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ART AND ARTISTS.

There are 90 portrait painters in Phil
adelpllia.
MeissonierIs studio. with its exquisite
works of art and bricabrac, has been
offered TO the French government for
$4,000
Queen Victoria's gift TO France viii be
fine portrait of herself in gorgeous
frame, upon which viii be blended the
arms of England and France.
A curious exhibition will shortly be
opened in Paris at the National Deaf
and Dumb Institute. 1t will consist of
Old and modern examples OF works of
sculpture, paintings, engravings, and
drawings by deaf and dumb artists.
The Fine Art building for the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, although temporary
one, VIII be tireproof, and viii cost $780,
600. Its style is of the Ionic order, and
IN the most refined and classic detail. and
it will be richly ornamented by statuary
and sculptured friezes. The dimensions
ofthe main building are SEQ by 500 feet, but
IN this measurement are not accounted
the annexes proposed.
A new art has been developed in the
firing of portraits ON china. Hitherto
painting was the ordinary method re-
sorted to by those who wished to preserve
the hkenesses of their friends on porcelain
or any description of ware. BY the new
method the pictures are photographed on
the porcelain and then fired. in the same
way as the ordinary decorations of the
ware. The portraits look like the finest
photographs, and unless broken they will
last forever. The pictures can be adapted
TO any size, and can therefore he put on
cups, saucers, vases, panels, or medal
lions with equal ease.
Albert Bierstadt has returned from
Europe, where he has been for severa.
months studying for his picture of @The
Landing of Columbus, TO be exhibited
for the first time at the Worlds Far in
Chicago. He has visited Spain, Italy,
and Portugal, studying the costumes of
the time of Columbus in museums ans
palaces. Mr. Bierstadt is as conscientio -
as Gerome OF Meissonier in arranging
for all the details of his pictures, and h,s
already made most elaborate prepara-
tions for posing his costumes, made after
the old ones, on models specially engaged
for the work. In the San Salvador group
OF islands, some years ago, he made
studies for all the flora required M this
painting New York Corr. Boston Jour.
nal.
Writing from the Hague, a correspond.
ent Of the Philadelphia Inquirer says.
"The most celebrated picture is the Sis
tine Madonna by Raphael. by many
considered his best work. 1t ~
familiar to everyone by the thousands OF
reproductions in steel, photographs, etc.
Where did Raphael get his modtlT
asked the musician. 'All his MA.
donnas" have unmistakably the same
look She was the daughter of bake,
in Rome, said the artist, for whom the
great master had an unusual affection.
1t is said that he would have married he,
but that he feared il would injure his
art. He did not want any domestic in
felicities, and his whole life was pecul-
iarly sad one. She must have been
wondrously beautiful girl for although
the artist has transformed her into all
kinds of saints with his subtle brush. he
could not have succeeded so well without
a good foundation. This Madonna" be-
fore us shows us the most beautiful face
l have ever SEEN 'Tls love that makes
the world go round, and love that inspires
the divinest art.