Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-01
ART NOTES.

A meeting or the Washington An Club A.
| 70 be held on Monday evening next, when f,naI
arrangements viii probably oe MADE ana the
! Lation.
The Prince OF Wales has just ordered
complete nt-out OF Derby Grown china for the
royal yacht Osborne II is TO be marked with
perfectly plain.
1t Is said that the statuette IN marble
Sarah Bernhardt, said TO be by nis Bernhardt
neIself which was recently on exhibition In
New YORK, has been sold for one thousand DOL
lars These things are said. we say.
The mayor OF Athens telegraphed yester
day TO the lord mayor OF London that mag
7 nif1cent and complete statute OF Minerva VIC
! torious, masterpiece OF Phidias has lust beep
discovered near the first named city
The administration OF the Royal Gallery NJ
Dresden has purchased for IS 900 marks tabout
$3.50 one OF Professor Ludwig Knaus' latest
and most important paintings. which IS called
RiRter den Coulessen behind the Scenes) and
represents troupe OF itinerant lugglers I'M
their booth outside OF q country town.
AT Markriter's may be seen very creditable
examples OF Mr.. l. d. Melines work. ip the
form Of couple OF narrow upright pieces, well
adapted for panel or decorative purposes One
represents a bunch OF peacock feathers the
other hollyhock stalks I'm full bloom. The hand
ling and effect OF the latter are exceedingly
clever.
After an existence OF six years. the publi-
cation OF the American edition OF fne Art Jour-
nal Is II is understood, TO be suspended although
no official or formal announcement OF the fact
appeared In the last number. The Journal was
as most readers know, largely q reprint OF the
English periodical OF the same name, which
Will, OF course, be continued
- The bronze statue OF General Phil Kcarney
which was inaugurated with appropriate cerp
faaf T1raa
Mr.. II. X. Brown, many years ago aud was I'm.
tended TO be one or New Jersey 8 contributions
10 the Hall OF Statuary IN the national Capitoi
building. Why IL was diverted from It's origI
nal destination we have never seen explained
= Mrs. Greatorex, who Is now IN Algiers with
her talented daughters, has been very busy
with oils ana water oolors during her long So
1ourn In Paris. but she by no means gave up
her fayorfte pursuit or etching In wnicn she
shows such decided capacity. package OF
impressions recently sent home give great Satis-
faction 10 those fortunate enough TO possess
them.
A replica OF Sir John Steell's static OF
Burns erected some tine ago IN Central Park,
has recently been inaugurated In Dandee, with
imposing ceremonies. We fancy the statue
In question cannot bc quite SO Dad as some OF
the New \ oTk critics represented IL 10 be or It's
duplicate would not have been acceptable TO
the people OF any part OF Scotland who hold
the memory or their dead poet ia su "a high
yeneration.
Western criticism differs from that OF Bls-
ton Ia being 10 the point and not overoardened
with technical phrases OF Holman Hlnt's
picture "The Shadow OF DEATH lately on eN-
htbition In n. Louis, a critic OF that city says:
1t Is doubtful whether more repalsive
painting has ever been Inflicted on the pubic
In the name OF religion" and adds: 1T would
be good thing II his picture could be purDed
and Mr.. Hunt placed under bonds 20 keep the
peace with his palette and dauoers for firty
years"
Miss E. h. Baker. an American artist who
has spent several years in the study OF her pro-
fession In Paris, has placed q numoer OF her
pictures on view al No. Grant Place where she
will be glad 10 have connoisseurs ana lovers OF
art call and see them. During her stay la
Paris Miss Baker enjoyed the instruction OF
some OF the best modern French masters,
among them Charles Louis Muller, the painter
OF the much ana justly admired Charlotte Dr.
day." in the Corcoran Gallery. That her time
and efforts were not spent In vain IL amply
shown by the work She exhihlta. and, perhaps,
more conclusively 70 the general public, by the
fact that two or her pictures won places In the
Salon last summer. Mr.. Chief Justice Waite Is.
Bakers paintings. bought out OF her studio In
Paris year or Two ago.
With the return OF prosperous times high
prices for pictures and other works or art
have come Ia again. At q sale In New York
Lot long since coast view by Troyon, brought
E,45o; figure piece by Boug aereau., 5000:
Q landscape by Diaz, es ,00c: flgure piece By
Tissot, 81, 500: landscape by Schreyer, 81, l5O
and six Others, by various artists. from 81 ,0oa
TO s., 600 each. But even more astonishing than
these figures were those brought by an engray-
ing sold In the same city few days since
viz: Sc GOO. The Qatid pro quo for this pretty
sum was brilliant and unique impression or
Raphael Morghen's celebrated engraving or
Leonardo da Eincls famous fresoo al Milan
The Last Supper" IL is q proof In the FIRST
state, before all letters, bearing only the coat
OF arms. and known as plat blanc, because
the small plate by Saint James the Younger Is
unfinished and bears the Initials "R. M" This
beautiful ana very scarce print was originally
ia the collection or Cardinal Afch,nto, on the
Dispersion OF which II was bought for ,s2of.