Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . pot. The Isles of Shoals attract many artists,among them Joseph Lyman; and the wildMaine coast is full of attractive nooks, fromYork and Old Orchard Beach to Mount De-sert. The last-named locality was first intro-duced to Art by Mr. Church, and has sincebeen exploited by Prosper L. Senat of Phila-delphia. Winslow Homers imaginative andvigorous style finds peculiar afiinity in thefine natural scenery to be found here. A number of artists desert the land alto-gether and make the heaving deck their sum-mer studio. Harry Chase, in
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . pot. The Isles of Shoals attract many artists,among them Joseph Lyman; and the wildMaine coast is full of attractive nooks, fromYork and Old Orchard Beach to Mount De-sert. The last-named locality was first intro-duced to Art by Mr. Church, and has sincebeen exploited by Prosper L. Senat of Phila-delphia. Winslow Homers imaginative andvigorous style finds peculiar afiinity in thefine natural scenery to be found here. A number of artists desert the land alto-gether and make the heaving deck their sum-mer studio. Harry Chase, in his yacht Boufiie,has coasted our shores in search of artisticbooty. Mr. Bradford, the well-known painterof icebergs and Arctic scenes, cruises stillmore boldly in the wake of the explorers, andgives us from his steam-launch views of Fish-ing-craft Working through the Ice on the Coastof Labrador, and other chilly glimpses sug-gestive of the experiences of Arctic explorers. The heart of New England is as fully ap-preciated by painters as the coast. All through Ml. ON BOARD THE BONNIE, HARRY CHASEs STUDIO. the interior is found the most charming sceneryof mountain, river, and meadow. The W^hiteMountains, brought by their special trainswithin a day of New York, grow more populareach year. In several instances the artists^sheds have been the pioneers, and the greathotels have come after. At Crawfords, Shapleigh of Boston has, near thehotel, a studio, which he has made so pic-turesque and attractive that it is one of thesights of the place. Jackson is also a favor-ite sketching-field for this artist. Conwaywas preempted long ago by Benjamin Champ-ney of Boston, one of our early painters oflandscape. Mr. W. Hamilton Gibsons picturesquedrawings have doubtless done more to spreadthe fame of the White Mountains than themost glowing of written descriptions. Mr. Casilear has painted the lakes andmountains of New Hampshire, and Mr. Shir-law has been attracted by the glistening ca
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