Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

Yesterday 1.-THE Angelus" was shipped to
Paris under the care Of Mr.. r. Austin, who
VIII deliver 1t to NJ. Chauchard, the purchaser.
With the departure Of 'sThe Angelus" from
America ends the most successful season ever
enjoyed by work Of art in this country.
N. Bleiman arrived in the city during the
week with collection of paintings of very
superior merit. Among these is very well
known De Neuville, q soldier bathing the in
jured foot Of his horse. This work is familiar
to most persons through reproductions, and is
an excellent representation of De Neuville's
art. The horse is especially well drawn, and
charEningly expresses the wisdom and con.
fdence of the noble brute. One of the finest
pictures of the collection, and, indeed. one OF
tine pictures eyer this CITY Is
lined color and harmony of tone in this picture
which is truly charming. It is SO perfectly
harmonious that in this direction criticism is
absolutely disarmed. It commands admira-
ton only In drawing "Tadema" Is almost
faultless, and withal he tells story most
charmingly, and this is by no means an unim-
There is also Troyon of superior quality and
Gerome representing lion. painted with
Geromes mastery knowledge of drawing.
Other works are by Frere, schweininger. Jazet,
Hacquette. Herman. Monticello, Daubigney
and Vibert
Nj. A. L. Dalby, who has recently painted
number Of the jurists of Allegheny county, is
st present engaged on portrait of Judge
Collyer.
Mr.. George Hetzel has been absent from his
studio and also from the Pittsburg Art School
for two weeks, owing to the fact that ne is
serving as Juror. 1t is not probable that Mr..
Hetzel at any time during his service TOOK x !!
nap-perish the thought-but If he did 1t is
more than likely he awoke with an indistinct
impression that he heard the babble, babble,
babble of one Of the mountain brooks he loves
SO to paint.
Mr.. ]. w. Flender exhibits at Boyd's this
week study Of apples which is painted with
all the conscientiousness of one who knows no
shirking. In color they are good, and in the
realistic quality of representation the study is
excellent. One feels almost as IL the apples
could be taken from the table.
Mr.. D. B. Walkley has been busy during the
past few weeks, and number Of canvases ap-
proach completion. One of these, q small
picture, represents q boy husking corn,
motive secured at the artists home in Ohio.
Another is an autumn picture, representing
roadway through the forest. The third 1s
picture of young girl seated upon the grass
Mr.. Jasper Lawman is at present painting the
portrait of little son of @. G. Mellor.
An event Of unbounded interest to art and
society people in Pittsburg and Allegheny will
be the opening Of the famous Verestchagin
Russian exhibition of paintings in the Carnegie
Galleries Tuesday next. The public interest
which has been manifested in these works dur.
ing the past two weeks has been very great.
and everywhere, in office, bank and parlor, Is
heard the name of the great soldier-painter.
That he is a powerful and original painter Is
beyond doubt, and his pictures have made
Il T.. al
years ago, profound impression. When ex-
hibited In New York. we heard as far
as Pittsburg the mighty rumLle of
a heated discussion, and amid the clashing
realism was heard common voice of admira-
tion for the daring of q mind which placed no
limit to its ambition. We are SO accustomed
in Pittsburg to small, carefully finished easel
pictures; work which can be best seen at dist
ance of two or three feet, that these mammoth
canvasses with their bold brush marks and
dashing treatment, may at first prove to be a
revelation in technical qualities. Some of the
canvasses are SO large that it is difficult to
secure point of view sufficiently far away to
see them properly. 1t will be well for those
who visit the gallery to bear this fact in mind.
This much Is certain: A rare treat has been
provided for our people, ouch as has not hereto
fore been enjoyed in Pittsburg or Allegheny.
and the effect will be to stimulate interest in
art matters generally.
The gallery Of the st. Botolph Club, in Bos-
ton, is occupied by an exhibition of paintings,
which opened last Monday, and will remain un-
til January II. There are 81 pictures in all, by
Boston artists with but few exceptions. 1t is o
remarkably good exhibition. 1t is pervaded by
qualities of such undemonstratively uniform
excellence that were it not for certain ten
denotes here manifest, one might be at q loss to
find terms for special characterization of many
admirable individual works. lmpressionistic
influences are very marked, though by no
means rampant A sad interest attaches to the
beautiful meadow Lands" OF Denis Bunker,
with its black drapery that tells of the death of
the artist almost cotemporaneous with the
opening of the exhibition. His picture, singu-
larly enough, comes last on the catalogue.
At Kohn's art rooms there are nowon exhibi-
ton four canvasses of unusual merit and re-
markable interest. A Bastien-Lepage "Rire
d'Avril," or April Smiles"-women washing
on March day in little blue stream running
through meadow near the small village where
the artist was born-is a characteristic example
of the painter of "Joan of Arc;' the atmos-
phere clear and fine, the drawing strong and
the coloring fresh and virlle. A Francois, "The
Sun Breaking Through the MIST" is one OF the
few examples Of this famous French land
scapisr which has ever come TO America. 1t
was awarded the medal of honor at the salon of
the Champs Elysees, at Paris. last spring. The
others are by Jean Beraud and Uhdl.