Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-08
ART NOTES.

the evening Of the 18th inst Cards of Invitation
viii be issued In due season.
Lieut. Julius Payer, one OF the leaders OF
the famous Austrian North Polar Expedition
OF 1924 has settled at Munich with the In.
tention OF devoting himself exclusively to the
alt OF painting
About one hundred pictures were sold at
the recent exhibition Of the Philadelphia So
ciety OF Artists, and the sum paid for them
footed up more than $4,000. With three ex
ceptions the buyers were all Philadelphlans.
st. Louis has two art associations In sue
cessful existence. One is entitled the Graphic
Club, the other the Sketch Club. The former
gave its usual Christmas entertainment this
season, which was greatly enjoyed oy all pirtl-
ciDanta
The sculpture to be used 10 the new Hotel
de Vile at Paris will alone cost s2ll 100. What
would our Congress say to appropriating such
sum as that, at one dash for the purpose of
adjoining single public building? and yet why
shouldn't 1t?
A cable telegram received to-day states
that private advices have been received at
Berlin TO the effect that the statue of Minerva
Ficlrix, recently discovered at Athens. is not
All original. as was reported, but a copy of the
masterpiece OF Phdas.
The annual exhibition OF the American
water Color Society Will open in New York on
Monday, the oath Inst. Works will be received
on the 10Th, 1lth and 18th inst. For further In.
formation application should be made to the
secretary, MI. Henry Farrer, 81 West 10th
street. \. Y.
-Compte Gu Nouy's huge painting repre-
sen,ing Christian Pilgrims at the Tome of the
Virgin Mary, which took high honors at the
Salon In 1878. has been purchased by Mr.. Dou5-
man, OF St Louis, and now hangs In his allery
10 tnat CITY. We are not advised what price
was paid for 1t.
The people of the autipodes are waking I'D
on the subject Of art, too. The House Of AS
sembly at Adelaide has voted the sum of ca, 900
for the purchase OF pictures to found a Ma
tl0nal Gallery in Adelaide, and q number of
pictures from the late Melbourne exhibition
have been bought as nucleus for 1t.
Sir Frederick Leighton. president OF the
British Royal Academy, will send to Its exhibit
ton next summer his portrait by himself, which
ne has been requested to paint to be placed In
the tf1izi Gallery In Florence. This collection,
1t Will be remembered, is intended to include
portraits OF the great painters OF all ages.
The Boston Art Club, which held It's an
nual meeting last Saturday evening, and elected
Ex-Governor A. II. Rice its president for the en-
suing year, Is In a most prosperous condition.
Its present membership numbers $50: its re-
celpts last year were f35, 1Sl.12 its expendi-
lures 1913, 2s64 As; balance on hand 81: 1926.
y. - reels Itself highly complimented
- ~reat Britain In the fact that NJ Detaille has
Deen commissioned TO paint the portrait OF H.
T. Ii. Inc Duke OF COnnaught in full milttars
:4Iess. me selection was well m ade. Except
Nj. 1T Melville, there Is perhaps no other artist
who can paint 80 good a picture Of the kind.
The pictures by Miss Baker mentioned in
last saturdays STAR Will remain at No 1 Grant
Place next week, and will be represented at
the artists reunion Monday evening IL IA to
Oe hoped that the COrcoran Gallery will accord
some OF them an exhibition there for time. "a
they can hardly fail TO give pleasure to lovers OF
art Miss Baker intends TO spend most of the
year In America, and TO return to Paris next
fall.
The committee appointed by the citizens
OF Philadelphia to choose model and contract
for the statue OF the late Morton McMlchael, to
be erected In Paramount Park. have accepted
that offered by Mr.. John Mahoney as the best,
although there were competitors for the work
from France, Italy, and various parts OF the
United States The statue will be In bronze OF
heroic Size, and Will be mounted upon granite
pedestal.
Those wishing to compete for the Pfang
Christmas card prizes should send In their
designs to the American Art Gallery, on 23d
street, New York, before the l4th of mex.
month. The exhibition opens on the 2lst OF
February. and the decision OF the judges will
be made known later. The cards 10 lst be EN-.
olematic Of Christmas time; or. at least, that
Is the natural suppOs ltion, although last sea
sonLhe first prize was awarded to car1 that
might represent any season OF the year.
"A number OF the leading artists In New
York have united In letter to the COmmis
sIoners Of Central Park requesting them TO
place the egyptian obelisk not on the site first
elected, VIZ. on knoll, among trees. near The
museum building, but on the plaza at the Fifth
avenue entrance OF the park, where 1t Is ap-
rrcachable from every Side and where 1t can
ne viewed from level ground at different dis
JnlC ~ 10 nrffC nln, .l.-h
Sfnsiole suggestions Should be needed by the
authorities having the matter In charge
- Gabriel Max's latest important painting
has arrived in New York, and will shortly be
placed on exhibition there. Like all Herr Max's
later works, it is sad in sentiment and rather
depressing than otherwise to the specta-
amt OF music; but instead OF treating
IL In the hopeful aud elevating spirit
OF Raphaels Bologna masterpiece. the life
sented seen from the back and kneelIng In front
of an organ, placed on a balustrade whose keys
she Is touching for the last time. With bent
head she chants prayer as she bids good-by to
the arrival OF the executioner.
- new use for photography in connection
with the higher arts has been found In the dis
covery that 1t may be relied on to detect res
toration or tampering In any way with old
paintings. On recently examining the first
piooi VI well huOWu NlaQOnQ8, IN the British
National Gallery, It was observed that there
was d1sdguring blur over the forehead. No
such blur was discernib!e In the original-at
least at nrSt glance. But the magnifylng glass
showed on careful inspection, that the rsStorer
had been at work. He had repaired some casual
damage With skill that reproduced the color,
the touch. and the texture Of the painter; but
ne had not USED the same pigments and this
was Instantly detected by the subtle chemistry
OF light.
Amherst College rejoices over the arrival
OF Get OF casts to be added to its art gallery.
The largest piece is copy in the original size
OF the Lions from Mycep8. This is a col.
0SSal bas- relief on the Intel OF the gate
way to the old Palace of Agamemnon.
where DR., Schliemann has made some OF his
most important discoveries The original
has never been moved from Its place on
the old palace wall, but recently the Prussian
government has had mold made directly from
1t, and from this the cast for the college was Sc
cured. 1t Is OF great historical value, as one of
the earliest specimens OF Greek art. Another
rare work Is the cast OF Hermes and Bacchus,
recently discovered by Prof. Curtius In the ex-
cavatiODs at Olympia. and beyond question a
genuine work of Praxiteles.
There are indications that the wares of
China and Japan have about had their day as a
popular craze, and that the demand for them
will soon die out. This has already happened
In England, and the passion for curioi from
East India has taken its place. The new furore
owes its first impulse to the Prince OF Wales,
who, when visiting his mothers Oriental Em-
ptre, purchased artistic souvenirs right and left.
The fashion thus started Is now In full blast,
and the carpets OF MirZapOre and Agra, the
jewelry OF Delhi, Cuttack and Trichlnopoly,
and the engraved and TepouSSe brass work