The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-12-18
ART SALE EXHIBITION.
Note. by Lady Artist and connoisser

Notes by Lady Artist and ConnOisseur
The pictures on exhibition and for sale
at the store OF the Pacific Hardware
Company on Fort street are so remark.
ably good and so reasonable in price,
that some explanation is owing the pub
lie on their account. In London Mr..
Dillingham; quite by accident happened
in at an auction; it was that OF family
OF wealth and taste brought suddenly to
poverty and all their effects put under
the hammer. 1t being dull day but
few people were present at the auction,
thus enabling Mr.. Dillingham; to select a
number OF the best pictures at pitifully
small prices; he offers them to the pub
lie here Tor but a reasonable advance on
the original purchase, but far beneath
their artistic value. To enumerate
them all would occupy too much space
but the most notable are:
No S, Forgotten Errand," by I.
Long. The painting OF still-life in this
picture is very fine. 4 mother chides a
curly-haired urchin who with hanging
head and downcast eyes confesses forget
fitness. The scheme OF color is low in
tone and very harmonious.
Sword Dance" by II. Richter, shows
a beautiful palace scene where young
Emperor leans upon his hand, and sur
rounded by friends and couItiers watches
the graceful movements OF a young wo-
man who airily glides through the
fanciiul figures OF the sword dance. A
haze OF Italian warmth and color per-
vades this picture, while in the distance
the pale blue bay OF Naples lies SHIN
mering under a southern sun.
A bold original picture is The
Chase" by Russian artist, B. Marco
vitzski, who evidently knows and loves
what he paints. A party OF cossacks
riding through the prairie are attacked
by wolves, and in the foreground rough
fellow on a white horse throws a lasso
at a wolf, while crowd OF riders come
galloping after. 1t is painted in the free
daShing manner of one familiar with
such scenes and life. The cold grey sky,
the far-reaching dreary prairie, the
hungry wolves, and the half civilized
cossacks form the subjects OF several
pictures by the same artist. No. 10, by
another Russian painter, L. Pernett, is
OF crowd OF fur-clad travellers dashing
over the snow and ice in writzkas drawn,
Russian fashion, by three horses abreast.
''Spring,," by II. Richter, is an idea
picture, showing a lovely maiden handl
ing 4 goblet of water to a knight in
armor, as he alights by a wayside brook.
The cool shadowy water is beautifully
painted, so also the cupids at play
among the flowers.
76. "a Close CALL" is little gem.
Two dogs with sparkling eyes and loll-
ing tongues watch the departure of a rat
from trap. 1t is charming little pic
ture OF dog life.
4 large painting of "Flora," by Hoff-
man, is very gorgeous in color and rich
in design. A plump and pleasing
maiden reclines on couch clad in scar
let drapery, while countless rosy-eheeked
cupids bring her flowers, and all about
her pile up the fragrant roses.
There are several small hunting scenes
very clever and chic, and some sheep by
A. Nowly very realistically painted.
The Cossacks," by Perrett, is stir
ring Russian scene. Two dashing fig
ures charge at full gallop oct OF the pic
ture, habiliments fling in the air and
spears aloft 1t is fine in tone, rich in
color, and the distances particularly
good. In all it is remarkable collec-
ton and needs only to be seen TO be APP
preciated. ISABEL STRONG.