The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-26


Norman bull. lying in stable, and the
other subject. Farm Life in Holland
an evening milking a group
OK cattle under some willows. introducing
two women figures. one milking and the
other carrying two blue milk pals This
painting is one of Mr.. Howe's best works.
Apart from his excellent life-like cattle, the
beautiful atmospheric effect. which en-
dears Holland to every painter, is well
represented IN the twilight and early even
ing
Walter Gay, of Boston, strongly favors
Also the Paiais de fIndustrie and sends
the largest canvas in size of any American
artist. The subject is lie Plain Chant, y
or Church Singing" and represents the
interior OF rural convent school in the
Pyrenees. The pupils are practising for
the singing of the mass The school-room
Is primitive and scantily furnished; great
rough raffers support the ceiling-on the
lett hand side of the room is teacher
high desk, near which is a melodeon. In
the foreground is the group of pupils, girls
ranging from the ages Of Il to a. On the
lett are two nuns. one seated at the meIo-
deon playing and the other, a younger
nun. leads the choir. The picture is
painted in very light tone and the artist
has thrown into it his own personality in
following out his original scheme of color,
which has made his former pictures so
successful. The effect of light is similar
to that of the picture of the .sBenedicite,
now in the Luxembourg museum. The
canvas IS ten feet long and nearly nine feet
high.
w. T. Dannat. of New York. sends a f;s-
ure of q Gentleman from Spain,n smok-
ing cigarette. III. s. Bisbing, the animal
painter, sends two pictures, one is entitled
sur la Rive" ana represents the broad
expanse of quietly flowing stream in
Holland, on whose banks . herd of cattle
have descended TO drink, while others are
enjoying nap upon the stretches of beach
which forms its margin; Mr.. Bisbing has
shown lis usual freedom of execution and
force of drawing and handling in this de-
Hghtful painting. Walter MacEwan. the
well known Chicago artist, sends to the
Palais de l. Industrie two charming paint
ings. One is a life-sized portrait of his
sister and the other is a fascinating
little Dutch picture called Chez
woman seated at a table. telling
. story which a young man. the clerk, is
writing down behind him the old burgo-
master listening. 1t is a Dutch seven
teenth century interior, and the effect of
the red cloth which covers the table, with
the contrasting sombre surroundings. is
very pleasing. Mr.. Humphrey Moore, the
San Francisco artist, sends to the old sa-
lon q painting called the Royal Min
streis." Moorish subject. The scene is
laid in Morocco, in q Moorish palace. The
sultan IS seated on diyan, looking un-
happy and sad, mourning over the death
of his favorite in the harem. Behind him
of the harem. In front of the sultan
about fifteen minstrels are dancing, and
the chief of the band is playing on iron
castanets. A eunuch is on guard at the
door, and in the foreground is most life
like monkey eating an orange. Mr.. Moore
n t<,l 4 IL
painting with all the mastery strength of
composition of which he is so capable.
Miss Elizabeth Gardner, the New Hamp-
shire artist and disciple of the great Boil-
guereau, sends to the Palais de Il Indus
trie an excellent painting called .sLes
Bulles de Savon," or Soap Bubbles" and
already purchased by Mr.. Arthur Tooth,
beautiful young girl dressed in Breton
costume, seated in the recess of a window;
she holds in her hand pipe, from which
she has just blown bubble. Two small
children stand by her side, one of them on
its knees reaching out her hands for the
floating bubble, and the other one has her
hands in the bowl blowing mp the bubbles.
1t is safe to say that Miss Gardner has one
of the most attractive pictures in the
salon.
Charles Sprague Pearse. of Boston, sends
to the Palais de l'Industrie picture called
"A Civil Interment." The general scheme
of color is light gray. Eight women are
black with white bonnets, the costume for
Sundays and funerals in the Disc depart
ment of France. The background is
formed of an old house with plaster fallen
off in patches, leaving yellow stones in
view. The shutters and doors are blush
gray. Gfape-vines are trained up the front
and form clusters of leaves at the top of
fhn v,sa tha 90 . - La
painting, are seen the male portion of the
assemblage, and at the door kneeis one of
the last arrivals. The coffin is covered
with a sheet and q yellow wreath of i'm
mortelles which is just visible in the door
way. Speaking of his picture the artist
said: 81 have not tried to paint any senti-
ment, only document, q rendering of
types. The good people at Auvers don't
relish much civil burials, and only a few
put in an appearance, leaving an empty
space around the house. Each woman on
arriving kneels down on the step and says
silent prayer, and then sits down on the
curbstone with others to await the trans
portation OF the corpse to the cemetery.
+. L. Weeks, of Boston, sends to the
Palais de fIndustrie an effective painting,
Spanish Beggars." Three Spaniards are
summing themselves on the seat of a stone
terrace at Cordova-an old weather-bcaten
stone bench-and an arid landscape
beyond. rather sombre in color, with
life-size figures. The painting is faithful
representation of the beggars at Cordova.
Miss Kate Greatorex, of New York. sends
aclear, beautiful water-color to the Champs
de Mars salon. The picture represents the
washing-women at their work in the river
at Moret Another water-color is a DASH
ing life-sized portrait in water-color OF
young lady. Miss Greatorex also sends a
large Oil painting of sunset view of the
Seine by the Trocadero. Miss Elinor
Greatorex sends a beautiful oil painting of
a young girl sewing by an open window
with q large bowl of anemones on the
table near.
Mr.. Ridgeway Knight, of Philadelphia,
sends to the Champs de Mars one Of his
charming characteristic figure paintings
called LES Amis du Berger" Of which
Mr.. Knight has sent me fragment of
sketch as the entire painting is not yet
completed.
Mr.. Henry Mosler, of Cincinnati. sends
a strong painting called GOOD Advice"
representing two life-sized women figures
in the foreground and a village in the dis
lance lighted by the setting sun. The eff
feet is very pleasing. Miss Elizabeth
Nourse, another Cincinnati artist, sends
to the new saloon three pictures, one of
which is called ''Vendredi-Saint, repre-
waiting their turn to kiss the wounds or
the figure of Christ, common custom on
Good Friday in France and Italy
The other paintings are entitled "The
Pardon of Saint Francis of Assist" and "a
la Fontaine," two peasant girls of Assist
talking at a we'll or fountain, with pretty
background of a mass of rose leaves.
Charles Aster, of Cincinnati, sends two
paintings, one of Dutch interior. called