The Morning herald., 1875-11-10
FINE ARTS.

- FINE Arts.
II Miss Thompson, painter Of the new
NOUS picture "The Roll CALL" owned
Queen Victoria, is engaged upon lar
, work representing the cavalry charge
. Balaklavs. The picture is entitled IT
;, Valley of Death" a.' ..~"
D. hac1ver, M. p, distributed the priz
to the successful students in the Birke
= head (Ensland) School Of Art in Octobe
and in the course Of his address offered
contribute $4,000 toward the erection of
lecture hall in connection with the instit,
, tion.
Mr., Millais, the celebrated English q
tist, passed the summer in Wales and
the old Birnam district in Scotland, an
he was - impressed with the scener
which came under his observation that h
is painting landscapes for the comm
Royal Academy exhibition.
One Of the first daguerreotypes taken b,
the inventor himself on the I'd of October
1888, and representing a view of the Pa
villon de Flore at the Tuileries, and par
of the gallery facing the river from tn.
Quai Voltaire, has just been presented t,
the Conservatoire des Arts ct Meters.
The painting Of Julian tho Apostate
Presiding at Conference Of Sectarians, !"
by E. Armitage, r. A., which whas in the
late Exhibition Of the Royal Academy,
has been purchased by William Bennett,
Of Liverpool, and presented to the eorpor-
alton Of that city for its permanent art gal
lery, which is now forming.
Tho trustee, Of the public library, ma-
seums, and national gallery of Victoria,
have published an interesting report for
the year 1S74-75. The number of visitors
to the Melbourne Gallery in 1874 was
39l ,705, being an increase of 2s,S69 on
the number returned for the preceding
year. For the Melbourne Gallery pur-
,hases were made, in 1874, of Mr.. Frost's
Samson slayin: Philistine, and paint.
ing attributed to Cornelius Bega. A wa.
er-cslor drawing, "The death of Jean
5oujen," by E. H. Wehnert, has also been
'dded. Tie committee hoped to receive
hortly, after the opening of the new gal
cry, a reflica-tbe same size az the oripi.
al-of Mr.. Herberts wall painting in the
'eerp rsbing-reom of the Westminster
Palace, which was commissioned in 1870
the price of $500. Nearly double that
rice is said to have been paid for another
rplica in oil, one-qua rter tile size of the
riginal, for Berlin.
The "lllu'trated London Newso saws
The picture in the present trienni.l exbi.
ition Of fine arts at Brussels which has
xcited most attention on account of its
reat artistic merit, and provoked most
lscussion in regard to it's subject, is "A
Aube,' by M. Hermans, young Belgian
'tist previously but little known. The
bject is one that the taste of the English i
lblic would probably consider should not
I'VE been represented, whatever the obvi-
IS or latent moral. But it is impossible
ignore the mastery breadth and vigor of II
execution, or the beautiful harmony of u
e grays which pervade the picture i. ac. u
rdance with the effect intended-namely, r.
at Of daybreak, as indicated by the title. g
'e scene depicted is at the entrance Of a Il
'taurant. A libertine in evening dress
nds at the threshold in tipsy fatuity, u
til two gaily-dressed women of the dem;- III
nde on his arms, one at least of whom is al
inebriate as himself. Other night rev. III
ers descend the staircase of the place. ca
contrast with this debauched and vicious tu
up is another group of working people IN
ng to their days toll. Foremost of the III
er are father and daughter, and from 10
panied expression of the one, a.. ca
ned aside, he fixes his eyes Oh the IN
und, and in the look of reproach Of the III
err it is to be inferred that they recog- i
lost daughter and sister in one Of the
'oluts women" tn
The President has threatened the peace It
Europe BY his thanksgiving proclama- tu
!. All Turkeydom is in hutter. bi,
lrs. Livernore says that marriage and set
sme Me not all that q woman wants. or
. just right. They'd want = new is
net. da