Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-24
ART NOTES.

MT. Charles Lanman OF this city sent eight
ske,ches nom nature 20 the Spring exhibition
OF lie National Academy OF Design in New
! ORR, all OF which were sold IN a few DAYS after
The exhibition opened "'
our Paris letter to-day gives some Interest,"
ing data In regard TO Mr.. Henry Mosler. the
only American artist 60 whom the French ,yov-
eminent has ever paid the compliment or nur.
chasing one or his paintings
MI Howard hretschmar, the talented ana
rising young sculptor OF ~. Louis IS 10 be mar
RED on the 4th OF May 10 Miss Ena Casey. a
beautiful and accomplished young lady OF
Pes'n. III. Mr.. kretsehmar is professor or
sculptor in the ST Louis School OF Arts
Mr. George II. Boughton sends 20 this
Years exhibition OF the English Royal Academy
THEE p.ctures,-the Music Lesson child
learning the piccoio from his grandfather.
hVanGelne." ana ''0ur VILLAGE" and 20 the
SIossenor exhibition a medieval group called
"oHn MA Nlnctt Amor"
Mr.. Healy, the distinguished portrait
painter, who has occupied studio IN Coreoran
Building for some time past. has gone 10 Chi
cago Tor short visit, after which he will 90 To
EUROPE lor the summer. During his stay IN
MdSnLs.oIl, MI. heily, who Is an Industrious
ana RAPID worker, has Painted a number OF por-
traits.
At last accounts from Ross Turner. both
he and Max Weyl Were in Venice where they
expected TO remain for several weeks. We are
pleased 10 hear that Mr.. Turner has lately re-
oelhed ore or two impol tant commissions from
wealthy ana appreciative WaShingtonians who
are not insens'ble 10 his steady Improvement
and growing reputation.
A number OF fine and very valuable pan,-
ings were either entirely destroyed or badly
damaged 10y the sad disaster which bafel the
Madison Square Garden building in New York
on Wednesday evening. Among the former
We're - The NreckerS. by Luminais valued ar
S5W" " New Jerusalem, by InneSS, ss.oOO: and
SANFORD H. CLIFFORD " Baltimore In 1861 !" worth
Sl,Em. Although the works OF art loaned TO the
Fair Association were heavily insured by H.
against fire, IL is held that the policies viii nos
cove damages Sustained by falling walls. and
il is likely therefore that the losses Sustained in
each case Will fail entirely on the unlucsy
owners or pictures
- Owing TO the late hour and the great hurry
in which last saturday S mention OF the Art
Club reception and exhibition was written seve-
raj OF the pictures on view which mertted ex-
tended notice were only briefly alluded TO-
while others were not spoken OF at all nc.
table instance or the latter kind was the beau
titul flower piece shown by Mr. Guillaume
which nothing could well SUI pass Ina its way
In number and variety OF flowers represented
In grace and harmony OF composition In fine
ness and delicacy OF execution, and I'm fidelity
10 mlnuteSt detaliS. al Is q remarkable work
ana well meT1ted the attention aud praise Il re-
| ceiVed on every hand. II was particularly and
| warmly admired by Mrs. Hayes.
- The Art Students League. OF New York.
though still young In years, bids fair 10 become
| at no very distant day, a worthy rival OF the
| Academy or Design. both in educating art SITS
| aud in Influencing public taste. II Is. too In a
| remarkably 1iouT1shing condition. considering
| now SLOW such institutions usually grow. The
| last annual repolt just published shows that
| the membership OF The society now numbers
| 13S. Three hundred aud fifteen students have
studied in the different classes during last ses
| son. The cost OF maintaining the claSs J Cor
the school year Will be nearly g 900. The tot Al
| income from membership fees and students
class dues Will be over >, 600, leaving a surplus
| OF more than =, eco over expenses.
| 1t has often and truly been said that nobody
| can tell In advance what the result OF a picture
sale is likely TO be, and that the price work OF
| art may bring al auction is no criterion what
| ever or It's real value. To these aXloms might
| also be added another TO the effect that nobody
| can place much reliance on what Catalogues,
| Critics and statesmen may say about pictures.
| Else how shall we account for things that hap
| pen sometimes? For example, a collection OF
| pictures was sold in New York the other even
| Ing, which, one OF the papers OF that city
assured its readers "embraced the studies OF
many OF the finest artists from the time OF
Correggio in 14s4, TO the present day." and yet
| the highest figure realized at this sale was 1912
aid this for painting by an American artist.
/ To make matters worse, a portrait OF Raphael
| by Correggio." went for s55, Teniers for The
same and a Jams Steen for $50.
The widow OF General Custer sends In a
vigorous protest against that feature OF the
4 HiSJSSS
iDgton a monument to the memory OF TIE
| officers and men who fell ia the Indian fight at
| Little Big Horn which proposes ID include In
| the group duplicate OF MaeDonald's statue 10
| that officer which was unveiled at West Point
| sCne time ago. Mrs. Custer says she is aware
| OF the fact that she could not be satisfied with
| any representation that might be male OF her
| late husband. but she declares that his friends
| in civic life, his comrades I'm the army and
artists all unite ia pr0nouncing the statue
| referred to failure as likeness, as the repre-.
Sentatton OF a soldier, and as a work OF art. We
have never seen the West Point group, nor dc
| we now remember any OF the criticisms that
vs. mace upon it at the time it was set up, but
I we think Ms. Custer might safely have spared
| hel-Clf the trouble she has taken in the matter.
| II Is Lot likely that a group like that proposed
| hy the bill WREN II was Introduced into Congress
| viii ever be erected in Washington or any
! Were else.