Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-07-06

Inc Tree opening 10 the puollc OF TINS HI
mirable collection of paintings affords US an
opportunity such as We have never before
enjoyed for the cultivation of our eye and
taste. No such collection has ever before
been seen within Vermont; and the value
Of the exhibition ought to attract hither
pilgrims from all quarters Of the State. The
one hundred pictures from New York which
are now on the walls Of the Gallery, were
carefully selected for this Exhibition, and it
is really remarkable how few of them could
be called inferior. The general merit of
these paintings, together with the moderate
prices at which the most OF them are offer
ed, makes this Exhibition also an unusual
opportunity for those who desire to
adorn their own walls with good
picture An unusual opportunity. for al
though at an Academy Exhibition in New
York, we should Of course see a greater
number and variety Of works of art, yet,
on the other hand, we have here the advan-
tsge OF visiting this Park Gallery collection
again and again, and 50. by long inspec-
ton. by leisure comparison Of painting
with painting. and by the counsel OF
friends, Of selecting something that will
no merely look good for day, but will
stay good for lifetime.
Mr.. Thompson's "Corniche or cornice
Road" grows in sttractiyeness as often as
- ha
Mentone) is on that most picturesquoly
beautiful of all carriage roads. from Nice
to Genoa. The bright blue sky. the luIurl-
ant Southern vegetation, and the bit OF
bsroque church front, suggest the approach
to Italy. What delight to have such a
picture on ones walls through the seven
months Of Burlington Winter, and, in the
bleakest days, to take brief excursion OF
fancy down that bright road. into the Land
of the Sun The picture has the rather
unusual merit of uniting excellent land
scspe with excellent figures. 1t would be
hard to find elsewhere an instance where
with few touches OF the brush. and a
little color skilfully laid. more expression
and effect have been secured than in these
figures e. g.. the peasant woman on the
right, or the face of the PRIEST. 10 No. l.,
by the same artist. the figures are even
more prominent, with like excellence of
drawing and color.
The combination of carefully treated hg
ures with landscape. Is also seen in Mr.. T..
L. Henry's picture mo. 81. We notice, IN
proof of the public favor which this artist
enjoys, that the three pictures which he
sent to the last New York exhibition were
all reproduced in the illustrations of tho
catalogue.
In No e. Mr.. Bierstadt has put away Tor
the time his vast canvases, and givon us a
little dream-like view in the Slerras.
The antelope pasture and the ragged cliff
show through the delicate veil of mist like
a bit of fairy land.
The fine "lnteriOr OF Woods" by Mr..
Wyant deserves especial attention. There Is
all the charm Of the woods in this secluded
glen, with its cooling shade and it,
little cascade falling over the rock into the
still. tcep pool. High artistic skill Is
shown, we think. in giving such depth to
the picture, and especially in the knowing
treatment of such masses of green the
foliage tints in general being so firmly kept
down lyon hardly notice their iuncturC
with the cold gray of the rock). thus en-