Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-19
ART NOTES.

9th, at O'Clock, at its rooms in the Corcoran
Building.
The late John c. Breckenridge is to be
honored by statue in his native place. Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, for which the commission is to be
given to Valentine, the well-known sculptor.
Mr.. Poole is still in West Virginia. near
Parkersburg where he is engaged in painting
portraits. After he fills his orders there. it is
likely he will go to Cincinnati before returning
to Washington.
A part of the South Kensington Museum is
now lighted with the electric light, at saving of
f240 per year as compared with the cost of gas.
the use of which was destroying the fine fres-
Goes recently placed upon the walls. The au-
thOrities of that institution are now talking of
lighting the National Gallery by the same pro-
cess.
- The Century magazine, it is said, is to have
new cover as we'll as new management in
future, 1t may or may not be bettered in the
latter respect but it is very likely to be improved
in the point first named by the adoption of al
most any design that may be offered. The pres
ent cover can hardly be called either beautiful
in itself or appropriate to the purpose it is in
tended to serve.
- The studio Of Mr.. Brooke, in Vernon Row,
is still unoccupied by its tenant, he being yet
detained in the vicinity of Warrenton. where he
he is understood to be procuring valuable ma
| terial for future paintings. Mr.. Brooke's Pas
| tordt Vasn in the COrcOran Gallery, shows him
to be master in the portrayal of what might
be called the humble side of southern life. and
1t is not unlikely that the demands of his patrons
II not his own tastes may incline him to work
largely in that direction hereafter.
- Mr.. Andrews has been all week busily en-
gagged on life-size three-quarter length portrait
of the late President Garfield, the head of which
he hopes to have far enough advanced to exhibit
at the memorial meeting of the Literary Society
to be held at the residence of DR.. Galaudet.
at Kendall Green, this evening. Mr.. Garfield, it
Will De remembered, was the president of this
sOciety-of which he had been an active member
for several years-and took a warm interest in
its success.
"A small portrait in oils of Columbus has
been discovered in perfect state of preserva-
ton in the colonial office at Madrid. 1t repre-
sents him as about forty years of age, with
thick. dark hair and a hooked nose, and it is
cOnjectured to be contemporary portrait If
correctly described, the new find is at variance
with the generally accepted ideal likenesses ofthe
great discOverer. In these he is most frequently
represented with reddish or brown hair and
beard. and features of a rather classical cast.
- The Century Club, which represents the
artistic and literary sides Of New York society,
has given a commission for terra Gotta vase
for presentation to Salvini. The vase will be
some three feet high. and will represent the
wife; s:cene ;n ::aaheth." Tie bowl Of the
vase will be the Witches cauldron, below which
Will dance the witches. and the supports will
be formed by the figures of dragons. The
| artist, Mr. Theodore Baur, is now at work on
|, the clay model.
- Mr. NJ. J. Heade, a well known and popu-
lar artist of New York has concluded to make
Washington his home, for time, at least, and
will shortly open studio in the Corcoran
Building He works in all fields, we believe.
but his specialties may be said to be tropical
scenery, birds and flowers. He also seems to
delight in long level reaches of marsh and
meadow lands. with rich and peculiar atmos-
pheric effects, in the treatment Of which he
greatly excels. Mr.. Heade will be a decided
requisitiOn to the general society of the national
capital. as well as to it's art circles.
- The only Washington artists who have con-
tributed anything to the fine exhibition now
in the Philadelphia Academy building are Mr..
Charles Lanman and Mr. G. R. Donoho. The
latter has sent from Paris three paintings. one
of which was in the Salon last year, where it
attracted marked attention. Mr.. Lanman also
exhibits three landscapes.-One Of which, called
The Upper Potomac. has been well reproduced
in the catalogue The highest priced picture of
which we have knowledge i'm this display is one
Dy a Mr.. }. w. DunsmOre illustrating a scene
from Macbeth" for which the modest sum of
S15, 900 is asked. 1t is the kind of picture
that somebody will be very glad to get 81, 500
for some of these days.
= San Francisco has nearly $4,000 ready for
monument to Garfield. The Post asks that
| the order be given 'to an artist of California,
not to an Italian" The advice of the Post NAV
possibly crafty the local pride of its readers
but much better plan would be for the author
tiles to give the order to the best sculptor that
can be found, no matter where he may have been
born. The way Germany got her best eques-
trlan statue, up to that time. at least, was by
giving the commission for it to Thorvaldsen
the great Dane; and when Russia and Egypt
wanted something particularly fine in the same
line they did not hesitate to send to France for
their artist.
The Washington Art Club held its first
regular meeting for this season at it's rooms in
the Corcoran Building last Monday evening.
The business of the meeting was mostly of
formal or routine character. but it was as our
readers will be pleased to learn, all in the direc-
tlon of increasing the efficiency and widening
the influence of the organization. It is to be
hoped these efforts will not be relaxed. An
ASSOCIATION like this can be made so advanta-
geOus to its members and so beneficial to the
city that the artists owe it not less to the COM
munity than to themselves to put it upon per-
manent and active footing, and to carry it to
the very farthest point of usefulness. In all
their steps to that end it is safe to say they will
have the cooperation of the best elements of
our pOpuiaClOn
In a room adjoining the law library be-
meath the Supreme Court room at the Capitol
may be seen what is at once most beautiful
work Of art, and most worthy evidence of
fial affection. 1t is bust, in the purest
white marble, of Justice Story, sculptured by
his gifted son, Mr.. W. w. Story, now in Rome.
and by him presented to the u S. Supreme
Court. 1t has recently arrived, and, when a
suitable pedestalis provided for it, will be placed
In good position for observation in the law
library OF the court. The bust, which shows
handsome features and pleasing expression.
represents it's subject in the robe of Justice of
the Supreme Court, the folds of which fall
slightly open across the breast, revealing the
clothing beneath and a ruffied shirt 'front.' All
the details are deliberately modelled and care
fully executed.
At the Corcoran Gallery may be seen fine
and characteristic example of landscape paint
ing of the North German academic school, the
work of Mr.. Burris an artist of that nationality,
lately located here. Barring a little over-man-
ipuatiOn in treatment. it is sound and pleas
ant artistic effort. showing thorough training iE