The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-31
ART in 8WHEELING.5
WHAT THE PROFESSIONALS ARE At.
soms Recent Portraits OF We'll Knoun People BY
lloms Artists-Bus!new Not v.ry Lively III
the Studios-prosrtss In Local Art Cir.
rles, and Promise for the Faturs. b.

There sesms to be promise Of a revival in
the tine arts In Wheeling, but lust now
things in this field arc very dull. Wheeling
caa boast OF considerable artistic talent, but
much OF Il 10 latent. There arc no. more
than TIRES artists in the city woo can be
called professionals, but there are saveral
professionals among the a1,ateIrs, and
several others are fsst "evoluting" Into real
artists. Nru S. s.. l-gr
OF the ladies who can DO included In any
Of these classes, Miss MarsarettA Doddridge
probably leads. She does much work Of u
delicate aud artistic character, though she
devotCs her talents aud time principally 10
insti!ling the principles Of art into Others,
and to directil 6 Tho Efforts OF her pnpils.
She can claim tina honor OF having been the
arttutor OF many OF the moBt successful am.
ateur artists among the ladies OF tho city.
Two other ladies OF whom Wheeling may
one day expect to be proud ara now studying
III New York. They arc Mrs. l.. @. Reed and
Mrs. Will Handlan Both Of them have al.
ready done work as ama,enres which attract.
ed attention, and they are now completing
their education In art IN tho Cooper Institute
art school, at New York.
Mcssra. 10 eph A. Faris and George W.
portrait painting, excepting such portion rs
Is employed In oil pal ting Of other kinds,
and mir. John Myles fnds intervals In his
employment at the photograph gallery TO do
considerable portrait work In crayon and
pastelle. His work in erayon will compare
tayorably with that OF any artist In that line
OF portrAiture, 81 hBswon him considerably
more than local fame. He has OIL exhibit
ton at Kinks art store, on Maiu street. near
Tenth, two pestelle portraits, those OF Col.
Robert Campbell, OF the Island, and his wife.
Both are remarkable as likenesses, nd Ha,ia.
factory in finish ns well IS pleasing In style.
Mr.. Faris has also on exhibition at kirk'sa
large full view portrait In oil Of bis daughter,
a girl jurt budding into womanhood. A,
Guutliuss clothing store, on Twelfth street,
u a portrait In passel.e by the same artist oil
a baby. Mr.. FAris hes recently MAIDS mum
Der oil frames Of or ginal and extremely ar
tlstic design which dtssrva 10 come into
beauty. The specimens Of carving, miniature
painttng and ornanentaton which TO intro
duces In them show his capacity IN othel
branches OF art than That exercised In BIT
vocation as a portrait painter. Mr.. Faris !:
now engsgGd Oh life-siz. portrait OF Capt
VIM, Dillon.
| Mr.. Storm also has new painting on ex
hibition at the same place. 1t represents i,
crowd Of monks drinking, and is rs fine c!
anything he hiss done. He has at Nicolr,
art store, under tho McLure House, very
fine portrait OF Mr.. John A. Armstrong, anc
another equally ufe-like OF Gov. Jackson
both in oil, and crayon OF Mrs. Rammeis
berg.
All OF the portrait painters report busnea!
little dull just now, bnt expect 1t to bright
en- mp visibiy little later.