Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-05
THE EVENING STAR.
DOUBLE SHEET,
........Febrnary ). 1881.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

| RIEs-THBATRICAL NATTBRS-LITRRARY MOTIFS
[SDeciay Correspondence Of the Ere,uao Star. !
| NKw YORK, Feb. I.
| The world OF art Is just now In full swing and
dealers. artists, buyers and connoisseurs have
| ample opportunities OF busying themselves ia q
eongenial way. ON Saturday evening last the
| private view and stag party" OF The Artists
| Fund Society was held In the main gallery OF
the National Academy OF Design. This society
is. as Is generally known, species OF life insur-
| ance guild, the pictures contributed each year
| by the members being sold at auction and the
| premium Or yearly sum due from each going
| into the common fund. Anything over this
| brought by any picture Is returned to the art
list. The contributions this year are fully up to
| the average In quafity.-althOugh some OF the
best known artists, as MeSSrS. Huntington, I.G,
Brown and Wyant. are conSpicuou5iy absent
| ana. seen through the wreathe OF cigar smoke
and under the benign influence OF oysters, salad
and punch, the pictures looked uncommonly
we'll Among the guests present In add zion to
artists and pressmen there were noticeable the
Rev. DR.. Robert C0llyer Edmund Clarence SJed-
man, The poet banker, Laurence Hutton, o. B.
Bunce OF Appetons. Alvan S. Southw0rth, the
African traveller. II. G: Bunner OF Puck, and
other celebrities Mr. Thomas Hicks, N. A,
president OF the society. welcomed the guests
with MIR. McCOrd, the secretary.
In the. domain OF landscape proper the chief
| ana most excellent works In this exhibition are
those OF Messrs. Edward Gay, Homes Martin,
| Ernest Parton Minor. Swain Clifford. Arthur
Parton and Macy. Mr.. Gay s large picture of a
winding stream and sioping meadow land is
full OF crispness and breath: Arthur Parton's
Evening, with It's we'll drawn tree farm and
excellent sheep is the best picture he has given
Tor some time and conveys sense Of rest aud
quiet, and Mr.. Martins wOOd-1nterior, where
the warm light comes mellow through the
foliage and broods over the still water, is very
sweet and poetic. Among the figure painters
MIR. Hicks is represented by a capital work-a
boy, and girl In cottage Kitchen inspecting
frd a. or,1f tco ~
sweet Whispering" charming and highly
finished picture, depicting mother listening
to chubby naked ed baby who stands on her
OF lady very well Painted and excellent In
quality. and Mr.. Douglas Kirk sleeping girl In
the arms OF negress, the only part OF whom
Arthur Quartley as usual. has IL all his own way
among The marines: sat Marblehead, Mass
and "Raritan Bay" with its fishing boats, are
Iull OF breeze and sea motion, the cloud aud
waves being instinct with movement and re-
lection MIR. Julian Scott, the well known de-
!ineatOr OF war scenes, Is represented by scene
entitled Il wish could take hand, in which
an officer Is overlooking some Of his men play
Ing cards, and also by sn0Y scene With SEN
tinel ON duty. Wordsworth Thompson por-
trays river boat drawn by two horses and
diligence full OF passengers drawn up a peutres
del hofeS OF a Mediterranean town. Both are
bright and ariat in quality. Other good and
typical contributions come from Oliver |. Lay
Dieiman. j. T. Cropsey and several well known
members.
TIKI AMERICAN ART GALLERY AND BRIDGMAN
In addition TO this exhibition and that OF the
Water Color Society, which steadily improves
every year. there are now On view at the Amer.
lean Art Gallery, In Esd street, the pictures
ana studies OF Mr.. +. A. Brtgdman. who has
been so successful In Paris, and whose artistic
presentations OF Moorish and eastern scenes
and types have gained him such high place
In contemporary art. There are more than
three hundred OF his works In the present col
lection embracing landscapes, interiors, fig
ureS. animals, ana, Indeed. running the entire
gamut. so TO speak, OF pictorial art. Several OF
The most important canvaSes are lent by their
owners. Messrs. j. G.. Bennett, DR.. Keen j. w
StearnS, Judge McCue, and others. 'Fdneral
Rites OF Mummy the gold medal picture OF
the Salon In IS. Is most Impressive and line
composition. the barge containing the casket,
the professional mourners, the musicians and
The oarSmen forming a harmonious. c0ncen-
| trated and picturesque Whole. circus scene
In which man, standing on two horses, sup.
! ports girl on his knee, is also eXcellent and
"A Royal Pdstime In Nineveh, "a circus scene,
| where the Assyri monarch, with arcncrs and
! spearmen, face H0ns--is repiete With yigor and
! interest. The body OF the dead lion. and the
! militant bearing OF tie one just let loose and
| facing MS foes, are finely portrayed. Prayer
/ In The Mosque and "Nu9lan Fortune teller5"
| are likewise noteworthy. but were one to spec
| ly the diverse and nlultl:udin0us points OF in
/ teIeSt H. this Catholic collection he could I'LL
| realns. It may be mentioned however, tnau
| inaDy or The heads, Nublan, Irish, Arabian and
| Assy!tan. are tuil OF individuality and race
characteristics, while in texture and duality
| they attest Mr. Bridgmans tile TO the high
, place he occupies. Some few or these pictures
/ are Tor sale. AID buyers should seize the op oor-
| tuIftJ G M Bridgman folds up his tenf, like
| the Arabs. and silently steals away back to the
| East iron whence he has come.
| rRs DBAIHKS GALLERIES.
| In the dealers galleries new and valuable
lmportat4ons are not wanting At Schaus'
| there mas just been hung a superb and most
trpY 10 hn far
! Becker. 1t depicts Otheilo telling his story TO
! Desdemonia aud her father. The hero stands
| before them by the pillar OF the open balcony
| looking out On the towers and domeS OF Venice
Desdemona, golden haired and beautiful, gazes
hxedly at him from her reclining position at her
sire's knee. and the lines intended to be imme-
! dangers l had passed. and loved her that she
| did pity them" In composition, IN tec1,,sjl,te,
In expresslyeneSs. in that in all the constituents
! CT the highest arts this Work Is not to be sur
| passed. The draperies and textures, the flesh.
| quality and modelling, the action and expression
| are beyo ad all cayil Other chara ;teristic and
| felc1tous access1ons In this gallery are from
Palmaroli, Jacquet. and other foreign artists of
/ note
! In Goupils there is new and good example
or the great French artist, Bonnat, entitled
| "Ribera painting In Rome" The coWied
| monks are coming out OF the church and de-
| scending the steps where the laZZaronl ioiter,
and On one side the artist also ON the stone
steps, pursues his art under difficulties. The
| time Old steps and walls are finely rendered:
the tone is low, but deep and harmonious, and
! the ngures are striking and c0nvergent. a
| quiet work Is full or COrots poetic feeling It is
represented by girl reclining Oh a htll.slOpe
| and reading letter; 8 "FdHtOSid Ardbe'' de-
| pcttDg horsemen Ia Wild career and mock
| combat proves how much greater F0rtung
| could have become had he lived: while charm.
J ing examples OF Rico and Tofan0 I'LL up the
| tnterstices. There IS certainly no lack OF art
| treasures In New York at present.
| THEATRICAL MATTERS.
| In theatrical circles there is not much novel.
| We are 10 have SalviIi back at Booths this
week, and many Of US yearn to see Ia dtra
| Bernhardt back again also. Days Emma has
| not scored success, despite the large sums he
| has expended on 1t. The Nautch girls are
| lamentable failure, homely, muflied I'D. aWk-
| ward AS lady observed to the writer: 81
! expected to see lissome, graceful girls CLAD in
! daphaneouS robes, and Swaytng I'm rtthmic
| cadence, and l never was SO disappointed In my
| life" The everlasting Hazel kirke continues at
| the Madison Square Theater, ana at NtbIo's
| The BdC6 Venus Is largely attended. 1t u.s.
| perhaps, one OF thr finest spectacular dramas
| which has been produced for some time: the
| scenery costumes and tableauX being full OF
| local color and very effective. One slight In
| cOngruity struck a certain lady who nothing
| escapes, "Well," she remarked, apropoS OF the
| fOot-gear worn by The sable queen, II did not
| know that the Inhabitants Of Central Africa
| wore French boots, but / suppose some enter
| prlsing tirm has established branch there
and among other things. introduced the