The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-13
FINE ARTS.
PICTURES FOR CHICAGO.

National Academy Of Design and indeed during the
exhibition, Miss Roso Duree has been busily engaged
in collecting pictures from artists TO send to tho
Chicago Exposition This Exposition OF Fine Arts ID
in connection with the regular Chicago Industrial Ex-
position, but it is proposed to make It permanent IN
sttution in connection with Academy Of Fine Arts
of that city. Miss Durfee has had little trouble In
making the necessary arrangements and getting the
pictures the artists; but last her trouble haa
been rewarded, and the pictures. OF which there
several hundred, shipped. The Exposition will be
opened tho 9th of this month aud continue until
the 18th OF October Tho most of our best known
painters have contributed, of them sending tho
pictures they exhibited at the Academy during the
spring, others their Centennial pictures and others
again new that have been exhibited all
Among tho most important pictures Pages
portrait Of Shakespeare, which, It Is claimed,
has been seen 70 advantage in Now
York, having been hung too high when exhibited
here. Mr. Page regards this picture as his master.
piece and such II certainly deserves attention His
bust of Shakespeare, made from the death mask will
also be exhibited. whttredge sends his finest land
scape from the MISUNDERSTANDING in the Woods"
JARVIS Mclntee sends several beautiful auumnal SUBJ
jects. shrlaws "Shecp Shearing in the Bavaran
Highlauds,"a picture which made of the excite.
monts Of the late exhibition; Edgar NJ. Wards "Wool
Cardersn and 'sBrittany washerwomen," two Of the
most remarkable pictures in the Academy, have been
sent Eastman Johnson sends three small pictures,
of them his clever "Prisoner oil State" Mr. sarony
contributes fifteen pictures from his private gallery
one OF them vainis episode OF the French War;"
number Of NJ Inness beautiful landscapes have been
sent from Boston. George II. Boughton contributes
picture England; James Hart sends his ''rhrcat-
enng Weather." and William Hart sends one OF hh
small pieces Thomas Moran sends ono OF his brilliant
Western pictures, and 4. +. Church is represented.
"a - ulc pupn anoU
james II. Beard also sends picture Berstadt
sends two one OF them large Bellows sends
water colors and oil J. G. Brown sends two figure
pictures which he had to send to San Francisco for.
Miss Bridges sends OF her popular water coors3
Casiloar sends his Academy piece Champney Is repre-
scented by oil and color pictures, Samuel Cole
man by his Centennial piece, Cornea Conant by seye.
raj pretty coors De Forest by studies from the
scenes OF his Eastern travels De Haas by marine
views, Ed. Moran by his "Sunrse in New YORK Aar>
bor," De Luce by water color, Du Bols by his
Academy picture; Swain Clifford and s. r. Clifford ara
both represented colors and OIL the latter by
his "Comng Storm" and 'Lake George" formerly
owned by Edwin Booth. Mrs. Greatorex and her
daughter are we'll represented. Miss Hardy sends
flower pieces. Julian Wer sends his "Brittany WASH
erwoman" and 'Study Of q Peasant Woman" both
Of which greatly admired at the Academy exni.
bition David johnson sends two pictures; Bolton
James sends his Academy picture; Julius also SENDS
his Academy picture. Z. c. Leavitt sends fruit
piece, and SO do Marslon, Ream and Brown. Lambdn
is represented by flowers; Marcy, OF Munich, sends
several pictures McCord sends his large picurea
"sunnyside" and "sleopy Hollow" Charles H. Mil
cr is well represented and Muvany sends his "Lyucn
Law" which was exhibited at the Academy. MISS NJ.
r Oakey sends her .'Hcad of Roman Boy,'' strong
bit of color and Miss Odenheimer her "Brunhildc,"
both pictures from the Academy. W. T. Richards sendn
his best Academy picture ''Gull Rock ut Newport;'
William Sartain and Miss Emily Sartain send their
Academy pictures. Mrs. S. NJ Tolos is represented
by Still Litc.n Satterlee sends new picture "Chrso
and the Two Marys." Shurtfe sends his Grace Tor
Le," from the Academy. Smillie sends enough
Sports on the Yosemite" and others Wordsworth
Thompson sends two important canvases. L. Z. TIL
fanny sends hrs two Academy pieces. Van Elton sends
his best Academy picture, and others. A. X. Wyant
sends dainty landscape. Witt scnds his portrait o.
President Hayes just finished from life. Granville
Perkins sends some his glowing water colors Miss
Durfec has been in securing valuable contr>
buttons from private galleries, also from the puDliS
galleries OF Knoeder, sclaus, Lanthier, Sarony and
Others that the Fine Art Department Of the Chicago
Exposition promises to be as good as anything New
York could do in the way Of native talent
ART NOTES.
was exhibited at a late London auction, where the
smallest vignettes his pencil brought f4O0 each,
and landscape drawing. entitled 'Voventry," brought
81 OsL
The rank of sculptors has met with great loss 10
the death OF Odoardo Fantacchott. He worked foi
arr, and not for money fame. though no gained
both.
Gibson's "Wounded Amazonn was recently sold IN
London Tor 800 guineas.
IL is complained that the English National Gallery
is singularly wanting in representative French work.
Only French artists represented It's walls
The number OF visitors TO the London National Por
trait Gallery in 1876 reached los, 252
The Madrid Salon. which only held every three
years. WILL according TO a royal decree, be opened
next April
Artistic London mourning over the death Of
Henry Merritt picture resiorer critic OF the
Standard.
The collection OF curiosies brought by the Prince
OF Wales from India will form part Of the English
exhibit at the French Exhibition.
The present volume OF Tart, received through J.
w. Bouton, is, as Mr. Daily would say full OF ''con-
teinporaneous human interest," 1t does not deal so
much with the works OF the old masters as with the
modern schools OF painting The frontispiecc IS an
etching portrait of Goya by himself from the col
lection Of Mrs A. b. Blodgc,t This accompanied
page etchlngs IRON Goyas water color drawings ara
given There Is besides short sketch OF Charles
Gounod by Arthur Pougin, with portrait in outline
by ingres The French and English theatres are
treated or and illustrated with sketches In character
OF somo Of tho principal actors Emile Bergerat con-
tributes a study OF Th6ophiIe Gauticr as painter,
giving facsimles Of bis work, which show clever
ness IN handling the pencil without the evidences OF
any great originality 1t as the man Of letters that
Gautor will be known, not as the painter, although he
coveted the latter reputation. Facsimcs OF pictures
in the Oppcnhoim gallery are given, also sketches
from paintings In the Paris salon of 1877 and the
recent National Academy exhibition Of London The
best thing among the latter is an etching from W. O.
richardson's 'The Queen 81 the Sword" Among the
iormcr lies Cadeaux de Noce," by Gonzalez, is re-
markabe for its careful attention to details and the
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