New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-03-22

ing and telling IL to those who have need OF hear
ing It. No purpose gained by this morbid exhibition
no lesson taught-the painter shows his skill and the
spectators gorge rises at tthat Is ALL 1t will be seen
that admit the artists skill and that skill would be
moro telling II he had known 10 confne himself
to the main group. Tho recording scribe In the dis
tance Ia well painted; no matter how slight the thing
Mr. Eakinss people doing. they always doing 1t
effectuslly their painted bodies real Ones
And the Old Is we'll painted too but neither the
recording scribe the old woman has right at all
to be in the picture They only here for the sake Of
effect.
1t is not necessary for enjoyment that pic
should have "sulect" at all. Not few OF the
most beautiful pictures in tho world have no subject
that be made out, at least to the satisfaction OF
everybody. Several of Giorgone's pictures are only
figures OF beautiful human beings dong nothing par
tcular Nobody knows what Ttian's tso-calledD "sa-
cred and Profane Love" means (but it certainly does
not thatD and other instances in plenty might be
The artist wanted to incarnae his thoughts OF
beauty and loneliness and he left il to others To tack
name TO his pictures shut them mp to meaning
But If picture have definite subject II ought to be
one that will do somebody some good to look at and
study. give pleasure. The time ought to be
by for these bloody savage scenes scenes OF hu
despair and agony scenes painted ia cold Dood u
make US weep when weeping does no good. Regnaults
Execution JuScment." with It's Gorelike syrup
Guiding down marble stair; the pitiless slave or
pcss despot wpng hs sabre Oh his robe, and looking
with uDwnklDg eyes into the unwning eyes OF his VIC
tiu's head G6rome's Turkish Butcher Boy" with
garland bleeding hearts and lights and livorS hanging
on the wall painted much better than the boy himself
and with more enjoyment; or the Heads of the NAM
ouks Exposed a Gate Of the Mosque another study
OF ughterhOuse species by the same artist; or
Leuis David rushing of 10 MaratS house to paint nm
bleeding in his bath with COrday's knife lying beside
him ON the hoGr-i. 1t not about time that art refused 10
lend hand to perpetuatiug atrocities like theSef
MI ]. Alden Weir's large picture " In the PARK" Is
disappointment after his work Of last year. 1t does not
show any decline OF SKIN in the artist only he has
taken subject suited to his powers. IL pretty
.ubeC too and wishes he could nave mastered 1t,
a. of course ne might, had ne taken more time.
rather eeminate and seifconscOus young man SITS on
Park bench and pausos in the reading OF his news
paper 10 look up at nco-l0okins young lady who is
passing. A little girl has thrust herself between the
Young man and young in order to sell the
lady come viOlets Behind the child is BLVD man who
il asking aims and behind the Young lady are Two or
three diry and disrepuable characters one OF them
rough woman the life study OF whose hcat. made We
suppose, by Mr.. Weir for this picture, will be found
near by, in No. 56. Now group Ike this, made up OF
so many human characters, might be an interesting
picture but Mr.. Weir has not known how to arrange
them that can enjoy looking at them. Inc
young man is not looking at the young IduI'
though we know he is meant TO be dong so;
the yOunr lady is neither looking at the Young man nor
ANYTHING not even AT the little nOWerglrl, 10 accept
refuse her flowers. Part of Tie unseemy crOWdlnS
Of this composition be charged to he want OF aerial
perspective but the chief defect IS want OF thought III
the arrangement Mr.. Weir has shown what ne can 90
with single fgures-tho grouping them can surely DO
only - matter of This might have beon made
picture to please everybody.
Mr.. Wyatt Eaton's " The Mirror" is not an encour-
aging study OF the nude No doubt the drawing, ana
tomicalv speaking, is enough, but as picture
here is nehcr beautiful color. nor beautitu! FORM nor
a more serious defec-the OF life This limp lady,
who cannot hold mp her head nor support the mirror
which to be dropping IRON her hand, is apparently
studied from jcllymoud that mas been exposed o. too
much heat In the artists other picture, No 90 which
hangs nea the queing process has gone further and
the model has pretty much disappeared Mr.. Eaton
bent on carrying into oil-panting the defects OF
his crayondrawngs. 1t is not necessary to have an
outline. but there must be something inside such outline
there il.
We hear great deal SAID nowadays, here in New
York at least of the technical skill that can draw al
ear eye any other feature with stroke of the
brush. evidently getting to be thought proof OF
genius for artist to do with one movement OF the
hand what another man will take dozen for This Is
all very well as final result OF OF practice and
study We have heard 1t said that when Japanese boy
is set down TO draw flower. he must spend whole days
in the contemplation Of that flower without putting
brush to paper until no has completely mastered 1t in
all parts, the shape, size. turn of the leaves ana
ais the growth or the SCIn ana WHOt
and when has done this he must express the result
Of his study by possible strokes This is be-
ginning at the right end, but the fashion COM
ing to be In vogue here equivalent TO put
sing music pupil at Wagner Chopin be
fore he knows his scales. Not did Mr. Chase, or MI
Duyeneck, or Mr.. william Hunt learn his brayura;
what there good in either the result of tosome
study and faithful application. 1t is pity TO praise Miss
Josephine Kibbc for such piece OF sovenly painting
A. TOm,' N. SO. No one has a rigat to smear
colors about In this way unless with aim that Is
justIfed by the results This measy looking farm hand,
with not feature in his face, with ridiculous hat,
the crown of it big mana fist, with no clothes
on his body, and no body inside his clothes.
is praised masterpiece by artists
who take good care never to do anything
like it themselves Every body the difference be-
tween work Of this kind and work like Mr. Chlse's
Portrait OF MI Frank Duveneck." Mr.. Duveneck's
Lady with Fam" Mr.. Sartaln's Heads, MI
Stones unfinished Portrait OF Frank DenSrr." ana
Mss Cassatt's Lady Reading" We In these
pictures the artist has put in. he has put III
and that what he has left out. ne might at
any time supply We have to thank of these artists
for needed protest against tmid cOnventOnalisn and
hnical oyernish. but afraid their younger fol-
lowers need think the Persian story or the youth
who read upon the temple door " Be Bold" He opened
H. and passing 10 another, which lac also
read Be Bold" At last he came e. a third door at
Bold"