, 1881-10-16


! Hart's *.Last Dream" and other painting:
lent to the Milwaukee Exposition will aIs<
be returned and rehung; new picture OF
the catalog is a panel Of hollyhocks by Clara
J. Hatch, which, It one is II, need OF holly
hooks, is about as good specimen rs can bt
| obtained. ''11ight of Summer" by Frances
| 4. Nye, is also a tower-piece which would
be very popular and likely to be copied BY al
the art classes in the city if they could rent
against roadsidc fence, and as 4 study
would cast in the shade the .wefl-worn
daisies. .violets, and buttercups of the aver
age beginner.
/ An autumn scene by G. E. Colby is in
many respects tue best work this artist has
sl2wn n: He has represented dreary day in IN
! visible through their trunks is a cot
| tage farmhouse, the blue smoke curl
ins from its chlnluey-top., Near by are
straw-stacks; and in the - foreground
through dead lhistles and brown leaves.
Far-oH hills and :: glimpse Of blue water
complete a very natural scene treated with
J real poetic tenderness and feeling. and the
picture as whole y ould be most pleasing if
it were; not for the, sky, which is dull
and leadcn, yet not in harmony with the rest
of the work. Mr.. Colby, like many other
PROMISING artists, does not pay as much at
tention to sky Studies as is necessary and de-
sir:tblc. 4 careful inspection of the methods
in dellneating stormy cloud effects would
certainly benefit those artists WHO are in-
clined to be carless in this respect.
Mr. Feodor Carl WeIsch, formerly Of Syr-
acuse, n. T., now living in Rome, Italy, has
been commissioned BY the City Of Baden
that city as its wedding present to the Prl1l-
cess Victoria, daughter Of the Grand Duke
Of Baden, who is to be married this mouth
to tue Crown Prince Of Sweden. This is a
in view of tile fact that there are many dis
tinguisl1ed artists in the ''kunst Schule'' Of
Baden. The landscape will be {. view Of
Baden Baden, and will be somewhat Similar
to the picture painted BY, Dir: Welsch for the
many delightful landscapes on this side tie
ocean--several in New York and Syracuse,
several in Chicago, and one or more III Alex
ander Mitchell's magnificent collection in
Milwaukee, which became known to Chicago
through tie memorable loan Collection -
OF 1875.
scapc by E. L. Field of view near Gree,
France. air. Field. who is recently from
Paris, has his studio in Ashland Block,
where he exhibits Some fine studies made
Stevens a new picture BY Gean Smith, enti-
tied San After-Dinner Smoke" showing
two bootblacks in an alley with brick wall
for the background: III the foreground is
an overturned garbage barrel, the. melon
rindS scattered about indicating that the boys,
who are very klowing-looking little gamins,
have had sumptuouS feast, and are now
delighting in the cigar-Stuups picked up
near by. The subject is good. and reminds
one not little Of j. G. Browns street-boys, /
but the figures are not very clear aud dis
tinct
K. J. Booth has on exhibition at O'Brien's
a pure crayon head Of a: very lovely child.
Done entirely with the point, it is a most
delicate and idcalized portrait. "A likeness
of Bishop McLarel1 is also very satisfactory,
There are so many crayon artists i'll Chicago
that it hardly seems possible to find room for {
another, but if Dir. Booth can do as good |
work as he has shown specimens Of he will |
soon make room for himself
Col Tanning writes that he has arrived in
New York with a remarkably fine collection |
Of wateT-colors, for which he has secured ali |
Europe, and that lie will De here with them |
about the lst Of November, when they will |
be shown at O'Br1en's. 4 treat may be ex--
pected, as the list of names comprises those |
If many eminent artists
The painting and drawing classes at tha
Decorative art Rooms, corner Monroe and
State streets, are now open to pupils J.
Wednesdays. Thursdays, and SATURDAYS of
zach week. The Instructors are Prot. Sam
mons and Mrs. Jennie +. Wright,
: The Academy of Fine Arts was onene1 with
bout fifty more students than ever before.
They represent ten different States, and are
Mostly ladies. They enter upon their work
with great enthusiasm, and, under an abba
Orps OF teachers, expect to equal, if not sur-*I
FaSS. the results Of last year, 4 very nrettv 4