Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-28
A FEW ART NOTES.

Italy takes kindly to exhibitions nova
days. The Turin show having been sue
cessful, national exhibition is now opened
at Milan under royal patronage, and will
remain open till November. Ali kinds of
exhibits will be shown.
Only $500 pictures will be received at
the Salon this year. There are 5000 de-
handing admittance. Munkacsy has not
been able to finish his "Crucifxion" in
time and the same accident has befallen
| Hans Makart of Vienna.
Hubert Herkomer exhibits this year
"Missing," an oil painting of the exterior
of the dockyard wall at Portsmouth, near
which stands an anxious crowd asking for
tidings of the ATLANTA, the troop.ship
which has never been heard from.
Millas got two sittings from Beacons-
field before he died. The portrait is said
to be excellent. 1t is nearly in profile.
The report goes that Millais received 5000
guineas from the Illustrated London Ne,Cs
for his 60 Cinderella, now at the exhibition
of the Royal Academy, for use in the
Christmas supplement.
Paris will have an archaeological exhibit
ton of unusual interest this summer, being
articles discovered by French expedition
on the site of Utica, the ancient town OF
the Pheuicians in northern Africa. The
remains are Roman, consisting of 700 pieces,
mostly vases, 300 inscriptions and several
mosaics. After exhibition in the Palais de
PIndustTie they will be deposited in the
Louvre.
At the exhibition of Painters tchers
now open in London there are etchings
sent from America by resident artists of
New York and Philadelphia. The Stand
ard says "Ot the strangers it is pleasure
to welcome Mr.. Swain Clifford, the President
of the New York Etching Club, who sends
several unaffected and charming sketches;
Mr.. Henry Farrer, the Secretary of the
same club, whose etchings are excellent in
their simple vigor; Mr.. Parish, of Phila.
delphia, and Mr.. I. Moran"
A writer who had devoted some atten-
ton to the decorators and artisans of Japan
says that the worker in metals is, without
exception, the most artistic, but that all
Japanese workmen and artists discard ut
terly the happy go-lucky method in their
work. They undergo thorough train
ing in ancient custom and precedent.
Hand books with elaborate instructions
and progressive lessons are cheap and ac-
cessible to the poorest, for circulating
libraries abound From first strokes to
the finished drawing, and for each class
or style of design, there are many elab-
orately illuminated works of reference.
De Melville has two patriotic canvases
for the Salon. "Attack on the Cemetery
of st. Privat" represents last assault by
the Germans in overwhelming force. The
few remaining Frenchmen stand against
the further wall, while the Germans are
entering the cemetery over the opposite
wall. "The Arrest OF a Spy shows
group of German officers breakfastlng
while handsome young Frenchman is be-
ing searched. Peasants look on with IN
teres5. The Germans show in their faces
the indifference with which they regard the
fate of the prisoner.
j. @. a. Ward has finished sketch IN
clay for the proposed statue OF Lett, the
Norseman, the discoverer of North Amer
lea. according to Norwegian history. 1t is
to stand on the triangle OF land In front of
the Boston Museum OF Fine Arts. The
lively Mr.. 7. C. Appleton has happily been
chosen Chairman of the committee on
fnnd The sum wanted is $40, 600, and that
now secured 81, 500. Left is to be of bronze,
helneted, long locked, with shirt of mail,
and a long, double handed sword. The at
titude is meant to express surprise and tri-
umph. The hight of the figure is to be
eight feet, and it is to stand in the middle |
of granite fountain.