The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-11
Foreign Art Items.

sixth exhibition of the Berlin Royal Academy,
now open. He is claimed there as a German
artist, and his works are spoken OF as being
.''exquisite" and grand"
--Canzio, a famous Italian sculptor, died
lately in his native city, Genoa at the age of
eighty-one. His most renowned work is the
monument.of Christopher Columbus, Gin the
Place de PAcquverdi, in that city.
"A collection of pictures by the late L. II.
Wehnert will soon be placed on exhibition in
London. Mr.. Wehnert an Engishman, of
German parentage, was distinguished mem
ber of the London Institute of Painters in
Water Coors.
"A statue of James Watt, whose name is
so renowned in connection with the develop
ment of steam as q motive power, has been
erected in Birmingham. This statue, which
is eight feet three inches in height is the
work of Alexander Munro, of London, aud is
executed in Sicilan marble.
There are now in Paris fifty evening
schools of art for the working classes, in
which upwards OF 1000 pupils are taught.
Tue models used in these schools are selected
by commission. Prizes for proficiency are
given by the municipal authorities and,
where the proficiency is very remarkable, re-
wards are bestowed by the Emperor.
-Rchald Rothwell, portrait-painter, who
made his mark many years ago in Dablin,
died lately at Rome. He was pupil of Law
renee, and his portraits were marked by great
richness of color and breadth Of treatment.
Latterly, Rothwell had resided altogether in
Paris, where he adopted the manner of work
common to the French school, of which his
later works may be considered as examples.
But few Americans who travel in England
ever think of visiting the Dulwich Gallery,
which contains by-the-by, one of the finest
collections of pictures by the old Flemish and
Dutch painters in England, if not in the
world. This gallery, which is attached to
Dulwich College, was founded in 1911 By Sir
Francis Bourgeois, r. A., an English artist of
French descent, and many OF the works in it
were purchased from French noblemen who,
after the Revolution, turned sll their valua-
bles into money. Cuyp, Dow, Rembrandt,
Rubens, Hobbema, Bershem, and many other
masters of like renown are fully represented
in the Dulwich Gallery.
Photography by'mOOnlight is the latest
novelty in that branch of art. A photographer
of Glasgow, Breese by name, has succeeded in
producing several landscapes and marine views
under the effect OF moonlight, and these, when
seen in the stereoscope, are said to be wonder
fully faithful reproductions Of the scenery re-
presented Describing these, an English writer
says:-"ln one of the slides, a very marvel of
delicacy, an effect of broad noonlght-a light
wholly different from that OF day-ls shown on
breaking wave; in another, the moon is seen
shining family through the riffs of a cloudy
sky; third shows calm lake in deep sha-
dow; and fourth, a beach from which the
tide has nearly ebbed with the moonlight
cleaning on the wet sand. But perhaps the
most perfect work in the collection is the pho
tograph of a marble statue, also taken by the
aid OF the moonbeams."
One of the pictures by Mr.. Ward in the
Commons, Corridor, at the Parliament Hou SO.
Westminster, has been protected by glass.
Another work of the Series is to receive like
projections this is william aud Mary" Mr..
Cope's pictures in the Lords Corridor of the
same building have been treated with the
new parafiine solution, to which we referred
some time since, with, we believe, view of
staying deterioration which may be caused by
bad air, damp, fumes Of gas, or what else,
which has done so much mischief at the
Houses. Mr.. Herbert's picture of "Moses
presenting the Tables of the Law" is said to
show signs of deterioration; that artist, more
fortunate than his fellows-who were COM
PEELED to execute their pictures in Situ--is be-
painting for the Peers Robing Room. The
labors of Mr.. Maclise in the Royal Gallery
are in allegiance, if not ended.
Among the new pictures intended for
public exhibition at the National Gallery when
the departure of the Royal Academy from
Trafalgar Square leaves room for them, is a
large altar-piece by Carlo Crivelli, represent
ing the Virgin and Child in the centre of the
lowest of successive tiers OF panels, which are
inclosed in one of the characteristic architec-
tural frames of the period in which the painter
lived. The designing of the pair is very sweet
and beautiful, and beyond the common for
tune of Crivell. The subordinate figures on
this immense altar piece are those of saints,
etc. In the manner which was proper, if not
peculiar, to the painters OF the Marca in Carlo 5
day, some of the decorations of the dresses
worn by the figures are moulded upon the
panels in relief and gilt; the morse of ST.
Peter who appears in the left of the centre, is
thus distinguished. The painting was pur-
chased from the Demidoff Collection, in the
Villa San Donate, Florence. The buying o
this large work renders the National Gallery
richer than any other collection in pictures by
this very interesting painter.
The National Gallery has received the
large family picture by Gainsborough which
was bequeathed by the late Alexander Bsillie
Esq., and which, according TO the testator's
intention, remained in the hands of the lat'
M. j. Higgins, Esq., until his death. Thi
retention OF the picture by the latter person
occurred under decision by the authoritie
of the Treasury, 18th of January, 1858, upoI
the terms of the bequest which were legal,
informal. The painting was exhibited at tn
British Institution a few years sirce, and com
prises the whole length portraits of the Bailli
family, father, mother, and children. Tn
second is seated little to the right OF tn
centre of the composition; the first leans hi
elbow upon the back of her chair; the childre
stand in front OF the lady. There is much Q
Gainsborough's richness and freedom in tn
treatment of this picture, indeed, it may b
classed among his finer works; it has ais
some of his characteristic defects, G. g., tn
disproportiOnate drawing OF the gentleman