St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-07
Our Boston Letter.
An Exhibition of Paintings, Etc, Etc.
BOSTON, Feb. 4tb, 1879.

An Exhibition of Paintings, Etc., EUc.
Boston, Feb. 4th, 1879.
Editor CaledoRian
The first exhibition of the Loan Col
lection of Paintings at the Boston Art
Club, opened Jan. 18th, and continues
through this week. There are I9l pic
lures by 12l different artists; As of
which are water cOlors and the rest oil
paintings. The collection consists of
pictures by our own artists mostly, and
few by foreign ones, loaned by private
citizens. and from some of the private
picture galleries.
The largest picture in the gallery and
also occupying the place of honor, is
one by Gustave Coulbet representing
Lies Demoiselles du Village" CThe
Young Ladies of the NIllage). The first
glance does not particularly attract you
to it, but Il second reveals a broad,
billy eminence, covered with bright,
spring-lke verdure, and that peculiar
vivid green, which seems such Il fla
vorite with French artists. In the de-
clivity of the hill il group of three young
ladies engage your attention dressed
in half-gypsy costume, evidently re-
turning from some rustic gathering.
The foremost of the three is in the act
of bestowing some charity upon Il poor
little miserably -clad child, in response
to some appeal made, as is evident
from the look and attitude of the child.
A dog and some calves are in the rear
Pft pc. riGnle uf'ett"frdttire:"f 1i'''i"n fh &"
''Twilight,' or Snow scene in An
vers, France, by F. B. De Blois, who
has recently returned from Europe, is IA
charming picture, and has attracted
considerable attention before in a
private gallery. The pure white snow
covers the cottage, garden, and the
grass almost trembles with its bright
fringed crystals: the horse and cart
vending the way up to the barn, cleaves
the snow at every step: it might pass
for realistic picture in northern New
England.
We noticed also another by the same
artist, "The French Farm Yard" ''Bos-
ton Harbor," by Lansil, delighted us.
Beyond the harbor, rises the spires of
churches and dome of the State House 4:
the few last lingering rays of the sun
slightly gid the shipping in the harbor
and lend soft glimmer to the receding
waves not enough to impart warmth
and richness to the coloring, but yet a
remarkably truthful picture of the CITY,
There is small picture which draws
many to examine it, because it is sup
posed to be bOnafide picture of Tur-
ner's-"The Bay of Naples" Frank
w. Rogers seems to excel i'm his de-
lineations of dogs. "Out in the cold"
represents poor little miserable dog,
such as you often see near tenement
houses, vainly looking up high wall,
and appeals to your sympathy because
he is so ugly: it is very different from
'Mischief," where two small dogs have
domiciled themselves in a gentleman's
hat and are trying on his gloves and
examining his cane: or from the noble
mastitf, in Williams & Everett's.
A half portrait of T. G.. Appleton,
which BOstOnians declare remarkably
life-like, by Frederick P. Vinton: also
1.-The Neapolitan Girl" by the same
artist: the bright rich colors of the
dress bring out the dark olive hue of
the complexion, and deep liquid eyes.
"Pansies," is charming little picture
by Miss NJ. R. Baker, also "Chrysan-
themums." Another wonderfully life
like picture by Munich artist, George
HOesslen, is "Turnips"-a high wall
forms background to the picture, a
broad-brimmed hat encircles the head
of a bright innocent faced boy, with
large eager eyes, fastened upon you
excite your wonder as to the fate of the
big bundle of turnips in his arms. The
small white ones, with such long thread.
like roots, look as if just taken from
the ground, and the leaden sky and
subdued coloring of surroundings com.
blne to make him the central figure ant
prominent one in the scene. An un.
finished portrait of the gifted sculptor
Frank Dengler, by j. M. Stone, wht
died in Florida of consumption in Jan
uary 1879.
I We noticed four Vermont scenes il
the collection: "Passumpsic River,n St
Johnsbury, by S. J. Tryon: An Ole
House, st. j., by H. H. Gallison
"Dlngle bangle Brook" Grafton, vt.
Z by VIM. N. Bartholomew, and ..Clear
ing Up" Cummings Farm, Burlington