Show A t JOES alm 5 J felfe yh 71 f ti 0 o 3 i A many art lovers have place in our to aff eu ch we commend the work of keubel Kirk bain landscape painter this gentleman hai taken his gold meda received lib diplomas but the client evidence ot ins buccero 13 public production it b the paining frum ari original sketch of joes aap in idaho it ia a mr kirchain Kirk hain won during the beasom when hu cartel to compete for jivu hobora the public plaudit of the best by committee awards this picture h offered for the judgment of a known critical public the writer baa seen the best ef foria ff amoran superb urea banging iu the senate diug of the hall of congress he ha salso seen atie original of those views As ahoran a pictures are to such crude a the ot nature they seem too delicate in the western eye they ure too much idealized they are jadv and to suit the fancy of a more cultured community mr kirkham while as to the height of M oran baa hia own distinctive ideas of and art and he will find his artistic way in time even heart of those whose prototypes have heretofore always gemus mr kirkham in giving us Joea gap has been too true asan artist too to of excellence there pro abo rugged cliffs parted by timbered sides coursed by a crystal stream there are the emerald foothills foot hills and the azure mountains in the perspective but the perfect per fec of the picture are its light and shade and ita details in the center foreground a grand deer in a posture the drawing ut the animal worthy of a land seer in the left foreground 13 a group of stately pines which almost seem resonant of mountain sighs and redolent of balsamic odors every pinion is so distinct die as to bear witness to the fidelity of the artist in the right foreground fading away in the perspective of the stream is an array of gnarled trees and lowlier brush upon either side ia viewed the majesty of the rocks with lights and chadda i with roughness and turnings altogether the picture is su berb it ought not to be allowed to leave town the day will come we venture the prediction when such a painting at the handorf of kirkham will bei worth more than a thousand ordinary pictures mr Kirk hams career is open before him and his great fame is in a measure yet to be made we hope that some one of the leading men of ilias city willaid to the geog glory of that career and ac arlief of that praise which will be lavish edon him when once his merit is lecog nned 1 |