The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-13
TnE Ann pEPAnTMENT.
A Collection the city Can be Proud Of
Work OfLOcRI Artists.

| the merit OF our local amateurs III tue Hhe
arts cannot avoid start OF surprise when he
first comes into the western wing OF the
building, and beholds tho imposing array of
paintings, drawings and decorative work,
and Is told that everything striking or praise
worthy in the whole display Is the produc.
| ton OF local talent, and most OF 1t the work
Of amateurs. There are several fine works to
which this latter remarkwill not apply, nota-
bly, the paintings OF Mr., Storm and J. A.
Flrs, and tho articles from the brush OF Mrs
DOddridgC, These artists must rather rank
as professionals; and Wheeling may well fell
Citate herself upon having such professionals
among her citizens,
Mr. Storm monopoliEes the first section OF
the wall OF the wing, He displays his Chess
Players" "a Good Joke" "Falstaif and his
Friends" and one or two other pictures with
which the public are already familiar, and
several portraits. Among the latter Is very
| lIfc.like one OF DR.. Baird and quite correct
one Of Hon, 0. $, Long,
Mr. Faris's contribution To tho department
Is composed exclusively OF portraits, Prom.
inent among them Is life size canvass OF
Judge John Cochran, a companion to the one
of Mrs, Cochran which attracted so much at
tentiOn at the Bellaire Loan Exhibition.
Other striking recent portraits arc also ex-
hibited. At another place in the building IL
portrait Of Garfield, by Mr.. Faris, which Is
said BY personal acquaintance to DO very
| faithful.
There are also on exhibition CrayOn por-
trait and several oil paintings by MyleS, the
Centre Wheeling artist, oil OF which are very
pleasingly done, hut baYG been exhih ted In
public before and 50 demand no special men
| ton now.
4 small work, but one Of real and rare
merit Is the "ECcG Homo" by one OF the
Mt. De Chantal art teachers, whose name
was not known to any OF those In charge OF
the department
Miss Carrie Rhodes has on exhibition the
figure Of large dog, which won so many
praises ut the IlCllarG Loan. In falthlulnesS
10 life, Col0ring and other artistic merits 1t Is
at lOast the equal OF my painting IN tho OK.
hiblt, Competent Judges say that the light.
| ing OF the eyes was n6VpT surpassed by any
artist. Miss Rhodes also shows q side view Of
II maidUns face whom she calls Marguerite"
II attracts universal attention by the sng1-
lar purity and beauty OF expression. II
might appropriately be called Innocence
| II has already been highly spoken OF In the
lNTELLIGESCER, as has also her copy In nett
trail tints OF the famous horses heads called
"Planoh's Horses" Here Is seen the same
happy faculty Of catching the light in the
Some pictures loaned Ia Tho committee nrc
among those In tho second section, There
are two pretty little landscapes owned by
Hon, bon FiSI6r, and group OF sheep and
another OF goats belonging to Mr.. J. II.
Hobbs. A beautiful painting by Storm,
"Othell0 and DeSdCm0na," Is not entered In
competition for q prize, but loaned by Its
owner, Dr. Tom 0. Edwards.
A significant subject, and one very touch
ipgly handrd Il 1.-THE lost Cause repre-
sentcd in view in of Of d dilapldated house
and neglected farm with solitary man,
bent and sOrrowing In the foreground, II Is
the work Of Mrs. Nellie phinnCy, who also
has bright little picture Of waterfall and
landscape Above the latter Is one OF the
finest things In It's way In the collections
polished blnCk panel with flower piece care
fully penClGd in oil. 1t Is by Miss bod.
bridge.
Mrs. Harry List has several remarkable little
decorative paintings. The most striking Is a
tambourinC, with q painting Of q fisher girl,
leaning upon rock OH u cliff and wistfnlly
looking out over the expanse Of waters. The
iaraway expression OF the face and the inedi.
tativo pose Ore triumplis of art, and Mrs.
List Is TO be congratulated on the happy con-
CeptlOn and It's successful execution. The
same lady has very pretty plaque, the de-
sign being birds nest and q spray Of wild
roses. Another al the pictures, aid one which
attracts universal attention, lisa fanCiful con-
CeptiOn painted In oil on porcelain palette.
A wintry landscape Is on the right and on
the left beautiful summer scene; flock OF
birds are flying beneath from winter 10 sum.
mer The subject Is dOintilY handled, and
the result very pleasing.
| Mn DIu AH1liUIg 1,au ANAL uiuItnu
FROM nature, one an outdoor scene aud the
other n small cOl0red boy seated with his
feet elevated In window. both are well
dong.
Miss Blanche Hunter, charming young
lady OF the Island, surprises her acquaint.
anccs with very nicely painted figure Of
n large flying bird In the foreground, with
wood In the distance,
A spirited lgurenf a border scout, mount
cd, on a broad prairie, Is by Miss Alice Kel.
ly. II Is q work Of considerable merit, all
the details being carefully wrought out.
pair Of pretty pastGGls OF water scenery by
Mrs 7, G., MOlIat, and q copy by Mrs. Fred
Norton of l.andsecr's "SahCtuaFy,h repre-.
scntlnga stag emerging from lake, where
he has bailled the pursuing dogs, won many
compliments from friends. Two copies OF
IAnlsCcrs Challenge, one by Mrs. viii
llandlan and the other by Miss Uranium. Of
bridgeport are also we'll done,
a group Of six paintings entered by Miss
DOddridge were all mcritoriOus, several Of
them being real masterpieces. There was no
mark about any Of them to indicate whose
work they were, but they were understood TO
be by Miss 1loddtidge's hupiis.
Miss Sophie Logan exhibits a beautiful
pastel landscape.
A fine CrayOn Of New Foundland dogs
head, by Miss Raymond, Of FairtDunt, daugh.
ter Of Judge 1laymond pretty black panel
piece by MiEs Brannulnj a small but beauti.
FULLY painted plaque by Miss Mary Sweeney;
plAIue with q frowsy dogs head, painted
In black and white, by Miss lsadpte folack;
q plaque decorated with bunch OF holly.
hooks, by Miss lIraununi, and several similar
pieces with no names attached, arc all worthy
Of examination, and all show features Of
merit.
Some Of the painting on satin and plush Is
sttikingy hpautlful and eyinCes an unsns-
pected talent for that kind Of work by our
Wheeling ladies. A bunch Of field flowers
on black satin, by. Mrs. George Tihgle and q
spray OF large wild daisies OH wine colOred
saith, were much admired. A large bunch
Of snowballs, by Miss Gene Logan, on plush
Of dull rod and another Of golden.rod on
the same material, by Miss Emma Stamm,
evinCo great deal Of artistic taste In these
young ladies' both compare favorably with
any SIMILAR work In the building. Probably
the most artistic work Of this kind Is dis |
played on the opposite wall, In Mendels
booth One piece elder flowers OF, plush, Is
by Mrs Harry List. The other, q perfect
representation ni corn, has no artists name. |
Another representation nt common yellow |
corn, with the stalks aud blades, on canvas, |
by Mrs. swope & also inafvelouSly natural, |
every individual grain being perfectly de. |
fined. II Is painting which must have re.
guired patience equal to that Of Job, and no
little artistic skill
Mis- Mary Lamb has water and landscapO
which e worthy nfSpecial mention,
Two large plaques Of roses tha glazed one
by Mrs, GEO, Wise and the other by AfiS, viii
Handlgn, and q plaque by Miss Gene Logan,
a cherry tree also q plaque Of Mis- Lyle