The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

life size CanVaSeS. The landscapes are
clean in color and thoroughly artistic.
Miss Walsh, another Lincoln artist.
has three pictures hung in this gal
lery: lie Petit Sou landscape and
a kitchen interior. Miss Walsh's work
has gained. since her pictures We're
last exhibited here. in depth and
effective and they have not lost the
wonderful carrying quality which they
always possessed. The kitchen int
rIor. stone fireplace. is a small pie
ture. not much more than a foot square.
Near il is a larger picture. three or
four feet square. by SymOnds. Across
the room il is a blur. but Miss Walsh's
little picture is artiCulate with mean
ing The little begEar girl has the
same quiet. consistently maintained
tone. The landscape is suffused with
atmosphere. Miss Walsh has clear
visions and reports them clearly.
though with reserve and regard for
the science of placing a landscape on
canvas that removes her far from the
amateur class.
The large canvas unfortunately
hung I'll by itself at the end Of the
hall is The Angel with the Flaming
Sword" by Mr. Edwin II. BIashheId.
Mr. EIashfeld is a painter of large
subjects on large canvases. Cathe-
drdlS no longer give "A man "A lifetime
and a fortune To frescO their walls
with pictures of the Creator. the prin-
cipaI scenes i'm the life of christ and
the trials and triumphs of the ApOs-
ties. In the days of Michael Angelo
Mr.. BIashfield would have been lying
ON his back. strapped to the top of a
sciffoIding two-hundred feet high
painting angels. His magnificent can
vases would now have the reputation
they deserve. As il is. ne is not out
of joint with the times. for he paints
panel pictures of very well-grOwn an
gels. but his pictures are a trihe large
for the flats of New York. where the
most of the people who buy pictures
appear to reside. This Flaming Sword
angel whose function il is to keep
Adam and Eve. Peary, and every
other curiosity collector out of the
Garden of Eden. looks as though no
better man could be selected for the
place. His eyes burn with a steady
light and they are the deep blue eyes
Of Gods angels. The climax is not i'm
the sword but in the eyes though the
light streams from the sword on to
the splendid TANKS and chest of the
great angel. He is a symbol of Gods
justice and unchanging fixity. 1t is
worth while having the mind and the
heart and the comprehension to paint
such a great picture as this, even
though it is too tremendous a pres
ence for daily association.
The Illustrations to Millions Ode to
the Nativity" by Frank v Du Mond.
sent by the Century Company. are ex-
quisitely colored and mystically con-
ceived. The gIimmer of gold and the
religious use of color as in Fra Angel
cos pictures give a sense of an Old
worlds and an old centurys artistic
Interpretation of religion.
"Embers," by Eastman Johnson, has
the fascination of a dying fire. The
flames look as though they would burn
the hands that tried their heat.
There are several pictures in the gal
lery for those who like their art and
literature mixed. Such are Alfalfa"
by Lucius Hitchcock, Her Tribute"
by Kline, Hester" by LOOMS, Alone
Henceforth," and several others.
One Of the most attractive pictures il