, 1881-11-12


Millais, the artist is a famous angler. lii
lately killed OH the Tay in one day twelve
salmon weighing 100 pounds.
Holland is now smitten with the mania for
international exhbitions-1sss is the yea1
fixed for the Dutch display which is to be.
II Pierre 4Andrieu, i pupil of Delacrolx
has been appointed 10 restore the pictures by
his teacher in the library OF the Chamber OF
Deputies, Paris.
A society for the excavation and preserva-
ton OF Christian monuments, and for the
formation Of q Christian museum, is to be
organized at Athens
The number Of contributing artists to the
fall exhibition OF the Pennsylvania Academy
is sixty-eigllt- divided as follows, according
to residence: France, a; Munich, .; Venice,
:; London, u; Dusseldorf, l.
An exhibit,on of the works of u. Mcis-
soLliier IS to be heid III laris m a new bn!ld-
Ing situated close to lne Madeleine, which
will afterwards be appropriated to the So
clete des Auuarelltstes.
The journals of Bologna report the theft
from the library Of the university of some Of
Albert 11j1rer's fine etclii1gs. Common i'm
pressioi.s from the plates are said to have
been substituted for cIt0iee ones.
The last work of tie American sculptor
Jackson was a bust in marble OF the late
York Times. The bust Is now on exhibition
at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New
York.
The windows of tile new Hotel de Willie,
Paris, are to be enriched with stained glass
representations of historical events i'll which
the metropolis was concerned. The subjects
have been chosen by ". J. Cousin, OF the
Bibliothequc dn MusIe Carnavaiet-
-. The London Graphic says the house in
which Danle was born at Florence Is shortly
to be sold for $1,000. Hitherto, the BIRTH
place Of the great poet has been carefully
preserved by the Fl0re3ltine municipality.
but they have now handed it over to i bank
ing company i'll order TO discharge debt
~ The mosaics designed for the enrichment
OF the dome Of the Pantheon, Paris, the tx
ecution Of which has occupied nearly four
years, will very shortly be completed so far
as regards one OF the pictures: but the artists
employed do not expect to finish their work
i'll less than three years and half.
A gentleman who has just returned from
students il, Europe, reports that, in addition
10 the large nual1ber Of our countrymeil
working lit Paris, and to respectable colonies
II Dusseldorf, Antwerp. London. and vari-
,us Italian cities, there are Il full! hundred
aard at work i'll Munich.
During the recess some Of the halls OF the
Louvre have been redecoratesl, and certain
portions Of their contents cartTlffly sorted.
Eleven pictures, donations, which were
.hown in one Ut the halls Of the colonnade.
aave been properly arranged according to
:heir characteristics and dates. Sorne paint
ings III the gallery by the side Of the Seine
have been placed III better lights. Before
long the hail which formerly contained the
Muste DIES Souyerains will be appropriated
to the display Vi pictures until how unknown
70 the public, which during, many Years have
3etn stored III the magazine Ut the Louvre
atAe1ttEtt1E.
It is reported that magnificent "trou-
saiile:'' has turned up on the banks Of the
Loire. 4 fisherman, while seeking bait,
found III round hole. excavatetl in the clay
Of the shore, number Of weapons and
said, All exceptional value, being like those
discovered Ill Swiss lake dwellings. THE
find - comprised axes, hammers, gouges,
pendants, brrcelets, rings parts OF neck,
iavelinS, and fragments Of swords and dag
gers. These articles seem to have belonged
70 a weapon foundry.
Philadelphia will make this season al ul-
usual display Of pictures, and will contribute
certainly, a fair share to the appreciation and
advancement "f'art. Two tins exhibitions Of
hibition of the Academy of Fine Arts will
opel. this evening {Nov. 81, AMI on the l4th |
the philadelphia Society of Artists will open
its third annual exhibition at Its new galleries
oH AHeSlnut oIIGGl, Wi3tH some :AU pictures
will be hung. 1t is understood that the ex-
hibition 1t the Academy will be made up
largely OF pictures painted in Europe That
of the Society OF Artists will be composed
exclusively of American works. the list Of
contributors including the names of sixty
three painters of New York and eighteen Of
among whom are nearly all the
men Of greatest prominence in American art
|
The exhibition Of American wood-engrav-
lngs in Boston has been delayed in getting |
into order. nnow has developed into an ex-
hlbitlon illustrating the whole history OF the
art Beginning with anonymous German |
wood-cuts Of the fifteenth century, the gold |
en- age of German wood1.ngrayin1 Of the !
sixteenth century is well represented BY the |
Mood-cnts after D1rer, Crallaci,, Hurgkfuair, |
llaus uolCein the younger, II. s. Bchan,
Hans Schautfeiein, and others; Italian Ell
craving by DeccaIum {55sss55 GUY, and Boldrini |
t'0s-57D; and the Netherlands of the seven
een1h century BY Jegllers (5<;5-56s). The
speclments Of American art begin with s.An
astronomical Diary printed by J. Draper,
of Boston, in 1747. There are $50 entries jri /
The c2talog referring to contemporary speci-
mems 2! Of the art in this country, and these are
highly praised. :