The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-12-18
ART SALE EXHIBITION.

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 reasonable advance on
the original purchase, but lar beneath
their artistic value. To enumerate
them all would occupy too much space
but the most notable are:
No. s, Forgotten Errand," by 7.
Long. The painting OF still-life in this
picture is very fine. A mother chides a
curly-haired urchin who with hanging
head and downcast eyes confssses forget
fitness. The scheme OF color is low in
tone and very harmonious.
Sword Dance" by H. Richter, shows
a beautiful palace scene where a young
Emperor leans upon his hand, and sur
rounded by friends and courtiers 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, sswho 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 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
form the subjects of several
pictures by the same artist. No. 10, by
another Russian painter, /. Pernett, is
Of a crowd OF fur-clad travellers dashing
over the snow and ice in writzkas drawn,
Russian fashion, by three horses abreast.
Spring" by H. Richter, is an idea
picture, showing lovely maiden handl
ing a goblet of water to a knight in
armor, as he aliohts by q WaVside 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 rat
rom trap. 1t is charming little pic
-ure OF dog life.
A large painting OF "Flora," by Hoff-
nan, is very gorgeous in color and rich
II design. A plump and pleasing |
maiden reclines on couch clad in scar
ct drapery,while countless rosy-eheeked |
;upids bring her flowers, and all about |
1er pile up the fragrant roses.
There are several small hunting scenes |
very clever and chic, and some sheep by
\. Nowly very realistically painted.
The Cossacks," by Perrett, is a stir
ing Russian scene. Two dashing fig |
Tres charge at full gallop out of the pic
ure, habiliments fling in the air and |
pears aloft. 1t is fine in tone, rich in
.olor, and the distances particularly |
,ood. In all it is a remarkable collec-
ion and needs only to be seen to be APP
ISABEL STRONG.