National Republican., 1883-02-10
Unprecedented Interest Among New YOrkors in
American Pictures.
The Water Coors at the Exhibition
Found Ready Sale,
A Glance at tho Home Life Of Some Oh the Best
Known Painters,
Women and the Woman Question in tho
Metropolis.
Spccidi Latter.
PICTuREs.

hibtions S2j,OOO The Academy of Design, at
their fall exhibition, sold 100000 worth of
pictures, and at the spring exhibition, SiO,-
O00 These pictures arc all the work Of
American artists, many of whom have studios
in tho city.
Tho water color exhibition Is now open,
and already many of the pictures have been
sold, aud orders for others left with the ar
lists exhibiting. These water color cXhibi-
tons always attract crowds Of people, and the
pictures are preferred by many to oil paint
ings. Among
AMERICAN ARTISTS
who arc celebrated for their water color
pictures perhaps II. Swain Clifford justly
takes the lead. MIR. Clifford was pupil Of
Albert Van Bccst, Holland, and contributes
to the New York National Gallery of Design
oil paintings, as well rs TO the water color cX-
hibts He lives in the Rembrandt building,
and has as studio suite of rooms wherein
are not only his paintings but many curious
pieces of furniture and objects of vrtu picked
mp in foreign travel. Opposite his rooms are
those of Miss Gcorgina Campbell, who has
lately taken apartments in the Rembrandt
building, where, with her mother, she occu-
pies suite of rooms ON the first floor and
has there hcrstudio. Her noticeable pictures
painted that they must he good likenCsSCs,
though one landscape on her easel is worthy
ofGiHord or Shurtinr. Miss Campbell is most
agreeable and ladyliko in manners, aud has
already made place for herself iu'
literary New York society. On the
second floor OF the Rembrandt building
Robert HcrkhcimCr has u studio and n suite of
rooms In one his father artist works his
wood, car ing the most beautiful pictures
from wooden blocks, and in tho other the son
paints, His specially is portraits, Of which
he has number of speaking likcncsSe5 in his
studio at present Among them Is wonder
ful fac similc of the face and figure of White
law Reid, and another, equally good, of Chase,
the celebrated artist, who also has II studio in
this building.
Most of these artists are married and have
their families with them, and on reception
days the wives, but not the children, arc in
the studios. Many oftho wives are also good
artists. All of them, Mrs: Shurtliho says, but
herself sketch, and they all accompany their
husbands In their skctching tours. This out
of-doOr life makes of them vigorous women,
mentally MS well as physically. MIR.
Clifford replied to some one remark
ing on the healthy tOno of his pictures,
their life appcarancc--that II healthy way of
living made correct pictures. Certainly
both he and his pictures indicate that ut least
one man in New York lived with nature,
THE PEiBRANDT BUILDING
is on Fifty-eighth street, west OF Sixth
avenue, next street soubh of Central park.
1t was erected by n party of artists
for the exclusive use OF members of
that profession, and Is owned by them. 1t Is
IA quaint looking building eXtcriOrly, aud
inside it is comfortable and convenient, with
hut little space devoted to halls, The one
broad entrance hall has a flight of stairs run
al, fv,,,, Il . tl,n ,,.ina a1n np
each landing are doors opening into apart
ments, two studios in each story, and on
artists reception days the doors are wide
open, and the effect is very cheerful. An
elevator runs from the bottom to tho top Of
the building, and from the upper windows
the Wow is Us grand us from any other cleya-
ton i'll the city. Here live William Sartain,
Il. Irwin, William Baily Fanon, Clifford,
Herkheimer, Miss Campbell, and others well
known in the artist world.
William Morgan is an Englshman by birth,
but a New Yorker since 1851. llo is q most
agreeable, genial gentleman, entirely devoted
to his art, and paints tho most attractive
pictures because he paints from nature. His
studio is in the Glenwood building. Fifty
seventh street, near Central park, and 50 high
up that il Overlooks the tall houses in the
vicinity and gives glimpses Of both the East
and Hudson rivers and II far downtown line
of streets.
r. NJ. Shurtlhe is an artist of great celeb,
rity. His pictures in oil are mostly land
scapes painted from nature. Mr. ShurtlillC
also has studio in the Glenwood, and lives
there with his family, rs well.
The Sherwood is an immense brown stone
pile on Eilty-eighth street near Sixth avenue
east from tho Rembrandt, and was built by
John NJ. Sherwood, esq, Mrs. Sherwood
(Annie Wilson that was of former Washing
ton society days. husband Tho building Is
some ten stories high, designed exclusively
fer the occupancy of artists and was attract
i've to them generally until the rental wa'
raised to so high price that only the mos
successful ones can now afford to live there
The entrance is quite imposing, and an ele
Vator carries persons to all the halls, which
run from one end of the building to the
other, giving light and air on every story
On the first floor is a restaurant for those whC
wish, but 1t is not so well provided rs. to Mt
tract-.perhaps an eXCcptiOnable peculiarly
in this city where some cheap restaurants
give good foJd, even though plain.
soRosIs
Is the ladies' literary club. Its members are
ladies of wealth and leisure, artists, physi.
Clans teachers, preachers book. makers, q few
business wOmen-all thinkers interested II
any question of the day encouraging the intel
lectual, spiritual, and business advancement o
women. "WOmCn's right" are never dis
cussed as question" at Sorosl3. The meet
ings Arc Il monthly business meeting, where
members are present, and monthly soca
meeting, whore members may invite lady
friends tol lunch and attcrit enable them to heal
papers read, and discussions on any questions
which the president shall have designated a
the previous business meeting, The meeting
are always held at DelmOnicO's, on Fiftl
avenue and Twenty-hlth street. from the
hour of noon to or o'clock. Once o.
twice every year there is an evening enter
tainment to which each lady invites one o.
more of her gentleman friends, New mem
bers are prepared ut one business meeting 10y
tho president TO whom their names are given
answered for by two members, and voted iOl
or against al the next meeting. Every thiul
connected with the SOrosis is of tho mos
decorous, business like, and agreeable char
acter. Mrs Croly C'Jennie June " is presi
dent, and prCsidcs with pleasant dignity, ant
is general iayoritG Of all the members, IL
be member Of the SorOsis indicates very
respectable social position and to be u favor
ite there, or to have literary status in Tn,
club, means success out of it, for the society
are very proud Of q member who show,
brightness, and are united in efforts for the
advancement of such,
ON Monday Miss Dunn, Of indianapolis, tn,
lady who so Cunningly wcans the wOman'
suffrage question in her comic lecture o.
E2ekial's wife" and who was prominent il
the wOman's convention which lately sat Il
Washington and Mrs, Caroline Wood, thr
authoress, from Boston, were guests Of Mrs
Croly's, at Sorosis. The subject under dis,
cHssion for the afternoon indirectly embrace
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION,
and was therefore interesting to botl