National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-10
ART NOTES.


ART NOTES.
An art class of hfeen has been formed at Hol-
yoke, Masswlth Mr.. ]. Wells champney as visiting
teacher.
Lexington, KY, is to have a statue Of Breckin-
ridge on her public square made by a native |
sculptor Valentine.
The Whitehall Repiep, OF London, publishes por- |
trait of the wife of Mr.. William Waldorf Astor, |
ex-senator Of New York.
The extravagant painter, wiertz, for whom
Brussels built and gave an immense studio
residence, has been honored with monument at
Ixelles.
San Francisco has nearly $4,000 ready for q
monument to Garfield. The Post asks that the
order BIO given to an artist of California, not
an Italian.
Verrocchio, mentioned by vasari as painted
by the nuns of Naglio, has been discovered at
Florence by the examiners into the magazines of
the galleries.
The picture by dc Melville of the gallant de-
tense OF Rorke's Drift in the late Zulu war has
been bought for the museum at Sydney, and will
therefore be lost to England.
woolf is a name that has been seen at the foot
of many carcaturcs, especially in Hdrper's Weekly
and the Bd=dr. Mr.. Woolfh taken to oils, and
intends to keep also to humorous pictures
Or christopher Nrens cnurcn IN frluny street,
London, has been condemned TWAS built in
1886, on the foundation of a church destroyed in
the great fire, whose records went back to 1922.
Professor silliman, of New Haven, is asking in.
formation In regard to any sketches or paintings
of Colonel Trumbull, in order 10 complete n cata-
logue of his works, which shall contain the names
of the present owners and their residences.
Joubert Is said to have been four years engraving
by the "pure-line" method the large painting,
Atalantas Race" by L. ]. Poynter, r. A. The
latter artist has Just been appointed art director OF
the South kensington.
Dujardin of Paris takes a picture that has been
done on glass with black lead pencil, and trans.
mits light through the drawing itself The picture
is thrown on the sensitive covering Of the copper
plate and registered. After the plate is properly
bitten the print can be taken In any colored ink
desired.
In Antiquities of Iona" the new publication of
the Society of Dilettanti MFR. James FERGUSON only
allows the Greeks one of tho three main orders
| of architecture which used to be given them
namely, the Corinthian. Even this was little en-
rloyed for temples He refers the Dorc to Egypt
| and the Ionic to Assyra.
japan has had her Art Exhibition this vear nj
| the Monastry Of Kaizensi Many mobiles sent inc
antiques. It's hoped, rs II is In Venice, for ex
ample that the wholesale export of good pieces of
art will be stopped and that the example shown
by the antiques will incite modern Japanese work.
men to higher ideals.
! TWAS always necessary for an American sculptor
to have his little meazles in the shape of statue
of an Indian. Here Is Charles Jaquier director of
| a sculptures studio in Caen, who has thought Il
| necessary to have his attack 1t is mild case O
| photographs; he has not sought the uptutored
savage in the Western wild
MIR. John p. Howard. of Burlinpton VT bos or.
dered life-size statue of Lafayette for the Uni.
yersity of Vermont from the sculptor j. O. A
| Ward LAFAYETTE was present at the having of tho
corner stone of the University In 1926 The sculp
tor will follow the face in AIRY scheffers portrait of
| LAFAYETTE in the Hall of Representative in Wash.
| inpton
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rneIond somotimes nroves its o,vn ,rr,h -, 49,
He once nninted n rainbow entirely rcd II h":
now been observed that under conditions of Mt
! mosphere a rainbow of uniform pink, or of red
| and yellow. Is formed in the clouds Thus are
critics discouraged in the prosecution of their
amiable trade.
Tho o,oc,ric ,,rbt M tho pres,der,,s co,., =, A.
sor,h Kans,ngton Is sa,d IN "a ve nm ,ha ons, .,
| sSoo a ,,aar Tho eos o,mos ,rara aaao,i ~
| rrosoo ,ndo, ,yav NV Sir Frederict Iej,h,on ,rho
,aht,ng with eIectricitv of the Nat,ona, ca,,a.,
,hat din,y g,oomv bni,djpg has hoon ,a,an ~
in Parliament and will probably be carr,sd
through against the opnosition NJ soma oS ,ha
trustees.
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Tho ohtsinab,e works of Messonier Tha nr w.
sold 10 he Wiling to send the njc,nra yh,ct NJ
sonier cer,oinlv never snrnassed ana rrah"h,'
nayer eonaiea Tho famous rive. or o,on.a, :,
CordsS montbv nubIcation coiIed ,Sa :. c., ~
n,ete Works Of Meissonler" will, he hnhi,shod H.,
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