New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-02
TIE LATE WILLIAM Ii. RINEHARI.


II ia with sincere sorrow that we learn Oh
the death Of the American sculptor, William H. uo
hart which took place AZ Rome, Italy, on "eunoeu",'
the 2stn uit so much Of this artists hie hau v'o.
passed abroad and 1uch OF 1t taken up Win eAouS
ing private commiss chiefly portraitousts' wat INC
general public knew bat little OF his WORKS; ana ne
iabored 40 quietly the still air OF dehghtfal studies
that the world heard OF but seldom. Dor was aware
how true sculptor how poetic artist was rpenng
In the remote Roman world His marbles are oess
known in Baltimore where he hrst founa generous pa
irons and hearted friends and MS nnes INC
Cyteone OF the most purely beautiful statues ever
od,cea m this countryis the chief possession OF the
Peabody Institute in that city. His statue OF Judge
Taney which stands the yard Of the State House at
Annapolis rs admitted fine piece but IN that out vi
the way city 1t has but little chance OF oene
well known And these, with the exception
of bronze monumental statue in Greenmount
Cemetery and two statues In Loudoh fark'
are we believe the only examples OF his talent whch
the public opportunity of studying ana enjoy
Ing He has. however. by his WILL left the models OF
ali his principal works which are In his studio In Rome
together with such works in marble now there to
MS trustees 20 bring to Maryland they discover
proper artuse them. and trust that public ex-
hibition may made of them In this reasonable
Judgment may most easily be formed OF the aim and
scope OF his work a sculptor
Rinehart was born yand In 1925 1926 In what
father was a well-to-do farmer. but the boy
had no particular advantages of education
or culture, and his earliest years were
passed in work upon the farm, with perhaps some
schooling in the Winter. The opening Of marble
quarry his fathers land seems TO have stirred the
for that till then had lain dormant IN him.
watched with interest the labors of the quarrymen,
took pleasure handling the stone. and when demand
grew the neighbOrhOod for from the new
quarry he tried prentice-hand at stone-cuttng, In
shaping, and sometimes in ornamentiDg with rude
taste, these memorials of the dead At last, when he
OF age, ne left his fathers mousse
and went TO Baltimore where he sought and
found employment journeyman stone
cutter Ia the establishment OF Messrs. BaughiDan
aud Beyan. with whom. and with Mr. Hugh sssoD, he
remained for several years. gradually acquiring greater
dextery with the chisel and practical experience IN
ornamental work for which he showed uncommon :a-
eDt Daring this period. he carved directly from the
block without previous modelling several small busts
and his earlier works are bouquet deiicateiy
chseled and statuette OF negro cutting stone this
is black marble the face and hands being polished
and left in the natural grayish color OF the
marble 1t Is the fashion TO smile at such Incl
dents as these In the art life OF scup-
TOR, but any one who reads the lives OF the
great artists ind thousand such. and they are of
highest interest taken collectively bearing upon
The history the human mind and cannot be neglected
by any in the future shall undertake such his
tOlv. Mrs. Wright, an untaught woman, pipcnng
dough portraits OF her neighbors under her apron
the Western dairy-woman who lately made an ideal
head out of butter Quincy Ward drawn the side OF
the potter who piled his the boys home like
moth candle and stealing away to the fields with
his sisters stolen doll for a model to make statues
ont Of clay, where the potter had been content
10 make pots-these may seem common
place illustrations, but they are as worthy
note In way Glotto drawing the sheep he
tended on the fiat rock where be sat TO watch them
Correggio crying ont before great artists picture
l. too am q painter :" az Leonardo drawing angels
on his masters canvas Had Reinhart been born In
France, in Germany u Eogand IN Italy, In the old
time. ne would without question have been famous
sculptor. for he had all that makes the sculptor. and
only wanted the atmosphere, the opportunity, that
develops the sacred fame. For all know. be
never saw statue, till he went in 1855
70 Italy, where, with only occasional visits |
10 America, he lived for nearly twenty years |
He q man of modest and Withdrawing habit, Of |
simple little given to society but greatly devoted
20 art which he loved with entire affection and loved
for itself he IN perception ana IN skill every
and though he has left enduring work behind him.
he would have done foer things had he lived His ely
tie however viii molly preserve his memory, and 1t is
pleasant 10 know that 1t Is worhiIy PLACED. and cared
for by whole people of his adopted city, He has left
n large number OF excellent busts and by his |
will after legacies to his five brothers, he leaves
nearly his whole estate, amounting to between $4,000
and $4,000 to art uses. He has made Messrs W. T.
Walters and b. F. Newcomer his executors and they
also his carrying his bequest In relation
TO the art endowment He has made some excellent |
suggestions regard 10 the disposition OF the fund
they suggestions merely and the trustees are
left free carry whatever plan seem TO them
best