The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-20
FINE ARTS.
PICTURES IN THE MAGAZINES.


atoms of the suitable to the season have
been made by +. S. Church. young wo-
man coming through the snow, carrying hrewood
ana blowing her fingers, and a crow on a twig are
the designs. The number opens with fine portrait
OF Emerson, by Wyatt Eaton, which is engraved
Ill a mastery manner by Thomas Cole. The illustra
tons to the article 'The Tile Club at Play,
by the members of that artistic ovial body are
as whole. admirable. We note C. S. Remnants
1.-THE Tile Club and the Miiner of Bridgehampton"
collection of fair portraits Of the members; VIM
bredge's neat little drawing of ..castle Conklin"
Swain Gifords vigorous and picturesque 'sMornine
Jesse Conklings; Abbeys artistic '.The Griffin al
Work. Quartleys admirable "cod Fishers Hut on
Captree Island" and "a Catch OF Menhaden, in
which the sloop, boat and the figures are finely
drawn and the swell of the water well rendered.
Abbeys very comical. Procession of We
Tiers" o'Donovan's striking bas-relief por
traits, modelled in clay. Of "The Chcstnut;"
John Howard Payne's Sweetheart" and of the
poet himself when boy: Swain Giffords ''Oid
Windmill at Brdgehampton. and his broadly
given The Beach at Easthampton;" Walter Paris
delicate little drawing. "An Old Whaling Station
Hopkinson Smiths "Home, Sweet Home,' and
Laffan' s-from tho really sublime to the equally
ridiculous In the next article John Bolles has q
good Doresque drawing. Homer Martin makes his
debut as an illustrator in the present number in his
drawings to "The Homes and Haunts of Emerson
There Is fine feeling in his "Old Manse. 'The Alcott
House," and in walden Pond" We would suggest
throp in his interiors. The Left Hand Room OF
the Old Mansc,' by Kiordan. is an admirable draw
Redwood's article excellent; the drawing by the
author Muster of Company c. being good AZ
some of the French military pictures. 1t is finely
engraved
The illustrations in Haype,'s Magazine for February
show decided and commendable advance from those
Of previous months. James G. Beard has done ex-
ceedingly well in his cuts to the opening article
The Treasures of the Peep The best are ceS
Jaquin's Experiment. "Ambergis and "Narwhal
and Warus." The skill OF the draughtsman and the
knowledge of the naturalist are combined Three
drawings by Samuel Colinan add much to the attrac
tons Of "Rambles in the South of France" E. A.
Abbey illustrates humorously the poem ..Our Tray
eed Parson." Two drawings by 9. 3. Renhart are
given with the MoonsLners" story-.I Have Lost
Do Not Fire!"-the former graceful and the latter
a strong piece of work.
The front spiece to 81. Nicholas for February is
ture. Helping Mother. Frederick Dielman has .
very pleasing drawing in the story. ."Eyebright."
which lacks however, cleanness OF outline. The in-
cident which Kelly illustrates in "An Adventure ut
Last would seem to have taken place near cleo
ings IN the story "Humpty budgets Tower" slot
tings Doings is illustrated by some drawings
by Jessie Curtis, of which 'Not in the Journal il
charming, both in execution and sentiment.
STUDIO NOTES.
j. G.. Brown has nearly finished his "German
Band" to which alusion was made some weeks ago.
The faces of the five well indviduazed, the
figures naturally posed and the shabby costumes
carefully rendered A boy and girl and bootblack
stand staring up at the musicians. Another canvas
of little booblack with his hands in his pockets his
box sung from his arm. leaning smiling against
dead wall, is good
David johnson has easel scene from Catnip
Island, a lake near Greenwich, Conn. The low,
rocky cliffs of granite sodly and well painted
There is good atmosphere and luminous sky.
Robert q. Minor has finished one of those late sum-
effects, full of delicate greens and yeows in the
foliage and grasses which he has lately commenced
to paint. 1t is scene on the headwaters OF the ud
Valley 80 '''' '.'' ~
A. i. Bricher has completed for the Artists Fund
exhibition WINDY Day on Cushings Island.
II. A. Ferguson is ut work on view Of the Ducal
Palace aud the adjoining buildings from the circle OF
the Rva Schiavoni in Venice In his studio there is
a careful rendition of picturesque point the Via
Mala. in which the rock work is most admirably
drawn.
william Sartain has started for the Academy exh-
biton q scene in Arab school, He will be repre-
scented at the Water Color Society by IAN Arab Cafe
aud street scene in Algiers
j. b. Bristol will to the Academy view in the
Franconia Mountain region of New Hampshire.
II. w. Robbins is working on "Brook near Castle.
ton, w." which is for the Water Color Society.
PICTURE GALLERY NOTES.
Among the latest additions to the gallery at M.
Knoeder Co.'s is a landscape and sheep by Charles
jacques. "The Approaching Storm" 1t shows Q
stretch of rolling moorland, with cump of trees in
the middle distance. storm sky rapidly approach
path The picture is remarkable for it's perspective
the exquisite harmony graysh tones, the admirably
disposed sheep massed about the shepherd, with afew
halng In their march Tor last nbbe ut the grass the
passage of half light in the middle distance the bright
sunlight striking here and there on the foreground
and the sheep and the trees shiverng under the
ing wind new picture by Joe jefferson, the actor.
q river SUNRISE which can hardly be said to be an
advance from the canvas which he exhibited some time
ago in the gallery.
In view of the prevailing interest in the work Of
Munkacsy, whose Blind Milton Debating Paradise
1arY. &t.ao
ton the Lenox Library there have been placed in
the gallery his picture of the early and unwilling
riscr--a shoemaker's apprentice-noticed some time
ago. and The washcrwomen'- landscape with
figures The latter is striking, bold and effective
piece Of work a though IN pa
Making Hay is ON the line above.
LART
The last quarterly volume OF Tart has been re-
ceived through j. W. Bouton Among the etchings
are Cecil Lawsons 'Strayed-A Moonlight PASTORAL
by j. Park vcasquez's celebrated Lies Fileuses" in
tho Musee du Prado at Madrid. superby rendered by
Mlius; the iatter's plate after Antonio More's
MARY Tudor" Alfred Stevens lies visiteuses" by
Mongin; "a Harlem" drawn and etched by Maxine
Laanne-a vigorous plate. simple and effective in
ncr's skill; his admirable plates after Milais'
mime. Bischoffsheim" and "a Yeoman of tho
%itSr Of ST. ncfonso Of Toco e that maser
etcher, William Unger; Rubens "Boreas Carrying OF
Orithyic," by Sonnenetter-supcrb in line and its
rendition OF the modelling and flesh tones. and
Franz Halls PORTRAIT OF Michael de WAL" by
Achle Gilbert. Among the full-page woodcuts
are noted Boughton's "dreen Leaves Among the
sere," by Swain V. q. Gilbert's LA Marchsnde lie
volailles," by Maurand; T. Burnand's "viage
Oyen,' by Meaulle; Simon Durands 'rhe Wounded
Child" by Edmond Yon; Alfred Stevens
delicious 'The Japanese Mask" by the same.
and his "Thc sphinx" by Smeeton and
lilly. The photo-engravngs and woodcuts in tho
text are numerous and often excellent. The chez
defect is the tendency to in execution In
some of the cuts. The initial letters. by Francois
Ehrmann, admirable feature. Tho greater
part of the text is devoted to art at the late Exibi-
tion, and among the writers Philippe Burty, j.
Comyns Carr, Madrazo, Charles Tardicu, Eugene
yeron, Violet lie Due Emile Sold and Edmond saint
Raymond. The Illustrated article on the American
art display. which is in this volume. mas already