, 1874-02-13
ART.
First Reception at tho Fine-Art
Institute.


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| -AnAo h.n' ooio'o 'no NV "ao" w. =" F''oti'
we're notable oSellts. Whom the upper iloor OF
Of Design wcro t,,rouccu with artists, and con-
no,sac,,,a ware nlontv thcro tya. m nnth,,eiasn
=, '"I ..'..,' 49,, oa H"...s.st ' s,,a .,,,.a
IN al.-"of" 'a ~, o1,coa,asos.,s .a, aa9 "plas.
receptions tho features Of tho aoaaon. Then tho
artists nrrayed themselves in now clothes aud
n;,orncd thn,r atui,ioa will, t1,e,r u,,n,mcr
s;etci,ca onl nun,nt nI,ioots nf i,inntnr'n a,,il
wi as IN IL" cpnot M el1 ai ae thor itto oms
very oTo e to n@s @ a
@ @,Srcafhs. md tha hot-GomSos woro levied unon
for rare cxotlcs md Bwoet-nmeiliug forLa,
Fountains plasicd IN nj, artistic mn',iior, md,
| unou n,,n notahln orousIon. liza ODoru- i1ousn
fan,tain wnn mnl1o to nnr;n1jo colorno. wbiol,
norimmotl i lilo eallory with n faiut md delicious
| odor. md ncnrly bapkruntod tho proprietor.
| Goldfish swnm in aouaria among delicate water
forms md liiios Canary birln twi,toyct it rijd
ri rnren Ynns nnI bitt n,uscinrs mi u,,,tor thn
STARR and djsoonraoi most excellent 1n,,H,c.
| pmmchhuwls Of elaborate ohiua oyorilowod Win
| aavnry cnmno,1pia. Ali Chicaeo arraycfl ,teoif
in liz best and got itsolr III, 10 corroo,,sly tnt
tia nonr ntnturos suffered nj tho blnzo nr soloru
and tho nowgnarors tic next day lad but little
| to gay OF pictures. 40 much spnco wna necessary
to dcscribo tic toilets Of tho for creatures WHO
| night before mid exhausted themselves in art
| criticlsu,p Of tho most oxtraorduury dogcrln-
! tion.
'rhon cnrn fin FRA md bu,r,od mn tim nollcr.
3 local so or anu5
NORTH, South, East and West tiloy wont, and for
or 1s 0ns$o WAS wp out a1stg at m A.
nsa sr 0rsf arc or oe ara sr5 10 19an @
thero ' were before tl,o lire, and, It must '!,, be
eones1s there s ars emo more rel bad ones here They
il.g m no noe central location where thoy can cluster
togethor aud noiD cach otLor Along oa
before. Their art still languisics, and md has
not recovered M from Tho terrible blow :, It
things iu prosnect. Tho sponded collection Of
Munich pictures which Mr. Hlghwooi hns on OK
hibition las giyon art 4 very energetic impulse,
aud tlis has boon still f,,rtlior aidcd by TIC oxhl.
| nothing Which holDs art more or 80 stimu]atas
nconin To oncouraromont md pntronaro M thn
displny Of really moritorio1y works.
rho exhibition OF tho Fiue-Art Institute last
n
rocontion nnilor the mannpoment of NIr. Aiti,on.
who had tic Onera-Uouao Gallery 30 long in ilias
| charge. prosonted but very little thnt was now.
nearly Ill tho pictures on tho walls having
done rood service in tue antc-fIro dAys. I1hno'
howoyor, was not a serious objection, Those
| who had not socn thom ind d trent md thoso
who had seen thom wcro undoubtedly rlnd ia
welcome tho old friends again, which recalled so
necessary ] % to rotor to these tIo salvage o Of % to
great disaster, and to welcome them buck agniu
sn tl,eir olI nlaceg al a rccontion. Amonr them
/ arc Dlorstadt's "Yo Semitic Valloy"; Schoun's
beautiful tig,lro-piece, iAftor tho Carnival i:
Meyer Won Tronlon's dainty "Toilet u; DiefIen.
bach's :" "ChratmaB Trco"; Do Curzon,s
| ttFlower Girla'': Drovoort'e Orange
County sccnory"; Fabronius' "Shntow
Danco, ;" which neyor before got noaror gallery
than tho a,ltc-room; Waugh's "pawnbrokor,h
! still weighing tho jewels; Johnson'a gloomy
s'Echo Lal,e" Van seye1lonk's "SEcop i:
Kletchmer's 'tDoublo Trcut"; n1oycrLotm's
"Sknting scene"; Hoadcs "Euusot V}ows on
tho Lynn n,arslles; Janson's 'Valey Of the
| Lauterbrunon u; Snattucks exquisite uAu-
tumu" u; Won Elteu's "Return from The Chriaton-
! ing; Bouianger's gem ''.lho Flower Gathcr-
ers y; James Hurts ''Woo!ls in Autumn u; sono
| of sonntag's 1nannoristic lantlscapca; some Of
| oron's 'Savoyard" Tifrany's 'ArooriBh Poas-
a,try"; Constant Movers realistic "Good
Words y; and the great architectural pictures Of
Academy Of Design.
Tho new pictures arc but fow in number and
arc not remarkably noteworthy, with the excop.
ton OF a few by home artists. Thoro arc two Of
Bioretadt's. "Lookiup Out Of tic Golden Gato'
and Scene Near SUI Rafael." ono Of whic, in
positively bad aud tie otbor mediocre as CON-
pared with othor Of lis works, There nro also ono
Or two Of Paul Webor's pictures Which nre ly no no
! means iu lis vein; q now ianjycapo by Hcn91o' p
very pretty and dainty group OF Il Rosos. by BE- q
Motor; and two rlctures, "Pastoral Landscsno
mud "storm," which aro cAiolly remarkable for
their size, in which res,,eot they arc formiIabIo
Among tho best contributions by homo artists
arc those of JuniuB Il. Sloan md Iaurjtz Hoist
NIr. Sloan las been absent from tho city Tor
many yoars, but will be well remembered by con-
| uoisecurB rs one Of the most oonsciontious NJ.
lists Chicago has ever had. IIo las now ro-
| turned and lilo bautiful bits of lnudncnne which