The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-17

PiStoAC iuSo hoSocs
One Of the two small galleries was de-
voted to F. s. Church his csnvases are
all small, about the scale used in work
intended for illustration. The second
picture, "The Madonna Of the Sea.
kreeling angels, flight OF inuumerable
doves swerving down and almost touch.
ing the group, others -preening their
plumage at the feet OF the Virgin, wac
conspicuous in the loan exhibition OF
the Lotos club last winter. Most Of the
Church pictures, "Psndors." sea 81
rens," white Swans and Pink Lilies,
una and the Lione," Evening" THE
Dance" were sold the first evening of
the auction at total Of three thousand
three hundred and sixty five dnllare, and
the remainder at four thousand one
hundred and twenty-five dollars-a
somewhat disappointing endorsement Of
Mr.. Evans discrimination in making q
special favorite Of F. s. Church. Work
about to be submitted to the public
verdict OF an auction sale, on trial OF it's
merits, lite vogue or its fame, excites q
eort of romantic interest; the public,
too, is on trial and will be judged by it's
judgment. l jot down some very i'm.
pressionistic recollections Of the exhi-
bition.- Some of the enjoyment l felt
entitled to was turned into evaporation
by sheets of glass which refused to be
transparent. In the upper gallery was
an Ochtmann Evening on the Miamus,"
a phantom landscape at best. where a
figure seated at the foot Of pine trunk
seems to be gazing with you across
moon-lir waters at q wooded point.
While searching distractedly for the
focus of this painting, twelve Of the can
vases on the opposite wall we're seen dis
tinctly mirrored in The glass reflector.
Nearby hung Dessar's :. Return to the
Fold" of rugged quality; one lived in
seeing that. through sultry moment. Of
summer, no promise of change unless
the threat Of thunder bye aid bye, q
flock of sheep in lee Of hay stack and
under one common fleece. In contrast,
presented itself Carlton Higgins can
vas. showing nineteen sheep by count,
and pleasant pasture withal, worth
the nibble. Virgins " Evening After
the Rain has sheep again, under way to
the fold, shepherd in front. dog in rear.
and splendid sky, laboratory Of SUM-
shine and rain sweep, with wells of blue
deepening black from the cloud-rifts.
Next characteristic Inness Meadow
Land in june" cattle. water, meadow,
homestowere, another sky drama, 1.-The
stately ceremonial of sunset" just i'm
pendipg-a marvel of delicate aerial
perspective in focus which becomes
brutal impasto at close range. The In.
nessee, numbering seventeen, are the
most important feature Of the exhibition
and include the famous Georgia Pinee,"
the artists favorite among his pictures.
There are winter Mornings and
Summer Mornings" and "Gray :Daye,"
Hours arrested in their flight and put
under spell Of enduring enchantment,
"In the Adirondacs," 1.-The. Cstskills."
and Near FIorence," and night hours, as
mine O'clock" when silence and dark.
ness are made visible. Sunset on the
Passaic." which Benjamin Constant
called IAN apotheosis," and Mount Clair
by Moonlight" a scene which 1 think
Inness' spirit must love to haunt. In
ness has formidable rivals now. Twen-
ty.five. hundred was, the largest sum
realized on any of his canvases at this