Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-18
ART AND ARTISTS.

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ART AND ARTISTS.
The Garfield statue in the Garfield Mem
orial Chapel at Cleveland has been put in
place. 1t is piece of marble without a
flaw. 1t was made in Italy.
The Royal Academy pays 81 600 per
annum to retired members At present on
the retired list are Messrs. Firth. George
Richmond, Pickersgill and c. w. Cope.
There are also three retired associates
Messrs. Erskine Nicoll, Woodington and
lie Jeune-who have an annual pension.
The painter George F. Watts has an
nounced that henceforth he shall waive
his right to exhibit at the Royal Academy
without undergoing the ordeal of the Jury,
but will submit his work to the same sys-
tenn used for paintings by men who are not
X. AS. The Royal Academy this year
has 10000 pictures from which to choose
the 1000 that can have wall space.
The British Museum has one of the
pillars presented by King Crpsus of Lydia
to the famous Temple of Ephesus. 1t has
been pieced together by Dr. Murray of the
museum, and bears its own certificate in
the words on the base: "Cresus the King
dedicated me-" Rude figures in relief en-
circle the drum Of the column The pillar
belonged to the old temple DESTROYED at
the birth of Alexander the Great.
The New York Tribune says: "The
picture-forging business continues to be
active on the Continent A forger named
Hartman was run to earth recently, and
his studio was found to contain no less
than twenty counterfeit Detailles for cir
culation. De Neuville is even more pop
ular with the forgers. Even TIssot has
been initiated of late. The manufacture
of Barbizon forgeries appear to be as pros
porous as ever, and there is no likelihood
Of a falling off IN the American supply of
Corots and Russeaus at $13 80 apiece, like
those recently entered at the New York
Custom house"
"The Angelus" was not exhibited in
any other city save Chicago, but was re-
turned some weeks ago to New York. As
the limit of bond was about to elapse, the
picture was removed from the Safe De-
posit vault and shipped to Canada, lust
before the thirty per cent. duty became
due 1t is now at the Bank of Montreal
whence, in all probability, it will 60 to
London for exhibition. The popularity
of this picture does not appear to wane
Every few weeks a new etching from it
makes its appearance from the studio of
some famous etcher The usual plan is to
have limited edition of a few hundred
prints and cause the plate to be destroyed.
The portraits of Romney have risen so
much in price in England that his paint
ing of Lady Hamilton as Sensibility"
w., cnIJ 10 Nv Hanooy fo- about : n = nNn
1t was bequeathed by George Romney to
Nathaniel Engleheart and has never been
exhibited, though r. Earlowe engraved it
long ago. Lady HAMILTON is in a pink
gown, arms bare, with blue scarf. She
lays one hand on her heart and turns her
head nearly in profile toward sensitive
plant in a pot, which she is about to
touch. A Gainsborough called the ''Har-
vest Wagon" was sold from the T. NJ.
Whitehouse collection, Wolverhampton.
1t has portraits of the artists daughters,
and brought over 81, 100. A landscape by
John Crome was sold for $4,000.
An artist of excellent repute was stroll
ing through the slums some months ago in
search of artistic material, when his eve
was caught by the figure of a young wo-
man who was buying can of beer in q
corner saloon. He noted at once the splen-
did proportions of the shoulders, arms and
bust, the grand curve of the hips, the long
limbs and the dainty poise of the beauti-
full head. He resolved to secure her for a
model, and, after she had left the place.
made inquiries concerning her of the bar
keeper. He learned that she was the
daughter Of very worthless people, and
that, while she was somewhat better than
her parents, she had no object in life be-
yond the regular filling and emptying of
the beer pail. She was only 16, and had
been at school up to a year ago, having a
fair education. Getting her address, the
artist sought her out. 1t only required
some diplomatic talk on his part to get her
and her parents to consent to her posing
for him, and the next day the girl, arrayed
in her cleanest attire, reported at the
studio up town. Since then she has acted
as a model for the artist steadily and has
shown such an aptitude for absorbing and
utilizing the manner and tastes of truly
refined girl that the artist has been much
amused and astonished Not long ago en- idea
of dangerous and unsuccessful practical
Joke came to him. He is an extremely
cynical man, and one Of his pet ideas is
that society is a sham, and judges people
entirely by their pedigree, not by their
character. Being in good society himself.
he resolved to give reception in his
studio in the way that is so fashionable in
artistic circles. At his reception he intro
duced to the company his niece who had
just returned from boarding-school in
Switzerland. When the niece was looked
upon by the guests they could hardly re-
strain their exclamation of admiration.
She was, without exception, the most rad
iantly lovely being that they had any of
them seen out of picture, and while the
men all desire to fall at her feet and offer
themselves to her, bag, baggage and bank,
the women clustered about her ana en-
deavored to secure her acceptance of invi-
tations for all their approaching entertain
ments. The beauty was queen of the en-
tire occasion, by virtue of her regal beauty
and her wit as we'll as her marvellous
graces of person. The gathering dispersed
and when the last guest was gone the art
lists niece dropped into chair, cooked her
heels up on the edge Of table, and, with
a tremendous sigh, said to the painter:
"Well, old boy, your wine was of course
the finest in the market, but now supnose
Just for old times sake and this entirsiy
unsatisfied thirst of mine, you quietlv
work the growler." The beautiful niece
was the model OF. the slums.
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