New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-26
BRUSH AND PENCIL.
ACADEMY PREPARATIONS.

Full PICTURES-WHAl 10 oOiNU o-' - --~
STUDIOS.
A great deal Of what the artists paint when
fresh from the fields and shore after the Summer vaca
t,ou is what might be called the pamphlet work OF art
but after the holidays over the whole studio commu
nifty settles down to the work Of getting out something
more serious for the Academy along with the pieces pro-
duced I'm RESPONSE to current demands With the water
color painters the past month has been the special ono
of preparation for the Academy, and with the ocoior
men the coming month will be- although the latter nave
a large number of works already under way and are
not by any leaving to the last moment that which
experience has shown ought not to be finished up hur
riedy.
As mentioned in THE TRIBUNE yesterday, tho water
color pictures all been sent in There are 500 pieces
In the collection. Fifty sixty come from Boston and
Philadelphia Three from Chicago where the artists
feel that the approval Of the metropolis would be OF
value them. There is an unusually large number OF
pictures and white in the collection. many OF
the artists draw for books and magazines being rep
resented, though Mast IL not among the number. Mr..
Nichols the secretary of the Water Color Society," Is sat
ised from the list of of those contributing, that
the exhibition will he Of interest About 500 OF the
pictures, etchings and drawings will be hung
Mr. whittrcdge has just rubbed in his large picture for
the exhibition of oil colors March. 1t is scene at
Newport looking toward Paradise Beach, and on out to
sea- A clump OF slender trees, which have grown up
bent from the force OF the wind blowing in from the sea-
with Autumn foliage occupies the left OF the canvas
and gentle rise OF ground, topped with bushes and
trees right In the centre there is stretch OF brown
turf reaching the smooth beach, and beyond the sea-
whose extraordinary depth and richness OF color OH that
shore are always noticed by the Summer visitor The
light OF the sunset streams the view from the
right, and makes the Autumn foliage glow, as
only it at that time OF day. DIT. "hitt-
redge is almost the dscoyercr OF the beauties
of this locality in an art sense, ana inaoe
uf.a atnhna hn m
Baltimore last Summer bearing fruit in large PIC
ture of tho farm OF President Garrett rather OF the
extended view which be had from the steps OF the
farmhouse The eve wanders over picturesquereSloh
lying between the house and the chesapeake pay anu
on over the bay the distance The bay Is covered
with sailing craft and at least one ocean steamer ap-
pears in the vew without which 10 view OF that sheet
Of water with which Mr.. CARROTS nam Is associated
would he at all complete This work Is nearly dohc anu
will soon be sent 10 Baltimore.
Mr. Wordsworth Thompson is working upon two pic
lures NJ present for the Academy and one upon an
order from Owego. The former picture Is
n scene from the Revolution There Is more
picturesque material in the early life OF this
country than people who have allowed the cares OF
the present TO cDgrOss too much OF their time are
aware SIR. Thompson painted one Revolutionary incl
dent year or two ago which secured permanent place
on ths-vals of public institution in the western part
of this state lie has attempted another. IL repre-
SCENTS review of the Continental troops AT Philadelphia
in I777 "A period OF great encouragement IN that city,
which Washington sought to change by paradng his army
OF 10 900 men, to the people that The Republic
without resources. Fifteen thousand men MAKE
great show and this grand review was very spectac
for those days aud produced good effect IN
the picture the troops are pa sing Washington ana great
corps Of stan officers, hall the troops dressed ~ nome
spun. the rest in the characteristic bne pul hn reu
uniforms OF The period, and all wearing spIlSs OF green
th Inc nc h h i in know What for may need to
IA brfu
artist designs 20 make 1t tell liz own story TIE OweO
picture i view of that romantic village and re sua
duehAnna River. which flows through H. in the summer
lime II Is taken fsom The nigh MI rising up nae6 %. tae
village which every traveller remembers lbe snpce'
Is very agreeable one
Mr. Robbins l. represented In the water-cOlor colec
ton at the Academy by the picture OF apcien little
house Hartford, COnn.-one Of the kind In when
people have taken kindly interest on account of
their historic character, within the last two or thTe
years In oil color Mr. Robbins IL preparing TO utilize
some striking sketches OF Mount Katabdn, taken d0nS
his vs, there last Summer with Mr.. Church's and Mr.
= L. Chords party. The great bleak mountain is hO'
well known, and IN painting II MI k0DDins mas some
thing advantage of fresh subject He has also
Landscapes oil the An Sable III PREPARATION.
Mr. Loop Is just finishing picture for the Academy.
begun last Spring and laid aside during the summer 1t
"a from Midsummer Nights Dream" and intro
duccs Hernia ana Helena in of those suniner-day
conferences which the former IL scribcs In the play
And in the wood whore otcr You and /,
Upon font primrose beds were wont O. lie.
The sketches FOR glen, the brook coming down
the rocks and tor the trees and bank. made at
Rocky Dinglc, Litchled County, Conn. II rmia is Il
blonde and reclues nearly NJ full length the grass
while Helena the dark haired member OF the group, sits
by her conversation. The figures both well clad
in Alenan costume. The picture does not indicate the
troubles which overlook the dramats persona after
wards but Is bright aud Joyous throughout. Mr.. Loop
has also just completed smaller painting IN oil OF Ma
rlna "A character III another of shakspears plays Ma
riua stros along the beach, while the woman with
whom she has been LEFT cOnspir,s with fisherman be-
hind large rock to take her lfe Mrs. Loop is engaged
upon number o. portraits OF ladies aud children.
Geo II. ,ory's Exhibition picture will be large one,
something after the style III the work which was ac-
crp,ed for the Centennial Exhibition and suggestive
subject is concerned, OF the class OF works by
Boug.rcau shown in the Loan Exhibition here. IL rep
rrsents mother holding in arms infant, and regard
ing It with the ndescrbbc tenderness which can be in
fused into the face Of mother only, and at such
mcn II is far serious subject tEn the artist has
undertaken recently ana wall be TO attract at.en
ton picture of Elaine in the tower, with the shield
OF LancelO rich color ana costume study has been
begun. aud two amusing Sketches entitled William Tell,
have completed. William Tell in this case is a
the hero VINO shot AN apple from the head OF his son. ana
resolves Ia initiate the feat lie balances an apple
upon IA beautiful and sends an arrow al it, one pie
represents the shot, the other the remorse or tue
marAsman. who has simply sent his arrow through the
Mr. Ernest Parton, VITO Is IN town from London for
few months is improving the time 10 prepare few pie
lures both or Academy here and for the Royal Acad
envy lie is at Mr. Chirchs studio and has already we'll
covered three canvases The picture for the
hbI,iou here Is landscape On the Thames, near Pang
bourne. II introduces bit OF water and sky. and u
luxurant mass Of and bushes partly filling the
foreground and looming against the sky. The themes
Of the others landscapes on the river at Fonaine
bcal, and afford the opportunity Tor water ana
sky painting nnd looming masses OF arD0rescence.
Mr.. James d. Sinillle having prepared three water
colors for the February exhibition, has now begun
picture one OF the most romantic scenes III the Adron
d,c r.ynn fnr the l,pay in March, Ii IL large view