Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
ART NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Mr.. II. S. STEVENSON has a small water
color on view at Mayors.
THE two pictures by Scalbert, shown al
Youngs, are part of the Hack-Johns collec.
tion.
QUITE an addition to its supply of reproduc
tions of antique statuary has been received by
the Pittsburg Art School during the past
week.
A VERY tough paper. transparent enough to
render it serviceable for use in place of window
glass, is recent Japanese inven tion. The ma
terial Of which it is made is kind of sea-
weed.
SEVERAL sales of pictures at the Bleiman
collection are reported, and also a number OF
offers for some of the more important works.
This collection will remain in the city during
the whole of the present week.
Mr.. A. F. KING still continues to make a
success of his still-life paintings, and his work
in this line attracts attention wherever shown.
His latest study is one in which both solid and
LIQUID refreshments are depicted in a manner
that is calculated to Hi the eyes of hungry
man with longing and cause his mouth to
water.
Two Of Mr.. George Hetzel's Eidenau sketches
have been sold during the past week. They
are works which the artist valued very highly
they possess. BE has Just completed a large
picture of a scene on the Connoquenessing, and
is at present at work upon one of his fayorite
studies-a woodland scene, with some fine
rocks in the foreground.
WHEN in his Studio on Fourth avenue, Mr..
D. B. Walkley is surrounded by the sketches
of farm scenes in Eastern Ohio upon which he
has been engaged during the latter part of the
summer. The large picture of the glass house
w q du rral1 ,f1ar,
is strong composition, and cleverly shows the
manner of working in one of Pittsburg's most
important industries. He will work upon this
picture while the factory is in operation during
the coming winter, as he intends to send it to
one of the New York art exhibitions in the
spring.
AT one of the art collections in the CITY the
other day fnelooklng and elegantly dressed
lady stood before picture representing fam
lily group, with an infant sleeping in cradle,
and ventured the criticism that, although the
work was fine in other respects, the child's
nose was not represented with fidelity to ma
ture. The owner of the picture, who was
standing near, being inclined to offer an objec-
tiOn to this criticism, the lady impatiently in
terrupted him, saying: 'Oh, it is of no use
talking TO me about it am an authority on
babies; l have SIX Of them, and no child,s nose
ever looked like that. even when it had a cold
in the head" There is not much doubt of the
accuracy of the lady's observation; indeed it is
characteristic of the artist whose work was
being called in question that in painting small
children he is given to the fault of introducing
too much red into the colorlng of their noses.
Two very cleverly executed paintings bear
ing the name of n. Hendricks" are exhibited
at Mayors One is an excellently composed
marine view showing the waves breaking upon
a rocky shore. The work is well handled, in a
clean and free style of execution and preserv-
ing proper balance of relation between the
three parts of the picture, sky sea and rocks
The color is very 1air, and the form and charac-
ter of the rocks and waves very well rendered.
The second picture represents pool of water
among some large rocks on the shore, with the
water breaking over their tops and pouring
down the sides. Upon one Of the stones toward
the center OF the picture, mermaid is seated
amid shower of spray and looking out over
the sea. This rather quaint conceit has been
well carried out, particularly in regard to CON-
position. The style of handling is broad and
free, and the work. as a whole, is quite pleas
ing.
A SPLENDID painting by Schreyer has been
added to the fine collection which Mr. Mathews
is exhibiting at Boyd's. The work is entitled
The Chiefs Advance" This paintingis in the
artists best STYLE and it is safe to say that no
better example Of bis work has been seen in
this city. The subject represents a we'll
mounted Arab chief. surrounded by number
of attendants. These latter, however, are kept
very much subordinate, and serve only to sup
plement and enhance the interest of the Gen.
tral figure. The strength in drawing and COM
position for which the artist is celebrated is
present in an unusual degree in this painting
and it has been executed with that real artistic
feeling which renders it of such pleasing char
acter that one can never weary of looking at it.
The large painting of Lake Luzerne is a pleas
ant example of work by man who maintains
his own standard of excellence throughout
every detail and so produces well-balanced
picture. The works in this collection are be-
ginning to find purchasers, and it is probable
that quite number will be disposed of before
the time set for closing the exhibition, which is
next Thursday afternoon. Those who have
not yet seen these pictures will do well to pay
visit to the gallery before that time. as Mr..