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Show Fine Arts. , George M. Oltinger'd latest production, pro-duction, now on exhibition at Savage's Sav-age's Art Gillory. in well worth see ing, aa it exhibits the aure and certain growth in art culture aiujugst the hart! working fraternity of painters in oil iu our myuntaiu region. The subject chosen ia an ancient gladiatorial gladia-torial acene, supposed to have occurred oc-curred during tho fifteenth century. Iu point of originality the picture 'commands our highest approval. The whole arrangement is true to the historical facta fti given to us by that quaint old writer CUvigyro. The oolorin;j and v.irkrn o it of l-ta I in ao difli jult a Hii'ie:;t aj hidtory evinces great study and roscarch. The style of drcis amongst the ancient people is reproduced with great fidelity to descriptions giyeu u& by the older historians. Wa are introduced to the warm, sunny clime of Moxieo, with its ancieut pyramidal structures. struc-tures. Tbe men and women of lone, Ioqk ago are aliii'Xt resurrected iu the curioiii style of the period. The principal objeel ihe combji on tho sacrificial atone properly meets the eye; fir.it, the accessories are introduced carefully, and do not obtrude themselves too forcibly. Tbe oaptive looks like a man of nerve; his opponent knows it and appears to realize the prowess of bia antagonist, who has already crippled one assailant. assail-ant. We think it ie a moro attractive picture than the Montezuma picture, bought by Mr. William Jennings, although somewhat in the same style. The field choaan by Mr. Ottiuger in painting historical pictures is entirely new, aud hence more difficult. Such efforts are calculated to awaken a deeper interest in the history of ancient Mexico, and the more the Bubjer.t is studied the more will the effort of our townsman be appreciated. appre-ciated. We ad viie our readers to go aud seo it. |