Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-08
ART NOTES.


Mr.. weyl had the good fortune to sell to
the chairman of the Art Commission of the
Louisville Exposition one Of the paintings sent
by him to that institution.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Scott. Of Philadel-
phia, well known here from his connection with
picture sales In past seasons, is negotiating for
suitable place for the establishment of a per
manent art exhibition and sales gallery In this
city.
y Mr.. Messer returned on Saturday last from
the beautiful Sandy River valley. in Maine where
he spent the latter part of the summer He has
taken for studio. for the present at least the
room in the \. NJ. c. A. Building formerly oecu-
pied by Mr.. Montague.
- Mr.. Armor has taken studio in the new
Gunton building. at the corner of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and Ninth street. He been working
latterly on stil-life subjects. but will commence
on portraits, for which he has some halt dozen
commissions, as soon as he gets fairly settled in
his new quarters.
- Mr.. S. w. Keen. who has returned to Wash
ington after prolonged absence, shows in the
window of the art store on F street a carefully
painted bit of genre. representing a somewhat
trying experience in the life of an elderly gem
tleman who presumably wants quiet and free
dom from draughts.
The report OF the Maryland Institute Schools
of Art and Design, at Baltimore, shows the at
tendance from October j, 1888, to have been 2S2
in the day. and 500 in the night school. THE
uniform excellence of the work In all depart
ments. says the report. ''speaks as well for the
adaptability of the system for the earnest
ness and industry of the students"
The price paid by the British government for
Van Dyck's equestrian portrait of Charles I, so
long in Blenheim Palace. was go, $50. 1t is
justly regarded as one of Van Dycks best pro-
Arfa nd ic l,a,
Gallery Fancy the American government pay
ing such sum Of money for an oil painting, less
than half the size of one OF Bierstadt's master
pieces
At the Chicago Exposition which has lust
closed, forty OF the paintings by American
artists, on exhibition, were sold at total price
of SlS,055. The highest figure reached was
5000. which sum was paid for "After the
Mass" by VIM. I. Dannat Grayson's Alloy"
brought $500, and MosIer's New Years Err
rand" and Thayer's 'Chid and Cats" realized
$1,000 each.
Ross Turner seems to have settled down to
become permanent fixture in Boston, where he
Is quite popular, both as painter and teacher.
He finds steady demand for his work as fast
as produced whether In oils or water colors
and he has class of pupils numbering at the
present time over sixty. He has recently taken
new and handsome studio i'm the Hotel Glen
don, lately opened in one of the most desirable
parts of the city.
-Aportion Of the large number of art objects.
etc,g some time ago by the late Mrs Benz.
Ogte Tayloe. of this city, to the Corcoran Gallery
have been transferred to that institution. and
the small southwest corner room has been set
apart for their display. The collection now there
includes, with many articles Of minor interest
and value, three fine portraits by Stuart-one OF
them being noted one of Washngton-andt two
by Huntington, together with several marble
busts,-one of the latter. by Powers, represent
ing the late Col Tayloe. who was the husband
OF the donor of the collection.
= The bronze statue of Garfield, executed by
Prot LEM, Of Nuremberg, from a model by
Herr Happersburger. young American sculp-
tor, now residing in Munich, on an order from
San Francisco, is completed and has been placed
on exhibition at Hamburg. 1t is of heroic size.
the figure being ten feet high. 1t represents
the late President standing erect, with his head
uncovered, and clothed in ordinary civilian
dress. On the sides Of the pedestal are figures
representing war trophies and the American
eagle. The front face OF the pedestal bears, in
large raised letters. the name Clarified"
The greatest loss sustained by art in the late
burning OF the palace of Christiansborg. in Co.
penhagen. was the destruction of Thorvadsen's
splendid marble freze representing the Triumph
of Alexander. 1t still hangs on the naked and
backened walls of the great hall which it
adorned, but calcined and utterly ruined. For
tunately several casts In plaster still exist, and
repiica.-Or rather the original work. from
which the one just destroyed varied i'm some
particulars,-forms the principal attraction in
the lila Cariotta. on Lake Como. opposite Bel
laggio. The latter is. however. in so obscure a
place and one SO rarely visited by travellers as to
be practically lost to the world.
- Mr. Gaines Ruger Donoho. formerly Of this
city, returned several weeks since from Europe,
where he has passed the past five years. most
of the time being spent i'm Paris, or In the close
vicinity Of that city. in companionship with the
best artists OF the modern French school. He is
at present in New York. but expects to pass the
winter In one OF the cotton growing states,
where he hopes to find suitable typical south
erD subject for his contribution to the Salon
next spring. The professional success of Mr.
DonohO must be very gratifying to those inter-
ested In American art as well as to his immedi-
ate friends and acQuantances. 1t is doubtful il
any foreign painter of his years has ever occu-
pied higher place in the esteem of French ar
fists than that he holds
The rules governing the annual award of
the Gold Medal to be given by the Corcoran Gal
lery to the copyist who shall, during each year.
show the greatest Improvement in drawing from
casts. have been prepared. and are now ready to
be placed in the hands of those Interested
Briefly. they require that contestants must have
been drawings from casts in the Gallery for at
least six months prior TO the award. and must
submit anonymously not less than tour drawings
wholly the work of their own hands. for exam-
nation. The committee of award will consist of
three artists, not residing in Washington. to be
selected annually. and having the power to
withhold the medal at any examination where
the Improvement In the quality of work sub
mitted is not, in their judgment. sufficiently
marked to be entitled to the recognition and
distinction intended. The medal it NAV be
added. Is to be OF absolutely pure gold instead
OF coin rneness, as at first Intended and as it is
to be Of the exact size Of the once contemplated
fifty dollar gold piece it will be intrnsically
worth considerably more than that amount.
- The leading event of the coming season
in the way Of picture sales will be the disper-
sion of the collection Of paintings belonging to
Mr.. Seney, the bankrupt railway and financial
magnate of Brooklyn, which event, it is under
stood, will take place in New York in January.
The collection is quite large as to numbers. and
includes many pictures of Importance and value,
but 1T was not selected with as much Judgment
and is not as well balanced as some other pri-
vate galleries that might be named, having been
brought together too rapidly. 1t is said that
Mr. Seney expended on it over $500 600 i'm a
single period covering little more than a year.
This tact Of itself indicates that the collection
could be ''weeded OUT to advantage ana that
process would doubtless have been applied to il
had it remained it its owners hands a few wears
longer. After Mr.. Seney's failure something
over quarter OF million dollars was advanced
on the collection by several New York capital
lists, and the sale will no douht nroduca moro