The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01
ART NOTES AND ARTISTS.

Mr.. Church's "Damsscuso has been
destroyed by fire.
The "salome" Of NJ. Alfred Stevens ha,
been purchased for 10000 from the Royal
museum, Brussels.
Mr.. Whistler aud some twenty OF hi,
followers have seeded from the Roya
Society Of British Artists.
The Metropolitan museum has pur
chased the portrait OF Washington,
painted BY Gilbert Stuart for Daniel Car
roll.
Nine. Edouard Andre--"Nelly Jacquc
martn--has given her jewels, some $780,.
600 worth, TO the "Philanthrophie
Society"
The French government has purchased
from the Salon of 1883 NJ. Henner's "saini
Sc astien," the "Manda Lametrie" OF NJ.
Roll, and M. Detaille's noble and powerful
Gle Reve.n
Notwithstanding the riches Of London
In art associations new National "Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF Art" Ia
proposed, with Sir Frederick Leighton as
president and Mr.. Alma-Tadema presi-
i atht Va tho otNttOn Va baihbsAks
The Royal Society OF British Artists
evidently regrets the loss of Mr.. Whistler
In the arrangement OF It's pictures, for his
view Of hanging tended to produce a
curious and uncommon show entirely free
from any suspicion OF a commercial idea.
Tooth q Sons OF London have on exhi-
bition a large water color by Meissonler,
which IL said 10 be variation on the sub
ject Of the well-known "Friedland" OF the
New York Metropolitan museum. The lat
ter cost Mr.. A. +. Stewart about seventy
thousand dollars, and was presented by
Judge Hilton after the Stewart sale TO the
New York museum. The water color Ia
larger and more broadly handled than the
oil painting, which was considered a can
vas Of unusual size for this artist.
The "New Gallery" which was recently
opened In London had some good pictures
by Mr.. Arthur Lemon, who seems TO
have been making some new departures IN
realistic treatment OF landscape. There
was also n picture by Mr.. Boughton en-
titled Harvest OF the Dawn" with all
the sentiment Of his larger academy work,
and Mr.. Alma-Tadcma had an example Of
his "clever, workmanlike portraiture. I"
Two portraits by Frank Hall and Rich
mond's portrait OF "Miss Gladstone
painted for Newman college, Cambridge,
also attracted much attention.
j. smetham Aliens mastery over his art
Is as wonderful as the means OF expression
he employs is singular. Mr.. Allen has the
curious faculty OF conceiving design in
silhouette so strongly that he is able, with
out hesitation, TO cut It straight away out
OF a sheet Of drawing paper; nor does he
first avail himself Of any pencil sketch, or
other preliminary help. These silhouettes
sometimes coutain six or more figures,
u - from their imaginative qualities, de-
sign and beauty OF contour, are, in certain
ways, comparable TO the outlines OF Flax
man. They are, indeed, illustrations in
the best aud only admissible sense OF the
word; for not only, as IN series recently
done from "a Midsummer Nights
Dreamy is every subject thoroughly real
lied, but each design, from It's inaginar
tive rendering, becomes In It's turn an
original conception.
Miss May Morris has recently finished
two large curtains, embroidered from her
own designs, upon rich brocaded silk OF
grayish blue color A scroll carried
along the top Of curtain bears this verse,
written especially for her by Mr.. Morris,
which best gives the idea Of the design;
10, sIlken my garden. and silken my sky,
Sllken the apple-boughs hanging on high,
All wrought by tho worm In the peasant
carries cot
On the mulberry LEAKAGE. when summer was
not.
And so IN this garden OF embroidery n
large scroll-lixe leaf, worked In pale green
and white silks, mixed with other leaves
and flowers, meandcrs over the blue back
ground. On these are placed, In dccors-
tive masses, the bushes OF the garden, or
rather Giottesque clusters OF boughs done
In almost vivid green, some bearing APP
pies, others flowers, others fruit and
flowers. Embroiderles such as these, re-
markable for the extreme beauty OF
their design, color and execution, and Inn
portant on account OF their size, almost
awake IN us the hope that the days OF the
"Opus Anglicum" may yet return 20 us.
Many French artists of high reputation
do not scruplc 10 sell replicas OF their
paintings without the consent OF tho
original buyers. Porusing the pages OF
NJ. Paul Eudel's annual volume reviewing
the transactions OF the Hotel Drout last
year, | notice, In illustration II would
seem OF this point, that al the sale OF