Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23

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An important collection of paintings was seen
last week at the Union League Club. The
smaller OF the two galleries was devoted en-
tirely to pictures by George H. Boughtop,
who is at present visiting this country. and
whose friends among the members of the Union
League, expressing desire to see an exhibi-
tion of his collected works, were granted that
privilege through the courtesy of the club.
There were % canvases. all representing the
character studies of which Mr. Boughton is so
fond. The larger gallery was devoted to a
mixed collection of paintings. one side
of the room being given up to seven
pictures by Mr.. Chase, all charming glimpses
of Central Park greenery The most Dleasipg
| of these, even though it lacked the sunshine of
the others. was Threatening Weather in Cen.
trail Park" There was Quaintuess about the
picture that suggested an old English poem.
duction of nature as it Is seen in the spring
time and summer, and one does not easily tire
| of it. Other pictures by American artists were
represented in a fine landscape by George
Inness: the Enchanted Monarch" BY F. S.
Church; THE Story of the Old Master" by
J. Carroll Beckwith; Sunset on the Pacific
Coast" by r. A. Blakelock, and The Wood
PATH" by Henry Oliver Walker
You can buy bad pictures at high prices, but
you cannot buy good pictures at low prices.
Good pictures have an intrinsic commercial
value and they seldom depreciate. Pin these
proverbs in your hat They may serve you
| good turn.
The exhibition at Minneapolis sold SO paint
| ings and about 600 works in black and white
| for which SIS, 900 were obtained, with further
| sales not yet announced. The local papers es-
innate 465, 900 the number Of visitors At Chi
cago, 'The Sermon" the large picture by Carl
Melchers was sold for s., 5,000 which makes a
total of $780, the largest sum ever received
Tor sales, except one. when the total was nearly
S4O,OOO The delay in the sale of Mr.. Melchers'
picture was owing to the fact that he did not at
first intend to sell it. desiring to exhibit it else
where. Thus the reminders of what our Expo
sition management might have done accumu-
late. Pittsburg can regain It's reputation IN
this direction by the selection next year of COM
petent men to manage the art department. At
least in the common interest Of art we should
never again see collection like the last one in
PittsDurg.
Verestchagin is much pleased with the re-
| ception OF his pictures in Boston, and has sent
to Mr.. Brandus, the manager of the exhibition,
a cable dispatch requesting him to give, through
city,
$50
One of the events booked for the present
season. and to which Pistsburg art and society
people look forward with unbounded pleasure
is the reception in honor OF Charles Stanley
Reinhart. Mr.. ReinharL, as is we'll known, re-
turned from Paris to this country early in the
summer and this reception is, in fact, rendered
In honor of his return and in recognition of the
high distinction TO which he has attained at
home and abroad. Unsurmountable difficulties
presented themselves at the time of his arrival
in June, which made it necessary to postpone
the reception until this winter. That the
event will prove notable one is as indisput-
able as the fact that Mr. Reinhart deserves the
honor in which he is held by his fellow TOWNS
man.
Mr.. E. A. Poole. of Washington. Pa, has
some thought of returning to establish a studio
in Pittsburg. Mr.. Poole will place ON exhibit
ton this week new picture.
Mr.. D. b. Walkley exhibits this week the
| first canvas representing in part his summers
| work in Ohio. The scene depicted is the in
terror of quaint old farm house living room,
in which is seen an old-fashioned open fire.
place. In front of the replace are seated a
mother and children, one of which is at play
upon the floor. The subject is a very familiar
one. and is treated with much knowledge and
skill. 1t is probably the best interior thus far
exhibited by Mr.. Walkley. In color 1t is har-
monious and refined. and withal painted upon
| a sufficiently high key to keep it from appear
ing dark, as do many interiors. Altogether,
this little work is remarkably good one and
should find ready purchaser.
Mr. Henry Bacon. an American artist who re-
sides in Paris. has opened an exhibition at
Chases gallery, Boston, comprising 81 oil
paintings.
One of MIR. DeWoolf Scanlan's pictures, re-
Gently exhibited at the Exposition, was seen at
| Gillespie's during the week. Mr.. Scanlan has
| been studying art in Paris during the past few
years and is an earnest and conscientious stu
| dent. 1t will be remembered that even before
| he left Pittsburg one of his landscapes was &C
Nfada anHa fad i'm INN
| of paintings at Chicago. The years since then
| have been years of hard and thorough study
| for Mr.. Scanlan and it goes without saying that
| ne has made much Improvement.
Tomorrow, November "a, the autumn exhi-
bition of the New York Academy OF Design
will open TO the public.
A picture which is attracting considerable
attention in New York is a new work by Cazin,
which reveals that PAINTER in a new role THE
Expulsion From Eden" is the first Cain
brought to this country in which the human
| figure is given prominence. The whole land
scape is spoken OF as full of sentiment as are
all Cazin's landscapes and the figures are
| nude.
Mr.. Ross Turner gave an exhibition in the
| parlors OF the Commonwealth Club, Boston,
during the past week.
Two prizes have been awarded in Philadel-
phia at the second exhibition given by the Art
Club. one for painting, the other for piece of
sculpture, The latter went to Augustus st.
Gaudens for his bas relief of Robert Louis Ste
venson and portrait bust of General Sherman,
the former to John s. Sargent for his portrait
of the son of Mr.. ST. Gaudens.
picture of flowers, and also a portrait by
Mr. Storm, were exhibited during the past
week.
The Boston Art Club will open its forty-third
exhibition Qimited to oil paintings) Friday
evening, January 16 1891, with reception by
the members to their friends, and close Febru-
ary IA. At a recent meeting Of the club it was
voted that the sum of 81, 500 be appropriated for
the purchase of one or more paintings for the
forty-third exhibition.
Mr.. R. lie Grand Johnston, Of Washington,
exhibits this week at Boyd's picture of sheep.
Collections of good paintings are always well
coined in PIttsburg. The more good works it
has the better it is for the city, bad collection
Is an insult to common intelligence. The
dealer who brings a collection of inferior pict-
ures should be quietly but firmly discouraged
'rhe Hog Killers" by ]. F. Millet, has been
sold by Henri Hecht for $780, OO0
Jules Breton has written to the Appletors au-
thorizing the translation of the Life of an