Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-15
ART NOTES.


ter, resident Of this city during the war, but
afterward residing in London, and more re-
Gently in South America, and winning a fair
measure of fame and fortune in both hemis-
pheres, has lately received from the President
of Venezuela the officers cross of the Order of
Bolivar This Is distinction rarely conferred
on foreigners.
Mr.. De Lancy W. Gill, of this city, whose
water colors are always so well received here
and in New York, seems to have made an
equally favorable impression in Boston. At
the recent exhibition of the Art Club of that
city his contributions attracted much atten-
ton and were highly praised, being specially
commended for excellence in drawing and
strong color effects.
The portrait of ex-President Cleveland.
paintedby Mr.. s. Jerome UhI of this city for the
Corcoran Gallery, to be added to its collection
OF Presidential likenesses. has been received at
the Gallery, and will soon be placed in position
in the east room. 1t is strongly but carefully
painted in broad free style, for a somewhat dis
tant view, and when in the place intended for
1t Will take rank with the best portraiture work
in the group. We are told that Mrs. Cleveland
and her mother were delighted with the pic
ture, and regard it as much the best portrait of
MIR. Cleveland that has ever been painted.
- MIR. Z. f. Andrews, instructor of drawing
in the Corcoran Gallery, has gone to Cincin-
natl to visit and inspect the equipment and ar
rangement of the art school in that city, with
the view of Incorporating its best features in
the new annex now being constructed in the
rear of the Gallery building for the accommo-
datlon OF Its classes in drawing. Mr.. Andrews
expects to sail for Europe for his usual summer
vacation about the LIST of July, and will also
give the Gallery the benefit of his observations
N 10 oh IL "a
| tended that the building shall be ready for oc-
cupancy early in the coming fall
American bidders at the coming sale of the
Secretan collection Of paintings in Paris will be
met by terms of sale to which they are not ac-
customed in this country. One condition is
that all lots bought are to be paid for at the
time in cash, and the other is that purchasers
are to pay per cent. above the price at which
the lots have been knocked down at the sale "
| The idea of making buyers pay auctioneer's
commissions and expenses of sale in addition 10
| the value of the article bought, as established
by competition at the time, Is a novel one. &C
eordmg to custom in this country; but il is one
OF the usages In France, and the usages OF
| France are like the laws of the Modes and Per-
sians,-so far, at least as their application to
| foreigners is concerned.
The award Of the Corcoran gold medal for
| the greatest improvement in drawing from
| casts in the Gallery during the year, then end
ing, will be made on the goth inst. 1t is under
stood that the Cosmus Club has kindly placed
its fine assembly hall at the disposal of the
| Gallery, for the proper examination of the
drawings. and it is to be hoped that an arrange
| ment will be made whereby they can be viewed
by the public, for at least one day and evening
| The exhibit promises TO be an unusually inter-
estlng one, both in numbers and quality, and
Will be well worth seeing on its own, account
and especially as illustrating the advance made
by the students in that department since the
medal has been held out as an incentive and the
classes given the advantages of working under
the regular supervision of a competent in
structor. The committee Of award this year
will consist of the following named artists:
Worthington Whittridge, landscape painter;
Edgar NJ. Ward, portraits and genre; and
| Charles Ii. Niehaus, sculptor.
- Visitors to the Corcoran Gallery after the
| close of the present month will miss from his
accustomed place in that institution the familiar
features OF DR.. William Macleod. who has
been its curator from the time it was first
| opened to the public, in 1873. Dr. MacLeod's
| resignation, to take effect on the date named.
was accepted at the quarterly meeting of the
board of trustees, held last Monday evening,
| followed by the adoption of resolutions 10 be
| transmitted to him expressing regret that the
| condition OF his health rendered this step
advisable, and thanking him for the fidelity
| and zeal with which his duties had always beef,
| performed; and as a farther recognition CO his
| long and faithful services il was voted to con-
| tinue to him the salary hitherto drawn. The
vacancy thus created was then filled by the
promotion to 1t of DIR. Francis \. Barbarin,
who has so long and acceptably filed the position
of assistant curator and librarian of the Gallery
| No other changes have been or are likely to be
made in the personnel of the institution
| - The extent to which America is now
counted upon to furnish bidders at the great
| European picture sales is shown by the fact
that special edition of the sumptuous illus
trated catalog of the Secretan Collection, to
| be sold in Paris next month with the text in
English, has been prepared for this country.
| The catalog is in itself one of the finest vol
uInes of its class ever issued, consisting OF
nearly two hundred pages, l2xl6 inches in size.
beautifully printed, giving a description and
| the dimensions of each picture to be sold.
and containing artisticaiiy produced photo
grayure illustrations representing nearly all
the oil paintings and water color drawings in
1 the famous gallery. As the collection will be
| talked of long after il has been dispersed so
the catalog will have a permanent historical as
well as artistic value, since il contains a record
| and pictorial representation of many of the
most noted paintings of modern times Its
present selling price in Paris is sixty francs or
| Sl2.00, though it will of course cost much more
in this country.