New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
ART NOTES.
REFORMS AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
DESIGN.

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ho resIgnation of the venerable president Dahei huS
rg.on who has filed that office for close upoh''"enV
wears and in the enactment Oh seVerai 'oi' '"ro
omondments 10 the constitution OF the Academy, Inc
choice Of Mr. HuntinGons successor Is rporteo 10 nc
between the yicc-president, T. W. Wood who Is the
oo- president Of the Water Coloc Society. and tho
scr,ntor J. O. A. Ward. The election, which taxes
Mace ON May 49, is likely to prove very close one
The amendments to the constitution are as lono"o
Article a. Section 3To strike out the %od sen Silo
, ,bc eIxth line and substitute the word 'hVe h
to strike the word ten in the tenth be ,ns seecton Of
st.e 1g and Associates shall be from thos only
who are q xhbtots at the annual eXhlDoh VI
W their proposal for membership. Each Acasee
o ond Is Asocste may nominate writing five AssoG.es
as Academlclans and five other arsts ~ -. ,nen,hers
blank a aG before % the day OF the annual meetns and
musi he returned to the secretary ao Io"U ~ Acad
before the oS@ SGngs tSe Se n receive the
greatest number Of such nominations noting After
snch nominations by Joint ballot the cquc o. rs ton %
To the list three Associates as !Sa eyhbiors ~
tho the Tsar Gody az Vr candidates for election 70 the body Of
Associates No which has Sg once Dtg tbe ceptn
ence of saId meeting unless by vote OF Two 6Soe
the members present. and then oI ~ election ON the
sad.' sasL OAii0' !" "'' ~ n. -... onoDaea
- .. ost,trte the iuries Of selection and OF nans-
, nv election nj the annual meetings instead Oh az
| hItho,o hv votc The numerical force OF the Jury vi
selection is likewise increased. Hehceiorui - w
consist of twenty members fourteen Oh VIM" ,,'~, @
| Academicians and six Associstes 1hree Vi w
=, selection namely two Academcans ana an hssooaV'
specially balloted tor tnc purpose w.
ing committee
George H. McCord annoUnces his return rom ru
rono in a particularly graceful manner oy 'iie eA
bhItIon nj Avervs Fifth Avenue Galleries Oh severn.
naintincs of scotch and English scenery lhey iui
abundant evidence OF benefit which the arusVs ",e'o
| have derived from his sOiourn abroad anu J"
greatly 10 be regretted that they should have eacneu
! yor, TOO late 10 admit OF their being mclnueu
4, tbe annual exhibition of the Society OF American
| Artists now open For the large ana strlNips P'''
| ure entitled "Craig Dhu" would certainly nave con-
| stuted one OF the finest features OF the sooeN
| show 1t Is painting OF much depth ana power
and represents one Of the most picturesque feathres
OF Highland scenery in the neighborhood OF OiuliF
Castle which for several years past has Deeh oocu
| MED by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The mist rising from
| the side of the mountain, the green meadows at us
| base illumined by tho sun, and the water III tho
| foreground rejecting the buetopped SUBMITS OF tne
Craig all contribute TO attract, and when attracted
to hold the attention of the spectator Another charm
| ing niece OF Scotch scenery is Mr.. McCods "Lch
| Guinochn Ii is a considerably smaller picture thah
the Craig Dhu," but resembles 1t In the skni tfc"'-
ment of the atmospheric effects. 1t shows inc sun
lust beginning to Tighten up the Loch, while rising
from behind the mountains by which the sheet OF
| uo+or is surrcunded Lovers OF Wordsworths poetry
ubo romember his enthusiasm about Holford Vale
will eniov Mr. McCord's pleasing portrayal thereon,
which is displayed with his other pictures at the
Avery Galleries II shows Holfori In the foreground
with the broad expanse of the Bristol channel to the
rear and in the dim distance the blue Nils Oh h're
Wales.
Mr. s. p Avery, jr announces the sale 40 Paris dur
rc the last week in Nav OF one Of the finest art col
lections in Europe belongs to a French nobleman'
we'll known as q connoisseur Of great SKILL who Dehg
anxious to avoid the notoriety involved by a puDnc
sale has confined himself to indicating his name py
the initials of L. de NJ in the elaboratey iusuateu
catalogue of his art treasures The latter lhcIuue
miniatures by Isabey medalllons by Greuze eXqulsoe
bonbonnieres and snuff boxes of the time OF LOUIS XIV
and the gems of the Casellani Hamilton Foud Morhy
Turgot and DemidoR collections They VIII be on
exhibition in the Rue de Seze Galleries Oh DeorseS
Petit for few days previous TO the sale'
Trenty- three paintings by Charles II. Davis, one
% which figured in the Paris Salon OF 1889 have been
nlocod on exhibition at Knoedlers Fifth Avenue
Galleries.
Dainty fans have now assumed the place wmch
artistic bill posters and treasures OF the bOoeDhuhs
art have in turn occupied during the past winter on 'e
walls Of the Groier Club. The fans exhibited are
nearly all French and belong for the most part 10
the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Among the
ros+ elaborate is Vernis Martin fan loaned by Mrs
Jones and representing the Sacrifice ot lphieeh@
4 curious feature of the display Is consutueu DS uo
political fans, fans designed 10 comHerio'"'0
nolItical events One OF them owned by Miss BreSse'
has portras of Queen Marie Anoinette and OF General
Iafavette Another represents the peace of Utrecht
some OF the Watteau fans loaned by MIS- huiiI are
Of exceptional beauty.
No capital in the world is so rich in Its possession
Of old masters as St. Petersburg At the Palace OF
the Hermitage there no less than sixty OF
the finest paintings Of Rubens' forty-one Rembrahds'
twenty Nurillos forty Teners, thirty -four Van DyeHS'
nd pictures OF the ola
f, | Flemish italian, Spanish and French schools Inc
ontire WaIpoe collection described In 1747 by Horace
Walpole in his "Aedes Waalpoianae,' as well as the
collections OF the Empress Josephine, OF the Due de
Cholseul the Prince de Cont, and Of King Augustus
of saxony are likewise to be found in the Hermitage
| galleries.
Fresh life has been given to the controversy on the
subec Of the Raphael cartoons by the dispatch from
Paris to London OF those which for some time past nave
been on exhibition at the Louvre In London they are
| TO be compared with those which were purchased oy
Oliver Cromwell for the English Government, and
which for more than two centuries have been displayed
in tho galleries Of the Palace OF Hampton Court 1t
. | has always been believed that the Hampton Court
cartoons were those originally painted by Raphael
himself at the request Of Pope Leo X to be used as
models for the Arras tapestries Of the Sxtpe Chapel
But the Russian OF the cartoons recently shown
at the Louvre Councillor OF state named Loukhamof,
| possesses documentary evidence to show that his
cartoons wore candestney acquired at the Vatican by
Count Jaqoujlnsk the Russian Ambassador TO the
| court OF Pope Clement XII. The Russians claim
that the Hampton Court cartoons only the
working designs copied from the originals by Rnphaes
pupils II FattOre and Giovanni da Udne for the use
of the weavers, and that the cartoons painted by
Raphael himself, for which Pope Leo had paid an
| enormous sum, were returned to the Vatican from
Arras along with the tapestries The Hampton Court
cartoons may be added were purchased in 1880 from
the ArTas looms. and the question now about to be
decided is as to whether they the originals not
| Admirers Of the famous creator Of the "Angelusp
will find In the " Livre dOr de Mllet" New York:
| / w BOuton) seventeen delightful echngs Of his most
popnlar works by the welmown French etcher, Fred
| eric Jacque.