New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-17
AT THE STUDIOS.
WHAT LIE ARTISTS APE DOING

wear il, arr The artists all como back town with
bursting portfolio, hardly Doe said that nuyb'dy
has lad poor Summer Of IT, II can he truy slu IVA,
The ,iorty have cxcclled themselves I'm industry md
acbieyinrnt People have their eyes wider open than
formerly as To the abundance Of material In the
com ~ for fine pictures. Discoveries have been maze
! Of things never seen before nom an artistic
point Of view. and in which there Is both III
spraton for the present. and money for the fuluir
III ne H. besides. encouragement TO effort III TINS
growing popular interest in art every part Of our
country The field sale open to our artists has been
enlarged. and cities are coming INTO the MARKET a.
BUYERS every year. PROLONGED ana capital season TOT
work has not been without iis nuonccs also lheouhhi
and Fail have been unusually line, and very respect
able m nori;y inlers have not returned from thc
country vet so attractive has proved to hom II any
! thing there has been much clear sky, too much
light ana too much glory the landscape this year. but
# mas all been favorable to operations IN the hcIl anu
more abundant sketches have been the consequence.
| one of the artists who has done good stroke OF
work is Mr.. Whituedge. He has sketches enough oil
admirable subjects to last HIM Tor years Many oil Ut so
Sketches we're made Baltimore, on the farm % Pie5
fl MT Garrett. The rest were made near Newport In
both localities the artist found some old houses ana me
trees which have afforded him material FOR charming
/ pictures. The Old uncovered BerKcley house
| AT Newport, has probably never been panied
! before. It is about in ruins now. IL is one
OF the qualntcst old houses built by the Colonial
gentlemen of Ntw-England. OF that style which has
long roof sopng almost the ground in the rear with
massive chmueys, and extraordinary corniees. IL Is
picturesque place. conseeratcd by association, and III
few years. is likely have disappeared from sight by
the simple operation Of decay Ii il fortunate that
good artist given the Old manson pace on bis can
vas before il Dccom a thing OF the past. SIR Whit
trcdge has made number of studies OF the house He
has also skciche1 Newport scenes from new points Oh
viow giving generally 4 sub antia blt OF rural scenery
in the foreground of his pictures; aud glimpse 81 the
| sea in the background
! MI story ms been near Boston and in Maine TINS
Summer and has been busy in filing commissions
70 bring back much that is Lew. lie found however an
oil country Store i'm little rural village IN Maine,
which was worth reproducing aud the Interior OF the
building forms the theme OF interesting canvas For
/ the most primitive backwooIs OF the poPulons i-'st
/ now 20 10 Maine They exist in Mime m their greatest
Loneliness and glory, and Maine appears also to evolve
Il most truly iical country of amy place Ia tie
country, with its barrels benches post Office hamn2
nacards and big Yankee proprietor vino takes a bets
that he cannot produce nom nps notice any hng
the nnl OF the Maine backwOoGsman IN think o. ana
wins Them all Artists. moi ycrj long would not
hav, Thought subject like this worthy Of notice There
i, different idea apOui slch matters nov" one 1t ne
/ uopuar pictures OF the season viii DE Mr STORY
Country store" THIS trtis viii have something ready
for the exhibition in Brooayn winch VIII open ga ~ III
December.
NJ 4. II. De Haas is deyotng himself to picture OF
the rapids above Niagara Fails. the American side at
one Of the most timutuous points Of the stream The
two picture Of the falls proper by Nh Church. are wei
known. possible the venture OF NJ De Haas upon
more difficult part of this field of wonders at this river
The randi. while not less impressive In cr way Than
the falls, have character which is harder 10 grasp
Ouly marine painter would ever be warranted in at-
tcn,pting The subject all NJ De Hans brings to the
work ierabl- training anu he is e'tlhg on WIN II
in way that promise ga excite great deal ot interest
IN the completed picture among the lovers ~ ar Ihe
canvas " l Dee large one AZ TINS sh'l' IN" dlil' hI,
jas. finished glowing picture 81 scene " ihe Lon-
island coast rs moonlight, the !iNli O I'D f"'"t'V "t
Southampton.
william H. Beard IS busy upon several Characteristic
pictures o. animal life. one rs ~ hearsa 10y the Way
side, representing raycn sho @man who has stopped
TO rest with his trained meuagcre ~ hear monkey ana
dog on c country road audi, uuing tho smaller mem
hers the group through the performances OF their com
Ing exhibitions l town. Another picture is. inc Hunt
cr's Tomb" II was suggested by An incident in an East
crn cemetery, not Tong ago The tomb Of q gentleman
whose leisure time in life had been spent almost cXcG-
siyciy shooting small game found one day COW
cred Wth partridge. who seemed 10 he holding an tX-
-rowne under Nr. Hearts, brush, nock Of part ders
and numbrr o. |id IA bits ar a,i''t,i' s|ar'nlls
about tie Tomb of tic man who ba' made things nhc"n-
Portable FOR them IN previous day AMI rcadu- bis 'pi
tlrh. Another painting, just c,mlctrd, Is serious
picture OF pretty child PLAYING with iaotsih tie yard
Abort Berstadt, who did rot 90 to Nassau
nounced is finishing the large ordered 10y tine Earl
al DunTavcn, taken from poiut in the oi Longs
Peak Colorado and overlooking Estes Park. Many local
pecuari'ic~ If the Rocky Mountain region are nitro
duceG, wH,h render The picture very interesting
one artist has been giving some attention to the old
HOUSES and biz town streets, which may DE seen in
the older towns Of New-Euglani, and form quaint
and attractive feature Of them. No one seems 20 have
noticed or a least 10 have cared 70 20 these charm
Ing antiquities of NevEugand to any extent iu the past
although they are rich in historical association, and
present an abundance OF picturesque material which
may well De utilized This year, however, Mr. \. r.
Bellows has spent summer in studylnS them,
and is now back and hard at work on three
ar four picturcs which are evolving from his
sketches of them one Is yica or attractive fart ot
the old stree, no East Hartford, Conn and includes not
only number ot the large elms, growing III the centre
OF ihc great thorougniarc tpnhte II is d' } HesSldh
prisoners during tlc Rcyoiutiou), but tin" ola hou>"
which itself j. picturesque trea urr There are othr
such scenes on he easel, some ~ o. some IN wafer col
I Mr.. Bellows has entered on Il I'd oi work. IN
be- sc", 10 have mo- competition ~ may be fouu llat
popular chord viii have struck by al the artists
III; ciug for tle antiquities OF the country.
The ladies' have been busy this summer well the
rest Ms Culver, whose field work in the Ca-ks this
year, carried ON i'm company with crowd Of pupils
and whose leisure limited that account has had
tmc nevertheless % produce great deal OF n,rJl deco
ration 81 pottery and plaques I'm unique and glowing
patterns any Of v~ich pieces would bring bit OF
splendid color into any room AMI would enliycn the
dnskcst. Mrs Culver has also discovered old house
In the Cltslis with roof almost invisible from the
accumulation Of moss which spreads thick as
bed OF turf some interesting k'tches OF this old
treasure have been brought back. Mss D. Golycr has "A
multitude OF fresh studies of flowers branches BIRDS
nests and plants the products rambles Adiron-
dack region ana elsewhere, tins summer. which will
bloom into completed pictures along through The Fan
and Winter. There Is promise OF tine group
iugs from her brush the result OF sum
mcr wanderiugs Hiss Remington has completed
a number of small pictures Of plant and flower
life, Ia some OF which pretty sentiment is
expressed Ia addition To- the material beauty represented
Another artist Do Town las shown now much sentiment