The New York herald., 1879-07-07
STuDIO NOTES.


STUDIO NOTES.
little girl catching butterflies in field is the
pleasing subject of picture which A. r. Bellows Is
work on and which promises we'll. The face is o
and well treated under the sunshine effect.
The artist has just sketched out the motive of
large picture-a young woman carrying child down
to bathe.
Some boys are playing with long poles on the edge
of water large oaks and under cloudy sky. in
Robert c. Minors latest canvas. morning effect
on . lake. with the sunlight breaking through the
clouds and illuminating the hills in the middle dis
tance is also successfully treated. sunset is very
real in effect and in the cold green's OF the river
meadows.
j. g. Brown has finished for Mr.. King the London
banker picture called ''The Light OF Other Days."
and similar in subject his very successful Acad-
violin while his hat, hanging from his coat soicits
the charity Of the passer by It was catalogued "a
Merry Air, with u Sad Heart Another recent pic
ture is of headed little bootblack, seated. smok
ing and leaning his arm on his box
Homer Martin is painting gorgeous and very
decorative sunset ON the shores of Lake Champain.
Trees arch the waters the Left and the opal
escent sky is mirrored in their calm surface.
sunset at Nahant, with sail of q rocky headland,
Is the subject James Lyman, Jr., Ii engaged on.
HOME NEWS
Preston Powers is to do bust Of Reuben Springer
the honored Cincinnatian.
william H. Vanderbilt is said to have enriched his
collection with additional $4,000 worth of paint
ings during his recent European trip.
Sir Randall Roberts will spend the summer making
marine and coast studies along and of the Maine
shore.
The Quincy statue by Thomas Ball will be un-
veiled in Boston that city's natal day. Septem-
ber II.
Joseph Milmore. the Boston sculptor leaves for
Europe in Septem Der to superntend the erection in
Hyde Park of his statue Of Lord Dufferin. The
statue. which is nearly finished from Mr.. Millmore's
designs Of bronze and of heroic size. The pedes-
tai. twenty feet in height, Is to be of Aberdeen
granite.
the Florentine style. There will be four galleries
on the lower and Ave on the upper floor. Each story
will be twenty feet in height.
The Art Interchange will issue arubricated midsum-
mer number. which will contain supplementary
coored plate of original design
Hdrpers Weekly for the 12th of July has fine full
page drawing by Howard Pyle. called "A Love Affair
| in the Olden Time-Consulting the Wise Woman" I"
The poses and expressions of the old crone and the
lovesick spinster excellent The engraving does
| much credit to Lagarde.
| The Aa0azine Of Art for June has admirable
| woodcut or Sir Thomas Lawrences portrait Of
Lady Blessngon, also OF the artists portraits Of
| himself. Charles Robert Leslie, r. A., is written
about under the head OF american Artists and
| American Art" cut is given OF his picture, "The
A. f. Bellows after sketching for few weeks along
the coast goes to his skaneatees Lake
| studio.
samuel Colman is sketching down at East Hamp-
r. M. shurtleff is at Hartford, Conn.,
william Mayrath sailed on Saturday for England.
Robert c. Minor has decided to go abroad in q
| few weeks.
| George W. Maynard is at Marblehead
| Oliver j. Lay is at Stratford. Conn.
| NJ II. de Haas is At Southampton. L. l.. whence
| T. W. Wood has left for Montpelier, Vt.
W. Whittredge is ut Summit, n. J.