, 1875-09-10

at tho sides nf tlis aro pro.ty high fnr thnir
rixe. Thov arr br tho autilnr of lilo ercat pet
nte Of Tho nsttIs Of Lookout Mouns,ln." re-
Gently exhibited here. nata another ptctnra by tho
satr,o attat more acccsri5le may ls sean 10 tno
entthwcAt corner Of tho room tho. Gil.
1ha. Raid in vsrgnia-afAs!ns Clean 9vccp" "
mo. 13). IL MI effective Picture. giving n vivid
Impression OF numbers aud ru4l,. With do
cued inertia. Walker nppoars 10 have too soon
,!er!akcn extensive and ambitious "atk. Among
other things. his soll.oFa' unifortns wear quiso
ton we'll.
M IL is tho artists study for The sceno Of tho
Lookout a1ountain plc.uro. Tho arttat hi1nsot
VERA IN tho battle. \ Chicago artist, Mt. DEoohH,
WAS also tEIars. and hal sketches Of tho scsno
Which wore destroyed in tito iiro Of II.
fAfS1.
4 litt!n picture b. fAlnt hung to tbs right Of
tho cnttaheo f;uor {So. 81 ,'crlvcn nddt,una! in
teFcBt from the recent 1raGis end OF tho artist.
io Was nj, Italian reb,AGnt In Now iori, n1id hia
~trkH bt'ouS 10 t!ls Gnmau school, ttrongl1
fnaIkou' mole important cxaatlo IL mo. 5ll)
"TcAzing," a:no:'x The water.colo,s in tho west
middle EOo:n, or Corridor.
Albert tIERaIAtT
IN. A. la rorliap- tlio mnHt widely known OF
our landscape pslhsers. largely from tho great
hizs OF hls pictures, their striking treatment.
mud thn novelty Of tho AatJecta. lilo waa born
10 Dusseldorf in 1927 Or 1a35. aud brought 10 New
bedford. MasH,, ut tho age of vars. Taking
up cil parting at tbs ngo Of ~, lIs studied III
o. European Iandfeapes. afterwards White
Mountain sconozv. anti in 1859 turned ns attcn.
ton to Tho l'snsy Mounsasn subjects,
which haFo made Kim famous. nccon-
/ edition ia thar year. 'I.audct'a Peak"
Tho Valley OF tho 10 Hcn,tc," md '.Tho
ponea Of tho 10 SaEnto," arh wo!l-knoWn can
'aa:b o1 colossal aize. the res,1ts or thtHa Vest
ctn traEeH. No artist has been inura h,ieccGaful
from business point Ut vicw than B.csstasl:.
Limiting tact ih Goaling with tho public, with lin
technical skin characteristic ri tho Dusseldorf
school, no haa produced htrking pictures af im-
l'9si'E slzo fcpresenllsg interesting aud unfa-
mtlsar acenea. Two Of Ilis pictures. largo. but
not Of his largest. hang south NJ tho eat door
of this room: No,int Adana fSo. ~, and
California arzng No. 81. they aro fair ozam-
Iles Of ler4ssdt, skilful. but with little
Eer than they neel 10. II No. J5 wore cut
III two vertically the loft half would contain tho
whole value Of tho picture and to better tAau tho
whole now is. There il large 70 Semitic pict-
ute Of B!erstads prominently huug in reatAl,-
fAnt IN this city. The prtco Of tho prossnt plct-
ures ig set q, $40, ,GDa aacll.
The Italian views (SoR IL ?, hung Immediate
y over tho Elorstadta nre tbs works Of an old
ioston artist,
GEORGE /. DKows,
who began artistic practc, soms fiftv-fys years
ago painting scanos for anlateur tneasricRl1, in
Which ho himself appeared In Il variety Of larir.
Determining to 10 eli artist, he was fortunate
enough to meet merchant willing to aid him.
aud on bolug asked how much money
l.o should need to 60 to Eu,opo
roung brown at oncs named s100. With this
atonder start lie wens 70 Antwerp. and thence IL
Paf's, suffering many pfirations, but nlentlug
occasional encuurogements. AlIston pronounced
lla coplea of Claals tho beat Le hsi over soou.
seSora! patrons gave him orders. and lie found
himself comfortably ut work ia Rome. IIo has
spent great deal Of time in homo, Florence,
and Venice, aud his reputation rests principally
t1i51ftI Mt
llas painted aouo American landscapes. His
execution iH facile, aud ho has boau vcry pro-
duot!ro. no is rorl!oncd good painter. though,
uuoSon, tie atmosphere aud sentiment o! Ills
picture being their tc8k artistic quality.
4 flno vic" of a part Of Ironton Falls by Bou-
te!io (A.) hansB in tho tontheast cofnoE. On
tho wee: wall. south Of tho door, IN II picture by
James ~ y: 1iart A IN A.. New England Land
William aud James. arc brothers, Rcotchmeu by
htHth. bred mechanics, james il tic younger. d
man now Lctwoou ~ and 80, wlo began Ito as q
cohch-palntoE'a apuEuntico jn Albany. n. l., but
found lis way to dusseldorf {bY tho tme he was
u or ~ as ntndent Of att, and. after his 1o-
turn practlccd his profession a few years in
Albany. and then opened a studio IN New York
City, ~AeEe he has over siuco llvod. Tho present
picture tells moro Of him rs al ettAt than
can hn easily expressed in words, auiet,
well-bslanced, satisfactory picture. Which will
average Visitor. There ID another picture by
James Hart in tho corridor (No: 43o). William
Hart has gronp In thn eaB. middle room which
will 10 tho subject Of comment later.
a good portrait By J. ]. Hammer, "Duny"
(No. G7), Ia worth noticing. and a!so 0otry's
Moment by Tho Brook" no 7a}.
Tho enormous picture Of cattle, horses. and
sheep, on tho 1oas wall. "The Alexander
Farm" +
JAMES II. BEARD,
IN. ~ The animals IN this picture are all
Iortrhits Of valuable stock belonging
TO this farmors farm. aud tho laui-
uro It rosBosscH lltto Iutcrcat, aul 1t may be
raid that my ono OF tho principal animals would
10 bottor than all OF tlom.--tlle necessity Of
exhibiting each plainly having laid tho artist
uudor tho neeeaaity Of Rsringing them out At tho
oxPonsc OF grouping aud forcshor;epipg. uu-
der tho circumstances, thore is sroat doal OF
ak.lf. not only In tho execution OF tho individual
nuimals. {or which Board Ii famous. but in tho
management OF tile picture ~ whoio. hIr.
Heard Hpont two tllroo yoarv upon it, aud it is
said that $4,000 havo buon refused for 1t BY tic
prcsens owner. jnmcs Beard is tho older
OF tho two brothers, both famous as ami
nal pa'nsers, himself for tamo and
lib brother for Wild animals. James Beard is
name hereditary in MI old New Haven family.
The fathcr OF tho ArtiBts removed to Ohio ilfty
Or sixty yearH ago. and James IL Beard ,sae bora
aboat 1915. III duo timo tho usual pcripateto
EoEsral9,pAtotor came round, uauka BY uame. aud
9vhi1N ~ 4u4kueA W RA4Ll pQltFA!t3 ALfOGE
lkenessca, but not l!atto1.uG i" at tho reasonable
rrico Of - to Is apiece. Thla vas before he waa
H. at which age he loft homo and found bis nay
to pittabusg. aud finally to Cincinnati, whero ho
married aud settlca, and formed tile ae1uaiut-
huco OF prominent reraons, such as Harrison,
clay. and Taylor. From po1trniss james Board
proceeded to compon!tiou. mud afterwards par
sicularly to aniinal painting, which Ia
now hts principal caas of Subjects Directly
under the great 81" Alexander Farln Is picture,
Tho Night Before the lattlo (No. y. Which fur
nIshes bottos index OF ueasds qualities ss an
artist. L ropresents group Of Union soldiers
sleeping BY night within III oasthwork, rolleI Ia
their blankets about q camp-siEe. wli!c Do.sh.
ia tho form Of a ehaatly saelotou. Ia pointing =
piece Ct heavy Arti'fery iu tho centro Of the rct-
nro Tho story ,s strongly and terribly told,
The drawing Of tho figures. concealed as they
hre In their blankets, 10 remarkable, aud tLo
light aud accessorioa all contribute to tho en-
fosce1ntnt Of an idca which LIS pretty likely to
prevent anyboly'a buying tho picture fnr a n1i-
yate Aouse. Another picture by Jatnes Board Is
1ha Mutual Friend" (Ao. a25), In tho southeast
gallery. doga who appear to Aaye seachod
result Of arbitration not satisfactory to ths
contestants.
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