The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-18
FOREIGN ARr NOTES.

The directors Of the Academic des Benur Arts
have resolved to Introduce some innovations this
year. Owing to the embarrassed financial cOndi-
ton 1t has been decided that certain charge for
admission will be made except on two days In the
week, when the salon will he free, as formerly. A
mater Of still more importance from an art poin,
Of view is the announced intention Of
rejecung such works as DO not give
evidence OF considerable merit. This Is
certainly step In the right direction and that
might De Initiated In our own Academy exhibitions
with great advantage TO that Institution as well as
to the public. The directors OF the Beaur Arts
have decided also on the formation OF museum,
to be made up oil copies OF celebrated pictures. We
cannot say that we ike the idea mucn copies Of
great paintings are seldom successful, and can be
well executed only by men who could
employ their time much better In
giving form and expression to original
works, into which they might infuse something Of
the living spir. WITHIN them instead OF trying to
galvanize the souls Of other men into new lie.
II we may Judge from the evidence furnished at
the late art sales in Paris the heavy misfortunes
that have fallen upon her have not much diminished
her love for what Is beautiful, nor her ability to
mark that love o. generous recognition A fine work
Dy Try0n, 'yOws Drinking at o Pond,n brought the
large sum Of ~, 040 In gold; "Tne Death OF Hassan"
by pelacrolx, si,0Oo and landscape by yuus Dupre
the imperlailst party that the Vendome column
will be shortly restored, but there Is strolg
TO regard It simply as camard intended 70 ieel the
popular mind. 1t Is SAID that wnen the restoration
CROWDED the column will be replaced by
r THE LITTLE CORPORAL,
in his well known gray coat, as appealing more
directly 10 the popular sentiment IL Will take all
the glory or the earlier trlumphs OF the Corslcan
tyrant 10 blot out the memory OF the reign OF Napo
leon the Little, and we are rather inclined 10 think
lua execution or mOuCnaruS OF DIaCe
and exSenaiOrs without incomes there are really
very few men al France who want the Bonapartes
back again.
The line art exhibition at Client mas been remark
ably successful purchases TO something like iorty-
usual occurrence ut provincial exhibition. In
Paris subscription has been opened ut the Ecoie
des Beau1 Arts TO deray the expense Of monu-
THE GALLANT YOUNG PAINTER,
Henri Regnault whose paintings " An Execution
in Moorish Paiacen anu an equestrian portrait or
General Prlm, attracted such general nOrcc IN the
London International Exniblti0n last year. When
the Prussians Desieged Paris this gifted artist ald
down his brush and backled on a sword. He tell
fighting gallantly In the action at Buzenval.
Ihe M0ntte,r Beige claims That the Belgian artists
disposed OF paintings the amount VI SAL, 900 At
the London International Exhibition.
The Emperor OF Austria mas generously con-
trbued 1UO O00i for the restoration Of the Museum
OF Nancy.
me interesting controversy as the correct pose
of he Milo Venus, which was caused by M. Felix
Ravassons statement that a grievous fault had
been committed In the restoration or the Grecan
masterpiece seems likely 10 Oe SET unay at rest ny
the exhibition OF three casts OF tine ngure In two OF
which the errors the restoration which M. Kavais
discovered had been corrected The result OF the
correction Is generally admitted to give an obvious
accession OF grandeur and elevation to the figure
1t Is not yet determined whether the proposed
alteration can effected without danger OF injury
to the marble statue, and unless This question can be
satisfactorily settled no rectlncation viii be at
tempted.
1t Is reported that picture by Titan, styled ia
Vierge an VOiie." has been discovered IN an old
house at Turin, where IL Is said TO have been re.
moved soon alter the taking OF Rome by the Con-
stable de Bourbon, since which event 1t has been
lost sight Of
other year In Madrld according to the established
rules was opened the 18TH Of October, after four
years had passed without one. The three branches
OF art-painting, sculpture and architecture-are
supposed to be represented; but the paintings are
alone worthy OF notice, and are far the most nume-
rOus, tut their numbers are greater than their
tistlc merit
M Beule has resumed his lectures on PompeiI
which were interrupted by the Franco-Prussian
war.
In his lecture at the Royal Institution Friday,
"On Certain conditions OF Vision as Affecting the
Works OF Painters" DIR. Ltebreich, occuiist to St.
Thomas Hospital, Will try to show that Turner and
Muready labored under disease OF the eyes during
the latter part OF their ves and that this disease
gave their pictures many oil their most characters.
tic peculiarltles.