Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
ART ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MISS ANNA WOODWARD has . large three
fold screen on exhibition at Gillespie's. The
three panels are decorated in oil, of which the
one showing grape leaves and clusters droop-
ing over an old whiteuashed wall is much the
best.
Mr.. D. B. WALKLEY has gone to work in .
glasshouse. This statement is literally true,
but 1t must not be understood a. asserting that
he has abandoned art for the more prosaic
pursuit Of making glass. He has taken his
sketch bog and canvass with him, and intends
to make the dull and commonplace realities of
labor subserve the purpose OF art. The work
he is at present engaged upon is representa-
tion of the interior of McCully's window glass
factory on the Southside, with the processes Of
glass manufacture In full operation. The
subject is one that not only admits of but de-
mands q considerable breadth Of treatment,
and since this artist has already furnished eyi-
dence Of his ability to handle such work the
picture bids fair to be one Of the most notable
which has yet been produced here. The east
ern portion Of OHIO win probably be the scene
mer, and he intends to produce some pictures
of woodland and farming scenes.
A ''STILL LIFE" by W. g. Reynolds, shown
at Boyd's, is . work of a character calculated to
greatly please those who know but little about
art. This must not be understood ss meant ng
that the work is devoid of merit. On the con-
trary, it has many points In Its favor, some of
them very strong ones, among which may be
mentioned good drawing and ccloring that is
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seem to be the work of an amateur, and, il so.
it indicates the possession of q considerable
degree Of native talent, but in spite of all that
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to avoid, viz: GOODNESS and hardness. Each one
of the many different objects of which it is
composed is painted with the same degree of
truth and fidelity as to form and color, but
with a total disregard of quality and texture.
With little attention given to the correction
of the faults noticed above, the artist who Is
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still better.
SEVERAL small landscapes, effects in mid
summer and early fall, occupy the easels in
Mr.. George Hetzeps studio. They are of
much more diminutives size than he usually
paints, but In most of them he has managed to
exp ression. One of them, little upright pic
ture of a cloudy day in autumn, may be seen
at Boyd's. Mr.. Hetzel was unable to pay his
and has about abandoned the idea Of spending
o portion of the summer sketching season in
that locality, for the reason that the scenery
although forming very good subjects for the
artist, Is of a character such as we are already
quite familiar with through the work Of our
local landscape painters. This season Mr.
Hetzel will probably spend portion Of his
ern Railroad in search of views OF more open
and extended Character, such ~ will admit Of
. greater degree Of light and brightness In
view at Mayors is scene on the Cowanshan-
noe, and conveys = very clear idea Of the class
Of subjects which are to be found in that part
Of the country. The work In question
is in Mr.. Hetzel's best style. full Of
the quiet merit for which his pictures are
noted. It is very pleasing subject. cleverly
sunlight streaming in from the left lights MP
portions Of the trees In the background. and
their bright yellowish green's serve By contrast
shade. while the glimpse Of blue sky above
lends Life and cheerfulness 70 the whole