The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-21
ART NOTES.

his years c&utDltlOH VI Iuc WoIhS VI llNlug
French painters is. on the whole, very poor one.
There is hardly any work to call for public atten
Decentralization being entirely out OF the question.
The great medal has been this year given TO M.
Ger6me but this has created good deal OF Oppo-
sition against the jury, and subscription Is now
ON foot among the painters to offer medal to
Corot, the great landscape painter. who certainly
deserved the otfcial medal tar more than Gerome.
But political dlssensions rage even among
painters.
NJ Hamon one Of tie best French painters has
Just died In Italy, where he lived for the last ten
years. He was very well known and admired in
artistic circles, though he had not, perhaps, an
equal reputation among the public. His death is
much to be lamented.
rhe copyrign5 in Miss Thompson's picture OF
'sTne Roll Cail' has been purchased by Messrs.
Dickinson Co., Of London, and Mr.. Stacpole has
accepted commission to engraye 1t. The picture
Itself has become the property OF Queen Victoria.
The painting on which MISS Thompson is at
present engaged has for its subject scene from
Waterloo, and represents one OF the desperate
charges OF party OF French cavalry against an
English infantry regiment formed in hollow square.
c raH IAN, = and viii luliy test the artist's power
J. e. Plat, Of Brooklyn, has Just painted half
length lie size Ideal portrait Jesus Christ Inc
Fathers house are many mansions; II 1t were not
So / would have told you. go to prepare place
Tor you. That where am there We may be ALSO"
the French Minister OF Fine Arts, in his report
suggests that In order TO encourage the cult1va-
the d,strbntion OF the medals given or proficiency
In this branch of art shall be empowered to select
each year one artist who VIII De sent 10 Rome a.
the expense OF the State, and VINO will be ex-
pected to send to the Director OF the Fine Arts at
least one work for every year that ne remains
there. =. ..
the services OF the late Lord BIZ ugham has been
for some time under the consideration OF the Com
mittee OF the London Social Science Association
ana the Law Amendment Society. At meeting,
over which the Lord Chief Baron Kelly presided, IT
was agreed TO adopt, as the most hitting memorial
the proposition TO erect statue in Westminster
Abbey or some other suitable place, and SUBJ
committee was appointed to make the necessary
Tue Athene,sm speaking OF Mr.. B. Riviere, who
Is regarded as Landseer's successor, says'-,.Mr.
paints animals with higher artistic aim and
stricter ddenty to purely animal nature than
Landseer ever did. o. course he does not human
lie his brutes so clcverly, nor is there 80 much
pathOs sentiment or sentmentailty in his crca-
lost. His picture OF Apollo is a case in point.
TIE god REGIMES ut the foot Of q tree and sings
and plays ms re Meons n ne sgers
lynx goats, sheep, deer, rabbits, some soothed
and some wondering Notice tue masculine yet
smooth and highly studied painting oil the dappied
hides OF the deer, the gloss Of the black .streaked
and tawny skins Of the tigers, the asny brown row,
| OF the cruellooklng lynx; observe the thick
| fur Of the dun rabbits The fierce beasts form q
dense mass of recumbent figures about inc ees o
| the musician. Notice how fine and characteristlc
/ are their faces ana actions, all similarly occupied
and enchanted by the same spell, YET al dnsIeme
| IN look, attitude and air. outside these tne paciu
| and wondering deer have come from the depths OF
the forest to form larger circle OF listeners. ne
| tween these main groups the idle aud apathetic
goats are gathered to ruminate en- nlHs% near
them much astoushed, much enrapsurcd rapotb
sits on his tall erects his length Of ears ana stcns
even with his gltttering eyes, Apollo Is graceful,
but rather STACEY. lhe strong points OF the pic
ture are its abundance OF character and the leci-
t0us painting of the skins. Genius L0ci' to2O, q
single lion lying at the entrance Of some runs Il
| which obtains with MIR Riviere causes this capita
| piece to look less solid than 1t really 49,
| How much more influence the stage exercises II
France than In England Is shown by the number o
| designs on dramatic subjects contributed TO thu
salon OF the present year. Nearly dozen pictures
deal with subjects drawn from plays. There are