than to the of repre-
sentative art in which color is one Of the elements
There is something wilful and impatieutin Vedders
genius and il sill interferes, in some measure with
his achievement But he is always retreshingy
original: his sign-manual may be Instantly rec0g-
uized and IL is ike that of other painter {. Z.
Coleman has been 10 Nuremberg, and the bright,
fresh studies he has made IN that quaint old city
please me better than anything of his which have
vet seen. much prefer them TO his medieval Ia
dies and troubadOUIs priests and Italian peasants
Not that the latter not always carefully painted,
and mellow with agreeing c0lOrs but we have had
SO much of the same from France and Belgium. ana
are beginning TO get additional supplies from En-
gland and Germany. Mr.. Coleman, however. has
found q new mine of pictorial gold in Nuremberg,
and l hope he VIII continue TO work 1t.
Hazelrine has also been working with as
much ard1r as a young painter who has
his reputation still TO make. He has greatly
gained in the qualities of BREADTH refine
meut. and repose. certain crude force of
color which unpeasantly characterized some OF his
earlier pictures is now toned down into the proper
harmony and he shows less tendency toward what
might be called the dramatic element in land
sc9pe painting. a picture of the Castle of Ischia
on which he is now engaged, shows sound and eX-
ceuenr work and viii surely advance hs reputation
Mr. Tilton, hear, has enriched bis glowing walls
with a number Of Egyptian pictures, and should
have tried 70 see them. but for the temptation 10 be
out Of doors all day in this perfect Spring weather
which turns the sod TO violets' have also missed
George Hal. and Terry, and Eugene Benson, with
others both painters and scuiptors, since the few
DAYS l devote to seeing Rome as the Capital
Of Italvare stolen from time already claimed by
other duties. This is not, therefore by any means
a fun report 0f what artists are dong. The Ut
erarv atmosphere OF Rome. / should think is more
bracing than has been for long time. Our illus
trious Minister. Mr. Marsh. is now TO be found here
instead of in Florence William and Mary Hewitt
are settled in tine Via s.stina; Miss Brewster sends
her lively letters TO Philadelphia and Boston, and
there are two English papers, The Roman Times
l,emi-weeklvl, and a Roman edition Of The S'riss
Times daily during the Winter. GrcgorOvius,
whose History Of Rome in the Middle Ages is
both the continuation and the equal OF Gibbons
great work, still spends his Winters here. His His
tory is now being translated, at the expense Of the
city, and he is hOnored where, three years ago,
there was m Index Erpwgqtoyis for all such faith
full and imDartial labors know not how il may
bs with others but as fOrme am beginning to love
the grand and venerable city the mother Of So much
power and weakness so much light and gloom. An
other morning at last, has risen upon the Seven
Hills: may 1t increase, and blend with the clearer
daylight Of the Coming Time! BIT.
DopErcN COCCTD