The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-28
FINE ART GOSSIP.

our architects. 1t would seem, have not won W.
confidence OF all the religious societies In New YORK.
else why should the Rev. DIR. Cheever have had 10
original design Of the Church OF the Puritans, IN
Union square, copied from an unfinished church In
Europef And, now that the Church of the Puritans
Is TO be demolished, why should Baptist society.
having purchased the material or its front ana
towers, decide TO reproduce the design exactly In
new house OF Worship Can It be that no New YORK
architect is accounted capable OF furnishing an alto
gether original design for . churchs
Launt Thompson, the sculptor, gave deohtful
farewell dinner the other evening to McEntee and
Ginerd, the deservedly distinguished landsoapissa.
who sailed yesterday for an extensive and prolonged
European tour genial poem by Stoddard was
read on the occasion.
Kuntze's popular statuettes Of Schiller, Goethe
Shakespeare, Longfellow, Bryant, Washington Irving
Tennyson and Abraham Lincoln may be seen at Put
MANS.
Rogers has added sThe Council OF Wal, nrepresent.
ing consultation between President Lincoln, Gene
raj Grant and Mr. Stanton to his admirable series Of
statuette groups illustrative Of the late war.
Mcdonald, whose statue "Somnambula" we 70
Gently noticed, has removed to the studio which
Inness, the landscapst formerly occupied In Waver
ley Building.
Leutze viii soon sail for Europe. He contemplates
long sojoVrn abroad.
Cropsey ia at work on three new pictures, "KenA-
worth Castle,n ION the Hudson" and "Wayard
Hills" He will spend the summer at his pleasant
rural retreat at Warwick, In this State. tt9s
Shattuck has lately painted, for Philadelphan, Q
charming picture entitled "a waterfall In tho
Woodsn sa.1.H sar'a
Gignoux is busy upon an Afternoon Scene a
Lake George" having completed his forcible work,
"Under the Table Rock" which we noticed last Sum
day. a-tH
Constant Mayer is painting IA Newsboy," the.
characteristic type Of young New York. '.4
Rondell is taking time by the forelock and paint.
ing "A Harvest Scene" ~
Heade on the contrary, almost desparing Of ever
again witnessing real spring. has nevertheless
drawn on his memory and imagination for picture
representing "Spring"
Carleton the publisher having returned from his
recent visit to the Barbary States with aful port.
folio Of sketches has set his engravers at work on
new series Of comic pictures. entitled "Our Artist
In Alg1ers.n t-.s'
Whittredge is converting into pictures several Of
the numerous sketches Of scenery in the Rocky
Mountains and on the Plains made by him during hid
western trips.
Forbes has gone to Cincinnati to paint some
blooded stock 3 "f' !,
Buchser and MERCER also are similarly employed,
we understand, awaiting themselves Of the opportu-
mites afforded by the great equine congress about
to be held at Jerome Park '''i-N - 4
Lazarus is to paint from photograph portrait
OF the late Pierce Butler the husband OF Mrs. Fanny
Kemble Butler. ~ @ !
William Hart has nearly finished two pictures u
marine scenery, view on Lake Memphramagog and
another on the Androscoggin. r.
Hays has in his studio besides his pictures Of elk
and deer, the manuscript of work by D. J. Hiliot
shortly to be published entitled, 1.-THE Birds Of North
American a.t 90 ~ iF 81 =
Marshall is not only busy with portraits but aiss
with superb picture, suggested by an uBnnishea
picture Of Leonardo da Vinci 1.-THE Saviour ct the
Last Supper.n -| y i' hi'4iAt' :.
Church has Joined the great French painter
Gerome in Jerusalem, with whom he lie to make
an Eastern tour, and has almost finished q new
painting 9 ~ 81 f'lI SsI on ao aaif