The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-03
FINE ARTS.
NOTES FROM THE STUDIOS.


NJ. F. II. De Haas has just finished on large can
vas. moonlight effect with full rugged ship pass
ing o headland and about to enter q port. Sh.
stands head to with all sail set. fisher craft
is to the right and the left is small boat. whose
rowers resting their oars. while stands at
the bow ready to throw line to the vessel rs she
reaches them There other sail in the distance.
1t will appear this week at the fall opening Of the
American Art Gallery. defer criticism. MIR. De
Haas has about finished the picture Of wreckers at
work on stranded steamship which we spoke OF
some time ago.
Kruseman van Elten. who is now back again in
bis studio permanently for tho season. has been. a.
usual. very industrious during the summer. having
made large numbers OF oil aud water color studies
as we'll az of his exquisite pencil drawings. His
work was done chiefly in the vicinity of Washington
Conn. Several studies of brilliant autumnal foliage
are from Westchester county.
sanford r. Clifford has returned from his trip to
Mount Katahdin, Maine. He In painting good sized
view from tho Acropolis: looking over the plain Of
Attia and the Of Egna to the mountains OF
Argolis and the distant white caps OF Parnassus.
of the eastern side of the Parthenon Ia to
tho left while the right is bit OF tho graceful
Erectheum. and tho picturesque remains of the old
red Venetian tower, between which and the great
building lies the ground the debris of
the latter Mr. Gifford's idea is to have the effect
that Of one of those glorious Greek days which all
visitors will remember smaller stuuy OF the mo-
that the artist will produce fine work. The point
OF view chosen has the advantage of being an I'M
usual one
Arthur Quartley is painting fishing sloop at
anchor of Coldspring Harbor, Long Island. with
houses tine shore tho left. Another and larger
canvas, also under way, shows similar boat. head
to the spectator, by shore, on which are hay
gatherers at work in q meadow. IA Squally Day Oh
Gosport" furnishes a good motive for third pic
turo
J. q. Brown is painting on a large canvas pic
turc to be called "Noon On the Docks" which no
expects to DO his most important work. number
of longshoremen seated and standing by cot
ton bales and hogsheads about the principal group
of their fellows in the foreground one OF whom IL
telling story giving his ideas about some griev-
anco. There will be some fifteen or twenty figures.
his principal group show what rich material there 10
about us for figure painters II they will only look
for it.
J. W. Castelar, has about finished large view Of
tho Catskills At sunset, looking over Kauterskill
Creek.
A. +. Bunner has started for the Artists Fund Elk.
hibition Of this year couple Of pictures OF Adiron
dack scenes. One will BIO fshermans camp on
Upper Ausablc Lake. with pines and sugar naples
about it and boat at the rocks below. On the
ond canvas. an obiong one will be . trout
brook. with fisherman whipping the stream 4
Stanley Ct. Middleton is engaged on view OF the
building Of the old Brooklyn Bank which is shortly
to be torn down to mako way for the great bridge,
one Of whose towers Is seen behind. He has finished
a Mirror Lake, Franconia. in which an
eagle is swooping down a covey of wild drcks.
who are flying affrighted from off the fore-water.
Joseph Lyman, DR.. has on IN easel q rich red sum
set view on q creek on the Jersey meadows.