Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-02-05
CHE ~. g. GhruuitIe.
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NEw YoRK, Jan. IL, 1865.

NEw York, Jan. II, 1868.
EDITOR CHRoNIcLE:-It may interest
some Of your readers to hear little
about Art and Artists in this city. 1t
Is acceeded by Artists and Art dealers,
that this season is the dullest time on
record for selling pictures, yet in face
OF this the Artists all seem to be at
work. Although discouraging times,
there are plenty of art students in the
city-National Academy of Design,
Cooper's Institute and the Brooklyn
Academy all full. 1t is noticeable that
but few Artists take students into their
studios, while old masters had any
number of pupils, but the advantages
for studying Art this winter are good !;
the officers of the National Academy of
Design, some of our first artists, give
their personal attention to giving in
struction two weeks alternately. Col.
James Fairman, the American Rusllin,
gives a course of lectures on Art free
tickets distributed, in Cooper's Insti-
tute. Artists studios are thrown open
on Saturday afternoons to visitors or
the public, afording to all thai go a
good deal of pleasure in seeing their
rare bits (studies from nature, also their
larger pictures in progress. II would
take too much space to mention what
works the principal Artists have on the
easels. Lovers of Art and real pleasure
are now enjoying the exhibition of oil
and water color paintings at the Ma
tionsl Academy of Design, doubtless
the largest collection ever got together
in this country, comprising: lst. the win
ter exhibition of oil paintings, original
works OF living and deceased Artists.
ID the First Annual collection of the
American Society of Painters in water
colors. Sd. the works from the Ameri-
can Art Department of the Paris Uni
versal Exposition. In the first We have
Thomas Coles ''Cross and the World"
three large pictures; we have fine ex-
ample of Bierdstadt in "Mt. Hood"
of Edwin Fobes, "a Lull in the Fight at
the Wilderness, May 9TH, 1864, a squad
OF butternuts, war horse with long ears,
darkies, purp tents, a game of cards,
while some are keeping close lookout,
may help the imagination in forming
the picture. Sabbath of the Emil
grants" is one of Edwin Whites hap
py feelings for color and expression.
DeHaas gives us q clear and powerful
Marine piece in his "Breezy Morning"
There are several old portraits, one of
Cole. DeHuntington's full
length portrait of Admiral DUPONT is
the great portrait of the exhibition
so near the life. Our home Artist, W. !
F. Porter, holds his own among the
small landscape painters in his Lake
George. I'd. The water color pictures |
are mostly small, about I2xl8. There |
are but few which can be called really |
excellent, and those, for clearness, deli
cacy of tone and strength, cannot be
with oil colors. The illim-
table barley proves to US he can color
With water color in two Italian figure
pieces, if he did make Q partial failure
n oil. The main room contains the 60 |
works which represented the new
world in the old (Parls Expositionl-
With +. E. Church at the head of land
cape because he got the gold medal; but
here are different opinions about him
'eing at the head. To be sure Ruskin
aid he was the only man that had put
he rainbow on canvass, but he does it
t the sacrifice of a healthy sky, which
dcEntee, Casilear and Hart excel in.
l. B. Durand really takes person into
he woods with his woodland landscapes.
Tuntington's Republican Court, or
irs. Wsshington,s Reception, !" for por-
rdfrurey- and IT ends-here is frIlly al
amous picture; Huntington, Elliot,
lealey and Baker are about equal in
Eastman Johnson's "Sab-
ath Morning" rs the best figure-piece.
er7is McEntee's October or Departure
f the Birds" the finest landscape.-I'
The Gun Foundry" by the young
rtist, John Weir, his first picture,
romises much from that artist. W. Il
/. Beard, of Painesville, O., gives a
ood deal of jolity and music in his
Bear Dance"-a carnival and over g
600 bears in the picture.
The statuary is varied "a fae large col Il
ection. ]. Q. Ward gives Us almost an
quail to the Antique Gladiator in his
Indian hunter and wolf-dog." Volk's
ust Of Abraham, Lincoln gave the old
Torld very good idea of honest Abe.
Down town at Couples can be seen a
are collection of paintings. Constsnt
layer, who painted "LoYes Melan-
holy" is showing his maud Muller"
D the public here, full length figure,
fe size, valued at $4,000, creates quite
sensation, but the French artists
lonopolizs this gallery. which either ,
that times are dull with Ar [
sts in France, or that they excel
.mericans, and from the enormous
rices set on some of their small pic !
1res one would think the latter the !
ase. Sehau's gallery is filed with
ood things. mostly German pictures,
lille at SaedieOr's you find mostly
-merican pictures. ToPoG. ]