Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-03
ART NOTES.

Statuary In the Capitol, for Boston.
Mr.. Seaton D0noho's studio is at street,
northwest, where he is always happy to see his
1rlerds and lovers OF art on Monday after
moons.
The Society of American Artists In New
York opens its rooms free to the public on Sun
days during the whole term of Its annusl ex-
hlutt on. This has been the excellent custom
OF this society ever since its foundation.
One OF the travelling apostles OF the Nor
mon church has recently brought hack from
Mexico an interesting collection Of Aztec pot
terry, which he has presented to the Deseret Mu-
scum In Salt Lake CITY. This museum already
possesses similar valuable relics from Peru,
Costa Ktca, Ipcatan. the Society and the Ha-
waiian Islands, Scandinavia and Palestine
- The Marquis OF LOfne has bought out of the
Canada Academy exhibition, now open in Of
tawa, landscape view in the White Mount
aims, painted by Allan Edison, OF Montreal.
which he intends to send home to nis royal
mOther-in-law, Queen Victoria The royal fam
lily collection already possesses several pictures
by american artists.
"A fine old crescent-shaped cheese dish
large enough TO contain half an Old-fash' oned
cheese set up edgeways, belonging to DR.. Toner
OF this city, is one of the subjects illustrated in
Mrs. Nealy's second clever paper on 1.-The China
OF our Grandmothers,' in that excellent period
lcl! the Art amateur for APRIL The same
article contains also pictorial representations Of
several pieces in Mrs. Nealy'S collection of por-
ceains, which, - not as large as some contains
number OF rare and valued specimens.
1t is stated, on the artists own authority.
we believe, that Mr.. Bierstadt has received an
order from the Car for picture OF Niagara
Falls, which must be ready by next November
His painting, THE Turquoise Sea" In the spring
exhibition OF the New York Academy, is rather
roughly received by artists and critics, not only
for It's own extravaganza cOlors but for the way
{ puts out" every other picture any where In
is netghborhOod.
- Late letters from Max Weyl represent him
as well and fairly settled at Munich. He cccu-
pies studio jointly with Ross Turner
who has lived so long and is so well known In
munich as 10 DE looked upon as comparatively
Old resident OF that city. Like Washington, but
for different reason, Munich is a city of
corners and goers. By the way, the Art Inter
change speaks of Mr.. Turner's contributions to
the exhibition OF the Society of American
Artists, now open in New York, as ''two strong
but SOmbre landscapes
AT the time OF the Harper picture sale In
New York, couple OF weeks ago, we expressed
the opinion that the collection brought TO its
owner a handsome advance on its original cost
We are now told on what is considered good au-
thority that the net profit on the gallery was
about $4,000. This is equivalent to an advance
OF something over 80 per cent on its cost, to
say nothing of the pleasure afforded by the pos
session and companionship of collection of
choice works OF art. This, to persons capable OF
approaching them, would much more than Off
nual taxes, insurance. &C.
What might be called the art of portraiture
in America has met with an almost irreparable
loss In the death OF Mr.. George A. Baker, which
occurred In New York yesterday. Mr.. Baker
was noted among his professional brethren for
ton OF and high respect for true womanhood;
and In the representation of ladies and chill
dren, and especially In expressing the more
genial and winning moods of the former and
c0ncppttOOS
sunny happiness and carelessness of the latter,
ne PROBABLY had no equal In this country. Sever
Washington. At the time of his death Mr..
Baker was in his siXtieth year.
= ntimations come from Florence that the
great Demidon collection of works of art, the
sale OF which has been going on for the last
three weeks In that city, has been, after the
fashion of like sales OF less noble people, padded
somewhat for the occasion. In other words, it
Is said that good many things not properly a
portion of it Lave been offered as belonging to
that collection, and the charge Is fatty made
were quite recently exposed for sale in the pub
lie picture martS Of Paris and Brussels. This
TACT does not, OF course, detract anything from
the merits Of the works in question, but it does
famous proprietor for fair dealing, and gives ad-
ditional but hardly needed force to the scriptural
injunction to put no faith In princes.
Gilbert Munger, the well known American
landscape painter, aud who will be pleasantly
remembered as at least a temporary Washing
tonian during the early days of the war, is the
subject OF haif-dOzen page biographical sketch
In the London BOgrdph and Reuietc for March
1t gives quite readable account OF his quiet
but somewhat eventfui career, and Justly praises
land. Indeed, perhaps aside from Mr.. Bough-
ton, Mr. Munger'S effOlLS are more highly
priced there than those or any other America
artist, not excepting Bierstadt and ra1ford,
both of whom have enjoyed one time and
another quite rIn Of patronage at the hands
OF the titled and wealthy picture buyers of
Great Britain. So great has been bis encourage
ment, in fact, that, like BOughton, Mr.. Munger
and. As the B0graoh phrases 1t, % his bark
has now been fairly launche / On British w.ter5
and he need not fear that any storm of eavy or
co'umny Will be raised to drive 1t out OF its
c)UrSe.n
This years exhibition OF the Nations,
Aca1eay of Design, row open In New Yorkts
the subject OF contradictory criticisms but
seems to be considered on the whole one Of the
best and most satisfactory yet made. Not only
Goes the exhibition itself show a steady i'm
provement on the part Of the artists, but the
attendance OF visitors day and evening tndt-
Gates wider interest in the subject OF art on
the part Of the public. The catalogue eRume
rates 625 paintings ana a small collection of
drawings and sculpture, the whole representing
the contributions of about four hundred artists.
but portraits constitute prominent feature of
the display, and the proportion OF figure pieces
Is larger than has generally been the case here
torore, showing that our artists are rapidly
overcoming an objection which used to be made
against them,-tnat, while they excelled in
landscape painting, they We're deficient in draw
ing ana in the representation OF real life and
ideal subjects. There has been marked ad-
vance in all these respects in America during
the last few years.