The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-11
ART NOTES.
GOSSIP AMONG TEE STUDIOS.

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The meeting OF the Council Of the Academy OF
Design, announced for last Monday evening did not
take place there being two or three members in the
CITY, MI Whittredge the President being still in Geneva
A. K, and Z D. T. Greene Newport Mr. Thomas
hicks returned from Europe The question Of ap
pointing professor for the Academy schools cannot be
decided until they meet the Council of last year not
wishing 10 place tho responsibility of maintaining the
schools upon their old footing the shoulders OF thein
coming committee The fund devoted 10 the schools would
scarcely pay the interest the debt which has been
incurred by the Academy for the purpose OF giving
greater advantages TO students during the past
three or four years, and the question whether the
Academy schools shall be supported by private contrt-
buttons from artists las they will have to be If our
wealthy citizens have not enough public spirit sup
ply for their support fall below the level OF
public school drawing classes, is left for the
members to decide If the same good feeling and
esprit du corps which anmates the members OF the Art
list Fund Society shown among the academicians
and associates of the National Academy Of Design they
might agree upon some plan which would place the
financial affairs OF the National Academy Of Design
upon hourishing basis II is to be hoped the pro
posai for every member OF the Academy contribute
picture 10 be sold for the purpose of paying oil its
debts will be successful.
Constant Mayer, Studio Building, of Broad
the "song of the Shirt" to the press Monday.
T. A. Richards Corresponding Secretary of the
National Academy of Design, spends time at his
writing desk than his easel but has this summer been
painting out of the sketches made when he was
abroad few years since Among them is Of those
pretty rustic bridges in England and old mill in
Ireland He Is now at work in the Adiron-
dacks
George A Baker has Just returned from Darien,
Conn, and is busy with family portraits One nearly
finished, of Senator Allison OF Iowa. Is now on his
easel.
e, White is home again from seven years exlo dur
ing which he made sketches in Egypt Germany and
Italy He has not lost interest in home scenes, how.
over, for no is hard work a picture OF 'sold
Cidcr MIL for which he made sketches this summer
in the vicinity OF Springfield, Mass.
H w. Robbins has a studio with Walter Sateree.
They have just sent eight ten pictures tho Yves.
tern exhibitions, and have consequently but few in
their studio at present Mr.. Robbins has sketches
from the Adirondacks and Connecticut, whore he has
passed tho summer; view in the Island of Jamaica,
West Indcs and another from the vicinity of Geneva
Switzerland, which he is celebrating.
Mr. Satterlee is still painting those pretty Greek
girls who generally have mischievous cupid for an
attendant His thoughts to be drifting out Of
their old channel for noticed group of five small
canvasses illustrating one OF Longfellow's poems
Wordsworth Thompson passed the summer Europe,
and is attempting historical painting small scale.
His subject is 'Muster Of Cavalry in Annapolis during
the Revolution He has been fortunate in selecting a
city where the march of progress has ordered the
destruction OF those old houses for they stand to-day
exactly they stood hundred years ago One of his
foreign sketches which he is working out is 'Corsican
Diligence" with its curious arrangement Of horses
three being placed abreast in single shafts next the
vehicle, and two others abreast before them. His pic
tdre called Desolation representing the palace Of St
Cloud after the war, is also in his studio