Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-13
ART NOTES.

Of china, bronzes and other works of art
there is no better judge than the Prince
of Wales.
Miss Leon Bertaux has petitioned the
French Government to establish free
school of art for women.
The son of Howells the novelist, John,
has chosen architecture as life profession.
He is now student at Harvard.
Lord Rosebery purchased from Mr.
Tenniel and gave to Prince Bismarck the
original drawing of the great Punch car
toon, dropping the Pilot"
The Princess Louise, Marchioness of
Lorne, is making statue of the Queen as
she looked in girlhood, to be given to
kensington as memorial of her Maies-
ty's early life there.
The Art Students League Is one of the
organizations which will find quarters in
the new building on West Fifty y-seventh
street, New York city, to be erected by the
American Fine Arts Society. The league
hopes to make use of its new quarters a
year from next autumn.
A little gilded or mottled- brown bamboo
table, as low as a o'clock tea-table, is a
very pretty and useful addition to coun-
try parlor. 1t is convenient to hold books
near the divan. A vase of ferns looks
better there than set up higher. There is
special pleasure in looking down into a
bouquet of daisies or other flowers, instead
of up toward them, as they are usually
placed.
Durand-Ruel states that the price for
which the Meissonier, "Return from Mos
cow" or "1S14," was sold has been greatly
exaggerated. Instead of paying $4,000,
as reported at first, he paid 100000. 1t
was bought originally by Mr.. Delahante
for $4,000, and when Mr. Chancard paid
him 100000 he sent Meissonier portion
of his profits to the tune of $4,000 This
was very handsome act, as rare as it is
fine.
There are no prettier screens than those
of mottled brown bamboo set with panels
of decorated japanese leather paper in
crimson touched with gold or in any other
colors and lined with red. Such a screen
may cost, in three folds, Sc or $40 A
pretty paper screen, six feet high and four
| fold, may be found for 81 80. 1t is frail,
however, and 1t is cheaper in the end to
buy screen covered with cloth, back and
front, for 81 or S5.
The seated statue of the late President
Woolsey, of Yale, modelled by Professor
John +. Weir, will cost about $500 1t
is proposed to erect it ON the campus. A
large general committee of graduates of
the university, whose Chairman is Fred
eric HI. Belts, ard Treasurer Brayton Ives,
has undertaken to raise the money by ten
dollar subscriptions from the Alumni.
| Checks should be made payable to the
Treasurer, and forwarded to NJ. Dwight
Collier, 10 Pine street, New York.
American artists have not lacked honors
lately in Europe. Sometimes privileges
are given them which have been denied to
| native artists Such chance has befallen
| Arthur Jules Goodman, who obtained
through NJ. Bouguereau an introduction to
Gounod, the composer, and has painted
| his portrait. Strange TO say, Gounod has
never been drawn from the life for pur-
poses OF illustration, but this time
he has succumbed to the bland
ishments of the Century Magazine
and allowed his portrait to be made 10 or
der to accompany an article which he will
contribute to. that monthly. Gounod sits
at his desk In front of the organ, which
occupies one end of his study. The pic
ture will, therefore, show the workroom as
well rs the workman. He is said 10 be
| his hly pleased with the result.
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