Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-09
ART AND ARTISTS.

Professor Griffin, of Williams College, is
to be professor of history, of philosophy,
and dean of the faculty at Johns Hopkins.
A fine painting of the venerable DR..
Storer has been placed in the Boston Med
ical Library. DR.. Storer is now s. years
old.
Walter Severn, the English artist, Pres
ident of the Dudley Gallery, is a son of
the late English Consul at Rome, who was
known as the friend of Keats His
brother Arthur married John Ruskin's
ward, and lives at Coniston. He, too, is a
painter.
Some curious mistakes are made some
times in the selection of pictures for the
Royal Academy. The work of one un-
lucky artist was rejected this year "be-
cause it was in an oak Frame" whereas. as
a matter of fact, it was in a gilt frame of
the regulation order 1t is clear, of course.
that there has been confusion of numbers
or names somewhere, and the victim is
anxious to discover whether the canvas,
which the committee intended to refuse,
has found a place in the exhibition in
I.)ite of them.
The Fine Art Society have recently
published an etching by 4. Wallace Rim
ington, of unusual size and Skill SAYS the
London Academg. The subject is ''Nurem
burg" and presents the north side of the
Frauenkirche, with the market-pace and
fountain beyond 4 woman with stall
under huge umbrella, and few scattered
figures, give life to the scene without de-
stroying the scene Of quiet in this old
fashioned corner of this old-fashioned
town. Above, the lofty towers and spires
rise against the softly clouded sky; below,
the side of the church is bathed in shadow,
which stretches across the street and adds
to the simple solemnity of the composition.
Alma-Tadema's new picture, says the
London -ithenGunl, which is one of his most
ambitious and happy efforts, represents
procession of many figures which has ar
rived in front OF a temple placed on high
| above the level Of the sea, and in brilliant
sunlight II is called "a Dedication to
Bacchus," and depicts the conservation of a
child to the service of the temple of the
| wine-god. An aged vine-grower and his
family have brought the little girl to the
altar erected before the portico where the
high priest and priestess and the virgin
| choir, TO whose company the child will be-
their voices and instruments. Four stall
wart sons of the old man bear upon their
shoulders sort of litter, on which is
| placed huge ox-skin filled with the first
wine of the vintage, and intended as an
offering to Bacchus.
Talking Of pictures recalls an interest
ing bit Of information regarding the late
Viennese master, Hans Makart. In COM
pairing the works of the great painter one
cannot help being struck with the recur-
renee of two stately figures, usually the most
| important of the picture. In his "Diana,"
his "Charles V. Entering Antwerp"
and many Others, these figures of surpass-
ing beauty occur again and again. The
| originals of the pictures are now living in
! Vienna They are the two daughters Of
Herr Kliukosch, leading gold and silver
smith of the city Klinkosch, the father,
is an expert in his profession. Most of his
work consists in designing presents for the
royal family and the Government, as gifts
to foreign ambassadors. Makart was his
intimate friend, and, receiving permission,
painted his daughters as the heroines of
his great paintings. Instantly they became
the rage, and the Viennese court, usually
| so punctilious regarding questions of birth,
| freely welcomed the beauties immortalized
| by the brush of the painter. 1t is some
years now since Makart died, but the
beautiful Klinkosch sisters, although a lit
| tie passee, are still seen in Vienna society.
They are both unmarried.