New-York tribune., 1891-05-24
ART NOTES..
NEWS AND COMMENTS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS AND COMMENTS OF IHE WIEN
little over a month ago circular letters were re-
ceived by eleven New York artists from the treasury
Department inviting them to compete In preparing ue'
signs for the proposed coinage OF the United staee
Eight of the artists in question, including Augustus st
Gaudens Kenyon Cox w. II. Low Herbert Adams anu
D. French Just addressed TO the Director Oh 'nc
Mint collective reply to the invitation OF the treasury
Department Their communication Is TO the enect tha'
the conditions of the competition as given In the Gov
ernment circular are such to render 1t Impossible
for them 10 take any part therein. They complain
that the time allowed for the preparation OF the de-
signs Is altogether too short the compensation alto
gether inadequate, and the information concerning the
iudges entrusted with the duty of making the awards
too indefinite They suggest therefore Proiohgauoh
Of the time allowed the assignment of the duty OF max
ing the awards to Jury OF competent artists eected py
the competitors and large increase OF the monetary
compensation.
The annual reception Of the Cooper Union hr'
Schools will take place Wednesday evening next
when the work of the year will be displayed. rms
will remain on exhibition Thursday and friday May
% and 90 On the evening Of THURSDAY the recepuoh
of the boys school will be held and on FRIDAY evening
the commencement exercises OF all the schools "ih
occur Edward Cooper presiding. The prizes III .ie
Womau,s Art School have been announced as ioi-
lows: Drawing from life, Miss Lora Davis, Soo IN
gold Miss Alice c. Morse, silver medal Ws"ins
from, antique silver medal, Miss Aboie Chehis' o
ing from cast, bronze medals, Misses hdl'n he,i"'
ida Elizabeth Robin pen and ink lllustauoh' si'.
medal Miss Mnna Brown oil painting sllVer neuai'
Miss Belinda II. Tanet; designing silver medal, MISS
Kate NJ linton normal drawing, silver medals, MISSES
Nellie NJ. Knapp, Edith W. Taylor
The portraits which have given rso TO most dis
| cussion Mt the ROYAL Academy exhibition In Lonooh
this year are the displayed by Mr. John sargent
| The one is a fullength Of Carmencta, the o'her
large haf-ength of lady who Is described as MIS- NJ
| The latter much TO the indignation OF tne Lohooh
critics has been shamefully hung in fact almost sKled
in one of the last rooms. 1.-The London Ilhles pio-
claims II TO be one Of the three most interesting por
traits i'm the exhibition, and declares that II gives
eydence OF the artists gifts Of unity OF conception
of broadly expressive handling and Of w.t. as II were
In paint The same paper refers with enthusiasm 10
the extraordinary sense of vitality In the portrait OF
Carmencita. cone gets the impression says " Ihe
Times" that 1t is not a picture. but the iving uhng
itself and that when the music strikes up she VIII
bound away in the dance.r The London critics like
wise praise Mr. BoughtOn's winter nightfall in the
marshes as being one Of the very best things he has
ever done.
The most startling picture Of the Champ dc Mars
Salon this year appears to be the Chez e Pharsen
of NJ j. Beraud. II represents the heure du care AT
the close Of a stag luncheon party. The men are all
very modern mostly middle-aged, prosperous ana
inclined 10 embonpont. Something, however mas
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and are crowdng TO the end Of the table, where
girl dressed beautifully, but Ia demi-mondalne, ana
her fair hair arranged in the latest fashion, mas up
pareny forced her way into the room ana cast herself
at the feet Of ore Of the guests who sits at the Top
Of the table This guest is Christ The other guests
in their fashionable frock coats jeweled scafpns and
natent leather boots surprise at the SaVloufs
presence one OF them turns away 10 nght a
! cigarette The Others look from Christ to the girl
and then from the girl to Christ, curious only 70
| hear what He will say The presence d St.h
picture as this in Of the National salons OF te
rreaf has given great offence to all the religious
element Of the population, aud has provoked no END Oh
| acrimonious dlsclssloh'
Two famous paintings have Just been put on to the
market by the disposal the other day at Chrisues
auction rooms in London of the renowned Bolckow col
lection The one was Turner's walton Bridges
the other Hogarh's Gate of Calais" Both were pur-
chased by the London ASnew Go Co
Weissnniers Sign Painter went to another London
| dealer for T32,Ooo'
The new series Of illustrated biographies OF "The
| Great Artists which Messrs. Scribner are now pub
fishing includes among the recent issues daihV LUIS
volumes on David Cox and Peter Dew1nt' by Gilbert
| Redcave: on "Willlam Mulready," by Frederick
| stephens: on Ruisdael Hobbema, Cuyp and Potter
| bv Frank Cundau. and on George Cruikshank," by
= stephens All OF them interesting, the two last
mentioned being especially attractive Crukshank' III
| particular appears in the Light OF an old fend u
every reader of Charles Dickens. Indeed his dehhea
tons Of Bill sykes Of Pagan OF the Artul Dodger and
~ the great Mr. Bundle himself, show that his pencil
was fully equal, in originality to the pen OF te
anthor The latter as Thackeray very truly remarked
requires many pages of print to describe wnat CruA
shank represented in one single one OF MS uny Illus
q, trations The monograph classes CrulkshahA "i'h
Hogarth and 1t must be confessed that there was a
good deal In common between the TWO ar1iss' nou,
were possessed in all their work witH .,2 s.lYns y
moral purpose and devoted themselves 70 ililisuaUng
the evil effects Of brslns fsS the S two appears to
be that whereas the picture stories OF were
tea y ar. 70 to the e Of his time ali be bound
down to no date in their Signihcsnce ME- Oshpst i
| in his volume on Ruisdael Hobbema, Cuyp ana Pot,
Ter has combined with singular felicity minute and
intelligent research with Dnaa symPa'hhy ny @ Or M ~
81 peincrs on pnnacles from which truth and justice
wonId be eager TO hale them down, ne besows praise
without stint though without prodigahS'
oro of the most striking features OF the present
nuWber " Of @LArt dams les Deux Mondesg New
York: Durand RueD Is portrait OF Christopher sr
after al az rSh S OF COMO The issue likewise
contains description OF tho recent loan exhibition
the Art Hs9e cnyp OF chtSs toseher WITH number
Of otler old masters. were included in the display
In addition to NJ Lconle Benedte's account of the
Cravings Of tho personages pictures ana statues NAV @
have particularly attracted the senSEn 81 re
gene Bund Albert Daaant T. GSS GSsSy S0m.n ste T4s SS
th isto Emile lew and reproduction in steel en-
craving of NJ Louis Leolr's graceful picture Don't
MOveS as well as an eau-forte Of one OF Rubens's
nictnres by NM Bracquemond and Journal and an
other after Claude Lorran by NJ Daubigny.
The frontisplece Of The Art journal" New York
the international News Company IS an etching by
lanes DobIe after the picture by c. W. Bartlett called
The Twenty ninth OF MayH-the day. Of the Restora
ton Of Charles II. The scene Is humorousy and
sranhiralIv deplcted Two serious Puritans. clad In
ssoHbre apparel are walking slowly along village
street amid the ieers and sarcasms OF lovial group
Of cavaliers The private art collection OF Mr. John
Airi in HYDE Park Terrace, London, Is described II
detail IN this number and there are some interesting
sketches OF leading artists work upon their Academy
pictures for the curreht exhibition.
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