. John Angelo at the water color exhibition . mewhat eccentric way was just concluding some remarksin reference to the picture as the boys came up. Good character study, first-rate, he said. is one of the strong men among the much better a truth-recording thing like thiswill be a half century from now when no one will bealive who has ever seen such an antiquated old gen-tleman, than a picture of the imagination. My dear fellow, replied the Professor kindly, this picture is valuable for the reason which yougive; but the Idealists have their place too. Sucha picture as Mr
. John Angelo at the water color exhibition . mewhat eccentric way was just concluding some remarksin reference to the picture as the boys came up. Good character study, first-rate, he said. is one of the strong men among the much better a truth-recording thing like thiswill be a half century from now when no one will bealive who has ever seen such an antiquated old gen-tleman, than a picture of the imagination. My dear fellow, replied the Professor kindly, this picture is valuable for the reason which yougive; but the Idealists have their place too. Sucha picture as Mr. Churchs Lion in Love will be ascharming at any period as it is now. The artist nodded his head an indefinite numberof times, and somewhat violently. Oh ! Mr. Churchof course. Every one admires Mr. Church and hispoetic fancies, but what do you say, for instance, ofMr. Brennans Day 1 Means the horned lady in the corridor, that youcalled the conundrum, whispered Teddy. Here the art critic spoke. He wore a very un-happy expression, by the SUNDAY IN DELECARLIA.— T. de ThulstrUp. JOHN ANGELO VISITS THE WATER COIOR. I confess that I, the autocrat of taste who amsupposed to instruct the public definitely in whatthey should and should not admire, am not a littlepuzzled by Mr. Brennan. Whew, now! exclaimed John Angelo softly, if here isnt a newspaper manwho says he doesnt know some-thing ! The exhibition, remarked theProfessor, is not, and should not,be confined to one clique or school,it should represent every aim andevery method; the brilliant purewashes of the Spanish-Italianschool, the loading of gray paperwith Chinese white after the Dutchmanner; Literalists and Idealists,Realists, Impressionists, and evenAffectationists, should all have aplace here, as they have. To mymind every artist ought to beallowed to pursue any method bywhich he best can bring about apleasurable result, be that result asuggestive sketch affording scopeto the imagination, or an exquisitelyfinished p
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