, 1874-12-27
ART,

EcanIafHi Pictures from Enstcrn ~,
ISIS in tho Academy Exhibition.
Since our notice Of the art recep!iou.-oue n
the pleasanseat events Of the seasop,-a nu,nhrr
OF very choice pictures have been received II
the Academy from New York md hn:o recs,-
STATED entire rehanging Of tie collection.
| J. 0. EA7oy
sends 4 most charming head OF !. t.Chi1dhood n !,
fair and delicate flower Of life, with lovely h,1
falling in tanGle and twists OF Eold o7er
coquottish baby-shouders. Tho dainty hc.di il
turned away into profile, half from tmilty
perhaps, and long bright curl has dropped over,
and CASTS 4 tender shadow oscr tho eroocir.
] face.
This is one Of the choicest heads We hare rem
| from this artist, who has beca Represented hs,e
but rarely, if ever, hoforo. His time is 80 a:.n-
pied with high-class commissions tha: IL
Academy is lucky to hGvo formed fnendshi,
With him, and iu being ab}o to induce him to
Withdraw SO beautiful an example Of his work
from tho neisnborhood Of the connoizseura il
tho East who buy all his time with 20 mucE
eagerness.
MARION 4. EEERs
has gathered handful Of wild flowers. and h
o1quiaitcly managed gray tones has 60 deftly
arranged deception OF birch-bark behind them
that all the artists even aro impressed With isass
reality. Thereisag great deal Of aHinthis lttleE
Of work, and, while it shows that the artist il
very happy in the lore Of Nature, it shows alsoa
very pure feeling and very evident cspacit5t to
study. that might accomplish far more thsa
merely initiative work can ever do.
There il 4 strong and brilliant bit ot eolf,
vigorously and Jet carefully handled, bT W1ln1n
Hart, [''Autumn in the keene Valley y, Eatn
and yet genuinely atmospheric, and tonffer. ind
true. The picture ia an improvement in mana:t
and in every good quality upon tha best of u
work in former years.
Two companion landscapes with ssdtages g
i. D. sHArTCcE
are excellent in tone and technique. Qu1et pas
torals, very harmonious in expressions Of co9s.
and faithful in drawing of tree-forms and faa.
surfaces. and with all the details held in trus n,
lation to breadth, they are pictures to lore, nd
any artist would love to own them. i
j. T. BRICuER
redeems himself in "a Summer Afternoon, Csfs
Aun," from charge VIC have heard uttered
against him. Here is no sign Of careless hss'e
OF meretricious color. Tho drawing Of ths
beach lines. and slow, forceful movement Of too
swell pooling itself in the hollows Of the ssnds.
the tumble Of moro restless wave farther oah
aud overhead a tremulous sky, where the dnla
of soft white clouds are just gathering far :,
evening lbation, all betoken affectionste saa
poetic thoughts, memories, and inquiries o1 saa
sea and shores, and that the artist could ses
their answer aud their inspirations doRn IN I
modest yet strong and faithfui way.
Gray and warm, most subt!y refined 70
thought. and spirit and truth, is the T1eH csasl'
out OF the mid-ocean by
EDWARD MoR4y -,
It is picture that would be hung upon tus
line" in any exhibition in Europe anu tlea.eo !so
With the tenderest care, and be marked with To:
cabalistic red star denoting its sale ere a1. h.a
tho first evening Of IN ''opening reception 3 s.a+
were over, for that is what happens 10 AL nsF
class pictures over there.
There aro many more We hare not noH r. ~
to mention. More are daily arriving aha as
exhibition ia really success, for the organla;-
ton Of Which, in such times as these ths Ass* 81
emy deserves. and happily is receislos Inc p'@'
of encouragement.