, 1877-09-15

rat. has lately ,ut.lIr'l tAsln,hlct prrlfntI,ig
a'Stu,ly" Of "Th"alllilc fialtI,.r, tic PAINTER,
with 3 catalogue Of htA paintings, sketches, and
rnurasinEs
Pref Mi,haclla. nf ssra.lury. has recently
hlciite1 marble bust, wfIit, has Lccn III the
family of the taIi Of Leicester for above n rem.
t:ry. a. pt,rtralt uf rh,Nytlic., anil much
H,cr thau The L,ist Of the hiAtur!an existing
ut Naples.
in writing of the late competition in l'art. far
the rriz de No'ne, the French correspondent uf
tic deddt'ny n,oi,r'.s over The dcgtncrLcy Of tfc
French scltool uf art, r"tnirktng tint j" The
State Is committing a grave fault In giving ro
tnt~r'iffa mn rdtentfnh. nsI1 not ,ltrccs!ny into
more practical channels the y.,ung Intelligence
u .'nr nrtihts, nf wllnse natural genius and ac-
tln'rcd abilities there is hu shadow Ut tloul,t.n
Antwerp and sieecn tlnvc long ct,nten.lei for
the hot.Dr of having gyeM birth IT. Ralcn., but
nun II il said that fresh discoveries relating to
nc history Of the pa!nter little tbs tnattrr, IN
ant satof u ~ "a;3. t hs1 9, n
n document Signed iy Jan Bruegflet. Ecndrtck
v1n Daicn, and f'lctro-Fan1D, presumably Ku-
hcn*, which proves incontcstably that llul,ens
WAS horn In Antwerp.
The schools Of art nnd industry IN Austrta arc
hest prt.sed methods Of Instruction. \ Com
mission linz hcen recently sent By the Friss!an
t'oYcrht1lcnt to examine their system of teach
inc. anil the reNrt returned Is 80 co'nincndatory
that II Is saI the aftn!stcr of Commerce has re-
solved tu establish sclloote conducted upon u
similar pan In oil tlle great centres Of prussian
Industry.
A eritIca! essay on the nrt of Rut,cns Ia con-
ttl9nte'l to te Ztttsehrlt .fnr tihtitatle Kn"ss
BY Or. Alfred Woltman,i, In Witch the author
rcrkons at lcast 1,400 paintings wl.ic! wer,:
worked Upon by the great master. Ills ttI,,,}s
as.istcd lit their prepnruttot,, aud et,ne,jcs
fellow artists tent helping 1lnnI; but "Isufcus
ss1ys sec H. .f"sS ss s,icf ts n ke H,
and then, BY tncans Of d iew daYs' rersupal
Iator towards the completion Of tic work, lie
stamped # forever Us ills own.'
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,,tr. WILL H.o ps.am ~. "thH kn" 1ae9
,s,..i III ~ '.a.ia - ~ 10 WY ~ . tnste u
I, s:ia' utas - Ill., IT, Huur ~ tAG F!a:e WneIc
.,a. f1,1 esat Luz npatH " H. ~ morhs l,rop1sc -
IT, 1911. ,noo.a w 's .'o.!ent pelnsc
,nnv ~; ~ IT,, ~ =, & NY H. 1e. ,,e .mi LII IT. puns
iith. nvcr ststv fcni ii1,b mi vii i,s r..o1 ~,
pedestal Which viii elevate IL twenty feet bigt.
cr: !Iy placing the model In different lneAl!tiGs,
y Is believed tile best sise 19r the situation of
'"o '''o"an.e''' sa'' w se'cs'eu'
Mf, l.ciGnton, Whose staftc ot "Ihc Ath-
~ H.. o,et a,a. , w sMs a1apt'o!i
large nafntfnE Illustrating lie suli,.ct n iii,I,
In tho Desert 1t represents t1c moment nf tic
prophets "stiprentc moral ansl pllysical tx
naustln !. "Lcn le cfiea lfo1n t'c acps!ls Vi dc.
nv l;fc + ond NJ ans,c, o,"ars st aaku 1Mny i'i,y
pointing to IN cake bakeu On thr cnnj..'
ahd a cruise Ut wafer at his licaI." 1t Is
sa!d that tl1e painting is TO bc thS Etft u pFi-
'ale '"o''tou"' 10 '''e A''e'pool "a'ieF5 o1 All.
The tntsatng arms ot the Venus Of Al|o do
ro"..,,.iI nGE ~ auns w 1 ~
fa,not1x statuc ,yns fan]: mi seyrol wnr,. ~