The Portland daily press., 1886-11-16
The Art Exhibition.

In our notice Of the exhibition yesterA,
we inadvertently credited Mr.. Gilbert will.
the head OF the old man (No. 15) painted by
Miss c; L. Oliver. Mr.. Gilbert, however.
has two excellent studies Of heads in Nos. 13
and 10. No. 7, Peaches" by Mr.. III. l..
Woodcock, of Belfast, winner of one of
the society's prizes at a former exhibition. is
large canvas, showing some large and lus-
cious peaches rolling out of an overturned
basket, near which stands an old jar. The
picture is quite Spanish in style. No. IA. a
copy OF st. Simeon" by Miss Annie King.
is faithful to the original, now in Bowdoin
College gallery. No. 26, by Mrs. c. A. Dyer.
Road to the Beach at Cape Elizabeth" is
excellent in drawing and coloring. No. %.
AT Cushing's Point" by Mrs. G. w. Syl-
vester' Is well handled. No. 20, 'Birches,"
py Henry B. Pennell, is well drawn. No. 35,
Asters," by Mrs. o. G. Boyd, is very TAX
ing Hover piece, and the flowers are excel
lent In drawing and coloring. No. 80.
Fruit" by Mary Ann Clark, is good, as is
NO. 46, the same subject, by Mrs S. p. War
ren. In No. 40, J. B. Hudson shows much
skill in his painting of the snowy lady's slip
per. No. "a, Midsummer" by Memo.
is exeellently treated, and the path
through the fields, with the glimpses of
the sun in the distance, is handled with
skill The little panel of apple blossoms,
NO. 60, by John Pollard, a boy of 12 years,
is worthy of much praise.
Among the water colors there is the .sGar-
den Walls" No. So, by c. F. Davis, repre-
senting a view in Mrs. j. b. Browns garden.
In which the pear trees are shown, trained
English fashion, on the wall The effects of
color are very striking and very well exhib-
tied. In his Low Tide" No. &c, we have an
excellent scene on the Dump by the same
artist. Mrs. Warren's "Tempus, close
hauled" is very breezy sketch of the
yacht in stiff breeez. which excites much
favorable comment. Nos. 70 and IA, espec-
tally the latter, which represents fishing
schooner and corner of an old wharf, is
iull OF that rich coloring and dreamy effect.
characteristic of the artist, Miss M. K.
Longfellow. Mr.. J. c. Stevens, in No, GA.
'Delano Park," has composition, pleasing
In color and correct in drawing.
Upon the black and whites there is a great
deal OF praise to be bestowed. Mr.. Grifin,s
nude female figure, No. So, which took the |
prize the Suydam medal, National Acad- |
emy Of Design, 1885, is very strongly drawn
and is type of muscular femininity such as |
prevails among women who are compelled |
TO masculine labor. 1t is in striking con- |
trast to the nude female figure drawn by |
Charles l.. Fox, which hangs near by, and |
which has much more Of the graces that
adorn the sex. The sketch for dwelling
house, No. SO, for E. B. Mallett, by Fassett |
d Tompson, is a very good thing in pen |
drawing. Miss Alice NJ. Gould has a very |
virile and effective drawing of young
pedestrian in No. 80, entitled hillside"
ana NO. 10 free-hand crayon portrait by |
Mrs. d. G. Mcdonald, and No. 50, "a Study |
from Life" by Miss Bertha II. Berry are |
very well done.
1t is fair to say Of the collection that there
is not picture on exhibition but displays
more or less merit The Society may pride
itself on its fourteenth exhibition.