Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03
THE WORLD OF ART.

MEISSONIER received SlU.UO6 from Dele-
hante, the art dealer. for his "iSl4" . Within Wit
the same year the painting sold Tor slO0OOO.
BARONESS NATHANIEL DE RorHscHILD is
landscape painter of high order of talent.
Reproductions from her works are frequently
found in u Art the representative art journal
of the world.
THE Farnley Hall Turner's, consisting OF
number of water colors and sketches. were sold
for sl2o.OO0 The buyers were English disciples
of john Ruskin, the prophet Oh Joseph William
Mallord Turner.
AN architectural exhibition Is to be held In
Turin Italy, from September 2 to November
28 1890. Connected with it will be an exhibit
tion of sculpture. painting and otner arts EN-.
ployed in the building art
In NJ. ANTOINE DE SALoME died one Of the
pioneers of artistic crayon work. No less than
5000 portraits executed in the prepared carbon
have left his studio IN Paris and some 1000
more testify to his immense capacity for work
during trip to England.
IT is to be hoped the sentence of Lambert and
Hartman to one years penal servitude for
manufacturing limitations Of Meissonier,
Detaille De Nsuville, De Nittis. Verhage, etc.,
and selling them for genuine, will have the sal
| utary effect of decreasing the large number of
| people engaged in the same nefarious business.
In a description of the peacock throne in
"Gems and Precious Stones" Mr.. Kuntz fails
| to mention that this celebrated product of the
| jewelers. art was designed by "a French adven-
turer named Austin de Bordeaux, who also
drew the plans for the Tai Mahal, building
| which ranks among the most magnificent archi-
tecrural creations Of the world.
| The sculptor's art enjoyed more recognition
in q financial sense. in antiquity than 1t does in
modern times. Zenodorus was paid 81, $50, 900
for the statue of Mercury, executed for the
| city of Averni, in Gaul. The bronze figure of
Apollo, which Lucullus erected in the Capitol
| at Rome, cost S625, 600 and Policletus received
| sl25.OOO for a single bronze statue of Diadu-
menos, the size of life.
Mr.. GEORGE P. BREWSTER Is the author of
model for the apex of the indianapolis SOL
diers' monument in which he represents Lib
erty with an eagle perched upon her head.
Ihough the extensive use of plumage for FEM
inlne headgear seems popular the sight Of such
fowl measuring six feet from tip to tip, Ioost-
| ing on the noble brow of a statue 81 TO feet
high. would be by no means aesthetic.
IT happened to former artist Of this city,
| who has since then abandoned the brush:
Farmer lat the artists studio)-Wall, how
much will it be wuth fer you to learn my boy
the artist businessf
The Artist-I really can't tell; 1t all depends
upon the extent of the instruction.
Farmer-Hold on don't want you to make
any great shakes ourn him Indicating the
sketches on the wall) just learn him enough TO
paint sech daubs as these yer.
RIPPLE of merriment has been raised in
ois CLCioo VI sniS City Ny an eAnlDlLlOn OF lBnO-
rance on the part of a self-styled art critic In
connection with remarks made upon some of
Dore's paintings, owned in this city. Not dar-
ing to assail Dore's art, be questioned the au-
thenticity of the paintings on the ground that
Dore only painted about a dozen pictures. As
matter of fact, the Dore gallery in London
alone conf aims nearly 40 works from the brush
Of the mastery illustrator who is known TO
have painted over 100 oil paintings.
A MOST interesting instance illustrating the
| fluctuations in the market value of paintings
| is being presented by law suit recently insti-
| tuted in Paris against an art critic. The
| plaintiff formerly owned Rembrandt, which
he sold fer 500 after it had been valued at $40
by the defendant. Hearing that the canvas
fetched $1,000 at a recent auction at the Hotel
Drouot he now wants the courts to compel the
| critic to reimburse him for the loss caused by
| the too low valuation. The critic may have
| given his opinion fairly and conscientiously
based upon the actual merits of the painting
| irrespective of the antiquarian and quasl-autO-
| graphic value thereof, which do not lie within
his domain. The price obtained by the plaintiff,
| on the other hand may have been the actual
| representative of the value OF the picture at
| the time of its sale, and yet the yagaries of
trade in this particular branch are SO great
that sudden jump from 500 TO $1,000 will not
surprise those familiar with the sale of pictures
In letter to THE DISPATCH MIR. DeWolf
Scanlan, the well known Pittsburg artist, now
Mrs. M. B. Leisser are at present in Venice.
Mr.. Leisser is reducing to canvas great many
bits of this picturesque city. They intend to
stay there another month, after which they
visit some of the other italian cities. returning
to Pittsburg late in the fall. I had the pleas
ure of recent visit to the studio of Thomas
Clarke IA Anermedel Alma Mr.. Clarke be-
side the other good things Of life that he en-
Joys is the father of weeks old baby, and as
he brought it into the studio for my inspection
he looked the picture of proud and happy
father. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke intend to stay in
Paris for & few more months, after which they
depart for Italy to spend the winter there. j.
Elmer Salisbury returned to Paris a few days
ago after two months sketchng tour to the
Tyrol and flying trip to Venice. He brings
back with him quite number of studies of
Tyrolean mountain scenery. head OF huge
st. Bernard dog and church interior with a
priest and quantity costumed altar boy serving
at mass. While in the Tyrol he purchased a
collection of quaint pipes at fabulously low
prices, the stems of some being long enough to
act walking sticks. He intends to depart for
Normandy in few days to spend the remain
der of the summer and fall there, sketching
Among the Pittsburgers who have been in
Paris recently are Thomas 81. Mcdowell and
Mr.. c. Spang, at the Hotel Continental and
Miss Howard and f. A. Parke, at the Coyent
Garden Hotel"