Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-15
ART NOTES.


admirers in Washington, is to have a sale OF
pictures in Boston next week. His collection.
now on exhibition is highly spoken OF by the
papers of that CITY,
Mr.. Bartlett. the RHODE Island sculptor
who once had studio here for while, has
lately completed statue OF Mrs Gen. Burn
side in bronze. which is to be- placed over her
grave in the cemetery OF swan Point In Provi-
dence
Mr. Edward SIebert who sold of all his
pictures and studio effects during the present
week, expects to sail on the cath inst for En-
rope, where he now intends TO remain for
long term, and perhaps permanently. Nc.
Hoogk1ns was the purchaser OF Mr.. SiebnrJS
nne copy OF the Passing Regiment" in the
Corcoran Gallery.
-Messrs Prang Co., the art publishers,
oner $1,000 in prizes for four original designs
Tor Christmas cards painted in water color OF
OIL The amount is TO be divided into four prizes.
as IolioWs: Slc90 $500 sSo9. ana $2a0 for the
first. second, third and fourth best designs re-
sptctivey.
Mr.. Grafton, Cincinnati artist, has re-
Gently placed on exhibition in that city what is
no doubt properly styled slightly ifeaIizef
portrait In water-colors OF Senator Blaine. T.
represents the distinguished Senator on horse
pack. In the character or q plumed knight |
would seem that Col. lngerSoll is primarily re
spOnsfble for this remarkable conception.
1t is charged In one OF the Cincinnati pa
perS that the crayon portraits OF the famous
English beauties exhibited at the Riggs House
here some time ago by Mr.. Duncan. OF New
York, as his own work We're not In any Seasn
the product of that gentleman. but or quite a
olHerent person, whose name Is given. The
Charge Is further made that the Signat ire OF the
artist, which originally appeared on the pie
lures In question, was carefully removed. la
the light OF this exposure Il becomes intereStiu"
10 know the result OF the commissions for por-
traits In the same style said TO have been given
10 NJ yN-r,N.
Ing his stay here.
- AL the annual meeting OF the New York
Academy of Design held this week. the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Daniel Huntington Vice President
+. w. Wood; Secretary, T. Addison Richards:
Recording Secretary. Alfred Jones: Treasurer
George II. Hall. All were reflections except
Mr. Hall, who was chosen TO Till the place ipli
| vacant by the death OF Mr.. E. ID. f. Greene who
was 1or SO many yealS the faithful and accept
| able treasurer OF the Academy. Nh B. C. Por
| ter, of Boston, and MessrS L. c. TIFFANY ana
| Geo. H. lewell or New York, were elected Acl-
| McCord, j. c. Ntcoll, William Sartain and r. NJ,
Shurtliff were elected Associates.
| MIR. Tnurston, the wel-kaown landscape
painter, has recently placed on exhibition in
| one OF the rooms OF the Corcoran Gallery his
| much admired picture OF Niagara Falls This
| important work was pronounced by Watson's
| Art Jo'n nal, at the time il was painted the
| grandeSt transcription OF its subject yet pro-
| uuttu. perhaps, eklTdka55ant language.
| cut other critics have been hardly less eathu-
| StaSuc III Its praise. The light where the pi"-
| ture is at present hung is not favorable: Stlli
| the beholder is well able TO understand the mo-
| tive OF the artist and TO see the chief qualities
| OF his Work. We understand there is a proba-
| billy that this painting may be bought by
| government. "a view OF Niagara would make
| an appTOpl late companion piece to those OF the
| Yellowstone and Colorado canon, nov ia the
| Capitol
| - GuStave DOreS latest work is "A Tortured
| Soul" IL Is described as representing a young
| monk seated before an organ In the choir of a
| Gothic church. Ills fingers stray over the
| keys, While his pale, attenuated countauanca
| and great hollow dark eyes are turned toward
| the spectator The church below is thronged
| with white-rObed monks like himself some OF
them bearing lighted tapers while the painted
| windows overhead glow jewel like In the gloom
| behind the altar. AT the young orgaDt5t'S side.
amid the sunny light that streams through the
aTched window, stands female form. vague
vaporouS and beautiful, white mist amid the
golden rays 1t is tie vision OF his lost love that
hauntS the youthful ascetic the embodied re
| membrane or the woman for whose sake he nad
sought refuge In Closter"
| - The picture known as the "Gibbs Wash
ingtcn," by Gilbert Stuart, has been placed Oh
exhibition for few days at the Corcoran Gal
lery. This picture, unlike the Stuart,S Wash.
fngtOns with which most persons are familiar
| represents the right side of WaShington'S face
Inc Boston Atheneum picture and the picture
the two originals OF WaShington's second am
| third slttings, both show the lett Side OF Jh(
face. The Gibbs picture represents the first
sitting OF Washington to Stuart ia September
1875. The principal picture at this sitting wa.
rubbed out by STUART but the tradition ha
| been handed down with the Gibbs picture tins
II was on the easel at the same time as a SEE.
ondaly picture, aud touched from life. Ii was
sold by Stuart, with this statement, to his init
mate lhend Colonel George Gibbs. from whom
it passed to his sister, Mrs. William Eler,
Claiming, and then to her son, DIR. William Z
Claiming, the present owner. Apart from this
history the picture under notice shows by Ii!
individuality and handling that II is portrait
carefully studied by the artist. The face Ia,
much beauty as well as dignity. The moutI
has none OF The disagreeab BILE fullness-owingt {
false tceth-seen in the Atheninum picture ans
still more conspicuously in the Iansdowne, If
Is said that Stuart copied the Atheneum heat
a great many times, few OF the copies being
good but the majority of them poor, having
been painted in few hours to meet fiaancla
emergency. The Gibbs Washington has beer
lately assigned place. hardly sc cond TO the
| Athen9um picture, in the illustrated life anC
| works OF Stuart and by various artists As II
shows the opposite side OF WaShingt )I,'S face II
Is distinct type as We'll as a celebrated por
| trait.