New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-07

may almost Do 80 tat tie q rsiaH b. .Hr r'-''9 'I
p4meat of th. two. III CDtrus.g- roof zoos d.. l %"
PEDESTRIAN reaches tne corner nf 90 'i'-r -"'.
vlloh has been nouolod ID, tlt j. .ilc.pal il'aor
towards of nine hundred designs were adj
mlftcd 10 tie competition Ia drawings o' Ihr's has az"
New Years cards recently hcu ln London The result
is said 20 Doe di,lppoiuung The subjects wer, mainly
commonplace ard varied slightly rom hr convent Oval
designs Of pas years Chrstmis cird' have grown
rapidly public favor ta.s side OF the water aud ART
publishers hav, shown disposition 10 encourage
native Talent The de -ns cannot be too good nor too
vlrIcd. n is not essential that America should MAKE
her own exclusively. but the naive San'a aus Woulu
b. r ad 10 exchange cards with ala English cousin OF
tAc great holiday OF Chrstcndom.
Mr.. J. Q. A. Ward has his statue OF Cen
CT. Morgan well advanced. General M-Feln all good
Americans Will remember. the hor0 Of the battle o
the Cowpens i=h5 Januar, H. 1871. near the bound
ary Inc between North and South Carolina There he
gained victory whose brluancy and good ehrot upon
tie patriot caus. enute his memory TO fhe monument
Mr. Ward las stril,ngly fashioned Tie subject i'
happy one and ne sculptor expressed dash niomi-
table spirit and manncss IN thr handsome face OF the
Young patriot The costume lenls Itself willingly 10
artistic Treatment The tuuty fur cap Is 4"s our TO
simuat, an hu-sars hc1dgcar. and the hinged mn
shirt pictulp-qu y Grapes tue STA Var figure without I'D
the least cOuceaing the SNOWY grace oI the ameu'
trooper.
Carl Becker's "Oihelo," a leading picture
in the recent Berlin exhoion. has reached America in
Photographic copy II Ia interesting AZ subtle study
81 character The scene upper arcade looking out
upon. perhaps. the Grand Canal Othei0, comm No
ing warbeaten figure Is leaning against pillar Win
the tension OF and the cQuposc o. body suitable
10 the narratn Of harbrcadth '-caDe" His head i
roughly picturesque AM bis face ii coneeas the pas
souate violence Of his nature. Dcslemonas father,
spare stuaious old senatorial rob F. is seated
among bis books opposite 90 Otbeio, and ~ following
the narrative with sharp intelligence anu manly admir-
alton Tor While Dc>ictno1a, -talel az heI hiu'l
feet listens as in dream. Through her halfreyctlr
Oinelo looks ike dcmcod who ouhIais her heart as
easily be does h.r fathers caicuiu Ing mead.
\ charming letter written by Alfred
Stevens the celebrated Belgian painter TO MS artis
brother Joseph Stevens. appe'rs ln the G1-cte de'
Beair 1rs for October: am happy and proud at ih'
same tme my dear and good Joseph, TO learn rom ou
dear Arthur tina; you have made honorary member
of the Academy " Vienna. Elch timc tai You receive
new distinction. or that Justice rendered 10 Your tai
cn my heart rs artist and brother. reioccs more thar
as u that distinction had been accorded % NE nave
/ often told You that The greater part u you
| paintings would live. WHAT uattera 10 whether IN
| note YOU have struck in art l. more or less
elevated u style " painting the style couu
for little II the man does not show himself n his work
Alter many centuries Won she only painter remain
tur truly Flemish. Legs mas lived only with the sou
yeuirs OF ancient Flemish art. and has received DO
| impulse from his own ume MIdln the same. II th
new genera Ton OF Belgian artists has done something
in ualntiu- it's indebted 90 French art for ~ m'
self Il srsl DO very low today moro Partisan thai
I "a ,rffytIlo.-. AT the moment when / heard ol you
/ corresponding member ot tlc Academy eI aiiiIlu
There news o. 11unie ,u' i.G 4" 4 - r,
nv dear aud good Joseph tuii you are "c4' ana I"i
you work. press you 600 uf heart