, 1875-11-07

valuable points OF good picture. The effect O.
woe 8hite margin ID TO destroy the lights ans
80 taxe ont tne "atmosphere. 1t muss be I'D
m11ted tnat tue result Seems to justify the ladR
ment, at least SO far as the present pictures Art
concerned; nor are they especially favorable K
thie treatment, being almost all pure aquare lies.
that to. pictures PAINTED with transparent
Fasbes OF color IN the distinctive manner ol
water-co as opposed to the late English style
which employs opaque, solid color, almost in the
| manner OF OILS. One advantage Of the close
1ram.ng H. that 1t allows ~ater-color pictures 70
pc aang ~ltn oils without damage to either. No
doubt the white marquis will always be retained
| for sketches and hghtiy-tinsed drawings
There are fiVa pictures Of
TIE ROMAN SCHOOL,
| the principal one by Zamacois, aud the rest by
BoucheEelli and Guiterez, all 6guses,-s1ch sub
1eets ss woman With > red jacket and green
skirt leaning against stooe wall, or couple OF
cavaliers IN indolent attitudes talking with each
other, and they ali have the strong Roman
stamp britliancy. boldness, and effectiveness
sketchy. professional style which, with the un-
familiar subjects, is apt to saTor to ua more of
the studio than OF nature They are, however,
always pure nater-coloEs, With the lights "lefs
out and not put on afterwards, and for meth
ods OF aketohlng the Romans are good exem-
ptas8s
OF FRENCH wArEn-coIoRs
on the coast Of France {No. 272), dated as far
o8ck az 1630, picture pointed ont last spring as
an example OF the perfection with which we'll
painted "ater-coiors will retain their bri!!iancy
through lapse OF time. The other is by Craev-
anger, a " Flamlah Interior mo. 275), and is
fine specimen OF excellent copseientious work.
II is small picture with several figures, q man
hlhng his pipe, woman reading a book, some
children and kitten. The light,comes in pleas
ansly At the =indow, and iluminases the whole
and ia rehected from every one of the row OF
nE'ghs, clean1 blue plates set along the manteL
When 1t comes to painting the human figure
E|th sccessories, draperg,, Or other objects, the
French artists lead the world
American Tater-coloriats are represented. be-
sides rather faulty landscape Of Wilson, only
pg TWO Little marine pictures OF Kehn. Of Phifn-
delpbia-the "Beach at Atlantic City" (favo1ite
OF palnters), and ''Out At Sea" (Nos. 263 2S4).
which closely resemble his oil paintings, and are
decidedly done, and pleasing ia subject aud SEN
timent. DO similarly does this artist work in
water -co|ors and oils, that on comparing these
pictures with Nos. II and Is, Eimilar subjects of
similar size, it is difficult to distinguish the one
medium from the other, though, Oh close exam
iuation, the quality OF sky may perhaps be pro
nounced rather bettar in tho uatet-colors
TIE HA1F-pozEN ENGLISH wArEa-co1oRs
are quite above the common, and several OF
them by artists whose works are rarai7 seen
are familiar to everybody, but are likely now to
grow rarer, fox the artist has died within = few
months, His Two pictures here quite similar in
general effect, are unusually large and ine.
-Four pictures remain, by Prout. Jutsurn,
Taylor, and Herbert, who arc Tor were) all mem
bers Of the Royal Academy and Of tie Water
Color Society. The name OF Prout is famous in
the annals Of water-eolos art through tho works |
Of Samuel PEous, who died il 1862. He was |
for his representations Of European !
inst such subjects in fact "a the present picture
which Represents great church and huihiinea t