The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-30
TO VIEW THE PICTURES.
THE FAMOUS "GEFECHT" TO BE
SEEN THIS WEEK.

A Private View of Director Brandt's
Recent Purchases for the Telfair
Gallery to Be Given by the Man
ayers of the Academy o. Arts and
Sciences on hursday-Rearrangi
the Gallery for the New Pictures
Savannah's Home of Art.
Invitations have been issued to a private
view of the picture "Gefecht," recently
purchased at the Munich exposition by
Director Carl L. Brandt, of the Telfair
Academy Of Arts and Sciences, at the
| academy, next Thursday. All of the pict-
ures which Mr.. Brandt purchased in Europe
last fall have arrived, with the exception of
the water color from tine Walker gallery in
Liverpool, where he secured the famous
Relics of the Brave" This picture is
entitled: 1--WE look before and after, and
pine for what is not" and is by Regi-
| maid Barber, young English artist. 1t
represents female head OF life size aud Mr..
Brandt says that it Is a very charming
work. In fact, it is almost the only picture
that he would care TO have of those for sale
in the gallery.
REARRANGIEG THE GALLERY.
The other purchases are all in the Tel
| fair gallery. but have not yet been hung.
| The addition of the new pictures has neces-
STATED the rearrangement of the gallery.
| The Relies of the Brave" which has here
tofore occupied place on the western
wall, facing the entrance, has been
| Braeth's picture of the sheep, and
| in its place has been hung the
| new picture which will be seen for the first
| time by the public on Thursday. 1t is about
| IL feet by feet in the frame, and around
| the frame, which is q massive piece of
carved work, weighing over 500 pounds. is
| a drapery similar 10 that around Mr..
| Brandts picture of "Apelles" The picture
| and frame are both tightly covered from
| view, and the covering will not be re-
moved until the managers 'view" on
| Wednesday.
Mr.. Brandt is highly pleased with the
| picture, which, he says, ranked with the
| very best ut the Munich exposition.
THE FAMOUS ''GEFEcHr."
| The subject is cavalry charge-the at
| tack of body Of mailed lancers on de-
| tachment of the allied Swedes aud Branden-
| burgers ne,r Warsaw, Poland, during
| the Seven Years war The movement
of horse and man is exceptionally ine, the
| coloring is brilliant, and in its character
| istics Mr.. Brandt says that no work in the
exposition ca le up 10 If. Toe picture is by
Joseph Won Brandt, Pole, well known in
Ameci and very celebrated in Munich,
| where he received all the medals that II
| be obtained. NJ st of the public galleries
in Eurone possess at least one of his produc-
tons. The Prince Regent had had one of
his pictures at the exposition. The csta-
logue price of the "Gefechtn was $4,000
| marks.
THE STUDIES.
The other pictures which Director Brandt
purchased at Munich-the three studies,
two COWS and an ox--by Prof. FIR. Volz, a
very celebrated animal painter, are also
vered and have not yet been hung. Mr..
Brandt saws that they ara gems of art.
Although Prof. Volz has been critici cd by
some, he will always be remem bered as an
artist Of fine feeling and truthful obs arva-
til of nature. Whatever may be said of
his pictures, his studies from nature are of
the highest merit, and compare favor
ably with the best known, not even
excepting Troyon, whose Zone Cow in the
Corcoran gallery at Washington brought
over $4,000, and whose pi 'ture of a few
cows aud two sheep commanded $4,000 Ill
New York last winter The studies will
probably be hung on the west wall by the
side Of ths big picture, Immediately upon
the right of which is "rhe Boar at Bay,n
Ind upon the left the striking picture winch
has excited so much comment, The
Farmers Protest.
PREPARING FOR THE "vIEw.n
When the Encouragement of the gallery is
completed and the new pictures are in
place, the gallery will present greatly i'm
proved appearance. None of the new pict-
ares will be seen exec 1t by the director
and his assistants, until Wednesday, when
the managers view will be given and not
until Thursday by tho public.
In addition To the picture and studies
Mr.. Brandt purchased in Berlin and brought
VITA him for the academy O photograph
from the original of Albert Durer's famous
work, the 'Holzsc iuhe,n for which the
p ussiGn government offered sc, 900 marks.
The photograph will b exhibited at THUGS
days view and will be placed in the acade-
iny's collection.