New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-04
ART NOTES.

| Mr. J. s. Sargent having maze good heau"aS "'
the portraits commissioned to hin through "i' "",
ost s,iccesses has now returned 10 his monumeiiai
- tho decorative work for the library at BOSTON,
I-p,ted states 1t Is said that he intends paying
visit to Amsterdam, In order to study types lot .e
apures OF the Prophets and Apostles HIS Carmeic'u
is among the purchases Of the French uoVerhiheii'
nj the Paris salon. , -.
Tho members OF the Summer Sketchine olup Nv
Rufalo are spending a month on Enc ana o'"eeo
canals I'm n hoseboat, selecting as they progress oh
their tourney the choicest bits OF scenery Tor palhs
There Is only one painter who is able to DO entire
Justice to Norway, with Its rugged nnlsiues, nn'e
streaked fjords, and blue skies specMeu WIN hee'!
/ clouds lie is n weglan-Adeisteen Normahh' "A
visitor came upon him the other Gay Ill ND ,p
house flor he believes In working direct from naureJ'
bisy over n batch OF pictures for the great "oi'u
Fair The painters cabin was primitlVe nut DeSioe
! h,o fiord II would have been overlooked but lor
tho little sIgnboard with the lettering, a. Noi1hanh'
Painter which caught the tourists eye.
Mr. Hubert yos who is to represent the art Secuoh
=, holland At the Chicago Exhibition, has just placed
! ON exhibition In London a three quarter length me-
a,y. nortrat of Mr. Edmund J. Mofat, the Ohlteu
states Deputy Consul General and European o"''0
Agent for Agriculture. Mr. Mofat Is Represented III
evening costume. standing at table coVereo WIZ"
various documents, the figure being seen by gus or
lamplght effect. The likeness Is very Strihhs' anu
the work will be pleasant souvenir Oh Mr. 'io""O
prolonged stay in this country
! Mr. whistler whose abandonment OF London IoF
puns was recently recorded has taken smali mousse
in the Faubourg ST. German, which he Is emoehishns
| In the Empire STYLE
Mr. Waldo Story who was commissioned oS Lo'"
potbscbud to furnish him with important bass
relief for the decoration OF portion OF ms oou"u
mansion has completed the work ana h'n IL pi'oeu
! NJ Plvis de Chavannes who succeeded Meissoiher Us
president OF the Group OF Artists constituting 'ne
! Champ de Mars salon. is about to venture vi nc"
rro,,na He has accepted from the Minister OF Fine
Arts a commission to design two panels LOT IT,
production In tapestry at the Gooeins'
MANY OF our foremost amateur painters are conhcctcd
-t,h ~. staqe Prominent among them Is Mr. Joseph
rercrs,n oRip Van Winklc) HIS fort Is landscape
forest scenes and Drawing cascades-in fact Just the
sort OF country In which the scenes of MS srei'oS'
success werc laid He is also COLLECTOR vi ''c ms
fire" lie possesses OF the finest COLLECTIONS Vi
p,cures brio brac and other art objects in America
while his library is especially rich In ART DoohS "'u
artistic ed lions, and. naturally, In souvenirs anu
measures OF dramatic literature and curiosity.
Another equally successful art collector IS Mr.
| Aurus,in DAILY Twenty five years ago or more hc
began 20 collect plates on Biblical SUBJECTS Ne@lo
| tints and fIllne engravfngs AFTER the Ola "aa'oiS'
original FORKS by Durr and Others soon accufhua'c"'
90 mat he had TO have special cabinets to hold them
His interest In work grew as years went oh' anu
n. had got together besides the best obanable copies
~ all easily accessible works. many extremely rare
minis and manuscripts Of high ecclesiastical authority
He secured America and Europe ior unique pr'"'S.
He fonnd In England All orig nal drawing by haphac'
le,ring the stamp also Of Sir Joshua Reynolds. HIS
! collection may now be fairly called co'npelc' 1t -
q coll.ction that comprises history OF scrptuTal
art Al the masterpieces are there; all the Nanon.
| -. ~ instance Of every age ard every school Of
art rsug a rare copy Of the Doua Bible a. INC
text Mr. Daily has produced the most IemarAaoe h'po
ever seen 1t comprises foriyt"o foho volumes anu
Is now In company with Sir. Days collection oil hfS'
! alton. IN English and French and his collection Of
| dramatic works. which includes the four orisN"'
Shakespeare oo enlarged editions OF All inc ''nou'
theatrical histories and biographies, and every rare
work NJ theatrical interest
death has carried on several eminent foreign artists
| during tho past few weeT. Prominent among tns
,rus,r 4. Jo,rph ssven. tho Belgian animal painter.
| After a courre Of htudy In Paris stevens msar MY
| debut at the belgian Salon In 1874. and hee years
later ycntured 10 send a canvas Ia the French ss'h'
| ." A Dog Cnrrying Ills Masters DinnHr.' Ihls hleO
with success and aferward regularly exhibited
! IN Paris lie received several medals for his con-
| tributions to the salon, WIS made KNIGHT Of thc
Iedon OF Honor IN 1851 and the kinS OF the helg'S
conferred mon him the order Of Leopold. From lo"5'
| however he ceased send his works 10 Paris anu
! ,onk mn his permanent residence In Brussels, where
no continued 10 practise his art. He WAS the erothcr
| OF the betterkn artist Alfred stevens WI" re-
| mains TO mourn his loss. Another who has passed
| AWAY IS julius HUH, one OF 6erInhhys Prh0P''
| lendscape painters. lie obtained medals Of hohor
Il, many Continental exhibitions. and was well known
! ,or his excellent rendering Of English landscapes.
| Death has also removed eminent French painter
n, 1andscapes NJ BrssOt de Warvlc. and the talented
portr,t and historical painter NJ +. Loewe Marc hand
The frontisplece in the current number oil the
| . MAGAZINE OF Art (New- York Cassell & Co) Is
! n clever etching, by Charles Country. OF Edouaru
| zamncos's we1-bnown painting, 1.-The Kind Con
| fcssor Among the articles in this part are an
Interesting sketch Of Onslow Ford. A. r. A., by Marion
! Ucnvosh Dixon with Illustrations Of many OF his
| vorks. ON Some Portraits Of Marie Antoinctte,' .
| ny lord Ronald Cover and account of Bernard
| Evans r. L. the talented landscape painter, with
reproductons OF several OF his paintings. There Is
also a sonnet For the shelley Centenary by Theo-
dors Watts
The principal article in "The Art Journal for
| August (New-York International News Company Is
the first OF "A series by Mr. Marcus u. Hinsh on the
merits of the Isle OF Wight n a sketching ground
| for artists. Several effective sketches accompany
the text. The fronuspiece Is n fine reproduction OF
! the painting by Fcyen Perrin. THE Return OF the
| ovstcr Fishers at Cancac.r Mr. Norman 6arstlh
has contributed nm Illustrated article on the scenery
Of the Rocky Mountains. and there is also critiqne
| nv Claude Philips the summer picture exhibitions
| NJ home and abroad. The part Is quite up To the
Usual standard Of this magazine.
The current number of L'Art" paris: Iibrnire de
! L,Artl contains beautiful etching entitled Irols
Nendlants de Cordoue, ana slnuS oi m,ic nEu.'
5r Er Dclnnncy for the decoration OF the Pantheon.
/ r,.rr arc also mn article Flemish Tapestries OF
IN. siNteenh century In the Chateau DC Pau. by inul
Iufond, and biographical ana critical accounts 81 w
| M, and work ~ Adr1en Van de Ntlue, ny f'nlIc
| ,,,ohni .nd of TacnueS Ilchpur, by j. SOuChOn