New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-15
FOREIGN ART NOTES.
GOSSIP FROM CURRENT EXCHANGES

most remarkable characteristics of the present Cars
reign. She is herself accomplished artist having
been carefully educated by her father. who. before
~ was King of Denmark earned his living bv teaching
Craving and painting. The Empress, who is devoted
o. the has painted remarkable seascapc>
Her style is delicate and finished Neissonicr i her
favoritc painter. N" once spent some hours almost
daily for fourteen months in COPYING his two master
pieces Porto Drapcau" end "Fameur.' The copies
arc admirable reproductions Of the originals Before
his the Car took interest art but II was
only after his union with the Princess Dacmar that
his taste became educated and pur.icSi In the midst
Of the anNic;cS Of his reign. cnthu aNm for art ms
bought respite 10 hIS mind. The reign OF the En-
peror Alexander and Ms wife viii be memorable IN
history In which the artistic education q" tiic
Russian people virtually began twenty years ago
the Academic d"s icauN Art at - PcerNDnl. was
thu single arbiter of The fortune OF ar',tS, unu tS
cold onc!alisn opposed the development OF lldNhua
talent few var az" some S3anr ra n" fnrm"G
society Of their own. The Academy orhoulccn w
pr~@dns hut the Gar ard the tnPt ot ir Ma
taste for Ia distant parts OF the Empire pd'ohzco
II from the beginning
The Hermitage and AnltchkoH Palace at st. Peters
burg arc crammcd with pictures and no more can he
hung In them the Gar is goinS to establish Ma
tional gallery az ST. Petersburg which Is 10 be devoted
n Russian pictures exclusively. The works of native
artists In the state museums official residences. and
In the Imperial palaces viii b. tfvntmt 1scrn alM
placed IN the gallery. and the famous ErgoioVilch
10 be removed it from the Anitchh"h Palace.
The untin,clv death in England Of two such lady
artists As Miss Marianne North and Miss Alice llavcr'
(N~S Fed Morgan is much T. hc Gtp":cd. E"tn
ldie, had achieved enicnt positions In tn" art World
and were each remarkable fer striking individuality.
1t Is no; given to artist t. erct such lS'ihS
monument Of Industry and talent a j. cAcnpliri
IN the lic WORK OF Miss North The cal!cr, IL Kew
i;ardcH. LOndo" Contan.n- CO. p,tnrrN OF tne lii'
,ac "r Of ,"'re, rci ETa' Is' ,wrjv. wears
wardcrlrc>. unattended and alone. Truly. she was
tie Living stone Of Art
The u.e and worb Of Coro have fourd apprccative
Geographic In Mr.. J. ". No!"t. vino has cvi'entN
been attracted by the almost saintlr serenity o: the
dreamy romant!c>t. The h:t!c Volume which is PAL
lishcd By Mess. SaC,r>on low ard Mar't"n. "l
] ondon. cont ir> also Lmcf hut we'll d-c>tcd notes
upon thc lives Of DanlSny aud pnprr comptH i,a
volume deals with Mi!lct. Dlaa and Rousseau ami MI
Mollcts aIpic, alton tho painter 81 the Al selus
hits golden between justice and eul"Sr.
Mr. Holman Hunt has completed the picture on
which he has been engaged for the last two years
The subject is entitled Nav Morning on Macdai-n
Tower" at the oxford University. which VIII appeal
especially to old MaGdalcn men. who VIII recall TIE
pious ceremony Of the h,nn>in-nc on the :""c" at
sunrise May Day. Most of tn" figures in thr pc.
tnrr are portraits; such WORTHLESS a Dr. PaTa,. sr
Dr. Burton SanGcr~oa ard Dr. "xam being repre- ei'-
ell. Mr. Hun: Has brought in;l TIE cOmpI>lt.nh
UNDERGRADUATES,
sun-god
TIE hest method Of checking the theft OF pictures
Is b. vide publication Of the facts. Indeed. since the
dcvcloDmcn, Of the press and it, notice Of these lar
ccncs the robbery o: pictures has become r'Icf ~
the thiof i.de himself sadd!el With worthless bo'y
which he dare not show. 70" th> iea- we ahIoun.e
that burglars broken into The house OF NJ Len:
AT Paris and made or with The Fl>herman. by
Jules Duprc, and the wellhnown "Raphaeh''' BY
HeNner.
Mr. spclrnann has compiled interesting list OF
rich artists beginning with zcuNis. VINO "lel' an
enormous foiunc.7 and coming Gown TO the aea'ii oi
Sir Edwin Landscer. whose trustees Pad probatc nhtH
on 500 OOOr Other rich artists 81 the pa, were sir
w. Titc 81 oOO. Oo0i j. Nolck'nS. X. A. $l.odoooo''
Sir y. H. Holland. Il. A.. al ,OooOooi Sir H. la!I''
(SsOOOOO. J. VI. W. Turner. H. a.. tF'o"'"'"' W.
Chan,rcv L. A. ($jOO,o0ol. and among those VINO Ici'
very considerable suns. though under T'oo'ooo oH
Joshua Reynolds, Macsc. Etty. Laurence. Lew van
cyck Nest GIBSON and No:;hcotc 1t is Impossible
to supplement tie above figure with details OF incomes
Of living artists. but sir j. H. Mai' 81 'oih 'ocr'
Mr.. oreharG'cn r. AZ sir j. r. Hochm; Kim, * T a ma,
r. A. are Known to be Iich men, even a'coiNlns 10
what counted riches IN wcatIi London Oh ,'.
day. By far the wcsltlic>t {" IiVls tr9 , Invis
Mci,sonier bat Caiolu> Duran oiliit irnhi' tr
DE- ChavanneS BouccIcau ana L"irnv , S lave ae
Comparatively recently. and whom Mr olc, mn,
omts Cousins, the cns'ytI i Wn" u Toor S
cty who wa, worth s25O.o0o: and lastly. FRANK Lon.
n A. left a CO1>idcrIhIc lOFIu''' W."
oVcr so 900 yearly for twelve wear; before MS uca"
All thcse fortunes have been earned N an
A curious statement has recently appeared in con
t.,nnorory 10 TIC effect Tia: the majority of Nation
PAINTERS arc born the country. While the f'.'e''
spring from the metropolis. AZ first sisht sue" az
assertion seem, plausible enough, and qCi'e !" '''''
ance with the nature of things; bat. is matter VI
fact the c>ac. contrary l. the far. at lest
as London and PARIS are Concerned We Dc' En,,"d
do not ovcl>i;.tc the III NNIic tia' III I's
md IN PARIS >
artists born ia The capital ana We a'S picp''e"
IN support Contention WIFE HldtSu'>'
The collection Of engraved portraits has ALWAYS been
a delight 10 Lobbyists Of t.>tc. Writing on tl's sud
1cct few year, 40 We poih'ci o'' INV O,
shakespeare headed the 1t with some Lou l~aos
The cas-. o. Dickens was tho more remarkable" as MS
400 odd portraits Chiefly unoMc'aI were oohc IN '-
usctlmc Lord Ronald Cove: recently pub!,."d
butHy woi w have book ju,t issued by he MarIu!,
dc SIrccrcs of 800 portrait; o iIchcicn n't one o
which has ever come INTO thc 'i' hc' LII '''o ou""'
way!
orcat many spurious pictures have recently bcfA!
,,,.ord In Paris London and Brussels. Tho i"rc, r.
h.ve rot contcntcd themselves with signing the names
of deceased painters, such As Coiot' HoNs>'t ana
Troyon but have boldly put the signatures OF hvine
artists such as Dctac. Gcrome etc. to SPURIOUS WORKS
- .rt II has now been discovered by tic heirs OF
T,urhet that this painters works. which are hieh!y
apprccatcd in France, are being co'in'erced I" an
extraordinary extent. II appear, there Is vcr.ta'e
mandatory Ut pictures sold AZ being from the brush
AZ Curbct The factory, Or to speak n)ic cof"cc'N'
The laboratory is established at MaI!oc W Hci-u''
ana tho ipecnio,i, proprietor is something OF scientist
In mia proccdur- He imports the spurious camVa>c,
rom Paris unsigned forge, the signatures himself ara
SrsSf Old Master lime lie bakc> them. Know
inS To nicely the result to obtain ac Wna
IN ~ the Supposed date Of the picture, ~na a'
= nemesis for the artist Toward the emo OF ms
csrcer ho is SAID have carried on kinu ,, OK
spurious picture nanniuctoiy h.l'ci Sig 'i. , ,i
rSnvas1.. OF hi, pupils with his own name Nur' !i
S1isting laws i'll France 1t l. ciih' ut L" pros ,r,
saInfcu., OF these spurious pictures, since
Si,cy paint them. they Carefully avOid aic,
fHvne that part OF the work to the 'hiiu paf''' III
S6leunl.
On. Of the most magnificent private collections OF