, 1881-11-20

Gallery and Studio Notes.
! Messrs. Rufus II. bragdon and Frederick n.
| Fcnety have Joined forces in Il studio In tho
| American Express Building, ON Monroe street,
| anu nre working In domain Of art which. in
bands so skillful and competent, is sure to at
tract attention. Both gentlemen hayo lately
| moved to Chicago from Boston, in tho belief
I that this city offers an advantageous tleid for
their work. Mr.. Dragdon's speciality is in the
| household decorative line He shows some
superb samples OF oil and water color painting
upon silk, velvet, ant canvas, and has dec ided
genius In tho design and execution Of portieres,
curtains. table coxers, and otnor home bri c. u
brac Of that order. i port!ere Of silk cashmere
of old gold ground. with nrabesQue pattern In
old gold and brown. tho frczc aud dido Of pea:
cock blue plush bearing all applique Of POM
granate plush with leaves and disks outlined
In gold, and the sides bosdered with
pomgranatc plush, is extremely rich and
elegant MIR Dragdon exhibits ulaty other arti-
clcs showing originality aud taste III conccit ana
Fenety's forle is in tho painttns Of flow
ers from nature iluwer-pece Of his shown ut
Thurber's has descrvely commanded mucn ad-
miration. and he has il his studio number Of
exouisit specimens of bis exceptional talent in
tho handling Of oil-colors in tiower- painting.
The Tanning collection Of water-colors, which
was announced for exhibition at O.Ericn's last
ed every day, and in tho meantime nothing new
Of any special interest is shown, If one may cx-
@ syos aSd e k a1ossr aS9 of
tte aauEnter 2c.,s Of Mrs Her1drt cnca2n: ysr
most Charming expression. Idcullx1ug it iit,lr,
perhaps, iii a free band, sketchy way that Is at
tractive because Of its very simplicity There
is no lahorcd effort or careful finish perccptole,
ouly Il dclicacy and refinement expressed TINT
suggests tho thought that this artist would be
sure TO hnd something Of the he1ren that is
said to linger mt times iu the face Of the home
liest child. Since the departure Of Mr. Brooks
there hns been no one who ied his place In his
peculiar specially Of chi!drcn's crayons as this
young artist, who came here u few. weeks ago
quite unknown and unheralcd. and has already
made reputation for himself both by his por-.
traits aud bis ideal work.
The Lydian Art Gallery has again on exhibi-
ton .Ni!liutn Rart's ever-chaiming Last
G:eaM. together with other pictures lent to tho
Milwaukee Exposition; also new painting
'0iso Royal u Aeademieian. @ % Il il a snail but
strongly painted and very attractive picture.
reflected the rich and varied co.ors Of the vcge-
tation upon the nountatn-slopc, Ut tne base Of
which lie sharply,cut 1nany-tintea rocks, which
add strength and wnrmth to the foreground.
while IL delicate bluc mist upon the distant bills
gives tons and refinement to charming view.
ed Vew Near er III IS
dainty little gem, and resembles in its delicate
blue and white treatment pa1ntlng lt on porce-
whose banks Il cluster Of trees is seen. their
gray branches, denulcd Of foliage, blending
with or standing out sharply from tho white
clouds above them.
a week from tomorrow there will be on eyhi-
bition at jansen, AcCurg & Co.'S Il large colfcc-
ton OF rare enEravings and ctchfn2s. These
we're Eathered last summer in Europe by Mr.
Fred keppel, and consist Of works g., by Raphael,
Murghes,. LonShi, TOschi. Pavnn.' Wlle Sharpe,
Strange, Edclinck, Nanteuil, Direr. Rembrandt,
Jacques :Appian: Daubigny, David Law, ses-
mour Hidden. and Others. Very many Of tho c1-
umpes formed part Of the collection Of the late
eminent etcher, jules Jacquemnrt.
at Stevens s. Co.'s art store Is a black and
white oil painttng by Annie Shaw. called 1.-The
Old Apple Tree, which, notwithstanding tho
recent rage for somewhat similar productions
hy Arthur Quartiey, is nltogcther too broadly
painted to be very intelliEi1lc.: Just little
more detail, if you please, Miss Shaw.
The Chicago Society Of Decorative Art con-
gratulnte themselves upon securing the services
Of George ". Plutt as teacher of drawing and
painting. Drawing classes are held every Sat-
urdny1 commencing nj $50 4 N.
4. Chatain, French painter whose studio Is
at Room o. Metropolitan Block, is working on
large conposition-n nude figure, He has just
completed an admirable portrait Of Mr. Albert
Munger.