The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-01

anotAeL stiAl llte Dy the same artist, SHOWS US |
lot OF Early Rose potatoes tumbled out of |
basket. This is decidedly the best of the |
three pictures, 1t is strongly realistic, well |
composed and finely painted. The defect in |
tne picture Is In placing the strongest light so
near tne edge OF the picture. Such course |
Is deiendeo Dy some artists, who will say that |
1t was SO In fact, to which argument the an
swer would be that they should COM
pose the subject differently. No. s,
Bananas, by G. Nj. Lovejoy. shows |
promise. IL IS good arrangement OF |
color with a sense OF space and good texture of |
the fruit. In the owl by Mrs. c. b. Strout, |
No. II, the feathers about the neck are finely |
rendered
In No IA, Still Life, by Mrs. A. Fl. Hewes, |
we have have pleasing arrangement of local |
color in a low tone, tho there is a lack of |
SHADOW and the scene is brought very much |
too far forward. No II, by Miss III. B. Skeels |
is one OF the best of hers we have seen. 1t is |
pleasing subject and good arrangement of
color, though 1T is woody and shows lack of |
texture, there being apparently no difference |
in that resnect between the wood of the barrel |
and the fur OF the kittens The bronze frame |
deadens the color in the picture especially by
gas light. No. 2S also by Miss Skeee is pic |
ture OF child. in which the left hand is very
well done. Oranges by Mrs. F. A. Gage. No. |
IL is very we'll painted, though the disk is I'M
satisfactory and the back ground faulty. No. |
IL, Corn, by Miss Foster is very good. 1t is a
strong rugged piece OF work with fine re-
TO see more OF her work No. 20, by Miss Ok
maid is good Arrangement of color, but the |
dish is poorly done and there is poverty OF
oack ground. The representation of any kind
OF metal In color by amateurs is rarely success
full. No. 81 A Hard Tramp. by an amateur,
IS well painted and good in color, though some
what faulty in drawing. Nos. 80 and 81 are
Dy the same artist and in both pictures the bit
OF wall Is well painted. In No. 81, one would
hardly see so far into the pail, unless one saw
more of the back of the fowl. No. SO. Scege
at Naples, by the same amateur, ia pleasing
subject though the horizontal lines of the pic
ture are too strongly emphasized, which
detracts from the feeling of depth. No. %,
Still Life, Is by Miss Helen G.. Brown. The
flowers are beautifully painted and the vase is
excellent. The platter is out of harmony in
execution and much too strong i'll detail. The
darks, seem faced, and it should be more gen.
eralized and thrown further back. The light
part of the drapery is brought out too strongly
in front. No. 26. Conants Farm, comfort
able looking country house, is much the best
we have seen by this amateur. No. 49, An
Old Fire Place, by Miss M. #. Atwood, sug-
gested by LoWell's lines. quoted in the cata-
arrangement of color. There is lack of tee
nique in the picture and the relative distance
OF objects is in fault The detail in the wall
Is too much like frescoe work, giving that part
OF the picture the appearance OF colored
drawing in the close following of line and
form, when if the bread treatment of lights
and shades had been observed, the effect
would have been better in value aud depth
Inc shadows are somewhat defective.
The dark centre of the picture is a bad ar
langement. II the point of view had been
taken on one side, the subject could have been
treated with much more force. No. 81, q bit
OF still life, by the same artist makes
BY the opening of the book bad corner in re-
ten. is pleasing subject, but the horizontal
lines are too marked. No. 80, landscape by
u. .. Griffin, ia evidently one of his earlier
works, and Is too dark. No, 43, by Miss n. G.
Shaw, is a portrait though full length one,
| excellent in color, and the feeling of space,
though with little poverty in the background.
is, however, sketch only, Snd should not
be Judged as finished picture.
The water celsfs in the exhibition are COM
paratlyely few, and among them those by
Miss Iongtellow are easily first. Nos. 81, &c
and % are hers, and the best is und 1ubtedly
the Town Roofs, and it is the best water color
| in the rooms. What defect there is is In draw
ing. 1t is simple but forcible, and more COM
plete than the others by the same artist The
skillfnl manner of placing the darks Is espe-
clally worthy of mention. Near Swallow Tail
NO 6l- was exhibited in the water color exhi-
oition In New York. and is well painted The
| SKY is fine, but the water is somewhat out of
harmony. 1t Should be darker with the sky
represented, and il it were so, it would help
the bank as regards color. No. 66, by the
same artist, is a decorative study and very
| spirited and free in handling. The vase is
strong and firmly handled, and the rose and
leaves deloatelV and beautifully treated. Nos
81 and So, by Mrs. @. F. Davis, represent
Morning and Evening. The first is careful
and sincere study from nature. The left of
the picture is the best, there being q certain
hesitancy and littleness in the elm on the
right. No. So ia not so good, the rocks on the
left needing depth and relief. No. 70, Higgins
Beach, by +. A. Tompsop, IS very promising
Ii IS we'll drawn and freely handled, and shows
knowledge of washes. The water on the
| right is too dark, as it would naturally take
lighter color from the sky. No. 70 is By Miss
| Goodrich, whose oils we have spoken of. 1t is
| well painted, and shows work and sincerity,
but it is not we'll arranged. Nos 70 and "
are Dy our townsman, j. b. Hudson. The
nrst has been before exhibited. No. n, A
Winter Scene, shows study. The drawing is
faulty, and the values in the snow are lacking
Some figures would add strength to the work
| Nos. IA, 70, and rs are flower sketches, by Miss
Gordon, and are we'll DONE
In black and white Nos. rs and 50 are by
Miss Talbot. The first has as it purports to
have the qualities of charcoal and has good
deal of feeling and is we'll drawn. No. 50 was
done in one OF the classes of the society and is
broad, strong study from life, albeit somewhat
careless in execution. No. 70 by John Mac
| donald lacks simplicity. The lights are
stringy and too much diffused and the sketch
| Is not so good as the one exhibited by him at
one OF the Saturday Nights" Of the society.
| NO. %, an architects freehand sketch, shows
| now an old building could be charmingly re-
modelled. The artist, Mr.. j. G.. Stevens, has
| great taste and skill in his work. No. "a, An
Old Highway, shows one of the lock-gates of
our now disused canal. The artist is Mr.. FL.
q. Hewes. 1t is clever drawing, though it
should be judged as pencil sketch rather
than charcoal. There is a lack of charac-
| ter in the shrubbery, and the values are bad,
| the sky, the right bank and the light on the
trees on the left all being represented as equal.
NO. 90, portrait by Miss A. e. Clarke, is
careful piece of work in crayon. No. Sc is the
best piece OF charcoal work by an amateur in
| the rooms. 1t represents the corner of field
| with an apple tree and is broad and simple in
treatment and excellent in light and shade.
| The sky is good, the handling of the grass in
the foreground very good, and the forms of
the trees in the background equally good.
| The fence in the foreground could have been
dispensed with with advantage. No. SO, still
| life by Miss Hodgsdon, is the work of very
| young artist and shows promise. No. 80 is a
very strong study from the mask of St. Je.
rome and does great credit to the beginner by
| whom it was executed. No. 81, Traps by Miss
A.. M. Gould is capital, good study
and showing good drawing and relief.
| Nos. 92114 are drawings by the pupils of the
school of the Mech aDic Association, under the
charge of Mrs. @. f. Kimball. Many of them
are by persons who had never used pencil
before last winter and they show the results of
careful instruction and interest. Nos 115-l22
are mechanical drawings by the class at the
same school under the instruction OF Mr.. Dor
ticos and are remarkably good.
The works in sculpture ara all by the same
artist and are very clever. No. 124 is a copy
In terra Gotta of the March" exhibited last
fall in plaster, while No. 125 is study of a
child's head. The work is free in execution
and expressive in detail. No. 126 is portrait
in terra Gotta and the marble bas relief is well
done.
The catalogue is well gotten up and the
etchings contributed by the artists whose pic
lures they represent are very good.
There was large number of ladies and gen.
tlemen present last evening and they were
much pleased at the arrangement of the pic
lures and the exhibition generally.
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