The Portland daily press., 1889-10-04
OPENING OF A STUDIO.
Miss Alice M. Gould Exhibits Her
Summer Work.

Miss Alice NJ. Gould's studio. at No. 5673
Congress street, presented brilliant APP
pearance yesterday AFTERNOON and evening,
as we'll as the hall of the Philharmonic Or
chestra adjoining. which had been kindly
loaned to Miss Gould for the occasion. Both
hall and studio were filled from to 5, and
to 10 p. M, with most of the people well
known in the social and artistic world of
Portland, and the comments of the ladies'
and gentlemen upon Miss Gould's summer
work. which was here displayed, proved
highly fiattering to the artist The hall, up
on whose walls the majority of the pictures
and sketches was exhibited, was we'll adapt
ed, by reason of the good light afforded, for
such an exhibition. With the exception of
few black and whites, the water colors were
the great feature. Miss Gould has only late
" taken up this branch of her profession
and the result, even at this early day, shows
that she has not made a mistake. The pic
lures were studies taken in Portland Har-
Dor, Salem and East Gloucester, Mass, and
st. Andrews, n B. They were all marked
by fine feeling. tender appreciation of color,
and mach refinement Of treatment Espe-
clally was this the case In the study repre-
senting three-masted schooner. lying at
the Portland Dry Dock, with Portland in the
distance. The sun was rapidly sinking in
the west, the upper harbor-as is SO often
the case 10 summer-lay smooth and.polished
as mirror, and the clear atmosphere caused
the objects on the opposite shore to stand
out with marked distinctness. The schooner
itself showed the wear and tear of.long SER
vice in its massive hull as it lay slightly ca
reened towards the opposite side Of the
dock. There was warmth and delicacy of
treatment in the whole picture we'll adapted
to the close Of day at the most poetic season
of the year.
There were studies of country roads, bor-
dered by great fields of wild flowers, and
shaded by old trees with gnarled and twist
ed trunks, and fields of-what In Scotland
would be called-gorse and heather, with
quiet, shady pools. overhung by trees. There
was vase of delicious nasturtiums, aud
delightful old road leading to red-roofed
cottage by the sea, which was partly hidden
from view by the tall, stately hollyhocks
that bordered the road. The good taste dis
played in the arrangement, grouping and
blending of her colors showed that Miss
Gould's fine eye for color, which attracted so
much attention several years ago at the Soci-
ety@Of Art exhibition, when she made her
debut in oils, has, if anything, mere oppor-
tunity for good work in water colors.
Among the black and whites, the picture
representing the old manlin the armchair
especially pleased. In china decoration, in
which Miss Gould has obtained great repu-
taton, the few pieces exhibited we've worthy
of some of the best imported work. Such is
the demand for Miss GoIld's painting on chi
ma that she finds 1t difficult to secure the
time to execute her many orders, without
sighting her painting. Even the pieces ex-
hibted yesterday had been sold, but were
kindly loaned her by the purchasers for her
autumn opening.
1t Is understood that Miss Gould will take
classes In water color painting, and she
should meet with much success.