Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-29
ART NOTES.


Mr.. VIM. NJ. Chase, of New York. is paint
Ing a portrait OF ex-Secretary Evarts, to be
placed in the Department of State.
Mr.. Vincent l.. Ourdan. OF the Columbia
Bank Note Company, has recently engraved and
published fine steel plate portrait OF the hate
Father Boyle As likeness It il pronounced
very faithful 10y those best qualified to judge.
AID as a work OF ant it Is highly creditabie to
Mr.. Ourdan.
A meeting of the Art Club viii be held at its
roOEs on Monday evening for the purpose of
adopting a new constitution and dispatching
other npOrtaH: business connected will its in
terests. 1t is TO b. hoped that there VIII be both
fpli and prO.apt attendance OF members, "a it
h felt by those Interested that on the results of
this meeting win very largely dapead tie future
usefulness Il not the very existence Of tie Club.
- Mr.. Edward Stokes, who owns the es,hetic
barr00m of tine Hoffman House in New York.
gave reception to ladies on Thursday. to en-
able them to see the art treasures of that famous
temple OF Baechus.-the latest acquisition to
which was Bouguereau's masterpiece. ''Nymphs
and Satyr," bought out of the Wolfe collection
short time ago for a trfe over ten Thousand
dollars. III is said that of about two thousand
invitations sent out something like n Thousand
were accepted, and that. must needs t,e IN
such a case. the attendance was an exceedingly
motley one.
-SignOr Salvatore Albano, the distinguished
FiorentiRe sculptor. has presented to the New
YorkMuseuE Of Art his celebrated marble statue
of III Ladro, or IT he robber," for the nsoael of
which he received medal at the last Paris ex-
position. The figure is that of naked man
seated on a stump. enveloped by the folds of ser
penis, his face EXPRESSING rem 3rse, horror aud
pain-the motive being taken from CaHtO 81 of
Dantes Inferno. The work il one of the most
powerful OF modern times, but It's effect upon
Spectators cannot but be diSagreeable, in spite
OF it's great merits.
- The statement made by one of the papers
of this city last week that Powers 'Nydia, the
bind girl in the Last Days of Pompei' was
done for a gentleman of Great Darlington,
Mass, at the price of 15.OOO." occasioned a
pretty broad smile on the face of those familiar
with the subject. The facts in regard to the
statue in question are that ''Nydia'' is the work
OF Mr. Randolph Rogers, and not of Mr. Powers
anu that 1t has been repeated perhaps a dozen
not tw enty times, and at a price probably little
over tenth Dart of the sum named above
indeed. it used to be said in Rome that Mr..
Rogers had coined a respectable fortune from
this i"ure alone. and that he had a force of
workmen constantly 1T work making copies of
1t. it IS however, beautiful piece of marble
andfuiiy deserves its great popularity.
of the Royal Academy the London Ne,os
Gays: -" The corporation of Burlington House is
%
In. and commercial BODY 1t maintains ad-
h'!rabe schools for drawing and painting from
The round and from the the life It has a
large PROFESSIONAL staff not only for technical
teaching, but also for the delivery of lectures
They beStOW prizes to their successful students
and periodically send travelling students to
Italy Finally they are the administrators of
trusts to the amount of manv thousands OF
pounds Thus, the Royal Academy, in all save
Its exhibition or trading aspect. whence profits
r1..ia
good, may be fairly likened to some great
medieval guild: really practiCing, as the city
companies formally did. the art craft. and mys-
terry from which it derives its name"
- Mr. Albert Boris who recently sold one of
his large paintings to Mr. A. Pollok, is now en-
gagged on two fine upright landscapes which he
Is painting under commission from the same
gentleman. One represents lake the other q
river scene. and both promise to be exceedingly
pleasant and successful efforts. Mr. Boris,
whose studio is now at 1926 New York avenue
y also at work on two pictures representing
Polish life and scenery. One Of these well
under way, shows beat with her crew and
passengers on sluggish stream with long
stretches of marshy lands IN the distance and a
strong rich sunset effect, while the other. inst
sketched in. gives group of wandering Poles
in picturesque and characteristic costumes.
making merry by the roadside ct the siaht of
home. Although labOring under the disa(iyan-
SdSc vi HUI Dtiup dDie 10 speak English, Mi.
Boris has made many friends in Washington as
well by his modest and gentlemaniy demeanor
as by his merits as an artist. His wife also
paints very cieverly. both in oils and water
eoiOrs, and their studio is well worthy visit by
those interested in art and artists.
- The only Washington artists represented at
the exhibition of the National Academy in New
York this spring are hessrs. L. ID. Gillaume r.
n. Brooke G. r. DOnoho, and Lot Flannery.
The first Sardc "a IF n
"a Sta.uette and Flowers" Mr. Brooke sends
his Dog Swap" exhibited here some time ago;
Mr.. Donoho is represented by "The Edge OF the
Forest" which was his Salon picture last year;
and Mr. FIannery sends a bas relief entitled
''The Flight from Love-" According to the cat
alogue, the prices asked for these works are as
lOliOws Mr. Guillaume's, $4,000 and $500. re-
spectively; Mr. BroOke's. $1,000; Mr. Donoho's.
$3.50, and Mr. Flannery's, (prObably in clay or
plaster, sd Whether any of them have been
sold or not we are not advised The sales so far
made from the exhibition this season amount,
DIV the way, to something over S35, 0C0; but we
oeiieye the most customers have been found for
pictures of moderaf prces-that is under 81 600
And perhaps under $500. OF course these are
largely in the majority. numerically, az well as
within most persons means. though there are
quite number for which pretty stiff figures are
asked. The highest priced picture is Hoyen-
denis Elaine" which is marked at $4,000
Next comes one at 5000; six at 80 500; eight
1t $1,000; twelve at 81 500, and twenty-eight at
u .OC0- These are the figures set down i'm the
catalogue, but 1T is safe to suppose that cash
offer Of considerably less amount would be ac-
ecpted in good many cases.
- The sharp comments mace by the CORE
sYondent of a western paper writing from this
city upon an alleged violation Of good taste in
the matter of window shades used by q certain
SenatOr's family residing here seem to raise the
question whether people should furnish their
houses t. suit themselves or to gratify outsiders
aid passers- The alleged offence in the in
stance alluded TO is the charge that the window
shades OF the several floors of the senatorial
dwelling vary IN eOior,-that is, those on one
beng green, on another red and on another
blue. or something of that sort. The objection
though plausible at first thought, is not well
taken The case, IL such one really exists
does not violate the canOns of good taste; on
the contrary. under certain conditions 1t is in
exact accordance with them. Where inside
cotton or iineB shades are used in a dwelling for
the exclusion or modification OF light onlv. it il
well To adopt a uniform color, such as choco-
late. gray or white, because these are ALWAYS
agreeable to the eye. whether seen from within
or without, and they harmonic well with all
the cOiors usually chosen for carpets. curtains.