Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11
REVIEW OF ART.

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AroRTRA1r of lady, painted by Mr.. Charles
Walz. may be seen at Young's.
| The sheep picture by +. LIE Grand Johnston,
and "a Shady Road" by e. A Poole, have
both been sold by Boyd & Co.
THE Woodland Spring." a new etching by
Earnest c. Rost, is a very excellent work as re-
CARDS composition but there is much that IS
tricky and great deal of mannerism in the
use made of dark spots OF color to produce
strong effects.
Mr.. A. f. KING has recently developed a
marked preference for still-life painting. Pot
terry, drapery, fruit and flowers seem at pres
ent TO manifest some unwonted charm for him.
II one may judge by the steadiness of his appli-
cation to such subjects.
A NEW artists etching. by Peter Moran, en-
titled Woodland Pool" has just been issued
Inc scene is an open place in wood with a
pool OF water which serves as a drinking place
for cattle. Like most of Mr.. Moran's work.
tnls etching isparticularly well handled in spite
OF certain stiffness in the rendering of foliage
The composition is beautiful and it has about
It style and dignity that renders it of excep-
tional excellence.
Mr. THEODORE CHILD, In speaking of the
exhibit of English art at the Paris Exposition,
says; The English, 1t is true, are the only
people, In Europe at least, who know how to
hang pictures, to isolate against a wall covered
with material of exquisite tone, and to give
mem precious and nch aspect by putting a
glass before them. imagine that many
Englf b pictures owe half their charm to the
glass before them and the other half to the
frame" Ii Mr.. Child means what he says in
severe in his criticism of one class Of British
artists.
WORK on the art gallery of the new Exposi-
tion is progressing rapidly, and Mr.. Clarence
M. Johns. the superintendent of the art depart
ment, is still busily engaged perfecting arrange
menrs regarding the receipt and care of pic
lures. All works for exhibition should be in
MS charge prior to the 10Th of the month.
most desirable and improved form of skylight
In time tor the opening ON September 4 it has
been decided to make use of artificial light for
sre. sne con Coming exhibition M However. as the
greatest number OF persons attend the Exposi-
tion during the evening, this is not SO serious
"a drawback as Upon first thought
lights of fappeis5 oaDse insnadescsnt electric @
be used for the purpose. The number of lamps
used will be about 600, and it is expected that
they will produce soft and diffused light
the best substitute for daylight that has vet
Deen devised as regards quality. In the exhi-
bttion OF this present year the art objects shown
VIII consist mainly, or perhaps almost entirely,
OF pictures, but in time to come it is the inten-
tion to have the lower floors of the building
well stocked with sculpture, bronzes, ETC., SO
that hereafter the art feature of the Exposi-
possible to make it
Two pictures, in the familiar style of Mr..
George Hetzel, are shown at Mayors. The
subjects of these works are of the kind which
this artist SO strongly fayors that they are
recognized as "Hetzel' pictures wherever seen.
The larger work shows a very pretty glade,
with small stream flowing out to the fore
ground from among some good-sized rocks
This painting is not perhaps, SO carefully fin
nrla nf Mr. III IaNvn 1TC l. L..A "a
his usual happy effect of sunlight and clever
management of light and shade, and forms,
upon the whole, a very pleasant picture. The
smaller picture is of a similar character except
tnat the interest centers nearer the foreground,
where the water forms a pool and reflects some
pleasant tones Of color, and that the compo-
sition is rather less of the style that is now
known as peculiar to Hetzel. OF quite diff
ferent character is the small canvas which the
same artist has on view at Boyd's, on which he
has managed to express very cleverly great
deal OF the effect of bright sunny day in
early fall. The scene is of a rather mountain
Gus character, showing picturesque glen with
high hills In the distance, being a representa-
tion of ascene in autumn under an almost
cloudless sky, with the soft effect of haze SO
often observed during the month of October,
the work Is necessarily of warmer tone and
more varied color than those Mr.. Hetzell
usually favors. As the color, handling and
composition are all good, the picture is
effective even though on such small scale.
THE Poets Daughter" is the title which
MI. O. 8. Fitzpatrick has given to a picture
which he has on exhibition at Boyd's. The
work is an idealized study of the head Of a
young girl with thoughtful. dreamy look and
an expression pensive almost to sadness,
though it can scarcely be called bordering
upon melancholy. Mr.. Fitzpatrick deserves
credit for work of this class. not SO much for
technical excellence, as on account of the fact
that his aim is toward one of the highest
branches of art and go much as he has really
accomplished is a step in the right direction.
He is not by any means an old man yet, and his
work shows some faults that viii, in all proba-
bility, be corrected in his future
productions, but in spite Of any short
comlngs or technical errors shown
by this picture he has managed to invest 1t
with many of the characteristics of a finished
art work. The color is good SO far as it goes,
there being manifest determination to avoid
crudity by keeping it quiet and subdued. The
poise of the head is artistic. and it is well
placed upon tie canvas, but in the modelling of
the face may be noticed the serious fault of
the work in that the lower portion looks too
fiat and lacks the appearance of proper de-
gree OF projection. In small woodland scene
by the same artist there is a strange mingling
of good. bad and Indifferent qualities. The
composition is good, and much of the drawing
is also. but there is some faulty handling and
bad coloring, since the prevailing dark and
bluish tint ia neithar nOsSibln in