The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-08
HARRY BROWN.
Opening of His New and Handsome
sfndiO ON Congress Street.


A notable event in art matters in this city Is
studio in the spacious apartments formerly &C.
cupied By the Portland Society of Art, over
Owen, Moore & Cos store, Congress street.
This move is one he has been often urged by
his friends to make, and it Is to be hoped that
lovers OF good pictures among our citizens
will make the change profitable one for the
entsrprising artist.
The new studio is place where one may
pleasantly and proitably spend an hour. 1t
gives permanent exhibition, where ladies
may sit down and examine the paintings and
sketches at their leisure. There are $50 paint
ings and sketches in the studio, over es25 oil
them being hung on the walls of the inner
room. An excellent light Ia obtained for the
display of the pictures. Mr. Brown will keep
his studio open for the convenience of visitors
every day during the holidays. beginning Sat
urdaY, from $50 a. m. to about $50 p. m.
Among the first to catch the eye of visitor
is the large painting, Tuckerman's Ravine,
showing one of the brooks coming down to the
Crystal Cascade. The tree drawing is partic-
ularly fine. This picture was unfinished when
shown in the recent exhibition of the Society
of Art, but has since been completed.
Another painting of the same class is that of
the White Birch, at McMillan's, North Con-
way. Romantic associations attach to the
subject of this sketch as the tryst-
ing place for innumerable lovers. An inter
esting group of small sketches, all outdoor
studies, are lively bits of color. These are ar
ranged upon the walls of the outer, or work,
room.
Among the numerous marine pieces we find
Breaking Away, and Sunrise at Cape Split
These two fine paintings were in the last ex-
hibition of the Society OF Art, and were, it is
unnecessary to say, two of the finest features
of that exhibition. Storm at West Quoddy
Head is strong picture, one of the class in
which Mr.. Brown appears at his best, and in
color and general treatment not unlike
another not far away on the walls, Cliffs at
Cape Arundel. A very pretty little sketch is
entitled Dalton Hill. The scene is at Fall
mouth Foreside, with distant view OF Clap
board Island. There is great wealth of
smaller sketches, giving bits of picturesque
scenery. Many of these are full of life and
grace. There are charming interiors of old
barns, and an exterior as well as interior of a
very old cooper shop at North Conway. The
interior of one old barn gives the row Of stalls
gnawed deeply by the teeth Of many genera
tions Of restless stesds. These interiors are
full Of sunlight, and through the windows and
doors Of some are charming vistas of mountain
and woodland. A number of the smaller
sketches give pleasing views of Mote Brook
| and Mote Pond, North Conway.
To get any adequate idea of the extent and
variety of this exhibition, which is one of the
most interesting ever opened this side of New
York, one should visit the studio for himself,
where the further pleasure will be had Of lis
tening to Mr.. Browns running comment upon
the history and associations connected with
| the pictures.