New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06
Of Bis eic.l duty The portrait Is intended for q, ~

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MAJ dmsnt," as evidence OF the 'us inhuono'
Of literary piracy 10 Belgium that in 1915 shsre re,'
only twenty professional writers In A8Verp' "nno
there were eight HUNDRED painters 10 thas o'J' L"'
the cau,e If this difference be what II may Is unae
piatls that there are mary moro famous modern Del
oian pspters than Belgian authors Art has the great
sdya,t sge over literature that 1t requires no i'gs
Iativs protection from the competition of pinHcal
productirns We can, in this country rob Dickens
and Buwsr but we cannot Obtain the works OF Land
seer and Milais without paying whatever prics the
arts,s choose to demand for them Bot we need here
law of copyright for pictures to prevent their repro
duc,on by photogrsphipg to give the artist the sane
protection in the enjoyment Of his property which the
law affards to the manufacturer Of nails and the cult
vator Of potatoes and csbbages.
Mr.. Fagnani, who has been In Paris eome two
wears and half, has been extremely fortunate IN
painting the portraits Of distinguished men and women
We learn that he has recently completed por-
trait of Mr. Cobden and has received COM
mission to paint q portrait of the Princess Clo-
thilde Though Fagnani is Eeapolitan by birth and
was protee6 of the NespOItan Bourbons, he is q
nsturazed citizen of this country married an Amer
can lady, and calls himself an American.
Arrangements are in progress for the exhibition Of
pictures at the Studio Building in Tenth street, to
which the Prince Of Wales is to be invited. Though
the greater number of the artists Of the studios are still
absent they will probably return in season to take
part in the reception of II. X. ii.
Among the American artists now cougegated in
the French capital G. p Crar oh who has been to
Venioe), Colman (who has been in SPAIN, Boughton,
Thom Baker, Frank Rowland, Yewell, and Babcock.
George Ball has been in Paris but has laey loft for
Spsin where il bis intention TO remain considerable
time.
The Frening Post states that private letter
from Paris mentions that Edouard Frere, while stay
ing at Dieppe, the past Summer has painted large
picture containing twenty-five figures which IL an un-
usua number for him TO place upon one canvas-his
CONF oeitions rarely exceeding two figures, and the
greater number of bis pictures consisting of but one
Mr.. Page has at his studio in the Tenth-strest
Binding some admirable copies Of TITAN but be has
three or (, ur paintings Of biz own which much bet
ter entitled 10 attention than any copies of Tan could
be, however admi.a able they may be. Two of these
paintings are foll-lepglh portraits Of extraordinary
power and one of them is life sized composition,
wbch tue artist calls Dolce Jar niente 1t represents
a group on the campagns, consisting of shep-
herd, two women, young child, a dog,
ard two or three eheep. Those who
accustomed to the conventions shepherds Of the cam
psgna and to the manner in which similar subjects
have been treated by other artists, have no con-
ception Of the mastery skill displayed in this remark
able painting which has nothing in it to dszzle hs eye
or stir the passions OF the spectator but which never
theess fsscnates by it's marvellous reality for il does
not seem painting at all but group Of actual persons
and aninas standing in the broad Daylight on an open
field with stately hills in the distance aud the blue
Shy bending overhead. Ore of the women lies snor-
ing sound asleep on little hilock the shepherd stands
in stless Incidence quite Indifferent to the world
about him; younger woman, model OF phyaical
ccmeliness sits languidy the oil Roman pave nent
and little child lies at her feet in a sweet slumber
while the sheep grazing close by. The only wide
awake among them is the shepherds dog, which
Landsser might he proud to have panied.
Mr.. Hays is engaged on very spirited picture
the result of his recent trip to the Rocky Mountains
representing herd of bufaoes scampsnrg wildly
the prairies.
The death Of Rembrandt Peale in Phila ielphis on
Thursday as event of some interest to the world
Of art in this country. Mr.. Peae was n.ither great
artist nor the founder of school, but he the last
Of our painters whose rame is connected with our
Revolutionary perild He was born in Philsdslphia
in 1888, while bis fatLer was witt Washington at
Valley Forge and in his eeventeenth year, he painted
the well known portrait for which tee Father Of his
Country gave him three stiugs Of three hours each
1t something for the yonug generation of the pres
ent day TO have the artt whom Washington sat
for his portrait Except this portrait of Washington
the original painting of which is he propsrty of
the nation, having been purchased In 1882 and hung
10 the Senate Chamber OF the Capitol the only of
Mr.. Peales pictures that kas become famous is the
" Court OF Death" He had enjoyed vigorous health
nesriy up 10 tie day of 10 death, and had painted
psrtIai of Lis venerable conpno1 in art Sally during
TIE past year.
Miss Lan1or, the sculptor is now on a visit to
Salem, Der native town. bat expected in this city
before long.
-CardenRrsying ia Of the fins srts that flourish
vigorously il lis ball giving, party.gong community,
snd the splerdOr Of some OF the psseboard mssiges
which are the eide of the city on the
occasion Of an Oriental fstival som7times dazzling
to ey,s uns omed to srch gorgeousness Bat good
ate foIbido display of flourish gliding aud fancy let
rs the ds of the creme de Ia CREME The cards
Tor The grea ball TO the Prince of Wales are suppoedto
be de- rgeu in strict conformity with the pageboards
of Br.h royalty and nobility but whether de rigeur
orrot they ara vigorously free from anything like
nGmens or Hourishes. Mr.. Gimbrede the artist who
deseed them, under the direction of The Committee
Invitation has display ed severely chssts Judgment
in tie lettering and wording of these precious missves
To each eron there four cards two of them are
really formidable in size being Fix iocbes by four the
two smaller tickets four and half inches by two
AID ss there are three thousand sets, they will frm,
With the envelopes very large amount of stationery