New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-30

Toe t practcaI Lessons in oil painting" Tt department
of amateur photography is began IN me preseh hT
and other additions promised during the coming
year IL now appears that II VIII DC mpOsslge lOr e
English water colors to be exhoed mere o~s IN 'I 40
the Boston correspondent of The Art AmdcuT thc loss
can he borne with eGuanimity. He writes: inc Ing
sh otcrcolor exhibition and the lecturing upon 1t by
Mr. Henry blackburn have been going on IN their mia
The water cOJrs have failed OF making any ueclueu
impression"
Here is more gossip from The Loadon World regarding
that always interesting figure Mcssoner. The etching
referred TO by the correspondent has alreany arrived
here ana is shown by Mr. Keppe and others Ihe cor
glass IN one hand and steel point IN the other was
busly engaged in engraving rc,"drqae on inc hne
Maicstys famous picture La Rixe The rGm@Yne U.s.
miniature PORTRAIT Of the artist h'te Ig h1 them heir
value greatly. Mcissonier explained; and then;
Tit only baJ % 600 livrcs dc renor This obscr-
votion being apropos of nothing, remained isolated IN
Thames Embankmcnt and the artist went on to say
that eycsight had changed very much OF late years
Formerly he used 10 be short-sshted, ana conu 90 W.
mute WORK wi he is long s tc ana mi"nie
work fauEucs him. asked hun II 10 haf in'shSu DIS
picture OF the ntsriOr OF ST. Marx :. "heh no net'i
three years ago. NO. This is the thId autumn that
have been to Venice AID nave not been aoe 10 Se o
right light 1t was too d'rk al the ume, naHo U
made little watercOlOr;' and the master showed me
luminous sketch of station OF gondo'as wltp tne s
houee Of Venice IN the f IN t nd air
eight inches long and four inches high fu ght ana an
aud movement. but small result to show lot q SIX
weeks stay In Venice Then he began TO talk ABOUT ms
studies and his way OF working 1t Is MISTAKE 10 DC
directly on the canvas; my model poses this ana hat
figure and make mp the groups bit By bit but rarely
know what the groups going TO be 1naily LOOK a
this picture. And the master showed me canvas OF
three feet by eighteen inches, on which was painted
charge of cavalry with "a confused background 40
not know what am going to make of this corner do
know what the background Is to pc here Is
picture which have had in hand for several years
looks ~ If it going 10 represent review pu
hayo changed it often. LOOK AT inc PACK
And with sparkling eyes and intense s1'isc
faction the master showed mo tho back OF
The panel which was wood mosaic. The Or Cina panel
had been converted from Obong to square FORM
the addition pieces at the top ana bottom teh ls
SQUARE had been reransfOrmed into an ohohg ny lho
insertion the middle OF two other pieces so
that the panel at present is composed OF eigh pieces
Certainly It is wonderful work of the lOlher tit u
take 10 hot climate The canvas of his largest pie
turc 1SO1 was enlarged twice. and the seams are per
fectly visible MeissOnieT is seventy years oi axe
he is in excellent healtn and he IL honored To MS he
content by all except his grandchildren; ON her a,t
birthday his eldest grandcht had received prescott OF
a white satin fan, upon which MISSIONER EhlahlB
offered paint her something NO. no. grandpapa, re-
pl.ed he little GIRL don't want yoI 10 spoil ny new
fan with your nasty painting