Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24

lawrence and Pickersxill The modern
French painters are ell represented Meis-
sonier, BonnSt PSuhn, Duran, Chaplin.
BAudry, Henner, T. Mason, who exhibits .
portrait Of Corot, clad in blue blouse, shoes,
and . red skull cap. smoking pipe and work
ing away in bis modest studio at Vile d Ay.
ray. One of the sensational pictures Is the
head Of Eieschi, painted BY Bras Cassat the
dey after his execution, AL iyid, blood stain
ed, and horrible. The head rests on bloody
cloth, and in the background is the sinister
silhouette Of the guillotine.
| Mr.. James TiSsot, who after the Franco
German war spent twelve years in London,
and almost became an Englishman, has on
( exhibition al the Sedelmeyer gallery, q col
lection Of etchings, pastels and oil paintings,
and notably series OF fifteen COMPOSITIONS
IN oil representing, The Diverse Manifesto
/ tons OF the Parisienne' The title is am
bilious, and the Parisians will certainly not
accept these hfieen Psrisiennes as a com
Z plets history OF their womankind II. TSsot
has chosen exceptional Psrisiennes rather
/ than typical ones. However, his compo-
sltlons are Interesting Snd full Of clever ob-
seryauons, but his painting Is rather heavy,
and not so well suited 10 rendering the grace
and elegance Of the Parisieunes as vas the
painting OF the late |. DeNittis The ball
room scenes, the Cirque Aoliere. the break
fast at Ledoyen's on the salon vanishing
day, the "Mondaine" putting on her cloak
IN the yestibule Of a prineely mansion.
The Prettiest Woman in Paris" entering q
salon under the sdmiring FIRE Of hundred
eyes, are interesting as documents and in
geniouS in detail Indeed, from this point
OF view the series NAV be compared to q
famous series Of the eighteenth century,
'MOreau's Monument Of Costume" These
fifteen pictures are TO be exhibited in the
different capitals Of Europe. and perhaps in
New York NJ. Tissot viii reproduce them
In etching, and each eichibg viii De accom-
panied by text written By eminent authors,
such as Daudet, Chetie, Ohnet, Coppee,
Wolf Paul BOUrget, and so on. The whole
portfolio Of fifteen etcbings aud text, hand
sCmely gotten up, IS TO De sold for $40
copy. VI TissoEs effozt is curious He Is
certainly man Of most versatile talent
Peinsisking, conscientious, and minute in
his observation. Toge her with his paint
ings and stchirgs, VI. Tissot sxhioitsa mum
Ger Of ciolsonGe ensmeis, which ne has de-
signed and had executed IN bis studio. Many
OF his designs are very exquisite in taste,
snd his enamel Colors are brilliant, and often
equal TO those Of the Chinese-prsise which
enc can rarely give to European cloisonnes,
Adverse criticism, smart depreciation, and
evil speaking are currently employed By the
Psrisians instead Of pepsin. As Nimenes
DOudan used to say: We deyour our friends
~ desert. the csndids,ure o. the Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild in the Fine Art sec.
ZION Of the Institute has called forth sin
gular amount of abuse aud bsckbiting, first,
because N. de Rothschild is a millionaire
and the tendency is to call all milliouaires
im5ecileS; and secondly, because N. de
ROihschild is q Jew, ami at the present time
social feeling in Paris runs high against the
Jews. And vet behold the inconsistency of
the PArisisns The Uirschs and Roths-
childs give splendid fetes and number among
their guests the elite of intellectual aud
fashionable Paris. Only when tae tete is
over these dogs of Christian" aveuge
themselves by speaking evil Of the Hebrews.
When VI. de Ro,hSchili hrst came forward
as q candidate, VI. Alexander Dumas ex-
claimed in his 6rusque way: All no, Let
VI. de Rothschiid content hin self with De-
ing 8 millionaire, especially as he is an i'm
beetle And NJ Meiseonier, chtming in
with his friend Dumas, began propaganda
against VI. de Rothschild with so much
energy and singleuess Of purpose that du.
ring the past fortnight he has been in per
petual rage, and nov he is SICK fcon worry
aud oyer-iatigue. In reality, there is in this
matter much ado s50u. nothing NJ. de
Ro;hschid wishes to become what is called
q free or unattached Academjcan. Each
section OF the Fine Arts Department OF the
Institute has members of this kind, who &C
qCires neither glory or profit from their po-
sition; they are as il we're ACafemicals an
ugrtiLuy, whom the high ponttts admit
near them aad consider as gentlemen OF
taste move than Anything eke. Hitherto
thess'free members hare been chosen among
arisicC-a.s Who used her cEeiI; or fortune
in favor Of art and letters Nowadays, i
appears, the aristOcrars are mainly engaged
in rambling on TIE Stock Exchange OF los
ing their money on the race course, so that
the only grand se;gneUrs LEFT 70 play the role
of MJCeuas are EuanCiers Ike the Roths-
childs. ! admit that VI de Ro:GschIsd knows
nothing about art; thu. he has quantities. Of
false pictures and spurious ohjec;s in his col
lectioas; that he is 10 entitled 70 any credit
for ordering his steward to pay large sums
for s1ch and such picture guaranteed &C
cordiug 10 invoice, but he is certainly Just
as worthy OF the Academy as Baron Hansa-
mann or Prince Napoleon. He will have
this advantage, TOO. over Prince Napoleon,
namely. that be will be able TO be present at
all the sittings, whereas Prince Napoleon
never goes when the Due Aumale IS pres,
ent. 1t is strange how politics penetrates
everywhere in French life
A still queerer instance Of the iuhltrstiou
of political and personal disseutions IS to be
noticed in The managing committee OF tn
Paris Museum of Decorative Art These
gentlemen, who are aristocrats Go7erument
cffcials amatures. art critics aud so on, are
divided into parties Just like the Chamber
Il Deputies. and whenever there Is ques-
tion OF buying any object, sword, piece
of furniture. an ivory :riptych, or what no.,
the seller must needs intrigue With the b
napartists or the royslists or the Replotl'
cans, and when the vote was taken It IS
generally more q political manifestation
than a decision as regards the work OF ar
under consideration.
TaEODORE CHILD.