Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-07
A Notable Artistic Voyage. From the New York Herald.I


 Rudolf Cronau, a young German painter, special artist and correspondent of the we'll known Garter Ldu6e, of Leipsig, arrived some days ago in this city from Bremen on an artistic journey around, or rather about the world undertaken in the interests of that publication. He will remain for some four or five weeks in this city for the purpose of making sketches and visiting the exhibitions, galleries and studios. From here he will go across the continent, visiting the principal Western States and the Indian Territory He intends remaining in the United States about year. He will then leave San Francisco for Mexico, and from there go to the West Indies, Brazil, and Argentine Republic, Patagonia, Chili, Peru, Ecuador. Columbia, the South Sea Islands, Kamtschatka, Japan, China, the Molucca Islands, East Indies, Persia, Arabia Zanzibar, Madagascar, South Africa, Ashan- tee, Senegambia Morocco and via Spain and France back to Germany. Herr Cronau, who intends also to gather materials for pain tings of the scenery, life and customs of the countries which he will visit during his ex- tensive voyage, is not thirty. He studied for seven years at Dusseldorf, where he en- joyed the advice and friendship of Achen- bach, Vautier, Geertz and the late Carl Hub ner, and afterward made studies in various parts of Europe His paintings, however, which he has sold in Germany, England and Russia, treat chiefly of subjects taken. from his native country, Rhenish Prussia Among them are Country Road on the Moselle," exhibited at Dusseldorf some four or five years ago, and now owned in Bremen; Christmas Eve in Village on the Rhine,'' displayed at Dusseldorf and at Leipsic last year, and owned by Delvecchio's Art Gallery, in the latter city; Moonlight on the Piazettn. Venice" displayed at Munich in 1877. "A Procession in Florence-All Saints Day. now in private gallery in Moscow, and which was exhibited at Dusseldorf, Bremen and Hamburg, and ''In the Hebrew Cemetery at Prague" in the Berlin Exhibition of 1876. Among his other works are a number of pen and inks, ''Studien Kopfen mach der Natur. B bought by the Rheinish Westphalisehe Kunst Verein at it's exhibition in 1876, and several etchings, among which the only one we have seen, the head of an old shoemaker, is very fine, being full of character and power ful in light and shade Herr Cronau has contributed to the Leipsic Iz,tstrfrter Zeitung and to U6er LG,,d und Nicer. as well as to the Ga7'tese LGu6e. The artistic and literary serial on which he is now engaged will be called Around the World D and the first in- stalment, which will appear probably at the end of next month, will treat of the ocean voyage and New York. The progress and present state of art in this country will re- ceive especial attention from Herr Cronau The artist, besides his credentials from the journal which he represents, bears letters of introduction and recommendation from the German Chancellor. Prince Bismark, to all German Ministers at foreign capitals and courts, as well as to consuls. similar doc. ument from Admiral won StoEeh, Secretary of the German Navy, is addressed to all com manders of German men of-war. The letters request all necessary aid in furtherance of artists project.