The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-09
Foreign Art Notes.

Foreign Art Notes.
The exhibition Of pictures at the New British In.
sttution, No. 80 Old Bond street. London, Is mix.
ture Of foreign ana English paintings, generally
small in size. The number. exhibited Is 25s, and
among the contributors are w. Cave Thomas, Fl.
Selous, Baron Gudln, B. w. Leader, q. 4. Lidder.
dale, De Haas DE Breanski, II. Schlesinger, f.
Goodal, r. A.; J. Peel A. Corbould, J. II. Walker.
Marshal Claxton. G. NJ. webb, w. Gale, j. II. L. De
Haas, T. Earl, R. Ansdell r. A.; c. Marshall and F.
Lamornere. The water-col0r drawings number
sixty.six.
In o lecture delivered December 8, by Mr.. G.
Meymott Tidy, at the London Hospital the lecturer
said :-"Supposing Turner had been astigmatic, It
was a matter OF NO Importance. Turner drew and
painted as he saw Let me put Q most extreme
case. Surprising he was painting man, and,
owing to some peculiartv Of his eye, he saw him
upside down. or course, when he painted him, he
would pant him IN the position In which he saw
him. But, nasmuch as to my eye the subject
would be in the right position, as matter Of ne
cesslty the picture that Turner drew would be in
the right position to my eye, though not to his.
tortsd, no more would the object that he had
painted on his canvas be distorted. In the same
way, II he saw o tree that looked to him askew,
and painted 1t askew, look at the tree, see it IS
not askew any more than his drawing. 1t seems
to me that Mr.. Liebreich has fogotten that
DO DO not tits see v VIII rn Turner'S eyes and
eye with which Turner painted. And think pre-
cisely the same thing may be said respecting Mr..
accounting for the peculiar cOlorng by the change
OF color that the lens undergoes in some cases with
age In Mu ae saw h sunset as deep 6l9s ne ne
my eye the sunset Is not deep blue, but q deep
red as matter of necessity the color which Null
| The simple fact is that Mulready saw and Null
ready painted with the same eye He saw, per-
WI m
depend upon 1t the color will ne the same to me. l
do not think, therefore, for one moment that Mr..
Lebreich has thrown any light whatever on the
pecuiaritles OF style OF these two great English
painters"
The painters Laneveu, Cabal and Meissonier are
named as candidates for the dictatorship OF the
French Academy in Rome.
Since the Ecole des Beaux Arts was first thrown
open in January, 1854, 1t has been frequented by
2S 900 visitors. The librarian M vnet has recently
brought to light 1870 valuable mastery sketches.
During the past year Messrs Bonnat, Collin and
GlaZe were despatched from Paris to the Hague
and Amsterdam TO make copies from some OF the
works OF the great masters
1t Is said that Mr.. story sold two OF his statues
OF Semiramis for S., 900 In gold apiece.
| Miss Hosmer has produced statue OF the ex-
Queen OF Naples who is represented like Wilkes
Maid OF SaraSossa," about 70 apply q match to q
cannon.
The winter exhibition OF the London Society Of
tanar ~ aver Is 20 pc
studies in the London Institute of Painters In
Water Coors Is likewise represented as excelng
Deficiency in ambition is mentioned as the pecu.
liar falling Of the Exhibition OF the London Photo.
graphic Society, Conduit street.
The Liverpool Art Club gave Its first exhibition
on the 18th OF last December. 1t was founded on
the 9th of the preceding November.
by the recent death OF Miss Isabella Mather, OF
Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, In her eightieth year,
an interesting collection OF miniatures viii be
added to the Town Museum. About twenty five
years ago. when Louis Napoleon was in pecuniary
difficulties, Mr.. John Mather purchased from him a
number Of miniatures Of the different members Of
his family, including the parents OF Napoleon /.
and portraits OF his most celebrated marshals.
After Napoleon ILL., was declared Emperor he at.
tempted to buy back the miniatures; but Mr.
Mather declined to part with them, and by his
will bequeathed them to the town on his SISTERS
demise.