New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-25
ART NOTES.
NEWS AND COMMENTS.

NEWS AND COMMENTS.
An international nc art exhibition Is to be opened
on December 1 at Monte Carlo.
1t would be hard to over-estimatc the importance
the work which Mr.. cole, under commission from
the propretors Of "Thc Century," hns beer doing In
the cause OF art For the las; two or three years
he has been seated, week In and week out, In dark
Itai;an churches In historic galleries, In all places
where masterpieces by the old Italians are ID DO
folnd cutting the pictures TO the w0od-faitbfuy,
artlsticary. II Is good to hear that those en-
cravings are be published in proof state hundred
copies and more will DO struck OIL from the origi-
nal wood blocks. and to each proof will be affixed
the signature OF the cngravcr and printer
An international congress Of architects will b
held next summer IN Chicago In connection with
the exhibition. Mr.. II. d. Burnhnm o. Chicago, Is
tte chairman OF the provisional committee.
A colossal statue Of Columbus for the Chicago Ex.
hibition has been comp eted by the Virginia sculptor
Mr. Ezekiel
The well known French painter Gerome, is reported
to be about to wholly give up the use Of the brush
for the chisel The figures OF BellOna" and Gal
atea" in the Salon. tinted after the manner ID
ancient Greek sculpture.
Mr. McLurc Hamllton's portrait Of Mr.. Gladstone,
which shares with Mr. whtlers portrait Of his mother
the honor OF having been acquired by the French
Government for the Luxembourg Gallery, is regarded
by Mr. Gladstones relatives one Of the very best
trait represents Mr.. Gladstone in his study at Iiaw
arden and was painted while he occupied In his
ordinary mornings work, and without any "stings"
In the conventional sense OF the word. As conse-
Q,snce II Is exceedingly natural and Characteristic.
Mr. Hamilton. IKE Mr.. Whistler Is an American by
BIRTH and a native OF Philadelphia. He studied first
Mt Antwerp and afterwad Mt the Beaux-Arts -
Paris lie has exhibited much In France both at
the Salon and at the New Salon. He is also very
accomplished pastellist, and many drawings from bis
hand have been shown in past years at the Grosvenor
Gallery and at the New English Art Club In London.
Five hundred drawings from nature by the we'll
known painter, Gnsave Frapon constitute the prin'
c&rnl attraction Of the handsome work Of entitled
"Antour de Paris by Louis Barron. Paris Mayet
Notteroz. New-Yofk: J. W. BoutOnl Scattered
throughout volumes dainty sketches of palaces.
chateaux, villas. fortresses, ruins OF abbeys and
churches catbedrals, closters, cryps, shrnes. old
gateways and towers. fountains guildhals. bridges.
viaducts ancient forests and birth and burial places
OF many OF Frances mighty dead, statues and memoir
ais Of poets philosophers noveliss and warriors. and
delicious hts OF woodland and rural scenery. Pen and
pencil vie with each other IN producing panorama
OF the beautiful vcinaee OF Paris. and Of the grand
historical monuments Of st. Denis, sevres, sceaux,
ST. Mande Senlis Versailles. Fonainebleau St. Cloud.
st. Germain Rambouillet, ST. Quentin. Meudon, st.
Eemy, Pontose, Perrefonds, Chantilly. Complegne.
etc. The book. which is quite edition de luxe, is
bound in cfromotypographic cover Of very original
design.
Rosa Bonheur's latest picture. On Guard,' Is re-
ported TO be on its way to NewYork where II Is TO
be placed view In of the art galleries In this
city. The great artist IS seventy zone years OF age,
but stl at work her studio Fountainebleau.
One OF the rare visitors who are admitted to the
villa lately found her. palette and bush In hand,
and attired in the costume which In the old days
permitted her to study in fsrm yards and cattle
markets without Attracting inconvenient attention.
that IS IN the loose blue blouse and pantaloons
OF the ordinary peasant she lives the life Of
recluse, seldom visiting Paris. The large painting OF
"Horses Threshing,' already purchased by On Amen-
can amateur, Is, yet unfinished. Her folio con-
tains, according TO her computation, nearly 1000
studies. She has always strenuously refused TO part
In spite OF handsome otfers-with any Of these.
1t would appear that the Hanging Committee OF the
Royal Academy Is Influenced by considerations OF size
rather than artistic merit In rendering It's decisions.
picture sent 70 the Royal Academy last year,
and rejected. II cut In two, and one half re-
turned 10 Burlington House this year and the other
sent to the New English Art Club Both were accepted
and hung.
The German Government is about to erect
Home" for the benefit OF artists and art students
residing in or visiting Rome. Herr Genicks design
provides suitable accommodations, including twenty
four large studios for painters and sculptors and
common reception and exhibition hall. The plans
are still subject to Ministerial approval
Those who look through the archives OF the Royal
Academy often express surprise at their discovery that
ladies have lived who Royal Academicans. There
have been two-only two-and their names appear on
the frs. roll OF original members. one was Mary
Moser the other Angelica Kaufman. Miss Moser,
r. A.. painted flowers. She married Mr.. Lloyd.
Miss Angelica Kaufman. r. A., very different
sort OF person. She beautiful, and her manners
were charming 50 much that the great Sir Joshua
counted himself among her suitors. She was the
" Miss Angel Of his notebook. But Angelica failed
to manage her life cleverly. She was capuva,ed BY
a fascinating scoundrel called Count Frederic Horn,
who turned out 10 be a somebody much lower in the
social SCALE and the possessor OF another Wife, An
gelica in the kindness OF her heart. pensioned him
of, married again a Venetian painter. and when she
died In Rome, In 1905, they buried her with great
pomp carrying two OF her pictures aloft above the
bier and speaking OF her as the great woman, the
always nlustrious, holy and most pous Nine. An
gelica Kaufman.
Among more than q dozen competitors the San
Francisco sculptor. Rupert schmidt. has secured the
hi chest award in the competition for the German
Milwaukee.
The huge painting OF President Carnot addressing
vast meeting ut Versailles In 1880 in honor OF the
centeary OF the French Revolution is still taxing the
one rges Of the artist NJ. Alfred T. Roll. The work,
which has already occupied him for two years, and
may require another years labor before completion
Il 10 find a home In the Palace OF Versailles gale
leres.
Blind painters not black swans:
but blind sculptors are seldom met with. VldaI
who lately died In hospital In Paris, was for many
years sculptor OF talant. having studied under
Roullard and Barge. But II only when twenty
years ago, he became blind that his work attracted
much attention. aud then rather from the curiosity Of
its behg accomplished under such circumstances
than from its merit His figures and animals. al
though anatOmically correct, always faulty
through their hardness and angua1ty. Vidal was
twice medalled-in 1861 and ls63and his productions
to be found In several OF the French provincial
museums.
r. Edwin Elwels statue Of "Dckens and Little
Nel' has met with much favor In London. where 10
has been enjoyed BY thousands who have seen 1t al
the Horticultural Exhibition. The press comments
have been extremely friendly and laudaory. ana the