The Portland daily press., 1882-06-15
SOCIETY OF ART.
A Superb Exhibition of Paintings.

The PRESS has spoken from time to time OF
the superb exhibition Of paintings in oils and
water-colors, together with drawings in black
and white, to be given in their spacious rooms
in Motley Block. For the past fortnight mem
bers of the hanging committee, MeSsrs FL. b.
Brown, S. III. Stevens, G. +. Kimball and H.
B. Hewes have been hard at work every spare
moment-assisted by Mr.. w. s. Lowell the
Secretary, and Mr.. G. D. Rand who prepared
the catalogue hanging the collection-and last
evening the representatives of the press were
invited to private view.
There are three large rooms devoted to the
exhibition. two of the rooms containing 17O
oils of every size, and the third room devoted
for the most part to the water colors and black
and white drawings which make about 140
more. The rooms are lighted in the most ap-
proved manner, and great judgment has been
exhibited in the hanging.
1t is not our purpose today to go into de-
scription of the pictures, but simply to call at
tention to the fact that this is the most elabor-
ate and carefully selected exhibition OF the
various schools of art that has ever been pre-
sent.d to Portland public. The rooms will
be open on and after Friday, from 10 a. m. to
10 p. m., and every person who has any taste
for the fine arts should not fail to visit them
Now that our public school children have ac-
quired considerable knowledge of drawing
they should be encouraged, at proper times, to
see what art really is by them.
Among the artists in oil and pictures we no
tice "The Cavalier" by Shields, "The Canta-
trice" by Phebe jerks, a landscape by james
Smillie, an oil painting and several water col
ors by Peter Moran, a landscape by Parton,
several by r. NJ. Shurtleff, moonlight" by
Lyman, landscape by VIM. Hart, "Stone
Pines by Ernest Longfellow, landscape by
Sontag, several by Rosina Emmett view OF
Amalfi by Colman, son the Beach at Trou-
Vile" by c. H. Blishfeld, view in the Rocky
Mountains by Casilear, Incoming" by @. Y.
Turner, an "Old Beau by Gilbert Gaul-
Brittany Image Seller" by HovendeD, one of
J. G. Browns old men, an Autumn by l..
Dielman, landscape by Fl. B. Brown, "The
Winning Hand" by Story, Wyatt Eaton's fine
portrait of Mrs. Nathaniel Deering of this city,
Huntingdon's portrait Of himself, portrait of
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the novelist by Story,
marines by Bricher, De Haas and FL. B.
Brown.
Among other works are those by J. Carroll
Beckwith, who painted Carmen" lovely
roses by Miss Baker, A. f. Bellows charming
landscape, and among artists Brevoort, Brich-
ter, G.. L. Brown, Casilear, j. Welles Champ
ney Champ, G. L. Bridgman, M. j. Burns
(author of some of the best of the Harper
Magazine pictures), j. McEntee, Hamilton
Hamilton (author of ga Breton Court Scene"
at Hewes' gallery L. j. Lippincctt, Stephen
Parish, (the celebrated etcher) 7. A. Richards,
Geo. Ell. Smillie. The Portland artists are G..
M. Porter, G. f. Kimbal, Fl. B. Brown, H. B.
Hewes, with Miss Maria Beckett, formerly of
this city, and Miss aiding of Portsmouth,
sister of DR.. j. A. Spalding of this city.
Members Day, or the private opening of the
first annual exhibition of the Society Of Art,
occurs this afternoon and evening from to 10
o'clock. Membership tickets, and oAe addi-
tional ticket admitting a gentleman and lady
to the opening, can be obtained of the Secre-
tary, VIM. S. Lowell, at 513 Congress street.
The yearly dues of $3 are now payable.