Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-29

enthusiasm attracted anew all the in
digent artists, and especially those
who had suffered from "blind iuries
directed their steps to Monsieur Bor-
niche. One morning, at an unearthly
hour
AN EXTREMELY THREADBARE SPECIMEN
presented himself with a picture Of LIE
da and the Swan. Monsieur Borniche
said he had no more money. "Your
cried the artist, "that is very good
joke; but really, l do not want much
let us say two thousand dollars.
Monsieur Borniche began to relent
" Listen, my FRIEND said he, AZ have
sworn never to buy another picture; but
if forty dollars can be of any use [ Will
take your picture" Five dollars more
for the Swan said the artist, and il
is yours But Monsieur Borniche was
firm, for forty dollars was his fixed price
for applicants. Shortly before his death
he visited the studio of a rising artist
who told him that Queen Isabella had
Just left him, and had offered fairly
good sum for his last picture, and that
ten dollars more would have settled the
matter, but the Queen would not yield
nor would the artist. Monsieur Dor.
niche Indignantly exclaimed that the
Queen who bargained was an uncon
sciOnable monster, and that he would
buy the picture himself, and was not
sorry to have an opportunity to give
lesson to royalty. An expert is now al
work arranging catalogue of the won
derful collection of Monsieur Borniche
The sale Will last several months, and il
is not difficult to imagine that such {
large stock of pictures sold at auction
will create deal of excitement among
the picture traders of Paris. Many
chefs d'ouvre will be found among SC
many pictures, and a few genluses
pressed by their baker and tailor, vii
have signed their names to many of the
canvases for a small amount in advance
However it may be, the original charac
ter of Monsieur Borniche is interesting
Paris, and the sale of
HIS REMARKABLE COLLECTION
VIII be one of the events of the winter
Louis Ballande, the talented pupil Of
Gerome and Cabanal, has just finished
a portrait of well known San Francisco
lady, which is the most beautiful thing
he has as yet produced. Ballande's por
traits are portraits in the truest sense
and his technique and coloring are ex
celled only by his masters -Gerome anG
Cabanal. Albert de Kossak has just
published a great work, titled, motifs
Decoratifs, Anciens ct Modernes," which
will fill a need long felt by artists, who
are enthusiastic over the beautiful re-
suits of NJ. de Kossak's many years Of
labor-doubly valuable coming from 6
distinguished artist and author. We
have lately received from California 6
new book, by Major Ben. c. Truman
" Homes and Happiness in the Colder
State of California" We have shown
this work to all our French friends, and
they are charmed with it and filled with
a strong desire to visit the State so ex-
quisitely described by Major Truman
We have translated some of his "Occi.
dental Sketches" for cultured Partisan
friends who do not read English, and
they assured us that nothing in Ameri-
can literature had given them so much
genuine pleasure. They thought these
fascinating sketches far superior to any
of the exaggerated productions of Bret
Harte. Everything from the pen OF
Major Truman is full of intellect and
deep thought, framed in the most har-
monious and delicate English. We
quite agree with the French in pro-
nouncing his occidental Sketches " the
most beautiful stories over written about
the Golden State of California" O.