New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-29
NOTES ON ART.

r.v American painters were moro widely known
throughout Germany than the late W. \. Slade VINO
died the other day at Iuccrnc. number OF MS
pctures including The FLIGHT Into Egypt ana iho
Garden Of Love- figure OH he walls of the National
Museum Berlin and on those OIL INC private
collection of the widowed Empress FREDERICK
The Oct,aer number Of the Paris Art dcVo'e' an
tnstr ed article o: considerable length 10 III" WORK
Of the American artist. Mr.. !. G. Low who ai''r
studying decorative art .at Paris undcr 'o"'"'c d'"
Troyon returned this country and b"ame 'hc
leading spirit of art tile and caithen"are HAL
ufactory at Chelsea, Mass. Instituted praise Is &c
corded by the French critic to the tiles pacQue~ ana
other sneclmen, OF the ceramic decorative work OF
Mr. Low which have come under his notice. lie
de- ars that they show talent Of an exceedingly hie
order. and expresses the fear that, ihaehu'h a.
American artists appear TO be 20 successful III Apply
ing their art 10 industry the days Of the important
Franco American trade in ar, manufactures are mum
bercd.
The ninth annual autumn exhibition of the National
Academy OF Design commencc> on Monday N"Ne''rt
"a and closes saturday, December 30. PICTURES VIII
be received at the Academy up 10 November l. ana tic
Vanishing days will be on Thursday and FRIDAY
November 20 and 2l.
Among the art sales announced for the cohe sc's""
is that Of MIR George l. seney's we'll known collection
OF modern paintings which is TO ahe place III FEBRUARY
next at the American Art Galleries The pictures aFo
to be reproduced and described in an edition &c Ao
cataors of which all edition limited TO @oo COPIES VIII
be issued weeks earlier.
Lord ROsebery has just added to his gallery very
fine picture of Frans Halls, which lie purchased 10Y
the sum of $4,000 Three months ago IL WAS us
covered in a small brc-a-hr shop at Moscow ana was
sold to the fortunate finder for $40 Mo'mf me
Example OF the painters work is The lierr'e
Seller which recently been acquired in Europe uy
Mr. W. Schaus and Is now on exhibition at his
Calleres in this city. Among his other purchases Vi
the past summer which likewise on view arc
isabella Brantn libcns's first wife, 10y Peter PAM
Rubens: the Portrait Of all Admiral by keHoiahu'
gan Ryn: and - sauall," by Jacob van huS
The Rumaran1 Government has opened an inter-
national competition for designs of the two palaces
which are to be erected at Bucharest 70" the use Z"
the Senate and the Chamber OF Deputies Respectively
Three prizes offered in the case OF eac oil inc TWO
palaces the fist prizes being Of $1,000 piece inc
second ones of 81 800 and the third Of 5000 mtehd-
ing competitors are requested 10 communicate WIFI
the Secretary of the Council Of Ministers at Bucharest
Munkaczy, who is now at Buda Pesth. has promised
no paint picture of colossal Dimensions for the ne"
Parliament IIousc IN the Hungarian capital me SUD
.joct is to be "The First Appearance OF the HugdahS
in Europe" Tho painting which he completed s'me
time ago for the ceiling Of the Imperial Museum al
Vienna Is now being put into its place 1t appears I"
nave shrlnk while rolled up, for it had 70 lie lectc'
by half foot fHe subject Is "The ApotheSis Of Art
Degas the French imprcssioujst painc:. whose pct
4ires are well known in New-Yor finds an appccative
the English lola whose paper on the subject In the
November number Of The Magazine Of Art conveys
the impression that the novelist would be proud I" DC
called the Degas of Modern Literature what DICKENS
nas done in print for Lond and Bret liGfe for Cal
1ornIa, DcClS has done canvas for PARIS. MI
Moore give, numerous illustrations of this distinguish
Ing trait Of realism whicn pcrvsdc all the works OF
1,egas. Hitherto, remarked the caller one dav N
dis bioeT;,pher. the nude has always been repre-
scented in poses which prcSuppOSc an audience hnt
these Of mine ,pontinG to picture, are simple
folk nnconccrncd and utterly unc'n"ri9us "i any
scrvtnv. II is as If YOU looked through kcyhole.
Mr.. Ward. the sculptor has closed bis picturesque
IL catin in The Cat>ll> until next sumner ard is now
once in His statue 81 Horace Greeley IA
fr,n, OF The Trhunc office j. +, be fol,ow'd Icy an
equestrian statue Of the lat" Gene al P'l >r":itAn
Til. Por;f.l.," FIR October. watch contains very
soft orcd and fNi. bed reproduction Of DIw>on'> we'll
known picture # sherwood Forest entitled In the
Duc-ios. GoVpt"S az article To the dl>'>>."A oi tue
nagvcllous humber Of surface huc> That appear IN
japanese metal work. They obtained bv Il peculiar
treatment of ac allows and their patinacd film in AL
Its various degree, If arnccncy ard opacity l. too
aeel igcaincd 10 be removed either ny fiction or even
bv such powerful chemicals a. cauStc SODA WIN INC
exception e. N,>>r< Tiffany. and Of Me>Srs. ChriStohc
a Co Of Paris no one Of Japan ha ever attempted
TO utilize The artistic effects Of rhesr cOorcd metals
Ths Eeu..Yur! Watcl.Culor Club Will OPEN Its
first annual exhibition al the American Art Galleries
ON November ,. The club is new organization. in
no way an.aCOnistlc to IN" WdterColOl Sor"tN, nut
composed of artists both in and ont Of the latter
on the same day. November ). another exhibition
Of American water co;ors Will open at the Kcppel
Galleries. on siAtcentlrsl.
King Leopold Of Belgium i reported 10 nave
auaqrrlcl with VI. Emil" Waucr> who enjoys the
reputation Of being THE foremost portrait painter Of
Europe. II appears that the King requested nm 10
paint his portrait from photographs and memory. NJ
Wautcrs at once refused accept IL" order on these
terms declaring that he had too much respect Tor
his ant and for his reputation as an artist 10 pant
Is portrait either Of His Majesty or Of ANYBODY else
without a sitting. The monarch Is stated 10 have
been deeply offended and 10 have Displayed ms
resentment to such an extent that NJ. Wauters has
been led 10 remove his ares and pcnatcS 70 Paris
where he has fitted up studio for himself within
a. stones throw OF that Of VI. MunkaCzy.
MAissoniers great wstrcolor replica OF his cele
bratcd painting "1507"-a water-cOOr which is uni
yersally recognized the largest fullest and most
vigorous work Of the great master la, just been en-
cravcd by JacQucl. Tho latter Is asserted TO have
reached an effect OF warmth of tone in black and
white even beyond that al .lined in the wacr-color.
The Academic DIES BeauA Arts AT Paris has at
length announced decision 10 accept the ecccnt re
bcque,t Of the late VI. Eugene Irot which. amounting
10 800 a year IS to be devoted 20 founding scholar
ship 10 be competed for by baby sculporS and baby
PAINTERS That IS To say. the prize is 10 be awardcd
on alternate years the sculptor ard the i1lntcr
who has succeeded in making the best reproduction III
clay or Oh canvas of a nude infant from eight 10
fifteen months OF age.
Denmark has Just lost her most famous painter Of
military pictures in the person Of V some. whose
death at the Of ninety took place last week at
Copenhagen HIS first picture WAS exhibited AT Berlin
In 1918. and hi, bestLnown work is the Attack at
Uuoppc.'