The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-07
ART NOTES.

AMONG THE STUDIOS AND CALLER
IEs-PIoTUREs AT THE CENTURY CLUB.
Tolosa Co have recently opened a new art gallery
al No Astor place. The collection Of pictures DOW
exhibition differs from those seep al other galleries
IN tins city being composed almost entirely ofspan-
ifh pictures Goupil aud Schaus have occasionally an
Escossura Fortuny or Zamacois among their French,
German and Italian importations, and Snedecor and
Gibbons have very few works their walls not dono
by American artists. gallery OF Spanish paintings
is therefore, novelty in New York.
One OF the principal paintings in this collection is
the interior OF Gaya's studio with the Duchess Of
Alba, famous beauty OF that time posing in grace
full reclining attitude before the artist The figure 10
draped with some delicate white fabric which allows
the artist 10 show the contour of tho
beautiful form "lmmunity" Is the title OF
q Greek slave having broken vase
containing flowers, while chasing butterfly seeks
refuge in small sacred edlce, knowing that while
sheltered by It's walls she will escape punishment A
fierce looking man, also slave, stands with lash in
hand waiting for her to leave her place Of refuge
group OF entering 70 perform some religious
rite and mischievous looking little slave peeps from
behind curtain on the other side The figures in
this composition are all good in drawing and color,
and arc more highly finished than most in this colec-
artist, Bartolin represents Pompean woman SPIN
ming, while she relates isIory 10 group Of gracefully
posed listeners
subdued color of the Roman school seen in two pic
lures by BartolinL one represents group OF
Roman peasants IN Old Italian courtyard;
the other. 'sThe Intercepted Letter." is more like
the French school in treatment Three pictures by
Lzcano arc thoroughly Spanish, both in supJec! and
color-"After the Feast - Carnival in Madrid" and
a "Bunght in the Plaza Madrid" In the latter tho
Pcadores who have just ett the arena are standing
outside the nrst rg while the matadores are despatch
ing the bull. Among several SNOWY sunlight elects by
Pradlo Is group OF marketmen and horses under the
painted In with FOrtuny like touches and the picture,
though small Is one OF the oroades in treatment in tho
collection.
Madrid are by Aznar "The Interior OF Gypsy's Tav-
ern," by Domingo, shows some OF tho disgusting fea-
oil gypsy HE 'Ihe ltneTant Barber one Of the
peculiar institutions OF Spain; ~ 1.-The Brides Toilette"
by Garcia Menca aud water colOrs by Perva, who liz
represented by strongly painted Oriental woman, aud
others BY hegia Galore and Others comprise the
important pictures IN the collection.
signor De Eorriaga occupies one OF the rooms con-
may be portrait OF Mr. Tolosa with his hunting
dogs, and several other portraits ''Ihe Problematsps
PerpeVty," by the same artist, which was exhibited
at the recent exhibition OF the Brooklyn Art Associa
ton, and the companion picture, 'Soved, which
cataogued but not sent are also TO be seen here Tho
artist now engaged painting cabinet size picture Of
a cardinal.
The rooms are beautifully fitted up with old Flemish
and Spanish tapestries armor furniture and costumes
OF Louis XIV and Louis XVI, which have actually
graccd royal palace
Mrs Eliza Greatorex at her studio, No lis East
Twenty third street busy engaged IN painting the
fast disappearing buildings in New York. ST Paul's
church and churchyard, painted on panel made from
the wood taken from Of the old pews IS the first OF
series OF panel pictures intended for exhibition ~ the
Centennial They Will all be portraits OF the oldest
churches OF New York, painted on wood from the
churches they illustrate.
Mrs Greaiorex has for the past eight years been
making drawings In pen and INK Oh the OLD iamily
mansions OF New York. The last is 6nshed,
and complete historical record, which would have
been lost but for her industry has been secured OF the
old homesteads OF those who have been Instrumental
making New York the first city IN the Union. The
principal OF these drawings, about twenty 1--WE
Der being etched copper by Mrs. Greatorex and
her dang hters; the remainder about hfty will be fac
smile reproductions by the helotypc process These
drawings will be arranged for publication that each
number may contain 1--WE SIX OF the old dwellings.
Among the latest OF the reproductions are the old
He'll Gate ferry; Arch Brook, on the Riker estate,
which is now the horse fair where old broken down
horses sold; the old Roger Morris house.
called the Jume mansion; Hamilton Grange the resi-
dence OF Alexander Hamilton at Washington Heights;
the old Astor country seat the Crazy MANSION and the
last OF the SERIES the old Cross Keys Tavern at Bloom
ingdale
ngures which he calls ''Supplicationn woman
seated, holding child in her lap, while the other
leans YEARLY against her. Her hands are casped
tue sleeping babe, and her face upturned with a
look OF pleading and faith. The ARTIST has united the
ideal and real in tue expression Of the face The sun
has set but the twilight has not yet darkened toward
night The city is In the far distance; the sky Is
clear though not sunny; the baby sleeps lying
nest Is nearly asleep from fatigue We congratulate
Mr. Sherwood on this acquisition to his gallery.
Among tho paintings at the Century CLUB reception
were portraits by Hicks, Loop, Weir, lie Clear,
General Culom, Gray. John Taylor johnson and
Huntington; hcEntee's danger Signal" and two
landscapes; "a Fisherman Mending His Lines,n by
Wnsow Homer; "A Months Darnng," and
illustration Of the seventeenth chapter Of Timothy.
twenty-third verse, by Ward Perry; little girl
holding conch shell 70 the OF an old man. by
Eastman johnson; Long Island scene, by Charles
Miller; The Old Bachelor, well painted Interior by
T. W. Wood; ''Coming Storm" by sanford X Clifford;
"A freight Boat on the Nile" by X. swain Clifford; a
California by Biersdadt, landscape by Robbins
one by Whitnredge In which old stage coach
passing along country road; portrait OF q
horse by Bspham, two landscapes by Hubbard
'View on the Tibcr, by d. Maitland Armstrong and
Italian scene by George Hall we're the most notice
able oil paintings Among the water colors
street by Tiffany, English with
pretty thached cottages by Bellows two road studies
by Hopkinson and young lady standing under Tree,
apparently the lookout for some one, by Winslow
Homer Two pencil drawings also by this artist repre-
In young woman reading and the other girl,
In pretty garden hat and white dress tending 70 her
flowers