The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-03-11
Letter ffon Paris.
To tht Editor ~ tht sun.

| The unsettled condition of affairs in the Uni
. ted States is IN king sad work with tho little
colony Of American artists here, who find il
the wolf at tho door, while waiting for the
tardy recognition which comes TO genius.
! New orders are as scarce as snow.balls in June,
and it is almos; impossible even to procure re-
| mittauces on account Of those which may have
been completed since the gathering Of the pres
/ ent storm. With purses, never at tho bcst
| pl, thcric, thus subjected to tho heavy drain
Of idlenes. you may imagine that some Of tho
poor fellows are compelled TO mako more frc-
quent journeys to the mont de piete than Trey
would care to have mentioned and are hcaiti.
ly agreed in their denunciation Of politics,
slavery, the administration, in whatever else
1t may lie, which has brought another financial
crisis upon us ere they had fairly taken breath
from 90. In their common misfortune they
exhibit most commendable spirit Of fratcr-
nifty, and no one Of them is likely to want which
the others have a siNpcncc to share with him.
Yet, in spite Of the generous fraternity Of
feeling existing among the American art stu
dents in Paris, there are melancholy circum-
stances of neglect and privation connected
with the recent dccease Of one Of their number
here. Mr.. II, Landscape p'inter, who was
stricken down suddenly by apoplexy, some
two weeks since, while sitting quietly in his
chair, in tho apartment he occupied, alone
with his vi'c. The circumstances Of his death
did not come to tho knowledge Of his friends
until some two days after; when his wife was
found nearly exhausted by forty-eight hour.'
watching, without other food or sleep, at tho
= de of her husband Her immediate wants
were at orce attended too, and through the
kind ness of her banker, sho was soon provided
with the means for returning TO New York.
While waiting for more prosperous times,
the artists are busy in preparing for the French
Exposition of The Fine Arts in April or May
and some Of them have very fine subjects on
the easel.
HowLANp is just completing a large picture
to lie called " The Prisoners" 1t is an Eastern
scene of Asiatic pirates bringing in boat Load
,f prisoners and booty, tho gay costumes Of the
different figures making altogether a brilliant
pile Of color. 1t is snowy painting, more than
ordinarily fierce in color and conception.
MAY, pupil Of CouTouR, has nearly anishcd
| a full length portrait Of CoLrMBUS supported
by an attendant, signing his will, which is pre-
| sented ny secretary ~ MS slde' SiLe seems
to bo the most marked feature OF this painting.
sriLLM\S is here tasting the sweets Of the
honeymoon, and recruiting energies exhausted
by his heavy editorial iabors upon the Crdyo"
our New York journal OF art. He has Sc
ries Of Swiss subjects ON the stocks, a. the re-
suits OF his last summer ramoie throuSh Sa-
Voy and Swit@'riand, IN the company oi JOHN
krshiS. Inc only sketch Whieh IL saficientiy
advanced 10 speak OF ~ present, Is view OF an
Alpine graveyard under an aiguiiie Tor nee lie
like spur OF the Swiss Alps. It's one OF those
sombre subjects IN "hich sriLLNAN densnts; I;
the d'9u'He rising in the middle OF the picture
with the last rays Of the setting sun iaii'ng on
1t, and the whole fore ground Of the picture III
shadow, makes aitogether as me'ahcho'y oit
oi landscape as one wouiu WISH 10 see IN the'o
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