, 1875-09-12

cuslvc!y taken up with the ehuique that they cal
picture 50 ucs tha BE- i. iaalons Of 1hs e subise
Praise the subject, and he had almost as lief "a
praised the frame: Now, IN my humble opinion,
the technique be the life Of picture, the subject
something even highe1,-it is the soul Of it.
leads everybody on portraits, aa is his custom
The fine group Of ten heads and one three
quarters length is interesting in e1ecutio
and subjects. Capt Budd, Of the Navy. repre-
sents the military arm, while Bryant, The poet
Hawkins the naturalist Palmer, tha sculptor
Stouehton, tho lawyer and Page, the artist, ar
typical Of their various characters, and in thi
good company it is .. pleasure tt
meet the honest lace and intelligent eye
Of John Stafford, the conno,sseur, ehai
he be called? Lot the person who wants t.
know what the difference between good and ba&
poltrait-paintiug is, make study first Of thes
pictures OF LIE Clear, who is acknowledged one O
the very best portralt-painters in the country
nea: By, aud Phillips "Norton" in the Chicago
Gallery, and sh1rlaw's studies Of heads in til,
same room,-if they may be 1eckoned among
portraits. - and then turn to the ordi
nary run Of portraits exhibited il
abundance in the Chicago room-not but the;
Buffalo as we can here, put unfortunately the
gallery is accessible to our OWN bad artists. One
thing ia noticeable to the attentive observer o1
these fine pictures of LIE Clear, as in ali good
poEtraituEe. and that ia the accurate, unshrink-
II. Of tha whole face in averv detaiI ~ that mi
nnIv evarv featnre ia naTfectv c1arac,ar.
,zed. but every fraction OF sonaro inch
is trnly and conaidara,elv defnrd rhe
effect OF Which Is that ii you direct your at
tention to any particular spot you can see jus.
what the shape and texture Of the sk1n at that
mint in. This and tho fi1e color and the man
apauent of hackcronnd. and tho ralation of
tha masses of coinT Ia oach other. ro to make
m oood nortra;ta ns we'll na other f,ne n;ctnTaa
Thomaa La Clear IN. Al was born in Oweeo.
tralt-nainter in Rochester. Buffalo and Nav
Ynrk C;ty, Ho hns howaver. na1nted q raw
cnmnos,t;ona street scenea :. ..Ynunr Amar,ca y
'.The Itnsrants," etc. He has worked steadi-
1v M 10 his present reputation, and these works
ind,cate Tic merits on which his 1ooutation DE-
tne power OF exp.ess,og chsractar. rs veil aa
bodily ,;kenass.
The oroup of portraits Of
l.. 6, sELisrspr (v.A.1
is in 40 adjacent corner, six III number, includ-
inp ona lady. Lass academic than Ia Cear in
execution, Sellstedt is mora forciblo ia color the
one mint in which ia Clenr has Iatelv haen
criticised. The purtrait Of himself IL the finest
Of the group every way excellent, and express
i've Of CHARACTER. SoItstedt is Swede by BIRTH.
tinct1ye last name, and Sellstedr is derived from
the saft produotiou Of the district where The
Artist was reared in humble life. He used to
sail upon our lakes, but, some twenty-five years
40. settled IN buffalo. and Tor the last fifteon
Years has been painting good port1aits. Per
Observation-Disclosures Of sssociation Nth other artists
His mambereh1p Of the National Academy il
1atad 1875- Ha haa snent ali his artistic lifa IN
BunaIo. far from the Stimulus OF tbs Fellowship
of brother artists. which is almost necessity to
most painters, and has worked up to h,s present
sIceItence hv hin oWn abilitv and forca of chnr-
acter. If. A. has peen said. it ia "the marx Of
trua eeni,,s to bni1d itz own Ara sallstadt nos
,asaas the sacrad llama. Fnr oreat forca md
merit generally the portrait BY Phillips and tho
,eads IF Shirisw befora snoken of. and nerhans
.hs neichborine heads Of Freer mos. e1o. si1s
,ortrrits can be found readily, desiitute Of good
lravine. true coIorinc. or aiu,ilitnds. and he-
ween the oxtremes OF decidedly xood apd oh
rueyely bad there ara in this collection pictures
II this class in al stvles Of composition. or. it
night be- said. IN all gtaces of Accommodation.
,ast gide Of The northeast room attract the ail-
niration Of all the better clnsa Of snrctators-
cAsr1,FaR's Isn atyronp a1Fronn,s nrorps
pne Iatter is on the whole likely to bear of the
,alm in tho whole exhibition tor peacgful. nrre.
,ud Batisfactory beauty. Tho art disnlayed in
he he arranrsment Of The erouns Is ~ eraat
houch also as we'll concealed. Ia that in the |
ineis nictures. Thu jight COMES from the sama
narter in all. exceptlns. perhsps, one of The
tsls Alpine yiews.
Tho centrsl picture nSan Giorpio. ven;ce
No. 152l. ia increilbiv beautiful iha fair and |
annous islo OF architecture aoating Iehtlv nnon
ho eolden vaters. II is 40 true that travellers |
ecosn1ze the painted sails Of nsrt1cu!ar boats
ia 80 luminous and sweet that comment and
riticisn lxv down their arms n von
At aenarated from vour fr;an3s in
le Exposition looS for them before
lis picture, II yon do not find them there
rev viii find Won. Sanford r. Oxford IN. *
ut to he connfounded with r Swan G;fforo
,a pninter OF coasr acenes-;s another Nav YorH
NJ from Saratora Conntv tha son of m ;ron-
nnnfacIunar. He Uas ednc.tad m .rtist
ndied in The best ata1lere in Enrope' and h.v.
~ acon;ra1 tachnicaI ar;ll tnrned r. fha eor-ca
: III s7coeaaf11 art ,ba atn5v ~ Natnra ~
rcsant rrnnn ia nr;an,ai e;d Enrnnean hnt
lfford 6as been versatile in subjects. and il "a
w a;,ce recaot ;onynavs in tha F.et tbat 10
a. baen eanncia1,v known AZ Ia ia hare IL
AZ t,ns na;nfed cosat scenas .n1 tfa namao ~
M ~ h,a ToTmar n;rtnraa ind,cota tba;r orh-
cts. ..Tha Comino Stnrm !" ownsd hy Fdu;n
1ntn .cenn of fha Seyanth Har;n,"nf
First skstinr of the SEASON " = Wt Sf.na6aid
6. Ginord vas q member OF The Seventh
.rimant of New York snd vent to tha War
the reeiment in cnsea of annar.
nv. He hay bean m 4cademican fn, tha iast
entv years. One of the most striking NJ ]hs