The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-10
DAILY INTELLIGEN(ER.
Tuesday, April 10, 1877.

A VISIT TO A Studio w Yesterday
Maid casual visit 10 SIR, iiarrison's
studio. where W. found two fine paint
ings Of a couple o. grand sccnes-one Of
Noun. Rainier and one Of Snoqu.lmie
Fails. They are done IN oil. There IS
not, perhaps. another mountain on the
continent so grand and impressive as
Noun, Rainier. The mountain stand.
Oh. naturally and therefore grandly on
the canvass The artist has chosen 70
exhibit i. to Us under the flush auS
glow Of q brillisn. sunset A rich
ruddy light covers up the floating mas
scs Of clouds in the distance. giving TO
the picture a charming warmth and
glow. The artist evidently f.vors the
good old fashioned way of composition
and selection. .s may be seen By
glance At the foreground of this picture
First there Is the long line of snow
capped foothills, forming q sort Of pic
turesque fencs or barrier around the
mountain itself; then cornes-a little To
the left and nearer To US
a large dark blue hill: aud in front Of
sli.--.he SEA and the beach There is
a forest of dark III tim Der ou tb., right I.
And the denizen oil Puget Sound will
not fail 10 observe the familiar group
Of Siwsshes laziIy iounging around. their
evening FIRE on the outskirts of the
woods The foothills in the long dis
lance are charmingIy done. and i,
would be hard to improve the woodland
on the right. The water scene, though.
~ artists well know. the most difficult
Of execution. Is very delicatcly rem
dered The water scenes on the Sound
do not, perhaps. offer SO wide a range
If views, as may ba had elsewhere. but
within their limits they Comprise some
Of the most exquisite and delicate ef-
fects TO be found any " here in the world.
and it may be- truly snid that ito have
mastered these faithfully is to have
taken ones degree rs an observer.
Mr. Harrison has, to say the least gone
a long WY towards accomplishing this
But the artist nowhere appears to such
advantage as ia his beach The define
alton of tho beach III this picture Of Mt.
Rainier il masterly. We do not
see how i, could be improved upon.
l, is rarely that nature has been so
aptly copied-so beautifully reflected.
One can point out the very spot Oh this
beach where. IN his stroll last sunday.
he picked up the beautiful shell there
is III" little depression where the she'll
lay. aud there. hard by il. is the same
great boulder The one excellence
that speaks to YOU IN svery line of tins
picture Is it, naturaluess not a servle.
slnvish imitation. but poeticai inter
preta,ion of nature. The painter Of
these pictures has evidently studied
nature with intelligence and singleness
of purpose. I sere is here no straining
after unusual effects by unnatural COM
binations or contrasts all IL simply
natural We have here both beauty u.
coloriug and excellence at drawing
For Mr. H. never suffers himself 10 lose
sight of the fact that no degree of
for defects in drawing The artist has
been doubly fortunate fortunate in his
subject. and fortunate III his admirable
rcpr sseniat'on of it. But now we have
stood so long admiring Mount RAINIER,
that We haven't let ourselves room for
a single word concerning the Falls y
However. We shall have something on
this last anon We have but one re-
yrct in connection with these pictures.
and that il they are Ia be sen: away
They ought by all means To be kept
hero to embeIlsh homes IN the vicinity
OF the subjects they Represent.