The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
FINE ARTS.
UNION LEAGUE CLUB EXHIBITION.


The Art Committee OF the Union League Club pro-
vided the second of this seasons art receptions
and exhibitions last evening an unusually good and.
may say the best collection Of pictures which has
yet been brought together on such an occasion The
pictures were not in too great number,
were, as whole, full Of snap and force, and
were mostly exhibited thus publicly for tho
first time The attendance was unusually large.
for it being the evening of the election
the club was full of members and the artists were
also out in force. Noticing the sixtyeght pictures
az they are catalogued find first the list J. Il.
Brevoort's soldly painted "Borasco-Campagna de
Roma" with well massed sky. J. C. Beckwiths
well modelled and foreshortened nude study Of little
French girl is again with pleasure Walter Black
mans Reading the News" from the last Salon. does
him credit and has well figures the faces
Of which. however. lack slightly in force. J. b.
Bristol again truthful and pleasing in his Evening
in Vermont" and A. I. Brcher is represented by his
effective whitehead, Portland Harbor." In hs
.Notrc Dame From the River" Frank NJ Boggs pre-
sents but pleasing color study. and not picture.
William Chace's Meditation" from the same model
as his fine Ready for the Ride, though strained I'm
color is full Of vigorous work. j. II. Dolphs shows
admirably drawn horses. in good action and
well painted. in his "A Slight Misunderstanding"
Babel Lnwcylet-Cairo" by Henry A. Ferguson il
finely drawn vigorously colored street scene with
good atmosphere Mr. A. Loop has NE NC III like por.
landscape by w. S. Macy, in which there is nicely
toned sky and remarkably true effect of gray light
on the road. For William Morgans mastery The
Young Mother" have nothing but prase-it is
finely drawn, delicate in sentiment and admir-
ably truo and pleasing in its color relations.
superb little Quartey, with wonderfully
luminous sky. is called Morning-Georgetown
Island Me-" George II. Smillie has made great
advance in his picturesque and broadly treated
.Back Mountain-Lake HORIZON" delicious and
characterful little monk story in pleasing landscape
in Italy, entitled Amateurs in Natural History il
by Wordsworth Thompson. J. q. Wood il seen to
good advantage in two cattle peces-one, OF single
COW, being remarkably effective. fine sky is the
best point in good example Of A. H. Wyant called
Evening
In the corner of the south wan IL one Of the best
pictures in the room-A. +. Burners broad and solid
1.-THE Goose Girl" little more force in the fore
ground would, however, improve 1t. alpine Chapel
Palisades is fine little example of Herbert McCord.
singularly pleasing and effective water color pas
toral is by winslow Homer. Edward L. Henry
has a delicious little miniature like bit OF
painting Of interior, with figure called
'.Revcrie." "a Cobbler in Normandy is q stunning
little example Of Stanley O. Middleton. Aarge study
by Detaille, presented to Mr.. Avery and called "Ihe
Ambulance Corps" attracted deserved attention from
the artists We note in addition examples by +: >.
Church "a good one, Cropsey. Eaton. Fitch De For
eat tbut a study of broad and unintercsting masses
of COLOR, y. r. clifford David Johnson George Inness.
Jr, Edward Moran, II. Ii. Moore. J. G. Nicol Silva.
Story Tfany, Tuttlc 10 good portrait Waller. Witt.
Shurtlen w. II. Beard, Il. Johnson, McEntec, TAFT.
Gay and Hubbard The collection VIII be open to
ladies'. by ticket from twelve NJ to three r. NJ to-day
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