The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-04
ART MATTERS.

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When Lord Chesterfield was dying he Ii said to
have remarked. .'If Mr.. Selwyn should call show
him up. III am alive shall be glad to see him; II
am dead he will be glad to see me-" This, as the
reader knows, was In alusion to George Selwyn's
notorious penchant for viewing dead bodies, and
may De said to have been the last gieam OF that
colo Wiz which occasionally sparkled in his lord
snip's conversation. The same spirit--that OF
receiving or giving pleasure OF being the means OF
more enjoyment existing for some one than pre-
viously exlsted-animates almost every artist who
paints what ne considers good picture and is will
ing to give the dtettante an opportunity judging.
II the picture peases he will be glad to have seen
them; II 1t displeases, they will rejoice to have
seen It, For 1--WE blush to swn it) there is nothing
your art-smatterer c0vets more than the oppor-
tunity Of saying something malicious in the guise
OF criticism, that shall be coOred by the facts OF the
case. Well, Mr. b. +. Reinhart Is before the public
with new picture, as fresh as the ideal June bud
would be II it were only here. 1t dropped from his
easel yesterday, and may be seen to-day at his
studio, room ~ Dodw0rth Hall, SOC broadway. It
Is entitled "WelcOme Home" and greater SIM
pllcity OF theme and l0vlness Of treatment would
be difficult to come by. 1t is, indeed, 1u OF bright
ness, breeziness and sweetness. iou feel against
your cheek the tender breath or the clover field
which forms portion of the background, as much
as you feel the delicious innocence and happiness OF
the two little ones who constitute the theme. In
precious drop which gives tone to the whole, and
the name OF that drop Is Sadness. Whether Mr..
Remnant recognizes this or not, such is the sent
ment his picture illustrates and eniorces AS there
is no happier or sweeter sight than that of two
pure children tondling each other so there is none
to learn that George StinsOn Co. have desired to
engrave such subject Tor 1t Is handled with an
af1ectionateness sweetness OF feeling and low
edge, more ambitious efforts of the same artist
t hsa ses u.s. be fact that
specific characters Of an object in their perfection
then In welcome Home'' we have somebody very
healthy, happy ingenious, self-uncOnscous child
hood, sparkling with the sportive animalsm which
makes It something to DC londled and kissed, yet
In welcome Home" two little girls occupy the
about six, Is coming down couple OF rustic steps
which bring her from clover field behind. She
day and is received by her sister, couple Of Years
younger. The difference In dress Is o sufficient In
dicaton that the elder child has been away. She
wears stockings and shoes, neat frOck, clean
white apron and q pretty pink sunhonnet. The
younger sister is the pers0nifcation Of infant des
and softened by the Joy OF welcome. She has bare
arms and legs, ana seems quite indifferent to the
comparative finery OF her sister: The merit OF
these two children Is their exceeding naturalness
II Is impossible that they should have been drawn
from the same model, as most studies OF children
are. They are veritable children, children that you
can pinch and kiss, and roll and tumble with, and
not minute adults with cheeks like red apple
dnmplings and curviinear limbs. We remember
children by Meyer Won Bremen that we think there
Is reason to like less. 1t Is easy to perceive that
the two are sisters for the family likeness shines
not less in the varied identity OF feature than in
the lovely contentment OF the eldest child and the
clingng JOY OF the younger.
Who mas not beheld pictures of children which
tempted him to doubt the immortality Of the soul?
Their little forms and faces were OF so woodeny a
type that II these were to be accepted as emblems
OF humanity then the gOirlt within them seemed