Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-20
ART NOTES.

portrait of Mr.. Edison, by the artist
A. A. Anderson, who is now in Paris, will
be offered to the Salon.
Repetto, sculptor of New Orleans, ha:
made bust of the late John McDonogh
the benefactor of the schools of that city
1t is now in the Town Hall.
Springfield, Mass, is about to bestir her
self to establish a museum of art and al
art gallery, into which to move the objects
now In the city library, which needs thu
space they occupy for books.
At the sale of the contents of julie
Dupre's atelier, $4,000 was paid by thu
Due dAumale for "Return from Field La
Dor, Autumn Sunset" At the sale tn,
Duke bought Corot for $4,000, beine
''The Concert" which Dupre himsel
bought from Corot for 81 400. The sal,
realized S41,752.
Bouguereau's main contribution to the
Salon will be scene from the New Testa
ment, "The Three Marys at the Sepul
chre." The door of the sepulchre has beer
rolled away, and while one Mary enter
the other two kneel without. An angel il
seen within the tomb and emits ligh
which falls on the standing and kneeline
women.
A statue to James B. Eads, at st. Louis
was proposed some years ago by the En-
gineers' Club. The funds for its erection
are being solicited, concerts and addresse.
forming part of the system. The Republic
prints sketch of the statue as proposed
1t looks like man in wig, clad in long
dressing-gown, who is struggling with the
collie, but is determined not to cry out.
A large number of paintings by George
Frederick Watts were sold at auction the
other day in London. Among them were
''The Red Cross Knight and Una," Glove
and Death" "The Rider on the Whit.
Horse" "The Rider on the Red Horse,
"The Rider on the Black Horse" "Deatt
on on the Pale Horse" "Hope," 'Cupid,
The Penitent," "The Dove that Return
eth No More" Mount Ararat," "Rair
Passing Away" "The Rainbow"
A very magnificent work to be issued ir
Paris will be published in English, also
1t consists of six folio volumes, giving the
chief objects of the famous Frederic
Splitter Collection of Paris. One volume
will be issued every six months, and the
price for the vellum paper edition of 60(
copies will be $500, and for the Japar
paper edition of 25 copies $3.50. There
will be $50 full-page illustrations, half in
colors, and from 500 to 900 illustrations ir
the text. There is hardly any branch O.
antiques, bric-a-brac and Oriental ware.
and stuffs which is unrepresented. 1t i:
particularly strong in Renaissance work ir
ivory, terra Gotta, and bronze, in pottery
and iron work, and numbers from 5000 te
1000 choice objects.
The Sacramento School of Design be
gan its second session for 1890 the past
week. The school is attaining high
standard, in the judgment of critical peo
pie, and its work is attracting deserved
attendance. 1t ought to have double the
number of pupils it has. There are very
many pupils under private teachers in
painting" who are really losing theil
ness in drawing is not insisted upon that
is the rule IN the School of Design. It's
law is that no painting" shall be indulged
in until the pupils are well trained in
drawing and understand light and shade
effects to a nicely. 1t is proposed to soon
add wood-carving to the art course as an
extra for those who wish to learn 1T.
The San Francisco Art Association has
PSI members, 139 life members and 10
honoraries. An effort is being made to
establish scholarships in drawing, paint.
ing, etc. A subscriber of $1,000 can ap-
point pupil in drawing, one Of 1,250 a
pupil in painting, one of 81 800 pupil
who can have the benefit Of all the life
classes and all other classes. The Presi-
dent is L. L. Baker. He makes the fol-
lowing proposition: 81 will subscribe
81 900 to maintain one scholarship, pro-
vided subscriptions for the same object can
be obtained to the amount of $4,000.
Failing to secure the full amount OF
$4,000, my subscription shall become
cancelled and void. If $4,000 is obtained.
| will add $500 to my first subscription y
Scholarships on much the same scale are
established already in the Sacramento
School of Design.