, 1876-12-31
BRUSH AND EASEL.

BRUSH AND EASEL.
LOCAL ART NOTES.
The recent unsatisfactory sales at HighHoods
and the Associated Artists gallery seem to have
very thoroughly exhausted the local interest in
art. 4 survey Of the galleries and glimpse at
the studios yesterday were not rewarded In any
way proportionatc to the time expended
Highwood will shortly close his gallery. Next
week be goes to New York to examine the stu
alton in that city. He has not Jet determined
what he will do in the future,
The so-called Correggio, now On exhibition at
O'Brien's, goes to New York next weok.'
At the Associated Artists Gallery there is
nothing new worthy of mention. a few little
landscapes have been received, but they are OF
the very commonplace order.
Half . dozen pictures from New York studios
have found space on the walls Of O'Brien's. A
little cabinet landscape with cattle, entitled
nicely finished manner. A fruitrpiece by Mon
roc exnibits quite naturally the texture OF the
q small marine BY n. F. H. DrHaas. is in
that artists usual style. 'An italian
monlous, though thin in color, and altogether
too cool fora Mediterranean latitude. j. G.
Brown is represented by little genre "Dul
Timcs,''a lonely, disgustcd bootblack mourn
ing over the financial stringency. It is not equal
Innes is represented BY two landscapes, in which
his penchant for heavy massing of colors has
o'erleapcd itself. The fairgrounds are warm
and truthful, but the skies are muddy and
wanting in atmospheric effect. "A Coast
Scene" by Britchcr shows careful handling in
hazy atmosphere.
The lady artists have organized a club for
making iltc studies. They have engaged i
model, and once q week will meet for study, at
each othcr's studios in rotation.
The Executive Committee Of the Academy
are still engaged in making preparations for
their reception, which will come of about tt~
middle Of January. 49,.
vo1k is engaged IN modelling ports26gst es s@a
Of Judge Wallace.
TIE TAYLoR-1oHNsoN sALE.
The recent sale Of the Taylo7Johnson couec-
tion was one Of tho notable aft-eVents OF the
year: oyer 300 works ycre sold, reallzl1g :! up
ney M Corner = brought $1,000 Gerome's "Bashi-
Dazouk" sold fcf s1,200. A landscape with
cattle, by Van Narckc, realized $3.50. 4 fe-
male head by Couture was bid off at $1,000. a
study Of the. Ascension by Benjamin West,
1tATrout- Brook" in the .Adirondacks, .oy
bFoas3 Ma 95 s5 S9s Gous Gf to aS tss Ss>f spsng
by Richards, was sold for SITS. 1.-THE Forest
Of Fontainebleap By Daz De u a e.e pana, a was
degrees, when It was knocked down. "Chas-
W Win t IL choosa choss viii BE- ' rem'embesed as ha7-
ing been Ut the Exposition Of year aeo, was
fe1a 9n1St fGf ns supssn Pfta1 e
by Leutze, realized S525. De1acroi1's .Virgil
aud Dante" found purchaser at $3.50. Ma.
draza's ''Intcrior OF Santa Maria, at Rome.
sold at $4,000. Turner's ':slaveS Ship,". !.
t. ss this grsessss esasrv work 5oue It % tsa5 nsfssf s
picture, realized s11,5o0. schreyer's "Walla-
ehia1 Peasants y Tas purchased at s27;@n s;n
a,zad a se aeS 81 Esae
cail Of the list Victims, sold for $500 s.Nymph
at the Fountaiu,''' by. Paul Delaroehe,
realized s1,o5o A miniature Of as Mashing-
tSa toa5p paintsa "ss ku6sEea 5S@ doxn 5s IT IT So
New Sister, by Meyer Won Bremen brought
s., ZOO, and the 'fwo Confessors,', BY Zama~
cais, after start at $4,000, Tas bid off at $780,
Dccamp's Turkish Patrol, ~ scene At Smyrna,
started ut $1,000, and on bids Of $1,000 advance
reached 80, 600, after which, by steps OF $5D at
time, it reached $13, 500, at which it was sold
to the Corroran Art Gallery in Washington @
It Marshal SAKE" realized $500.
stThe Death Of Cesar by Jean Leon Gerome
sold for S, 600. Vcla's Last Days Of Napoleon'
was taken for the Corcor,n Gallery at =; LOO.
An Autumn Morning." landscape and cattle BY
Trozon, one Of the best works OF that great
artist ii this country, was started at $1,000, and
sold for So 5oo Among the purchasers 1t were |
John ". Garrett, OF Baltimore; John Jacob
Astor, H. R. Bishop, G. N. George, F. H. Barring,
s. r. Avery, James Gordon Bennett, J. ".
g: ". Rigs, Treasurer of the aor Cor
lee, C. S. Smith, F. H. Smith, and A. Wolf, Jr.
Artists and dealers in New York are generally
Of the opinion that the collection realized more
Hans Makart's picture, '' ''Caterina CoInaro'
q Cyprus Receiving The A0magf ma ct vs1
phia Exhibition will remember as the - gem
Of the Austrian Fine-Art Department, 4 not the |
best picture in the entire Art Gallery, has 9een
purchased by the Philadelphia Academy Of Fme
Arts for SIS, 5,0O,-the largest sum ever PAID 10 !
this country, we believe, for any painting except
the $50, 900 which the late Nr. Stewart gave 1or
Is 1877 ~