Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-12
Art NOTES.

art.
Mrs Winnie Ream- Hsxie's Inc msrS!e
head representing America" is one OF the at
fractions IA the fine arts room Of the Loan
Collection.
The late Signor Bartoliui. the eminent
italian sculptor, pronounced John Flaxman.
the English sculptor. 'the greatest artist who
has lived since the ttnae OF the Greeks"
MIR. william Bradford. the painter OF arctic
| scenery, who has been living in California for
| some time was at last accounts ia Denver
where he bad sold several OF his paintings
- The Boston Art Club has voted to increase
| the appropriation for Its new club house from
$4,000 to ts5. o9o provided the consent OF those
| who have subscribed TO the former loan Os 90
| tanned.
"A Southern Art Union has been organized
| at New Orleans with Mr. Robert Scott as prest-
| dent and Mir. ". c. Randall as treasurer.
| French and English names, with q spr1nkling
| OF German, make up the list OF tucorporators
- Mr. Virgil Williams, director Of the school
of Design at san Francisco, informs California
| chat unless public spirited citizens shall fur.
| n al 50 80e per aBnum In addition to the pres
| emf Income OF the school he Will have 10 close
| &C.
| - Here IS one OF the axioms OF Carolus
| Duran: educate the eye before you educate
the hand. The hand viii become cunning soon
| enough when the eye has learned to see
whereas II the hand be educated before the
| eye one may never see"
Miss 81. II, HattOn. daughter or the London
! Journalist, hes carried OF the tree studentshlp
at the Royal Academy and the special South
| Kenoington art prize. Miss Hsuon was one OF
| four competitors from the three Kingdoms She
hss now passed her probation, and ia regularly
| Installed.
| The picture sale OF the New York Artists
Fund Society for the current year. which took
place at the beginning OF the week, produced
| nearly $4,000. The highest price obtained for
| any single picture was $3.50, which was the
subjects. Mr.. Thomas Hicks was elected Fresl-
dent OF the Society for the ensuing twelve
| months.
- Messrs john Brett. Aatrew Cow, and
| Frank Dicksee. painters, Mr.. Hamo Thornycratt,
sculptor. and Mr.. William Burgess. architect.
have been elected Associates Of the British
| Roy al Academy. As these selections are under.
stood TO complete the allotted number. the cases
| o. Mr.. Albert Bterstadt and Mile Rosa Ronhsur
would seem 10 be adv er5ely disposed OF, Tor the
| present, at least.
- MrAndreTs is putting the finishing touches
10 The tull-'ength l,re-size portrait OF Mr.. Fra
Tier, which has been id his studio for some
time. soon after 1t ia completed 1t viii be SCI.
- Cincinnati. where IL is to be placed in the
ChamorI at Commerce. on whose order it is
| painted. couini.S1ason from such a source Is
naturally and properly regarded as high COM
pnment by Mr.. Andrews and ne Is exceedingly
anxious to have the work worthy the place for
which 1t is intended, as Well as creditable to
biI1self. In this laudaDle ambition he can
hardly De disappointed. The likeness Is strik-
!iig, the handling irse and strong, and the color
Ire mafs<ably rich ana good.
- Tine frame now being made for the portrait
CT Mrs. Hayes which Mr.. Huntington is paint
! Ing for the Womsn'5 Temperance mon prom
| ises to be Almost As much worIE OF art In its
| way as the picture ITSELF The work is being
executed by Ke Cincinnati School OF Design
| under Superin tendent Pitman, who promises
| that 1t shall be- the finest frame ever carved
Ii Is to be OF oak, aud will stand nearly ten feet
In height, Every par Of 1t is symbolical The
piasters will be Id pattern OF lilies, {purIty }
the bases OF these In laurel, {victOryi the bot
| tom in the English hawthorn and the water
| lily the top In oak leaves and ac0rn5 (p0wer
and strength together with soble other en-
| Dlematfc designs not yet rally determined upon
MI. Pltlnan gives all his OWE work as d0na-
! lion to the cause.
| - The latest issue OF L'irt has long paper
on wood-engraying In America. Il says: .I4et
| us observe the particular and entirely indie
| pendent movement which has recently been
| developed la America. Every one who has
| seen the Illustrated magazines Of the United
states must know that wood engraving 10 the
| tnited states has made a progress which tt
| would be an Injustice not TO recognize. The
| drawings, usually OF small dimensions, have
allowed the engrayer to devote himself to CIV
| Tug the greatest possible perfection 20 refined
| deiicacy OF execution. In that country they
| have attempted, with remarkable success, to
| Reproduce also oil and Water-colOr paintings as
| We'll as the grain and tonch Of crayOn draw
| ln,5. The feeling OF absolute fidelity insplre1
| bl these experiments gives to the reproduction
| III me drawings ali the charm or rhc most ek-
| ~ lie dtcdcJ- and the most irrCproachabie
! ruth"
| - TIE Art Loan Collection. now open Ia the
| DID ''ociag0n Builiing, on New York avenue
, tnG i''h street, proves 10 oe, IS vas expected
| ieOSt at'ractige and interesting exhibition
whether visited for what It is !r : a:,act scular
POM Of view, or for what 1t represents in IFS
| growth or civilization IN various industries
!, ard minor arts. The collection Of Washington
ahd Revolutionary Relics is cl dmed and doubt.
esS 1istiy 70 De the largest ever brough, to-
| get0er Ia one group. and the same can proha-
bly, be said OF the collection illustrating the
| arts or unciyfifzed races-SO far, at least as
| this country is concerned. 1t is doubtful, too,
| whether larger and better collection OF an
! tfqueS and artistic brtc- a-brac could be gath
| cred from the private residences OF any city ia
the country than the one shown here; while
| the room devoted TO ceramics and glassware Is
not only "a thing OF beauty" Ia Itself, but a
most fascinating historical and chronological
STUDY. These constitute only \ portion OF the
| collection, Which In the aggregate completely
nils no less than eleven large and We'll ar
| ranged rooms.
| - The announcement made Ia this column
| some weeks ago that the (London) 4l'f Jo,y7.p
would no longer be republished In this country
was oaSed on the statement OF the person who
| had mp TO that time delivered that periodical to
| It's subscribers ia this city: and tfiis was as
| matter OF course accepted as authentic. The
TACT is, however, that only the lease or contract
| OF the then publishers OF the American edition
| had expired. With the present year the work
! passed into new hands on this side and not
| only Is IL TO be continued. but t is better than
| Ii has ever been. Several new and popular
| features have been added and its general SCOPE
| wide ned considerably. The line engravtngs on
steel are to De kept up TO their old mark OF ex-
celence II not TO their old point OF prominence,
but In connection with them original etchings
! and reproductions IN fac Simtle or original
j drawings by the very best artists Will be given
| regularly hereafter. together with series OF
! Valuable and Interesting illustrated papers on
| Indus trial Art, under The title OF "Our Home
surroundings" The etching and FAC smile re-
| production In the January issue are both par
llcniaTiy good, and promise well for the futi,re
! The new American publishers are Messrs. PAY
tersoH K Nelson, New York. whose branch Of
| Lee IN washington Is At 9tj PENNSYLVANIA ave
nue..
fnRKcLoslkG A MORTGAGE or VHL,Gg.-
Many Years ago the tract Of land
now comprising the village OF Farm
lngdale, New Jersey, was sold by the
| Goodenough family 10 Gordon Bond, the Good
enoughs retaining q mortgage on the property.
| Bond then divided the land into building lots
ana sold them. the purchasers remaining In
ignorance OF the Goodenough claim A thrifty
village soon sprang up. The Goodenoughs now
all being dead, Samuel johnson, who held the