Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-13
ART NOTES,

ART NOTES.
Since their retarn from Europe Messrs
William Magrath and Walter Paris have taken
studio accommodations at 1911 G. street wher,
they are now conveniently and pleasantly domi.
ciled.
Mr. W. NJ Rowzee, of this city. is repre-
sented by several numbers at the seventh annual
display of works in black and white. held unde,
the auspices of the Samagundi Sketch Club OF
New York. which was formally opened by q
reception at the Academy Of Design IN that CITY
on Wednesday evening. One of his subjects. a
two-igure piece called "A Bows Affection.
ELECTED many favorable comments at the recep-
ton.
Art-iovng people in Washington will be
glad to learn that the celebrated Walters Gal.
lery in Baltimore will be open TO the public all
the Wednesdays of February. March and April
next. and also on Easter Monday and all the
Saturdays of April As heretofore the Poo,
Association of Baltimore will be the beneficiary
of the exhibitions. for each of which limited
number of tickets will be- placed in due season
at convenient places in that city for sale
-"Crossing the Pasture" the etching given
by Messrs. Cassell & Co to all subscribers to the
Magazine of Art for 1885. is from the much adj
mired water color drawing by j. S. A. Monks
recently exhibited in the New York Academy Of
Design. The picture is full Of charming senti.
ment. admirably rendering many of the most
attractive qualities of the original. and will
make valuable addition to any portfolio OF
etchings. or, when appropriately framed, serve
as tasteful wall adornment.
France lost one of the most prominent OF
her young painters in the death of Jules Bas-
tien-Lepage, which occurred in Paris on the
18th instant. The work by which he is best
known in this country. and which is also owned
here. is Joan of Arc" exhibited in the Salon
of 1850, but it hardly does Justice to the rpputa-
ton which he enjoyed. lt was the sensation
of the hour. but interest In it has now we'll nigh
died out, and Ii can hardly be counted upon to
add anything permanently to his fame as an
artist
- The bill introduced by Mr.. Sherman in the
Senate on Tuesday last does not call for an
equestrian statue of General La Fayette. as was
at first announced. 1t simply approDriates the
sum of fifty thousand dollars ''for the purpose
OF erecting statue, with suitable emblematic
devices thereon, on one of the public reserva-
lions in the city Of Washington, to the memory
of General La Fayette and his compatriots !"
The amount named ought to procure good
statue. but it will be found none too large. if
large enough, to provide such work of art
as the one proposed ought to be.
There has recently been placed on exh-
bition at the Corcoran Gallery an oil painting
executed by Mrs. Florence Gotthei, of New
York, 0he married daughter Of Mr.. Simon
Wolf. Of this city, which attracts as it deserves
much favorable attention. 1t is character por-
trait. representing an old ash woman, and as
the work of an amateur. almost if not wholly
without professional instruction. shows very
decided talent. 1t is indeed not only promise
OF still better things in the future, if followed
up. but, in drawing. modelling and color, il
would do credit to an artist of much more ex-
perience
- The National Academy of Design lost one
Of its most esteemed Associates last week in the
death of Mr. 7. L. Smith, who was an artist, in
certain lines, of more than ordinary merit. He
was an ardent lover of nature. as he was of his
profession, and many of his paintings showed
him to be one Of her most capable interpreters
His specially may be said to have been winter
themes. and In rendering woods and snow
scenes with twilight or moonlight effects he had
perhaps no equal living. These were always
very popular, and by them he was perhaps best
known to the public. although he by no means
confined himself to that class Of subjects.
Mr.. ". W. Story, the well known American
sculptor, residing in Rome, has received COM
mission from Cornell University for a bronze
statue of the late Ezra Cornell. For a long time
it was Mr.. StOry's cross that he had never re-
ceived public commission from his own coun-
try. Within few years. however, be has exc
cute0 the CHER Justice Marshall ard the Pro-
fessor Henry, both in this city, to be followed
by the Cornell, above noted, SO that he may
consider himself now as among the most favored
OF his guild. 1t may be added, parenthetically,
in this connection that ii Mr.. Story had lived
more at home and less abroad, or paid as much
court to Americans as to Enklishmen it is posi-
BILE the desire of his heart would have been
gratified earlier in life.
- Those readers Of The STAR who keep ad-
vised of the progress and prospects Of our young
local artists will be pleased, but hardly sur
prised, to learn that MIR. Ernest L. Major of this
city was chosen to receive the annuity OF the
Hallgarten-Harper Scholarship Fund, at the
award made in New York this week. This an
nuty is the proceeds of an invested fund of
Sl0.O O0 anu is designed to afford the successful
competitor q European art scholarship of one
or two years duration,-the second year to be
dependent on the progress of the student. Mr.
Major is to be congratulated on winning this
prize, which will enable him to carry out his
long and warmly cherished desire of securing a
thorough course of art instruction abroad, and
his success is at the same time most signih-
cant acknowledgment Of his sincerity, genus
and skill as an artist. How much 1t means in
this respect will be understood when it is stated
that the prize he has thus carried of is open to
thirty years of age. Mr.. Major has lust turned
his twentieth year; but. as has been more than
once pointed out in this column, he possesses an
ability quite unusual for one Of his age and one
which gives promise Of great future achieve
ments.
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