New-York tribune., 1880-04-05
CAH4 DIAN ACADEMY or PTS
THE FIRST PUBLIC EXHrRIT1oN

THE FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION
| ~ "OFH"Noh-GENERAL AND The PRINCES,
Looish FOSTER THE FINE ARTS IN THE Dow,N
loN-AN EXHIBITION PRELIMINARY IN r,,,
FOUNDING AT OTTAWA OF A, NATIONAL Arr
| IFROM AN OCCASIONAL, copprsn,
| OiIA"A' March 3O.-On Saturday evenino
| ot 49,. o "'S' exhibition of the " Canadian Academy
VI A''s WIS formally orened In Ottawa no tho Mo-
qns OF Lorne, it's ratron in thu nrooon =, a., -I
aici'ns Associates and Honorary membera and tbo,r
.""'ies' our G"vernorGeneral's opening address was
o'. R'aeeIul and sympathetic He was followed
! |,a nleh' the president Of tho Academy
o,'n o p'iieVe relative of Lord Duferin)
u W i's viceprcsident. Mr. Bourassa ono NJ fine most
Sneo men IN Canada, the latter speaking i'm French
A"iS exhibition Just closed which we looked forward
W WIN great anxiety, has in many respects pro ven
'o' satisfactory, aud the spirit with which the public
SHOWS that Canadian soil is ready for the
piMhlhg' II the Committee of Arrangements Ind been
niue more lavsh with printers INK tile success would
nave oeen more marked, but unfortunately they held
'no art Oh advertising In contempt and tho exhibition
M"S aOWcu IN grow out OF the most dcatll-like silence
y" 10 WITHIN fortnight before the Ope.lug
ony favored few and persistent few who
hau tne git OF questioning. knew Just when
IL was to be opened and under what rules
IL was 10 De governed. AT the very last little uno
'rusVe announcement found its way into different pa
perS ana III response 10 this the sOeictys
'hfonSed from until IL o'clock on the evening Of the
9th.
Iho guests came by special invitation as tho public
opening du no. occur until the Sth ins-and were that
portion of the community assumed to be best fitted to
roster the designs OF the academy. There was large
party from Rdeau Hail Though not Her ROYAL High
ncss as sho had not Sc: recovered sufficiently from her
accident to leave her room few heads of Government
Departments; goodly sprinkng Senators and mem-
bers OF Parament and this remainder was made ND of
n flafa ordo
OF fashionable people which for perhaps wise but
mysterious reason, Ia invited everywhere.
The building used for tho exhibition s IN old hotel
whose usefulness as such has Departed and which has
lately been bought by the Government TO be fitted I'D
for u National Museum. Partitions have been taken
down, the walls have received u wash of " Academy
red and IL Is well suited its present use The lower
floor given mp 10 oil paintings and statnary while on
the hoor above are tho wafer cOlOrs and architectural
designs.
Everywhere throughout the building were seen fine
paintings by foreign artists These were scattered
among the works OF local artists, the hanging
mtce showed courage in doing In referring
this, one of them said 1t is bold TO do this
our public Is Canadian and will have much sympathy
with Canadian subjects, that WILL after all. suffer
very little from these masterpieces by fOrecners Tic
public gains greatly by being able with glance or two
to compare excellent work from abroad with what we
must accept the best OF Canadian work and for the
Canadian artist the triumph is all the greater his
picture can stand near its foreign neghbor without
suffering eclipse.
BY far the greater number OF the paintings land
scapes The portraits few. In the first room to be
visited we find only two. The which catches the
eye upon entering fuength portrait Of Sheriff Jar
WIS., OF Toronto and is done by Mr. A. d. Patterson, Of
that city, one OF the youngest artists exhibiting IL
has studied (ikc most OF the Canadian artists Lon
don. He ia already attracting attention. The Othrr
portrait Sweet Sixteen is ch lrmng, and the artist.
Mr. j. e. Forbes, IS the foremost among the portrait
painters Of Canada. His col0ring reminds one Of the
cOlUring of MIR. Porter of Boston. Mr. Forbes Is also
landscape painter. aud in tho same hangs a
light scene, by him, OF Chelsea Falls the G!tineau
River. Many Of your readers will recall q printing
which he had at the Centennial Exhibition, "Tac Wreck
Of the HIbcrna."
Iii this same room hang two pictures, Milking Time
and Startled Horses" by who would have added
much to the richness OF Canadian had he lived I
refer 20 young VoSt, is well known to New York
artists Perhaps the pictures before which the greatest
number OF people pause those OF Mr. schrcbcr.
English lady IN spite OF hor name Zach one tells It's
story and this l. perhaps the secret OF Mrs. Schrcbcs
success since hr coloring j, not Iartlcnary G"od.
table ole aunly" who has paused to survey YOU over
tnmrs, If Toronto u pupl OF Mr.. Forbes. Another
painier-and young one, to.. b'irvc-is never
Pioneer MIL has been bought by the GovernorGen-
eral.
Edison, a Montreal artist. He pants equally well III
OH anu water rOOIS In the Province Of QIrDrc. alone,
landscape laut rs might stand within srcahing dis-
OF each oh'r and yet not bessar The an 0f sun
jccis. 1he L.urpntIan rar=e Of mountains "h'rs
grandeur and wId beauty ana the eastern portion {"
the province soften down mo smiling farm aids ana
pctilrcsquc nils (iiimpscs OF all hs VIC have In the
iminiimgs Fraser Sandham Raphael, OBr'eh,
Werner. and ohers ana WhGnevrT way one 'nrna S",e
way become art critic - To know tue ofgin1 OI
picture and since artists have =" oitcn ci"seh 10
place home subjects brOrc us they have brun the ART
Education OF the people for even Tue most prosnie Of US
have picture galleries OF our own In our mcnOIits ana
have hut turn the kcy and compare our art treas
with theirs ana condemn or approve hS inc case
Rdeau Hall has contributed extensively to the Loan
Of the Princess louise and her artist lrns some
Of whom she has always with her; Thrre Is nnagnih
NOutalDI, who a visitor at the Gnv"rnhent house
last year Mariall wood has a bust In narb'" OF S'r
of his subject rs C nsdcred weak. Van Suppen. O Mon
trral has executed in plaster from design Dy ny TX
ccency lfcs rs stature OF warrior, wn"ae p upiieh
shield and the arrow wlch sttlKc5 IL lOTui Suhuih
The conception is from the Ines:
"Fly many past.
Strikes last"
JInstolrs onc discovers the English liking for and |
surress I'm Wacr COLI THe room into whcn the VlS
tor frs finds way is that In which the Princess cX-
hIbits her painting anu draWinEs IL aISo contan3
Pri;Iincut among the madam wdtcr-cOlOr printers
is Mr.. ID. Fowler lie has nearly whole room 10 HIM
self He is known TO American artists. having eXnb-
tied several years ago III Ncw-YHrk where his pictures
at rae iversa attention Next comes James Grit
flhs Crs well most often marine views. and
another most successful cOlrrlst Mr. T. Mower Mar
tin. In Water-cnlOr landscape Werner undoubtedly |
takes the lead Ho pnnis lie in the Northwest mpSt
and will soon become aS familiar Win
a Werner canoe u Mlc!nlc paddle.
Altogether the exhibition mas been satisfactory and
II has led up 10 the immediate rstaoliShmcnt IN Ottawa
of National ART school, which VIII be opened at once,
under the South KrnslnStOn system OF teaching
NJUNJCHT HEATHER REPORT.