, 1877-12-26

back from summer ramh!c' on tho efast md n
she interior, not to organize now Academy lust
get. hut to, l,ass an exhibition, .,.l
lest both their own aht1!ts aud ths
s''se'sIE sorsEnz OF 's ess ss e@'s es
tho purpose. composed Of tho following men:
Walses 'shIrlaw, President: Mr.. st. aaudcus,
Etee-Prcsldeut; Wyatt Eaton. Secretary; Louis
man, sartasr,, La Farxe. Martin, l.a.hrop, WeIr,
Swain tltffury1, and Thomas Moran, and Mrs.
tlilder, members. NIL people Of excellent talent:
Mr.. shfrlaw, who is A tino fellow, and nn artist
youn1 mcn abroad, anu with nrtists in rhilatcl.
ph1a, Boston. and other cities, since then, and
haa received from thsm assurances Of cnopcra-
ttoo. Mr. y. Gsudcns has gone to rat: TO
ihe exhibition, composed Of Mr.. lsrit'er,an, ono
Of the three Of. four Americans who has Re.
celred a, medal from tho French SALON. ant!
thirty excellent pictures arc already prom.
,asy; emy IA AD' on ''vih the Whole, ~ a ysry
interesting one, and on the lat Of March. when
!e very us paninns ro Par, @ Roe'
London. Munich, philadelphia, Boston,. and
from don't know where else, hung IN II. IT
will bo very brilliant affair. The araden,iclans
aud ihey do not intend tiat therc shall bo
batt one 10 the lot. The a1air Will last four
TIE lie regular exhibition at tho Academy Will
OF Two. American arttsts have learned 10 mucl!
In thu last ycar antl hull, mud are infplrc1
now With such courage, that this will probably
be an excellent show.
uno of tbs pieces at tho latter exhibition will
be a statue of "Whtrlvtn4." 4 eomplcsed in
time, a. II probably will bc, by Hartley, tho
yuung sculptor. Tho clay .nodol for this work
Is now nearly donc. Lftttc remains except to
rnrt Of the work, and there Ia every reason to
be.ieve that thia original ard striking piece Will
nppear at tho Academy IN April. II represents
the Incarnation OF whiflwind, woman rising
wildly from the sea, With tl,a arms thrown alof,
thu lleatt bent forwnrl aml wearing n Threaten
Ing Look, Mud tho draperY twisted nround tho
form and In suass be!ow y. giving tic outline
mud spirit OF tho natural phenomenon it repre-
cetycl In tho pilrer nft spirit, au1 o1tltca MT
littfo interest among the art acquaintanccs OF
tile young sculptor.
+. II may not ptoye un!nteEcst!ng to relate eat
Is anlember Of a Sketch Club Of twcnty-cIgit Of
nine young artists, WlIlel. WAS formed hero re-
contlv, and meets every Saturday wight for
entertainment aud uroat: i 10 callcd the Sal
and includes ia lts ranks ,nany capital follows.
Saturday nights the cub meets, md. after q
little routine business work, clears tho tables Of
tho Journals Of proceedings and the cots1Non.
n reiresh hmenss and mugs Of beer. As tic muc4
md pipcs 60 around, top!c for Illustration At
the next meeting Ia fl1scusscut and decided
upon. At tho next meeting nycry member
h:!ngs 10 : rough sketch !l!u.trattng ths sop!s !
class Of subjects given OUT. few Of
we're We '"'s "Matsrnty." "!iaM fins..a, a
E5e;;y syg.ss" .tseE mi 1'afSey e|y sssIsy sMI !.
the only sculptor IN tho Club. The rcst arc
cragon mud color palntcrs. Tho sketches are
| pinned up around the room. on tho lsnc, when
brought III, this being All institution where ey-
hit, whcu tic sketches ., 'sWina" were tins
plnsicd up, that in tho twenty-acvcn or eight
pictures Ok waving trees, overturned apple
stands, wrecks on tho coast, ogerpuwered ttn,'
thu same way In every sketch except one. II
| locked like the panorama OF Ealc. It was on
this night that llartlcY's littty clay sketch Of
"Wllirlwnd," roughly iormcd a1fair, not over
. loot htgh, VA brought IL; It was the best
tsntul tint HURLEY resolved to brInE II ollt IN
| u terlous statue. lIo began tho work lmme-
,liatcly. md has gone as 1ar With It a. stated
| This Sketch Club Is ono Of tho most Interest,"
inE littln out cntcTies IL town. H. s very useful
! to Its menlbtrs, all Of whom f}nt tflat The
stimulus It gives to original composition Is very
great. Several hayo already made money from
! tho suggestions thc!s own preparations for Sat-
| urdny hight hayo g!scu them. II would not be
surpristnu Il Hartley, wl,o Aas been making his
| bsc1d and butter aarxeiy ~ ma:blc.cuttlng for
the Older scul2tors, should owo to tho club Ills
| owu first decided SUCCESS III original work.
The Interest ln pottety AeeosA.ton continues.
| This delightful pastlmu has takcn firm hold of
the feninno and thr MASCULINE MUD alike. The
| principal pu1t nf the decoration ID done by ths
l IITHiEH ~
pletetl ptccus are, however, among the mcu.
l teaE that the tiay OF wuysteA work for holiday
purpuscs, At lcast tor ptsauttatton to gentleman
fr!cntts IL passi,lg by. The disturbances in tue
| social atmosphere caused by the approaching
festivities has .sauscA rush 10 tic pottery
sIlups apl ktlns such ~ was ncycr bUtuFe known.
Nearly everybody oeeosatsa now, thanks TO the
classus aud .prlyato instruction OF tho pnst few
tspsshssl with aa astonishing amoAnt ol. thc
now claaa Of presentation pieces. tbs niakert
oi the itnglazed pottery haso borrowed trsu
tho forH'r III tho CesnolaSaA other collections ~
against tin rules),, und from sehllcmann'l
"Troy AMI it, Remains" !" and othor works, aud
| tho storcs arr full of y Wu!tltuAe Of pleces o.
ali stzea anl models, In thu purcst types; a,st
thousands. The lady as.!sts have heen ex
trclncly busy, to9, for month. With orders foI
p|arquer and pieces Of all kinds. from thost
Who do not decorate themselves, tho ptocos u
4 10 delivered tiIa and next week. Tho sptrlt q
decoration IL abn,au, and every class appears Il
feel tbs liy!nG ailsatNt.
l. Tic Academy Of Design has been op0n 70
lie Inst month foF a Ioan exhibition Of deco
ratfye art In NIL ia branches. Though modes
experiment III this beginning. + has proved to b
| great attraction to the public. Tho visitor
numbrr 800 dAy when thu weather IL pleas
aat. The society ct lady arttita, for whom
was organ.zcd. will hud themselves at ita clos
with ut lrust 4l0,g ,g10 In thelr treasury.
l tntpfrAtfnu int In fErAfd 10 TIM nn1