St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-02

work. The eccentricities of both are
sometimes quite absurd. This etching
is beauty, row of fishing smacks
drawn up at BillingSgate, where some
men are bargaining upon the pier. 1t
was etched in 80 Mr.. Winter exhibits
three by him, fine examples all. The
"Black Leon Wharf, was among his
early etchings, bold, lined picture of
tumbie-d0wn buildings and shipping,
with man sitting in a boat in the fore
ground, very much stronger than the
others. "'The Beggars" are standing in
dark alley passage like those horrible
ones where the wretchPd women of
Whltechapel were murdered lately
This picture is in light brown tlnts and
not sharply defined. Above it hangs a
curious etching of Little Venice" 1t
, is strange how the artist obtained so
realistic an effect by so few lines.
Whistler it was, who, not long ago. OBJ
tanned novel effect in the small apart
ment of London house he wOS decorat-
ing. He painted walls and ceiling pure
black and then overlaid them with
seml-transparent yellow. The effect is
that of London fog, and the intangible
walls seem to recede, and the room ex-
pands.
Both Mr.. Hyndman and Mr.. Winter
exhibit specimen of Herkomer's etch-
ingS, and his pictures seem rare in this
country. That of the former is small
one depicting two ''OrphanS" clinging
thetic faces. Mr.. Winters "Quarrel'' is
a lovely picture, youth lounging
against the door jamb. his hands in his
pockets, trying to look unconcerned,
while his beloved sits in the doorway,
her head on her hands. unmindful of
the lovely scene behind her.
MI. Winters enthusiasm for etchings
dates, he says, from the days when he
and Church. the artist. were clerks IN
an express Office, where. if anything
ludicrous happened, Fired" would show
it up in water cOlors and etchngs.
Among Mr.. Winters are some beautiful
things by Felix BuhOt, who must, |
think, have poets, as we'll as an art
lists soul. To me his bits along the
sides of his etchings are fully as inter
esting as the more important center.
Look at the "Westminster." The lordly
pile is we'll etched, but about it are his
thoughts as he stood there. or glmpses
OF things beyond-a spire, striking
face, lamp-lighted street cOrner-all
So with that fine ''Landing of Folk
stOne."- Buhot has obtained d magical
effect of wet and slipperinesS upon the
pier, where the wind is blowing the
skirts of the disguised pedestrians and
the gullS fly in; but fully as clever are.
the faces of the young girls he lust
suggests in the margin who are holding
their hats down against the wind, and
all such conceits mingled as were bis
own observance as he passed. Buhot
has given wonderful snow effect
how can he obtain it in etchin gin
place Breda." The houses surround
ing it are handsome, the lady who trips
gracefully along is finely dressed, but.
as If to put you in sympathy with ali
phases of life, the border sketches show
woman freezing in the snow and other
sides of life. Look on this picture and
then on that" says the artists pointed
"needle." Mr.. Winter has Van,
L'Gravesand's "Au Bord du Gein.p
which is so beautiful that Hamerton-
says of it: "This is one of the most
perfect etchings produced by the modq
ern schools, so perfect, indeed. that ii
were restricted to the possession of six
etchings this should be one of them.'
DO you remember it. that placid water,
witl1the windmills beyond, the spindling
trees at the right, and the dark
clumps at the left, with their dreamy
lights and shadows ? As for Haden. the
great surgeon7etcher, he has all his best.
notably the ''Shere Millpond," which is
called, with but one exception, the finest
landscape subject etching ever executed.
though Haden himself considers his
Lancashire River" also in this collec-
tlon. even better and says, 81 will rest
my reputation on this plate" But Mr..
Winter seems to have the best OF every
thing, Salanne, Jacquemart. ]. F. Mil
let, p. Moran, Parrish, and many others.
Mrs. Burbank's collection, though
smaller, is very choice. Among hers
are Albrecht Durer's famous but hide
GUS madonna of the Monkey" so called
from the ape chained beside her: an