Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-11
A GEM OF ART.

A New and Beautiful Picture Which
 is to be Exhibited Next Week for
 Benefit of the Ladies, Seamen's
 Friend Society.
 Mir. Frank W. Fellowes has just com pleted another masterpiece of art which | does justice to the rare and distinguished l ed artist, whose magnificent picture, Mapping" of last year has won such high | encomiums from eminent sources. This new picture the New Haven public will be given an opportunity to see next week, as the artist has very kindly consented to place it on exhibition at Warmers hall, where it may be seen on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week, December F, IS and 19, between the hours of g 6. m. and D. m., at the extremely low prics of 10 cents for admission, MT. Fellowes paying all expenses of the exhibit and donating the entire proceeds to the Seamen's Friend society. No doubt hundreds of people will gladly embrace the opportunity to see this beautiful work of art, and at the same time aid in bsneftting one of our noblest charities. The picture is indeed a gem. It is entitled "The Only Things Left Unchanged" It depicts an old lady
 
 the sandy beach out upon the sea shore. Before her stretches away a vast illmit able sea, under 8 summer sky, the waves here and there ripping gently. It is a day when nature woos her to the sea. The waves arc not boisterous, the winds are gentle and the weather mild. Old age can view the scene safely and drink in the beauties of nature in one of her gentle 1 moods. Theposs of the old lady helps tell ! of itself the story. She has wearisd of | the changes all around, and comes to the l only spot where change is not Here she | sees as of yore, when youth was bright | and hope boundless, the deep unohanging | sea. It brings back old memories of years long gone by. The past unrolls before her her hopes, her joys, her sorrows, her disap- pointments. Ever faithful, ever unchang- | ing is the faithful sea. She recognizes | in it the element of certainty and rsstful- ness. The artist has gloriously caught the spirit of the scene, and one knows not \ what feature of the picture most to ad- mire, the blending of sea and sky in tho distant horizon, the absence of hnes-the | effect of lines attained, however, by the l highest artistic skill; the faithfulness to nature of the solitary lonely figure on the sea shore, in her mood of pensive, pathetic l glancing over the wide e1panse of waves; or the happy cloud effects and the indefn- able but potent outdoor effect and charm pervading the whole. The studio impress l silent figure on the ssa shore, dreaming of l the sea and past memories, "far from tho madding crowd" and the hum of cities. It is a season as Tennyson says
 "when clouds are highest up in air." when nature woos to the open.
 The out of door effect of the scene is
 wonderfully striking and the delicate, nat
 ural tone of the whole picture highly of fective. Peculiarly fine is tho natural at
 mospheric effect. The whole distant sky
 seems charged with atmosphere, in which
 Over the dsnsely blue far off sky hang
 loosely, light clouds faintly tingsd
 with 8 coming darkening color, presaging,
 perhaps, later on, thunder storm, which
 is yet too far to call for any immediate
 cause for retreat from the scene. The old
 lady's attire is depicted with an accurate
 regard for the old time style and cos
 tunes of years ago. She wears feecy
 knit shawl, . grandmother's cap, and {
 gray silk dress. Over the top round oi
 the high-back chair lies or hangs a camePl hair cushion, which is finely initiated
 Resting at the chairs side, the point rest
 ing on the ground, is the parasol and also on the ground near by is the old lady glove, where, lost in contemplation of thu
 scene before her, she has dropped it. Th whole picture is 8 striking example of th' : power of tone reaction, a subject on whicl : MT. Fellowes has so ably and lucidly writ
 ten. The picture abounds in delicacy , coupled with forcefulness and power. 4 dainty touch is the exquisite reflection o ,, the sails of the far-off ships upon tn :, smooth water near them. Many will n' | doubt be glad to view this work of art a . it's exhibition next week. This pictur z and another, "The Morning Nap," whicl MT. Fellowes considers his best work, ant which the managers of the exhibition hay
 already asked for, will go to the Columbia 1 exhihitinn ait Ghicauo in ,Q2