The Indianapolis journal., 1883-11-07
ART LOAN EXHIBITION.
An Elaborate Display Promised at
the Opening To-Day.
4 List of the Principal Paintings, Together
with the Artists and Something About
Them-An Interesting Showing.


and at the outset meeting with obstacles that
would have deferred any but those who worked
from sheer love of the. object to be attained, the
Art Association has succeeded in placing within
reach of the people of Indiana collection of
pictures in many respects second to none. 1t
has been more the endeavor of the association
to bring together collection of represen tative
pictures by American artists than to cover a
given number of square feet of wall space with
a confusion of framed canvases. NoJwithstand-
lBg the numerous demands made upon the
artists by the committees of various art associa-
tions for pictures, which usually results in sort
of pepper-box distribution of their works at
home and abroad, the home association, protitnG
by the experience and actual assistance of the
managers of the Chicago and kindred exhib-
ti0ns, and especially by the interest, kindness
and courtesy of the artists themselves, are able
to show representative works by representative
.men-men of Eastern, Western and European
schools, and men Of no school at ALL OF the
''new school," so-called, W. NJ. Chase, who, with
Shirlaw and Duveneck, may be called the
inaugurators of this period in American
art, pupil of Jacob Cox, of this city, and
after a course of study at the Academy of
Design, New York, while with j. o. Eaton,
and two years in a studio of his own, had the
Munich, and take up with boys, just beginning.
the chalk and charcoal of the antique class
After finishing the regular Munich school
course, he studied with Wagner and was a
special pupil of Pilotys,
One phase of his character is shown in his
stopping day here short time ago, although
en- route home from the West, to shake his old
master by the hand. Mr.. Chase shows "Scene
Near Madrid" and "sunny Spain" The former
is rich in tone, full of warm, suhdued color, Civ
ing the effect of sunlight delicately. without
glare. If any fault at all, it is too dry and too
juiceless. Sunny Spain" is again, particularly
good in tone This picture, as we'll as the former,
o. seems to be study of the deadening, drying,
sapping effect of sunlight in tropical chmes,
reached without the cheap effect of dazzling
high lights bottomless-pit shadows.
The effect of heat; stagnating, absorbing
heat, as well as light rendered. Textures of
roof and wall and sand are well given. Another
picture promised the association by him has
been sold even in its not-quite-finished state.
Shirlaw's Westward" is full of good paint
qualities in the sky. breezy atmosphere, com
bined with an honesty of purpose aud feeling,
which render the progress Of the emigrant wagon
in the half light really really poetieal. .
ed, pupil OF no sohool and
may he considered about the head of the Ameri
can marine painters He is represented by sew
eral canvases and water-cOlors, which, though
for the most part small, show his grasp upon
the changing effects of sun and broken sky; ves-
sells in all stages OF action, and especially those
qualities OF real, liquid, wet, tossing, tumblng
rolling, transparent water His Venice" a
water-cOlor, is Indicative, wheE compared with
his other works, OF his versatility.
Bolton Jones, one of the younger men, well
landscape, which have the rare faculty of being
good and pleasing verybody, shows view of
"Tangier" from the suburbs. A bit of we'll
painted foreground, broken by a ciump of trees
bathed in warr light.
Leon Moran has "The Mountebanks," a col
lection of travelling show people which smacks
of the studio and model Grouped on a dead
lifeless, eathery-colOred waste. with road lead
ing to town with lights burning: wagon, led
bear and a Dresden china dog. stenclled
moon and lone star complete the composition
THE Mara6out's Lion" by Gerome Frere, is a
0us textures of wall and skin, earthenware and
flesh, as well as the modelling and drawing Of
the seml-nnde figure well done, altogether
calling for more space than can be given here.
Macy's "Winter Twilight" has a beautiful
effect OF cloud and sun, rather wasted on snow
foreground.
Reinhart, well known illustrator, al
though we believe, now studying art in Paris,
has a study of a cottage in Picardy.
j. Appleton Browns two landscapes are worth
all the time and study that can be given them.
Miss c. b. COman's back yards and landscapes,
with windmflls and patches of blue sky, stand
A. T. Bricher has one of his marines. with
broken sky, charged with wind and rain, gulls
coast and woody waves.
W. T. Richards, National Academy, one of
the original preraphaelite Americans, whose
work Is, in means and ends. more or less the OPP
posite of that of the younger men mentioned,
shows "Ktng Arthur's CASTLE" one OF the largest
paintings in the exhibition.
Thomas Moran has the Pass of Glencoe"
Hopkinson Smith, by occupation a civil engt-
neer. whose habitation is wherever you find
him, has quite a collection of Venetian and Span
ish studies, painted in body color and assisted,
when wanted, by pen ana ink. They are of the
same general tone and scheme of color, rather
opaque and monotonous, usually careful and con-
scientious in drawing, but they seem, as a whole,
TO lack vivaeity.
P. Moran has pen-and-nk head which is very
pleasing, bold and strong, at the same time deli
cately and cleverly done. Geo. W Edwards ex-
hibits in water eolors number of things and va
riety of subjects The best of the lot is prob
ably the "Unloadlng the Blackenburg."
From boat anchored near the shore fishermen
are carrying in baskets the result of their voy-
age. While one comes from the boat with a load
that is plainly heavy, another returns with
empty basket Other boats are coming up under
have a homely air. The boats are not ohtrnsive.
but stay where they belong. The effect of water
js its weakest part. The Daughter OF Wis
singer" is a larger and more striking compost
ton, almost life size She comes down the sands
toward you with basket of fish on her head.
The lower part OF the figure and drapery are
particularly good. IL abounds in strong, vigor-
Gus work, but the face is weak and the upper
9art r OF the ngure seems & not SO well, wedl drawn.
His woman and goat" is very effective and
illustrative, the foliage behind the figure in par
ticular. His "Waiting for the fleet is a very
we'll drawn aud studied composition. Sailors
are grouped around a beached boat, ready TO
shove off; fleet in distance; somewhat photo
graphic ALFRED Kappes has a water color of a
funny black boy sitting on the edge of a cloth
covered table with towel around his neck,
while his saddle colored mother takes the kinks
out of his hair, Well named "Nutfin but
trubble."
'sAn old corner in Paris is au exquisite bit of
,painting in water-color by George NJ Clark. IL
has snap aud vim enough for "A dozen water
colors, as they go-walls windows, real wet,
clinging snow and o patch of sky.
George Sturges shows Harvest time" (oiD, a
few shocks of grain in corner of field, group
of trees in heavy foliage and broken sky. 1t
is low in tone, but full OF crisp touches and
sparkle
W. s. Buckns "Old willows" (water-coorl
shows excellent work in the rendering OF the
LII ni.nll 10 Morn