Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
ART NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr.. D. B. WALKLEY's fine painting of a
scene in pottery at Akron, Ohio, which has
been shown at an Eastern art exhibition, is
again in Pittsburg and may be seen at Mayors.
A LARGE collection of fine oil paintings from
Richards galleries will be shown at Giles
pies during the present week. The works will
all be of high order of excellence, and will
include several important pictures among their
number.
M. A BRYAN WALL Is still so busily engaged
upon portrait work as to have but little leisure
to prepare the productions of his last seasons
sketching for exhibition, but it is safe to say
that when they are finally opened for public
inspection. they will be found fully up TO his
usual standard.
Mr.. JOSEPH PULITZER, the proprietor Of the
New York World, has commissioned the sculp-
tor, Bartholdi. to execute a statue of Washing
ton and Lafayette standing together. The
work. which is already well under way, is ex-
pected to cost $50, 600, and when finished will be
presented by Mr.. Pulitzer to the city Of Paris.
"IN the Hands of the Enemy" is the title of a
new etching by Hamilton Hamilton after the
painting by Thomas Hovenden,a "a copy Of which
is noted at Boyd's. If everyone who fell into
the hands of his enemies should find himself
in such comfortable quarters as the Confed-
crate soldier who is here represented appears
gret the circumstance. The picture is a strong
and we'll balanced work, showing large,
roomy interior In which are seen number of
wounded soldiers, one OF whom is having his
the members of the Union family, to whose
generous care he owes the tender miniStra-
tions he is receiving, and whose faces express as
great degree of kindly sympathy as though
the unfortunate man were near relative, in
stead of q stranger and member Of an oppos-
ing army.
CoUNTERFEITs of great variety of objects
both of nature and art have been produced in
glass, and efforts are now being made to initiate
Mexican onyx in this material. 1t is to be
hoped that the attempt will result either in a
total failure decided success, since poor
imitation of this beautiful natural product
would only tend to destroy the value of the real
article withoutgiving us anything worth having
in exchange Mexican onyx is one of the finest
natural products ever discovered for use in
decorative art, but if cigar stores and second
rate saloons are to be embellished with poor
imitation Of il, the real article will scarcely
afford us any pleasure in our homes The real
onyx being of volcanic origin, and of an infinite
variety of colorings and markings will be ex-
tremely difficult to copy, and even If perfect
success can be attained, it is scarcely likely to
be an unmixed blessing, as it would undoubtedly
be produced in many inferior grades Alto
gether this is likely to prove one of those un-
dertakings in which success rather than failure
is to be deplored.
THE hazy, misty days Of autumn present
landscape effects that always appeal to the
artist eye of Mr.. George Hetzel. and at this
season of the year we may usually look for one
or more works of this character from his brush
True to his custom in this particular Mr.. Het-
eel has a small landscape now on exhibition at
Boyd's in which the vivid green of summers
foliage has been replaced by the sober tones of
brown and ruSset that prevail during the latter
part of the fall. Among the bare branches of
the trees, many OF them having already scat
tered their leaves upon the cool winds which
herald the coming of winter, the soft mist
hangs like a veil, shrouding and partially OBJ
scuring the features of the more distant land
scape. The color scheme of this painting is
low in tone, but is quite true to nature
at the season represented. and the work as
whole forms very pleasing and effective pic
ture. In the painting of the sky. however, the
artist has in some measure failed to produce
the effect which he has evidently been seeking
TO attain, and its appearance of solidity and
lack of softness and depth. while not sufficient
Iy obvious to be noted by the casual observer, is
yet apparent enough to mar the unity of effect
which forms the most valuable feature of
works of this class, and which is understood as
being described by the phrase, artistic feel
ing" A second painting by the same artist is
a small picture showing somewhat circum-
scribed view between its foreground trees, and,
although without any serious fault, is still COM
paratively devoid of interest as it is one of the
least pretentious works he has shown this
season,