The New York herald., 1872-12-21

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'Never Too Old to Dance" has just LETT the easel
Of this artist The is Italian and the subject
represents an old Italian woman dancing, az s
frequently the case In that easy going climate, with
and the contrast OF the sanctim0nious priests with
me s,.soucsGce ci 1ne principal actors 10 cieyery
Home" representing young girl wistfuly regard
ing some doves In an aviary; o "Flower Grip or
''The Song or the sea.n taken from Washington
Irvings sad but delightfully."- told story Of Annetta
Delarbre.
). II. BEARD
has In hand several OF his curious and unique pic
lures which WIZ be completed during the coming
week or two. "The New Years Call" represents
one dog visiting another, and, having exhausted
all the comm0nplaces OF conversation, one OF them
watches with anticipation glass stand containing
other wears bored expression, for which the Wis
tOr is plainly responsible. mo House Large
Enough for Two Families, is another equally orig
inal and cunning theme, handled in that peculiar
much Of NJ. Bssrd's animal lie. human '''S''S' 70
Ia illustrating the Yosemite for work now in
process OF publication by New York publisher.
His work reproduces all the characteristics OF
rock slides, fractured granite, and 80 forth. He s
also preparing for the Spring exhibition at the
Se Ssa q Des ns large f
Indians and guides making rapid escape
from threatened danger companion pic
the High Sierrasn which, amid Mr.. Smillies multi.
tudinous work, may not be completed this season,
and which promises TO abound with purple shadows
In rich contrast to the melting radiance OF evening
his studio is fairly lined with studies made the
Yoesmte, Among the more valuable are 'The
white Cedars,n "El Captain "The Danes, /" ''IaIf
Domen and Eagle Peak Canyon" A water color,
mother and Child, awaits finishing, and will be
exhibited IN the Spring by the American Water
Color Society.
JAMKs HART
has given superb illustration to that line in Whit
tiers poem OF 'The DrOvern which reads thus:-
Through dustcloads rising thick and dun.
This hne viii probably be used the title OF the
picture, though q shorter one would perhaps be
driven through wood. There is great deal Of
spirit and action and pure feeling in this picture.
The foliage Is exqulstely painted Another picture,
easel.
JOHN ROGERS
the sculptor. viii, in q few weeks finish q group
upon which he is now working, entitled, 'The Fa-
vored SchOar.n Both subject and treatment are
fascinating; The figures are three In number.
young and handsome schOOlmaster Is explaining
lesson TO one OF his scholars young girl beauti-
full and coy His glances are bent upon her with a
never feel and the beautiful scholar listens to hm
with a shy occurrences, in which is perceptible
consciousness Of the emotion she has created in
her teachers breast. In front Of the desk at
which she stands sits a laughing boy, all unre-
garded, who has adorned his ears with paper curls,
doing all in his power to make the favored scholar
SMILE The sentiment OF this work is delightful
so pure, SO delicate, 30 ingenious and SO earnest.
'The Noated Granger has inspired Mr.. T. L.
Smith. Two words, spoken in Shakspcare's "Meas-
ure Tor Measuren by the Duke VincentiO to Isabella,
supplied TennysOn with material for seven twelve
line verses, ana Tennys0n In turn has suggested a
theme to Mr.. Smith. The verse to which the artist
acknowledges particular indebtedness Is the one
beginning
And ever, whom the moon was low
And the shrill winds we re up and away,
She saw the gusty shadow sway
1t is picture In which one expects to find the
Sheds the clinking latches the hitting bats the
growing night fowl, the lowing oxen, the cold
winds, the blackened waters, the shaking poplars,
iastidious author Of Mariana" The sentiment
indicated By Mr. ss Smith, and ne eains s
OF hopeless and lonely isolation is reproduced with
painful intensity. 1t is to be hoped that Mr..
SKY in the lett background. The gloomy and lurid
treatment he has given It Is happily adapted to the
Is not yet quite finished but probably will be In
the course OF week or two. The dnal touches are
crowded with golden foliage, as warm but not ~
rich as some OF the Autumn studies Of William
Hart
The present resume must include reference to
Mr.. Page's "Portrait of Shakespeare" which will
and literary circles as his Head Of CHRISTI it
might be mentioned IN passing that, BY those to
whom the Head OF Christ" is oflensive, Mr.
Paganism into modern art
and with having been impiously ambitious
to paint perfect anthropomorphic portrait. The
facts simply are that Mr.. Page is one OF the most
of the orthodox, and that in painting the
Head of Christ" he merely endeavOred to express
~ NPOrtr2if
Shakespeare Is the climax OF long years OF study
and labor IT is q repetition OF the celebrated
Page has not ignored the existence Of the STRAIT
ford bust and the DrOeshOut print. 1t is painted
in much higher key than this artist usually en-
plOys, and during its recent exhibition at the Gen.
tury Club labOred under the disadvantage OF being
placed in too stronga light. Page generally paints
his pictures in the same key AZ Titan, and will
without doubt return that standard in all future
portraits OF Shakespeare that he may attempt. The
present one may almost be termed tentative
effort At least 1t is regarded nearly in that light
by the artist himself The scar over the right eye
brow is retained, to which the poet is supposed to
allude in the 1l2th sonnet beginning
Your love and pity doth the impression fiil
Which vulgar scandal stamped upon my brow.
The distance between the brows is very great
and gives repose and strength to the countenance.
The eyes earnest sefpOssessed, as re-
poseful and as unfathomable as those OF the
sphinx; the cheeks are nord; the lower lip has
that hanging look to which the dramatist may be
suspected to refer in one OF Falstal7s passages,
and the countenance expresses a large, generous,
CUdT1ldDle, IONdulc HdLuIe, W WHICH peLLIueSS
was impossible and to which humanity was inf
nitely dear. The portrait is intended for Judge
Daily and is now at Mr.. Pages studio This artist
will go to England in the Spring, where he will
most probably lecture on Shakespeare, task for
which he possesses several eminent qualifications.
W. II. BEARD.
Upon the easels OF this artist may be seen al
Thought / Heard Something" and "Narcissus."
Both are imbued with spice OF that fantastic
genius which has contributed to whatever IL bi
zdrre in Mr.. Boards reputation. The first men,
toned picture represents a dusky sportsman gun
IN hand peering from underneath prone tree
that IN falling forms hypothenuse, to which the
ground and the portion OF the trunk that remains
Standing hold the relation Of base and perpendicu-
lar. The sportsman is evidently looking In every
direction except the right one for above him, on
the upper side OF the trunk, is an immense black
bear gazing downward with hungry eyes, The
comic sentiment in this picture predomnates, and
the very title implies that Mr.. Beard had not at
tached 20 it serious Import ''Narcissus" Is piquant.
1t is burleslue version OF the fable Of the beauti
full STRIPPING who pined after his own shadow. Mr..
Boards "Narcissus' is squirrel complacently re-
garding its image in the water The management
Of the reflection Is perfect and this is the more
noticeable because nine artists out OF ten fail in at
tempts OF this character.