Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-15
ART NOTES.

A portrait in oil of Paderewski. by Mr.. J. B.
Barclay, which has attracted cons iderable IA
vorable attention in New York. has been shown
for several days past at Fischer's. where it is
understood ii has been placed in order to in
duce subscriptions for an etching shortly to be
made from it. About the most that can be said
for the painting is to use :he language of the
Kentucky gentlemen. who. when he first tasted
q sample Of perslmmon cider, was heard to OBJ
serve that 'it would doubtless be greatly
liked By people who greatly like that sort of
thing. Subscribers to the etching. If any there
be, VIII, however, have one consolation. Since
an etching cannot well show false color it cannot
by any possibility be half as bad as the original
picture.
Mr.. A. G. Heaton, who spent the winter
partly il Charleston and partly in North Caro-
lima. whore he had number of orders for por-
traits, has returned to the city, and will shortly
reoccupy his studio, 1918 18th street.
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The portrait Of Secretary Carlisle, painted
BY Mr.. like for the Treasury Department, and
which is to be sent to the Chicago Exposition as
apart of the government exhibit. NAV be seen at
the Fischer art store, where it will remain for a
little while before shipment Mr. like has
lately finished a portrait Of Nr. Ingham. some
y,
partment collection. and is row engaged on one
Of Postmaster General Bissell
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A somewhat surprising statement was made
in a letter from st. Paul, printed in last Satur-
day STAE to the effect that Mr. Hill, q Mime
sofa railway king. has in his collection a group
Of paintings which cost $50. 0o0 each. Whether
the correspondent in question was imposed
upon BY some one who purposely gave false
Information or gratefully desired to make things
pleasant for mighty dispenser of railway
passes IL not clear. but il is quite safe to saw
that Mr.. Hill does not own a gle picture the
cost of which even approached that sum.
Paintings which really cost $50 900 are an ex-
ceedingiy scarce article in this country and the
gentleman named does not happen to be the
possessor of any OF them The nearest he ever
came to attaining that distinction was in the
role of bidder for Jules Bretou's .Coumur;-
Giants, sold several years ago in New York bu.
the prize was taken away from MIN BY q b-oIber
railway nagEate from Montreal who outbid
him and secured the desired canvas for
si5, 900.
1t 10 getting to be little difficult to satisfy
tie authorities OF New York in the matter of
rtatues intended for that city, and il may be
added that in general way it is about time for
the exercise Of SONS critical veto power in that
direction The proposition made some time
ago TO erect one Of President Arthur in Central
Park was rejected. it will be remembered fer
want o. artistic excellence. and now one to
place one OF the late Roscoe Conkling in Union
Square l. opposed. rot ON es hectic grounds but
on the ground thaT Dir. ConklIng Was not
sufficiently important parsonage % be entitled
to a position IN q square which has a statue Of
Washington on one corner and Lincoln ":
another.
benjamin Constant. me well-kuown Frenc
painter Of Oriental subjects. is now in Phila-
deiphia, where he has a nu-at sr of portraits to
paint Among ,thers he has commissions f-om
Mr. George w. thilds and Mr.. A J. DrsxeI for
ws:ch report sa,s, he Is to recsiys the Issr
sum Of $1,000
An ART DISPLAY G spsc-&. :nteres, TO Wss';1s
:crians will he e. '-Eioi. Ct Isiz=iEgs by Ma
We'll. 20 be opeueaA: Tae Eis.ao- art rooms. c.,
Monday lie z4sE Is sAns. ;. W.. e. s,ts-e much
CT the wcrx h. tas,' 9a- isse!s. inciaSiag sev-
era, importsa. ard yt-y attractive landscapes.
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In tie death Of IL. George /. Seney, which
occarr.d in New Ydk last week. the fne arts
lost discriminatingand generous patron. VINO
was also a most iiberI giyer to charitable and
religious objects. tits estimated that during
his life he had eontrih ted in n quiet and uuos-
tentatioas way more han q million and half
dollars to religious, educational and benevolent
institutions. 1t was. bSever, as a collector of
paintings that his nase was most familiar to
the public. He had ya:hered together in a
quiet way in his reside Zee in Brooklyn one Of
the best private eolieetitls in the country. con-
sisting OF 30 pictures. thich he Was compelled
70 part with. owing TO financial reverses. and
which produced 1t suctin, in lss5, the then al