The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-26
STUDIO NOTES.

Allartist-dom Is in Arcadia. The studio buildings
pres int the most melancholy and woe-begone ap-
peatnce. The once hospitable doors are herIneti-
callysealed, and short and pithy notice scrawled
on he white states or odds and ends of Witty
brotn paper refer the unlucky visitor to the anitor
| for Attenuation. Strolling round the galleries one
| is struck by the painful repetition of hieroglyphs
thai the initiated recognize as the sign manual of
the art critics whom sad destiny
still compes TO dwell in the heated
citf Every scratch is emblematc of a
sigh for the sight Of green fields and shadowy
dels that must only he enjoyed by and by-on can
vas; while the children of the brush and palette
viii return full OF health and vigor, with magma
tifns frightened and souls refreshed by contact
with our beauteous mother Nature.
William Hart has taken flight to Keene Flats
Essex county, in search OF wonderful meadows
b,thed in sunshine, while his neghbor, David
Johnson, deserving his old camping ground On the
shores OF Lake George, directs his wandering foot
steps in the direction of the Vermont hills.
Brevoort, alas! is unable to resist the attractions
Of Gloucester beach, and we may look forward to q
collection of sea-capes, rocks irlumined by setting
Sgns and such like coast glories on his return.
wyies Is sg 29e to Perry county. Frost johnson
thinking OF surfendeflns md marching out Of
town With bag and baggage. In ~. sss lneanAine'
however, he is busily engaged at w6,k On y s.-
life subject, while MD away in his interior Con,
seriousness there are any number Of delightful
day or another i, the gods frown
e Sops want sSe S %9o tr pa9 to paint INIT
dreams has gone to Newport to try If he cannot be
awakened by the silvery voices of the bellies. They
are supposed to be the music cure for all affections,
and the golden chimes OF the Newport bellies swell
on the ear with a curative ring that banishes care
and trouble evermore.
Edward Moran is Mt his cottage by the sea cliff
where he can enjoy the pleasant ro1 OF the waves
he loves so much and paints so WELL 1t Is said that
he Is nightly serenaded by sirens and mermaids
and other OF old Neptune's subjects who feel bound
less gratitude to the only who does full Justice
to their dear briny deep.
Poor TAFT has gone to Europe for change OF
scene.
Wood is at Montpelier in Vermont, and Swain
Clifford has taken his traps to New Bedford.
Britcher Is sketching on the coast Of Maine.
E. Perry has gone subject-hunting to Ulster
county, and Beard is chasing the deer In the Buck.
eye State.
]. G. Brown has taken refuge In Wayne county,
n. Y, and will, without doubt, return with q rich
collection of characteristic subjects, which in time
will bloom into those inimtabe genre pictures of
American life for which this artist is SO justly cee
brated. Mr.. j. Hays is in the Catskills.
NJ F. De Haas Is In Columbia county, N. Y: Van
Elten at Milford, Conn.,. McEntee at ROndOut;
Heade at Narragansett Pier
Shattuck has taken up his residence ut Cranky,
Conn.
Casilian is in the White Mountains, New Hamp.
shire.
Bradford has not yet returned from his European
tour, In which he has been very successful in pro-
curina. commissions.
Whltterdge has deserted the Plains and taken
up his qua tiers in Ulster county, where he feels his
scalp Is better secured than 1t would be on the
border under Grants Quaker policy.
s. r. Clifford is at Hudson, N. Y, ENJOYING his
Otfltnl cum dig7litdte.