The first exhibition of this Society in the now vent took place on Thursday, and auured well for the suees of the local Royal Azademy during the coming twoly months, the exhibita being numerous and quite up ge in merit, Ihe two sides of tion, ul offehioot of the Society, to which some of the Indy artists di deal of time and atten ti the art of sketching, of study are a Chinese whi group of kitchen ute tying greatly in are exceedingly good, notably coolie with water buckets, and another of the same subject in water-colours, Among the ordinary'
ta one of the best is a beautiful painting in black and white, repreing a junk wt sea, the water being admirably painted and' the whole effect moat pleasing, Another very pretty picture Country road their gaunt, road, along which plods an with " bundle of maggots on her back. The bleak air of winter has been very skilfully rendered, while the effect of the sotting sun upon the sky give colour to jcenv. A panel with chrysanthemums of every shade and variety spren has been excellently a splendid piece of little picture called too, fully painted and while little pai exovedingly pretty picture with nothing amateurish about it, though unfortunately, although it is presumably not very old, the paint has begun to crack i which forotels " short existed pretty piece of decorate hues painted oth pebble is very striking. An origi of the interior of Southwell Cathedral has been very well drawn; and among the numerous copies a "Study of Trees" and "Farmstend, Aberdeen" are worthy of notice, Among the specimens in the way of decorative art are a pair of fat Prottily painted with little see from prints, the work being delicate and clear. The frat Maree Montante," representing a gallant young person ineighteenth-century cos bearing a handsome young Lady away in his arms from ig waves. The other is entitled "Lo Jour de I'An," and shows a gorgeously apparelled fiankey bringing presents to a young lady's door. A design for a New Year's card, to surround 8 photograph, is also pretty. A very effective little painting in water colours is entitled "La Culotte woman mending a little boy's knickerbockers, while the urchin stands before the fire with bare legs awol ing the completion of the work. 'The pression on the old dame's face has been most cleverly rendered, and the whole effect is amusing and' pleasing. Thera are many sketches of acones in China and Japan_on w of Fuji, from Fojiyama Ferry, contains some good work tation of Li angularly unlike the original; and there are two views of Pao-chu Tax topmost temple on the Hills-near Peking, one of which la shockingly out of drawing. "The Ninth Plagua of Egypt" is certainly the most truthfully depicted subject on the seroons,. If, however, th ion of an old binek hal been even better than the trath represented not merely a might be felt but a darkness which actually waa " felt." Another picture which is aleo apparently tended for a juke is culled '*A check on the bank," and is described as unfinished, It is supposed to represent " paper-hunter jump; and the reason the artist did not finish it "was probably beoauss he recognised the fact that it would b waste of good paint; but it is dificult this case to understand why he should exhibited it at all. If ho had not time to paint another picture he would better is fine like a man. competition this month was fur studies of interiors, Only four artists competed, the four exhibits represented respectively Jupanese, a Chinore, an Irish and an English interior. The only one of the four, however, which possesses any particular merit is the Chinese sketch two stolid-faced natives a hing thir thirst in a te:
jects lying about the aliop painted with exceptional akill, and the attitude and expression of the men are life-like and natural, The other throe pictures are so distinctly inferior (lat there can be little doubt as to the result of the voting,
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