Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-05
ART NOTES.

The sim of eco 900 has been given to
Princeton College, for the endowment Of the
new School of Art to be established in cOnnec-
ton with that institution.
Cen Jubal A. Early proposes to be one of
fifty gentlemen to subscribe and pay in one
thousand dollars each for the purpose of erect
ing an equestrian statue In bronze of General
Lee In some suitable place in Richmond
MFR. Johannes Oertel, whose semi-religious
and categorical paintings have long been familiar
to and popular with the public has taken
studio In COrcOran Building, and will perma-
nently locate here If he meets sufficient encour-
aSement, as we hope he may.
A pen drawing after an engraving of Mu-
Tillo's Madonna. exhibited in Mr.. Fischers
window on 18th street. attracts. as it deserves,
much and favorable notice from passers by. 1t
Is the work of Mr.. Paul SchulZe, and shows not
only great patience but very considerable artis-
tic feeling on the part of the person who exc
euted It,
- The paintings sent by Mr. Weyl to the
spring exhibition Of the New York Academy OF
Design were very favorably regarded by both
artists and critics "a compliment that is not
very frequently enjoyed by anybody's work.
Referring to the autumn landscape the Art
Interchange says: at Is a rather familiar rem
dering of dying verdure. but fine example of
composition. in which light lines are skilfully
SET OH against heavy masses-a most commend
able method
At Brentano's Is to be seen portrait of
Chief Justice Marshall which. both on account
Of its subject and its merits as work of art, is
worthy place in some public institution. 1t is
attributed to the Younger Peale, and there is
every reason to believe that it is not only an
original but painted from life. We know moth
Ing of its history, nor what it is valued at. but
we feel sure We do q kindness i'm calling to it the
attention of those who would naturally be inter-
ested I'm a work of that character.
- Mr.. VIM. Carl Browne proposes to spend
the summer in the Shenandoah valley, where he
hopes to be able to do some sketching from ma
ture with view to little landscape painting
in future; and he may open studio Temporal
rily In New York next winter. though he by no
means intends to give up Washington as a place
OF residence. BY the way. remarkably bright
and spirited example of Mr.. Brownies best work
in pOrtraiture has been on exhibition in Whta-
ker's window for some days past, where it has
attracted much attention.
- Mr.. Matthew Wilson. whose studio is in
COrcoran Building, will go to his summer place
on Lake George as soon as he has completed
portraits Of the President and ex-Secretarv
Robson, upon which he is now engaged. The
latter is not yet far enough along to enable one
to judge of its fidelity as a likeness but the for
mer promises to be both a faithful portrait and
spirited and pleasing work of art. Mr. Wilson
expects to return to Washington next fall, and
hopes to be able to find by that time larger and
better lighted studio than the one he now occu-
pies.
-TheBostOn people seem to have good deal
Of trouble in getting satisfactory model for
their proposed equestrian statue of Paul Revere
Last fall three prizes of $500 each were offered
To no in b,,A mil
19th. and few days ago the committee on Sc
lection met for the purpose of making the
reward. Out of large number of competitors
the prizes were awarded to Messrs James f.
Kelly OF New York, c. E. Dallin of Boston, and
Daniel Z. French OF Concord Mass. tOrmerly of
this city,. 1t is by no means certain that either
OF these designs will be eventually adopted for
the statue. still Others are to be submitted
and considered before the decision is finally
made.
People think there is great deal of money
Invested in paintings in private galleries in New
York; and so there is. Vanderbt's collection
Is considered to be worth from 81, 1875 600 to
81, 5OO,O COO, and there are many others valued
at from 500. 900 to $500 COO and several per-
haps that would go above the latter figure
These sums look large. and they are large: but
they seem insignificant when compared with the
value put upon some Of the private collections
owned in Europe and notably in Paris. Some
VI THESE are cStiHidteu 10 De worth the f0llOW
Ing figures: The Due dAumale $4,000, 600; the
Baron de .Rothschiid, 100000 900; Sir Richard
Wallace. $1,000, 600; NJ. Secretan. 50 600 600 in
Guiding thirty pictures by MISSIONER; NJ Defoer-
Bey and the Count de Greffuhle, each 5000. 600:
Madame COssin. 81 .OOO. OCO and NJ Edouard
Andre and Mr. William Stewart, S4OO, 600 each
The contributions sent to the Paris Salon
this year by Mr. Gaines DonohO of this CITY are
both landscapes respectively, ''Mau-
VASES HerbeS and ''Primroses." The first Is
described in the telegraphic correspondence of
the New York Herald as "a brayely painted.
tangled mass Of large spindly heritage, with
middle distances of trees and level plain. dis
tant skyline of trees sheltering houses and sky
A girl is leading some calves towards us through
the weeds, following deliriOus sort of path.
The picture Is harmony of green somewhat
too blush i'm tone. and in execution Is so I'M
conscious OF littleness to fall into neglect OF
important foreground drawing. The artists
other work. of less Importance as to size is also
q harmony of green's, full of color and enthusi-
astic In rendering like all his works A peasant
girl in a faded green Breton gown. is walking
towards us down little valley of green stuff.
picketed with thin pOpars that border on
nearly invisible rill which suckles the primroses
She is hanging on to a slim sapling with one
hand and carrying flowers i'm the other Here.
again, technical enthusiasm chases sentiment
out OF handsome, breezy picture"
From the Albany Argus.
The manufacture of billiard balls from cellu
Ioid and bonsilate is peculiar industry from
the fact that the only factory of the kind in the
world is in this CITY, A large prOuOrfiOn IF fbo