Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-26
ART NOTES.

Between two thousand and twenty-one hun
dred persons visited and enjoyed the night
exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery last even
ing.
- Senator Chandler has presented to the
state of New Hampshire statue in bronze Of
John P. Hale, which is to be set up mex. fall in
the grounds of the Capitol at Concord The
statue is the production OF Mr.. F. Won Muller,
OF Munich. and is to be cast in the celebrated
foundry in that city.
- The bust of Vice President Morton to be
placed in the Senate chamber with his prede-
cessors in that office. is to be made by Mr. F. Z.
Elwell, promising young sculptor of New
York. The selection made by Mr.. Morton
himself, who has watched the career of the
artist with much interest. 1t is expected that
the bust will be executed in marble in time to
be placed in position next fall.
- Frederic Jacque. the son of the we'll
known painter and etcher, Charles Emile
Jacque. has made an etching of Millet's AN
gelus." The etching is OF the same size as the
picture-25 inches by q inches-and is highly
spoken of by French and English critics.
- Ross Turner, who has been in Europe for
some months past. has returned to this coun-
try. and will resume his residence at Salem,
and probably take a class in water colors dur
ing the summer.
- The sale at auction on Monday of the Ives
statuary, now on exhibition at 1104 Connecti-
cut avenue, will afford to art lovers in WASH
ington, whether residents or strangers. an
opportunity such as rarely occurs to obtain
choice examples of sculpture in marble. Mr.
Ives Is an artist of more than ordinary merit
and reputation, his long and successful
career i'll Rome fully demonstrates, and some
of the pieces in this collection represent him
at his best period. His creations have always
been characterized by purity of conception.
grace OF style and artistic execution. and the
specimens shown here will admirably adorn
any salon or gallery, whether public or pri-
vate. As Mr. Ives career as working artist
may be said to be closed. his works will natur-
ally enhance in value, as their number cannot
be increased nor can these pieces be repeated,
SO that there is every inducement for taking
advantage OF a conjuncture SO opportune.
- Prizes to pictures in the spring exhibition
of the National Academy of Design have been
awarded as follows: The Clarke prize of $500.
for the best American figure composition
painted in the United States by an American
citizen, to No. 81 of the catalogue, "Afte: the
Bal" by Edmund C. Tarbell. Of Boston The
Dodge prize, of the same amount. for the best
picture painted in the United States by wo-
man, to No. $40, AN Interiude to Chopin by
A. Nj. Richards. of Newport, RI. The. Hall
garten prizes of 300. 1900 and 800 each for
this country by American citizens under thirty
five years Of age were not given this year. By
the requirements of the trust it is necessary
that at least fifty votes should be cast. As only
thlrty-seven exhibitors were present the chair
man announced that under the conditions of
the gift the prizes would not be awarded this
year. but would be added to those of next
year.
- The Vereschagin collection of paintings
and art objects is now on exhibition in Mlnne-
apolis.
- Stung with modification that Millet's San
gelus" was permitted to leave France, an asso-
citation has been formed i'll that country the
object OF which is to purchase works of living
artists whose merits have not been recognized
by the government and keep them. until. en-
llghtened by time, the authorities offer to buy
them and place them in the pubic galleries.
1t is probably not too late to acquire the "An-
gelus" yet. and possibly at a lower figure than
1T sold Tor last July, if the new association will
bestir itself.
i BY recent fire which partly burned Wad-
desdon Manor, the country seat of Baron
Rothschild painting by Gainsborough, valued
at $50, 900, " as destroyed.
- irJ. L. Miliais is painting the portrait of
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, born Eudicott. for
merly Of this city, where she first met her hus-
band while her father was Secretary of War.
- The great success achieved in Europe in
the reproduction in exact fac smile of oil paint
ings, water color drawings. etc, by mechanical
processes, bids fair to be eclipsed by American
enterprise and ingenuity. Some work of this
class shown by Messrs. Donaldson Brothers of
New York fully equals if it does not actually
excel anything of the kind ever brought across
the Atlantic. Special reference is had to a
coast scene in water colors, by well-known
American artist, which is accurately repro
duced in every quality that only an expert can
select the original from the copies, and at a
little distance even this would be impossible.
The average observer is likely to be mistaken
at any range.