, 1880-11-27
ART.

Jules Breton Is S' yeats old.
1T Is pr0posed to erect statues OF T1len-
tloro Roussean and Allllet In the Forest Of
FontaiMohlcau.
-Pr1,slilon, tiros, and 36rtcault, like many
other nrtfsts, painted pictorial signs at s0mA
tlmg In tllelr youthful days.
e--Tho Academic des Beaux-Arts has elect
cd ". ChapI, sculptor, TO tho chnir vecant
BY tho denth OF NJ. Letnalrc.
ON no other work have 50 many Amer
lem artists chtperhtcd MS on. tho subscription
edition Of LongfetInw's works.
-PIttsbure Is trying to secure ls choice Of
tho Sn1Hsl pictures not sold ht Philadelphia
for a local exhibition during tic coming VIII
ter
--pr. Wilhelm Bodo has bGen appointed
Renaissance Sculpture Mt tllo Berlin .SLll-
scum.
lis Filippo Costiggint, who ID continuing
NruMldi's painful frescues IN tho Capitol, MI
1ristnAr Iii Disguise? 1t Ia tho New York
Times that pr0pounds this ugonizLnE coI,ur~
DRUM.
"Tic ssrpent.Ghar!ner," t whIcn ' Is shortly
coinltlg b, Its New York owner. 1t represents
a,'l,,ic youth enyclopel In tho fojtls Of
ltuEU snake.
Tho Boston Exhibition of Fine Arts is
not consl.ieret satlsfaGtory, Tho rejectcd
Thu exhibition ot sculpture Is said to be the
6Ost part of the dtspthy.
<-Fretlsrick \. Britg1naN, tho pupil of
{ftrlmG, haa returned from frnnre. Mr..
BriHglnnn has been abroad Tor q number OF
years, wicre he has become ono ot tho most
ems WHO hage studied under foreign
n,A$tesS.
Tho secon, annual exhibition, Mt tho
Pennsylvania Academy OF FlMa Arts, OF tho
Pllil"tle!plll:s SocidsP Of Artists l.ns 80 far
1se Exeat sgecess Gat as TesarSdix ;atten
year agt, scarcely a painting Waa sold aar-
fifty l,avo hcon sold.
M. Jh'eE.Tacqucu.art wns an lnttonittablu
COLLECTION Of shoes h'Ml foot coverings III gell-
@ ns ii n tsss afiicles Which las sSsa'i 6cels fore,
Including aa,hals, II cnlhurM!is, productions
Ut 1nctlimval sons Of ST.. Cflspfn, and of
their successors OF The sixteenth aild suyel,-
tcentll centuries. LtIlties' boots were fully
represented.
valued nt over s75,Soo. ii ,neetins tts Il tiie
wns naadS by Prof. Join T. VIII !" d, W "san ans
ford i. tilttor!;: Ill Life atd charastor.i"
sess's Ss %"ssstHf & {fosS &S9fs1 e. esss si ss ea!ss
tho MAN." md Alr. Edmund G. Stelnan rsad
q p0eih. -s1
--nr. l.. W. Scl,a,,tuss, of the Museum
Ludwig Salvador, trar DRESDEN, which rom
slsts 1T u very llnu collection Of natllrAl Ills
tnry niltl nrt, hr,a addressed iDt8r to AINyur
Jurob, offering to sell, III wl,0l0 or inTt. their
collection for thu now Art Myaen,M III CtMei,t-
'tlAtl. Tbs Art GALLERY contains original
paintings by Afurillo, EDrregsfD, .t;ihrKinne,
lbArtarell1, rtnt0rnttn, MI oriafnul akate!l by
llAplinel. two paintings OF HAnl YeruilcsH,
aInl 1lsa'Y OtiloFs by tito old lpasters. From
tho catalog accompanying tia letter II Il
sColl that two 0t tho MboVn:nAnel ..ptGturus
are valued ut 5lo9,000.
Tho Metropolitan Museum Of. Art has
recently received NJ Il glft from Cornelius
Vanderbilt, alia 0t its'rfusteeH, very llrgu
a.ul .u.pattallt collection Of origlnRl, irasY-
lngs by tho ntust enlnent 1tallnIi. French,
Spanish, 1crn,nn4 Dutch, md Flemish NUS
! tgrs. Tho o0llsctRn wlts b0gln in the Inst
century BY Count MaEkl0rl, uf Ferlno.
ths author nf nil artistic R,|tla.buok ntd Il
| lienlbur 0f the AcAtluny| ut Bologna. Tho
London <ia!tfc!nF, on hearing that tllls COL
lsctlon WIS slestinNl tt come 10 America, ~
nArketl TINT NJ this WIS held by &Onu rrtlic5
70 be Onu OF thu best IN Italy, tho United
States wntltd ut onco step lllio prominence
among the possessnrs ot. s!alilar collceilons.
Tto drawings VIII shortly DO pnt ~ exhibl-'
tlnn III suitable Elass cslses, 80 that thoy may
70 conveniently examined and yot sheltered
from injury. The number Of them ia 900.