, 1875-09-05

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pheE Dlesser's book. Truth. Beauty. and Pow
err net less valuable than Eaattahe, thour]
somewhat less popular in form
| THE EXPOSITION
| promises valuable exhibition Of artiatic fnrni
tuEe and household objects, she department be-
ing IN the very competent hands OF Mr., Nieh
aud Mr.. Jenney. structure contaiuino mas
| saEe-wav and six rooms ia 1T course OF construc,
t1on IN the middle of the Exposition Building
which Is to L. Tilted and decorated with fur
niture carpeta tiles glass; etc., or artistic nat
| terms, WHICH will be duly described In these col
umns.
HOME ARTISTS.
/ MISS A. c. SHAW.
Thefa is always satisfaction in noticing th,
| SUCCESS OF steady and faithful efforts to riss
above the average Of excellence, and to emery,
from the rank and file OF contented medlocrity
Wneu. Under the present disadvautages,a a woman
! succeeds in thus singing herself out from he,
contemporaries, there is still greater pleasure il
recognizing the fact. Unless appearances art
deceptive, there is young lady in Chicago, ,
landscape artist, who is actively engaged in th1s
! process, and likely to give the sterner &c,
| occasion to look to their Iaurels
before eho has done With them,
Her name has occasionally appeared in the cata.
iogues OF Chicago exhibitions simply as "a. C.
Shaw" with not6ing to indicate that it belonged
to woman. as there certainly was nothing in
her pictures to limit them to either sex. Miss
Annie G. Shaw ia the name Known to the ltists,
as it ought to be to all the artistic public. Miss
Shaw is the daughter Of physician in the
southern part OF the city, and has a studio in
the Metropolitan Block She paints SOLELY land
scapes and her best pictures are Eimple
in their subjects, and Of modern size.
There have lately been standing in her
studio views in Keene Valley, New York, on
tho Merced, Colorado, composition OF willows
aud marsh, sketches at Calumet. at Swamp
scott, Mass, aud other studies. These are all
Eood.-tne largeet, but not the best, being the
Adirondack view, Keene Val!ev. This picture
and the marsh willows, with some other paius-
lngs OF similar character, will be exhibited 10 the
Exposition, and attention is called to them be-
cause they are mer,torious homa plctures and OF
such quiet character that they are likely to be
overlooked III the presence Of other more brill
liant works.
There are some rather tremendous pieces OF
color1ng in the Chicago gallery. il the present
hanging Is adhered to- agaiust which other pic
tares will have hard struggle; but far be it
from us to add to the desperate troubles OF
conscientious Hanging Committee who have Us
much difficulty in pleasing their subjects as an
cxecntioner IN hanging felon to his aatiafac-
ton. Miss Shaw's most characteristic pictures
are the simple landscapes IT low, grassy country
aud trees,-modest subjects, but not to be de-
spised on that account since they are u elah-
crate as those on which Corot won his great
fame, and OF not dissimilas character. Their
merit is Chiefly in the salf-control which has
kept the artist we'll within her Own powers, and
the exceedingly, and somewhat inexplicably,
pleasing sentiment which she has man
tle value ot which IN young
artist cannot well be oyor-estimated. There Will
be opportunity to say more of them when the
exhibition is opened and the public admitted to
sec them,
It is not to be supposed that Miss Shaw,
though Young, has attained such good results
without long training. On inquiry it appears
that she began psncll-drawing at 10 years old.
and ol-painting at II. For four years she was
in mir. Ford's studio, and it is an indication of
strength that sue has been able to hbetate her
self quite thoroughly from the mannerisms OF
her teacher, while retaining the technical skill
acquired from him. She il to be counted
not as one who has s.already attained"
any more than any other young artist bat as
ono Of the most promising workers We have.
to hlcaso-;e4cepting eaTmer: :iourneys-ought
to be--and it is hoped will Discontinued in the
best schools at the East and abroad.
HISS SARAH CLARKE's WoRK-
The following account OF beautiful work by
q lady we'll known in Chicago IS from a letter OF
RoME, Italy, July T.. Apropos to mosaic,
do not know that have ever mentioned beautiful
book decoration Of mosais-work which have, been
seeing lately. It Is the binding for Miss Carkes two
superb volumes each volume containing set Of her
admirable Dante drawings. One Of these books, when
completed, viii 60 to Lady Louisa Ashburton, Eng
wAukee) Mrs. Mtchels copy will be exhibited at tue
Centennial ExtbItlou and will be most crcd1tabte
contribution to the Womans Department. that ii pro
posed.
The contents Of the books are very charnins-1atge
pen-a -ana-nk drawings Of places visited BY Dante,
these drawings have been made with The grestes rare
from studies which Miss C1arko executed on the
ground. She has trave.sed Italy true Dante p,l-
gems, arc the results Of her Intelligent labor MIS-.
Clarke, 1t must be remembered, WAS tho only pupil
Washington Aston ever bad II We except the lessons
Buchanan Read, when he was . young artist begin
ming his profession years ago. in Boston. But Miss
sep one ~ rs sa
sents her contribution OF a Woman's Work to the I
oman's Department Of the United States Centennial
EXPOSITION in this highly refined and exquisite form.
MR.. !. BULLOCK.
Geneva Lake. besides it's attractions as wa
ering place. boasts good landscape artist in the
oerron Of hfr. J. Bullock. hlr. Bullock At pres-
mt keeps the pot boiling BY taking photographs.
md is chiefly known in that way but he was cd
.ans, and keeps up his practice By painting bits
II scenery about Geneva. where there is an
abundance Of charming subjects. Some Of his
mailer sketches are very pleasing. or Larger
pictures he has scarcely anything finished but
ome skies and other fragments are very vigor-
,uslv and naturally blocked ill., With recogniza-
lie likeness in style to Thomas Moran. Their
ault is not Weakness and. while the pictures
nav not go beyond Nature at certain times. in
'rilllancy, they are painted On too high key for
he taste Of most people 11r. Bullock has lately
'ainted picture OF Mr.. Sturges' steam yacht,
he Arrow, with landscape. and has a lake
lew in erogrees for family spending the sum-
ner n Geneva, 10 which be ie to introduce the
hi1dren in boat in the foreground. A sketch
~ class Of children 80 out With Mr.: Bullock
very morning to draw IN pencil from Nature, a
lost sensible idea and they make surprisingly
ood sketches for their years. a1r. Bullock had
ecently come to Chicago and had studio in the
,pera~ House or the Academy At the time Of the
re-. and was badly burnt out, since which he has
cen buried in Geneva
ARTISTS AND EMPLOYERS.
THx RELATIONS BETWEEN ITEM.
In this age Of photographs, when thousands
pictures are doua for one that was doneahfty