St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-31
Programme.
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SOME LOVELY PAINTINGS.

10. Lanclers ................ =. Harvest
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SOME LOVELY PAINTINGS.
A Sketchy Review of the Harvest
Festival Art Exhibition.
Time was when every family with any
pretensions to responsibility had it's members
preserved in oil and hung upon parlor walls
Ill rows regular as sardines, without the
slghte co..sid rat Oh for the eSthetic taste
not to say nerves of prospect " as old
aunt Sairy used 10 say. I bank heaven that
time has passed. People so hideous as some
OF hem should have been content with in
hIctlng their unprepossessing exteriorS upon
Their friends while Ill the flesh Without ieay-
ing their counterfeit preseniments after them,
but SO few realize what they owe to society
In The rem rkably fine art collection at the
Harvest eS!ivai are many noticeable por-
traits TO which the fl r, going remarks in no
wise apply Those who have visited the
gallery VIII Immediately recall that of Mrs
d. Clarke among the latter 1t is a life-sze
portra of This beautiful woman, done by
easy pose with her hands loosely clasped, at
tired i'll ball dress OF white satin ard
lace. the lovely neck ana arms bare
and the dark hair fastened by diamond stars.
for being though the artist has not
done the lady's Southern face Justice.
Otherwise, in flesh tinls texture e. c.. the
picture Is good one. The portra IS of little
Susie ana Frances Clarke, by the same artist,
are lovely. he blonde is sanding against
blue blackgrouhd her arms full of pae
yellow chrl santhemums and the brunette
before a pink. These are pastels and are
framed III Louis XIV. Style.
Another noticeable portrait is the life-size
one of Mrs andrau by Mrs. Macknigiit
y obably the b, S. art ST who ever Sojuurned
in ST. Paul, buI who has now returned to
New York. 1t shows Mrs. Flandrau descend
IN the s,airs. attired for the evening in
black SIX and net, with a bunch of ruses in
her hands. She has paused al the last step
and turned her head as if listening 10 some
remark. Mrs. flandrau is fortunate. not
only III th tbut i'll three remarkably fine fam
lily portraits by sullv. pronaUly the most
noted portrait FAINTER this country has ever
ha l. I hat of her mother shows lovely,
glrllsn lace III 81 lie OF d large head dress and
hair smoothly brought down from the part
ln5. The sweet mouth and lovely shonl-
deTS suggest a yuung woman well
known now. The portrait of Mrs. Elandraus
father, with its clear-cut features and old
fashioned stock. much resembles a common
engraving OF Poe. The third por trait. nf
Uncle stephen. was painted ty Sully sixty
hve Years ago. 1t is very fine picture, good
III flesh color,ng especially, and must have
been true likeness of the bright vet ear
merry air. Family portraits like these . e
we'll worth possessing. BY the way. Mrs.
Flandrau also loans small pencil sketch
BY the Great FOrtuny,
head of the modern Spanish school, From
this artistic shorthand he painted one of the
figures i'll an important picture. The por-
trait bas relief of Jude Flandrau is at the
end OF the hall. II is III PLASTER From it
will be cast the bronze for the monument to
be erected al New Tim, where the judge was
the hero. All his friends coneede the thing
10 be perfect liheness. 1t. is by JakOb
Fjeide, one of the best portrait sculptors III
this country. 1t is To the credit of the North
west that such an artist remains here.
Another example of his work is the plaster
bust of Judge Nelson. 1t simply couldn't
be improved. Nothing in The exhibit
ton has received more frequent and
favorable c. mment than this bust A
third example OF Fjelde's work is fine has
relief of handsome MINNEAPOLIS artist
These bas reliefs are becoming fashionable
Its said the sculptor cOntempiates series of
them, half Life size ana full length. illustrat-
ing various heroihes of poesy and story,
which the fairest of the Twin Cities will
suitable to her style of beauty St Paul
could surely furnish number of ladies' who
would be eorthy the sculptors skill. One
lady is having unique set of portrait tiles
done by Fjeide, to SET around her hearthstone
in pld Dutch style, all the members of her
family with their pet names and the daIes in
the corners. A novel and good idea, surely.
Another lovely portra is that, [ suspect,
Is Il sketchy thing. showing the fine profile,
and doing full justice to the red hair poets
rave over and artists love TO paint. About
the throat is soft white fur upon an opera
cape.
j. F. Van der Velde exhibits several fam
lily porlra is. TWO Of which are undoubted
Van Dyck's; another is of an ancestor
pa nted in 1874, aud fourth painted in
1914 W hen see such portraits l always
remember a noted southern lady who told
me she couldn' help respecting the owner of
good family portraits ana clawfooted furni-
ture. Mir. Van der lelde also loans a line
marine by Rlegan, which took the gold medal
al the Hague III 1913. In the distance at the
right can be seen d castle which was the an
eestral home of the Van der Veldes.
AR. .MehibDen loans two notable portraits
of Judge and Mrs. breckenridge, painted by
those celebrated arusts, gilbert Stuart and
Rembrandt Peale; Crawford Livingston
portrait of his llluSIrIous forefuiher, the
signer of the Declaration OF Independence,
whose career is Identical with early colo
NAL affairs. aud Col. Taylor shows q
portrait of the elder President Harrison,
while Manchester college comes out strong
with original portralls of Washington and
Hamilton painted i'll i7y4 and 1890. Miss
Beals exhibits thee fam Iy portrails-one by
Fagnanl. whose celebrated Nine Muses."
painted from beautiful American women, is
now on exhibition i'll Paris.
portrait which attracts much favorable
attention is the lovely picture of Mrs.
Ansel Oppenhelm. by Carl Gutherz 1t shows
the lady III graceful pose. standing before a
cabinet whereon she has been arranging
some flowers the last thing before receiving
her guests. She wears an elegant Drocaded
robe, and her love ly neck and arms are bare.
Mr.. Gutherz has been very fortunate in his
flesh tints, the textures are good and the
pose most gracef Ill Ano her portrait which
Is exciting attention Is Mr.. GutherZ' life
size portrait of Mrs. A. b. Stickney. which
her friends unite to praise. There are sew
eral others from his brush, among them q
small. sSetchy thing of Miss Adah Hawkins.
And yet there are other portraits which
have not even been mentioned The art dis
piggy is an undoubted success.
PALMER HENDERSON.