The Portland daily press., 1878-05-18
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY IS.

in great blue black masses where it it not faint.
ly illamiped by her sickly beam, True, strong
and original L have seen this sea effect 10
nature but never before on canvas. 1.-The
Sibyr' Elhu Vedder. Mr.. Vedder has read
Ruskin, and seen much English work with the
brush inspired by that magic pen, and he has
gone hey ond them to those early Italian mas
tiers who are Ruskin's sources of the light OF
art. The Harvesters" (France)-a man and
woman resting for moment in the Held OF
golden corn-Wyatt Eaton. The Landscape is
almost too good, as it tends to divert our atten-
ton from the figures which are the true sub.
ject of the composition. Rather than find no
fault have found this. Tue head of a youth
J. P. Vinton. Mr.. Vinton has heard of one
Velasqusz. L said to myself, as I noticed the
strength, truth and soidity of cololing or
drawing, or both, and was rewarded by hear
ing that he had studied at Munich, where they
have some of the bast examples of that mas.
ter in the world. Swapping the whip"-Win-
slow Homer. An American scene; boys hand
IN hand IN round game, with q meadow for
playground; dstinctively American in the best
sense; something you could not see anywhere
else; suggestiveness of local truth 10 land
scape figures and general idea. Mote, the
French are admirng this very much,) "Sheep
Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands"-Walter
Shirlaw. Well, why not sheep shearing nearer
home? That is the only fault have to find
law say, III must have missed my rich harmo-
MES of color in dresses and faces, and besides,
happened to be there learning my trade: "Soit:
have not another objection to make. 1.-THE
North River, New York''-Arthur Quarterly;
the hrst man, they say, who has made some
thing" out of New York, but now that he has
shown us the possibilities of the subject, GER
tainly not to be the last 1t is bit of capital
composition. There are the buildings and not
one OF them ugly; or rather let us say all fine,
because their arrangement makes us insensole
TO their individual crudeness of detail THE
funeral on the Nile'-Bridgman; it gained
medal in the Salon, and deserved it. sNew
England Cedars"-Swain Clifford 1.-The influence
of Corot, an indefnable sentiment in every
branch and leaf. 1.-THE Page''-a figure
richly orpamented table before an open book
William Strade; capitally painted on Messon-
iers scale, and not little in his style but lack
ing the strength that he would have put into it,
though hardly the finish" The Laugh" Ham,
ilton OF Philadelphia. There will be "row"
about this picture; foresee it. May prove
bad prophet 1t is a Partisan subject; very Par
isian. The Laughter is the woman with the
Petit Journal pour Rire in her hand; her laugh
is the freshest, most natural thing in the
world-nay, L might go so far to say the
purest, as for the moment she has none but her
parrot to bear her company. But oh, knoo
there will be row about this picture; yerbam
sdp-I shall say no more. A landscape by Hart,
good example of your older school. A little
Italian girl, by Miss 9. TompkiDs; q mere study
alas, but beautifully painted This young lady
ought to compose and invent forthwith. An
other landscape very fne by Bolton Jones'
the name wholly unfamiliar to me. Who is
he?-but we shall soon know. Lastly, 'The
Approach to Venice"-W. G. Bunce; very dis
tinctly not the approach to the Venice of Canal
etto, but to that real queen of the sea that has
its brine in her locks, its strength and healthfu
picturesque roughness in all her being. Any
country might be proud of the painter Of such
q work.