Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-25
ART NOTES.


Mr.. Abram Frey has just completed. from
a small Photographic lifesize likeness In crsyon
OF the late john L. Thompson which Il much
liked by the family Of the deceased educator.
- IL is Mr.. T. Harrison Garrett OF Baltimore.
who has become the possessor OF the renowned
Claghorn collection of prints, and not Mr.. Rob
ert Garrett, as has heretofore been announced.
- Mr.. c. 7. "A. Hesly enjoys the compliment
of having his portrait hung among those Ina the
room devoted TO great artists in the Uffizi Gal
lery in Florence. Mr.. Healy is we believe, the
only American who has been thus honored.
A vigorous effort is being made 90 sell TO
the Boston Museum OF Fine Arts. Regnault's
colossal painting OF The Horses OF Autome-
dom The price asked FOR it. $4,000. Is consid-
erably more than the present owner paid TOR it.
and a great deal more than IL II worth.
The statement seems To be aUthoritaiively
made,-but il Is none the less difficult TO credit
it-that the King of SaNony has offered 10 sell
to the British government the famous SIS,tne
Madonna, by Raphael, so long and Justly the
PRIDE ana glory of Dresden. The price asked
for il is S15o,OoO.
AT the close Of the third week of the spring
exhibition of the New York Academy OF Design
the sales OF paintings amounted to over
$4,000, sum equal To the sales during the
whole exhibition last year. Among the first
pictures sold was Mr. W. V. Birncy's attractive
genre entitled Her First Letter" at the studio
price, $3.50:
Weyls fine oil painting representing The
Environs of Washington" which he sent over
TO the Prize Fund Exhibition i'm New York was
sold ON the evening of the phi -ate view OF that
important collection at the price named for IL
in the catalogue viz $500 Ii was painled ina
lighter key than Mr.. Weyl usually chopses,
and Is in every way pleasing and meritorious
picture.
There isone thing about Mr. Archers putty
face portrait OF eX-Secretary Blaine in the De-
partment of Stale which should not be lost
sight of 10y those disposed To harShly criticise
.nat extraordinary production. Ii has made
4 frnl .af
same room. seem To be "A respectable work OF
art This Is AN achievement which up 10 the
as impossible
- Mr.. George Peixotto. OF Paris, the Ameri.
can artist who recently made such "A successful
portrait oi Cardinal Manning, now in the gal
ieTy OF the Cardinals palace i'm London is ta
nave another sitting from him during the pres
en- month, 10 crafty some OF his emnence's
riends M this country 10 whom he has prom
Ecu Ecu ms picture Tor a public service. When Mr.
lelX9tto finishes this portrait he will return 10
the United states To paint several likenesses i'm
oieNeiand, aud will bring with him for eNhibi-
uoh some oil MS many excellent paintings.
\ model for the proposed monument 10 Key
In Baltimore, offers a shaft one hundred feet
high resting on thirteen steps symbolizinp the
original states. One side OF the base is TO have
bronze showing the bombardment OF Fort
McHenry, another will have the national arms
another an inscription, and the fourth the arms
oi the city. The shaft has stars TO represent AN
me states, and Il 10 be hued above. ON ton is to
stilu OF the poet with his hand Al his
eyes as il uttering the words: oh saw can Won
see by the dawns early light?"
- MI Forsoerg Is just now engaged upon the
most ambitious interior he has vet undertaken
The scene represents a luNuriously furnished
STUDIO s.a, ana Its title might appropriately be,
Party" Two young ladies and as many gem
tleinen are engaged i'm testing the quality of an
attfaciNely laid luncheon, while a chaperone
or duenna of one o. the former makes her
rather unwelcoine appearance at the door
Attitudes, expression and the minor accessories
OF the canvas are so well managed that ii tells
its own story, while the ricn colors of the
draperies and the studio belongings afford a
very pleasing general effect. Mr. Forsberg also
shows a couple of well rendered studies from
lile,-one of them being the very striking
mead Oh an octoroon girl, the other that OF
| young colored dramatic critic intent on
watching the play from upper tier seat In
one OF our local theaters.
The number OF visitors at the Corcoran Gal.
lery on the evenings it was open To the public.
during the months OF February and March, fell
| far below the reasonable expectations OF those
IN charge, and was 50 small, indeed. that the
experiment OF evening exhibitions is not likely
TO be repeated another season, or for some time
at least. The largest attendance any one even
ing was $50, the smallest l12, with a nightly
average of a little over 200. Ii WAS sun
posed that the opening OF the Gallery
one evening week would be quite
an accommodation TO employees in both
government and private service, who are not
able TO visit IL I'm the day time: but these figures
indicate that the opportunity TO spend AN even.
works OF art, IL not as much desired ~ MAS SUD-
posed. No doubt a large attendance could have
been secured every evening 10y converting the
main gallery into a skating rink and settling
out a free lunch In one OF the side rooms but
this is an innovation which the management of
the Gallery is not as yet prepared To inaugu-
rate.
- Mr. w. I. Mathews, who spent the greater
part of last summer in Colorado, has taken n
studio at 1929 New York avenue where he ex-
poets to stay for several weeks when he will
go 10 ONO 10 execute commissions for two or
three portraits there, and probably later on TO
Colorado. While In the latter state last season
Mr.. Mathews made a number of careful studies
OF mountain scenery, under different condi-
tions, which he hopes TO utilise i'm future From
one of these he Is now completing "A large oil
painting. which must attract favorable atten-
ton when placed on view. 1t represents a
view taken from the foot OF the Sangre de
Christie range, looking northeast, across Wet
Mountain Valley, 10 the great Pike's Peak
group in the neighborhood of Colorado CITY The
forms, colors and atmospheric effects peculiar
to that section are admirably portrayed and
those familiar with the particular locality
selected pronounce the landscape portrait a
most accurate and pleasing one. The distances
between the intervening minor ranges are
properly christened after the early explorer
| towers above his surroundings, some seventy
| five miles away, dominating the whole scene
as Mont Blanc rises above the surround
ing Alps. Mr.. Mathews also shows a couple of
excellent portraits from life, and several won
dertully clever examples Of still life, that are
we'll worthy the attention of visitors.