Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
NEWS ABOUT ART.

LOVES Symphony" is the title Of fne
etching by F. NJ Spiegel which may be seen at
! the leading art stores.
MR. D. B. WALKLEY and Mr. h. 8. Steven.
son will give an exhibition of their most recent
works as soon as they have secured a room
suitable for the purpose.
THE General Grant monument fund in New
York now amounts to the sum of SI5000O and
all designs thus far submitted have been re-
jected. This leaves the field still open for
some talented ] American sculptor.
RELIC Of old times is on exhibition at
Youngs in the form of a portrait of Stephen
Collins brother of Mrs Judge Mcclure and
Mrs Judge McCandless. 1t was painted about
20 years ago by Sully, of Philadelphia.
A LARGE collection of fine oil paintings will
be opened in the Gillespie gallery in the course
of a week. 1t will consist exclusively Of works
By foreign artists, and will include especially
fine examples of Henner and Schreyer.
PERHAPS the most novel exhi bition of paint
lngs that has yet been held in this city will
open in the Gillespie gallery about the first of
next week, to continue or the pace Of three
or four days. The collection will consist of 81
water-color paintings by Madame Madeline
Lemaire, designed to illustrate the French
the original designs for one of the most nota-
BILE series of book illustrations of recent times
and will amply repay the trouble of visit If
only on account of their novelty, and aside
from their merit from an artistic Standpoint.
These pictures are not for SALE
Mr. A c. WOOSTER has a painting on ex-
hibition at Morrison's that is the largest and
most complete work he has yet produced. The
subject is a stil-life consisting of an ordinary
chip basket filed with rosy. red apples. an old
stone Jug, and some game ducks laid with, their
heads hanging over the edge of the table.
There is a greater variety of form in this
picture than in any of Mr. Wooster's previous
works, with the result that it is proportionately
nj attractive. hrdS alc,,
lend an additional contrast of color that has
heretofore been wanting i'll his pictures and as
this aids materially in emphasizing the color
quality of the other objects the advantage is
at once apparent. If the table had been covered
with a cloth. and the objects upon it relieved
against background of almost any kind of
drapery the picture would have had double It's
present value.
Mr.. WILL s. REYNOLDS exhibits one of his
characteristic still-life studies at Boyd's, The
subject consists like most of his recent pro-
ductions, of a representation of hard-outlined
objects such as books, cigar box, newspaper.
pen and bottle of ink, pair OF spectacles a
candle, an old clay pipe, some matches. etc.
pearance sufficiently formal in themselves but
MIR. Reynolds seems to have invested his paint
ing with degree of hardness much feater
even than the different articles would naturally
possess when grouped together to form a sub
ject for picture. Aside from the chilling and
repellant quality due to this severity of out
line and in some measure also to the fat tone
of color accorded to each of the different OBJ
jects. the work has been very well handled.
The drawing throughout is accurate and the
color with the single exception of the tin cup
in the corner is truthful. but it lacks variety of
tone and the entire work may be said to be de-
void of texture. There is a humorous refer
ence to she latest popular by-word in the title
of book resting on the table which reads
Ancient Humor, Tragedy of McGinty," and a
cigar box above it bears the inscription
"Hashish." One may be pardoned for wonder
ivafy 11v Y fe m n w hn a,,,&o
as this picture has been done does not do still
better, as he assuredly might do If he would
put little more spirit and freedom into his
work.