, 1875-12-21
TIE ARTISTS.

Amid the rostlera atfivings After Tealth and
position some portion of Tho inhabitants of this
city llave found ooHrago aud means to attain
higher cnitHre than II born Of conmcr-
clal education and c1per1euee+ With tLia
attainment, they have crms 10 look
upon art as romethlug worthy of rnq:c
than passing recognition, and t!,ny
have extended 10 oHr local srtizta that tncour-
Rgameut Of Which tleir merit renders them de-
serving In consequence Of that appreciation,
the,o nro In Chicago comparatively large num-
bet Of talented men, whose pauBtalsinS efToltH
III csory branch Of tho profession viela thotn u
fair livelihood. The inauguration by them Of
series Of auction sa1on Of paintings is au i'm
Eortant stnp in advance OF what has been dono
heretofore. aud shows that losal art las Gaipod
ccrtAin and subhtan:inl foolfnS.
4 NEHtr1l0s
Was held last evening iu Brands new nrt build
Ing. No. 2l2 WABASH areuuc. where the auction
il to take place, III UtleE TO afford ladies' and
gentlemen all opportunity Of examining tue
paintings previous to tho Rate. Tho at-
tendance, though not exclusive, wAs
yet gFatifyipgly large. nnd embraced
many OF tue best peopla in tho eitv. During tho
oyoning various aFttst3 dropped in for a fow
lntnutcs. Among them nore noticed Mesgrs.
apread, IIa'l, voll. Gookins, Peck, aud Eakins
They appeared quite encouraged At tue success
OF tho etlterprtso 10 far as it had advance1. and
EXPRESSED au antirc confidence III tho RESULT,
Tho saln will commence al 7:S0 this evening, md
continue uuli half Of the pictures have been
purchased. This is an important exhibition Of
paintings By local artists, including 1G1 pictures
by about turnty-i3ve or thirty we'l-knomn hanslA.
1ho panlea Of dookns, Spread. bieetov. Hall.
sloan, Brooks, sl!aa Shaw. schwerds, drecn
alra. Scott, Carlson. Froes, etc., appear In tho
catalogue. aud whilo u few. such ~ Robertson.
Earto, MisH hammond. and Dorgels. are wauting,
the collection as who, foEtns fair and credit
able approximation OF tie profession Of artists
at this time aud pGce. Landscapes largely pre-
pecih!lS tho smaller ouoa. arc excellent and
charming. There ata so1ne figure pictrras
and architectural aud street scenes. i faw
6owers, md ons Or two wnror.co1or pictures OF
quiet subjects. Ent in tho limited space at dia-
posal il wonld t,c impossible to mako particular
notices among mnuy pi1turcs with any
justice. It is sufficient to SAY that there is cvi-
dcnco that the contributors generally have made
efforts to nut good Eurks into the collection,
a1N. have not ta!ntoi pictures merely for tho
auction sale, but rather WITH reference to per-
rlanent reputation. There arc executions to
this, but they are only c1ccpsions, mud incidental
to eynty sale.
This is tho only sails with which tho Chcngo
Artists havc anything to do nt prescnt. nnd tic
other sales advertised a. ARTISTS Collections, +"
ETC.. have no connection with our Artists lore,
aud probably mono With attista OF reputation
elsewhere, The COLLECTIONS ut Nrnnd'a building
ought to 0o carefully distinguished from olle1s.
AS this ia
nEPREsENTATtFR COLLECTION or PICTURES NJ
l.HAL AHTHIr3.
indicative Of tho coud!tifu vi thu practice Of tho
fine a III Among ItN,-n thing III Which eyery Ill
telllRont lnd cultivated ritlzeu has all userest.-
It il moro tllau fair 10 tho artists to point out
tho differences botuG9n such an exhibition aud
sale M this ana many OF the suction sales held
in tho city oapec,afiy those which aio known
professionally hB +'Bnilo " pcture.saes. koth-
inR could well bo mora lisheartonng to artists or
depressing to tAo general cauHo OF hrt, than the
succeeH which often attends these Rales Of sham
pictures, compared with tho results Of til 0 real
artists sales. It is difficult to hatnliss Oh what
principle the buring public acts In tho purchase
Of plcsurek. ThHt many perscns Should be
totally iguorart Of tho quality Of pictures 10
mstter OF cousse, but why uudiscrimuating per-
sous should prefer to pay 60 or $50 for 4
good chromos. which arc lnslohnitoiy better. for
onc-tlHafter the eum, 1t in hard to SEQ. Ihpro
appaars to bc vague impression that ptctuIos
in oil must bo botter than anything elao.- "a
strange charm about tho nano Of Ill ''oil paint
ius." Tho manuer In which tho chea}' auction
pictures aro turned out wouli form All amusing,
perhaps to many persons an incredible, chapter
Ia tue history Ut art-Ftodrctiou. Hutiice II to
SAY that 1hoy aro often painted by
"artists'' who work for "a Or - i
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