Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06
ART NOTES.

ART NOTES.
The proposed exhibition of paintings by
members Of the Society of Washington Artists,
for the creation OF a building fund, which was
liked for next week, has been postponed until
some time late next fall. The change viii no
doubt be to the advantage Of all concerned IL
VIII enable many Of the members TO be more
adequately represented than now. and as the
EXHIBIT VIII be given when there VIII be o
larger number of both residents and strangers
IN town than at the present time. the prob
abilities of satisfactory financial results viii 30
largely increased
The French parliamentary bodies have voted
tne Following sums as the government grant
ior the year 1898 for the various artistic insti-
.uuons and purposes named: For the Ecole
oes beanx Arts. in Paris. s25. $50: for the
ocnooi OF Decorative Art, s29.640; for the
speciai Architectural School, 5000: for the
Nauonal schools Of Fine Art and Decorative
ana industrial Art, ss7 1870; for Provincial
ecnools OF the same class, $50. 290; for the
Irocadero Palace, 81. GOO: for the Decoration Of
fuoic buildings In Paris and the provinces,
else, 500; TO- the purchase Of works Of art by
living artists. Paris prizes and travelling Schoi-
arshps. si9. 200; for Indemnities and Charities
in the Fine Arts Departments sa4 600; for the
Porcelain Factory at Sevres. sl24. $50: for the
Natonai lapes,ry Factories Of Gobelins and
Beauvals. soy 962; Tor the National Museums,
sl85, AIS: for Provincial and Nunicipal Mu-
seums, $1,000; for the publication OF works on
art and subscriptions TO such works. sl4. 600.
for exhibitions, 81 500; and for The Care OF
Historical Monuments. s257 zoo. Grand total,
S1,0l5.257.
To suggest the appropriation by our Con-
gress Of such q sum for such purposes
would cause the hair Of the average
member OF either House to stand on
end, if it did not bring a fatal attack OF
heart disease. Yet this expenditure il about
the wisest and most profitable that France can
possibly make, each year, and her people un-
derstand 1t very well This il is that enables
them to levy tribute on all the rest Of the world
for the excellence Of their products in every
line of industrial art and manufactures. Amer
lean statesmen might well take the lesson to
heart.
Another fine example of the work OF Josef
Israes, the master of the modern Dutch school.
will shortly enrich the gallery of Mr.. Thomas
E. Waggaman of this city. He received word
by cable a day or two ago that his standing
offer Of a very liberal sum for this particular
canvas had been accepted, and il is now or soon
will be on its way to this country. The paint
ing in question is not only important in sire
and subject. but il is claimed for it that il 10
the finest picture the distinguished artist hes
produced
The friends Of Max weyl not less than the
artist himself. must have been thoroughly graf
flied at the outcome Of the exhibit of his paint
ings at the Fischer gallery. which closes this
evening. In artistic point OF view il was in
the highest degree meritorious, and substantial
Qxr6 nFa fhDrf "a
slight Most Of the canvases shown we're sold,
and In more than one instance two or three
pictures were taken BY the same person. This
is compliment that comparatively few artists
receive.
The commission for the proposed memorial
tablet to the late James Russell Lowell in West
mipster Abbey has been given to Mr.. George
Frampton. IL will be executed in marble. and
will contain low relief portrait Of Mr.. Lowell,
and is to be placed in the Chapter House,
beneath . stained glass window. which is like
wise designed to honor his memory.
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Miss Ransom has closed her studio on r
street. for the present. and is now in Chicago,
where she will superintend the arrangements
and hanging OF the paintings sent 10 the Column
bian Exposition by the Department Of StaH
and the Treasury Department.
Those who attended the tee at Mrs. T. w.
Pilling's, on Massachusetts, avenue, yesterday,
enjoyed something more OF Q treat than 10
usually afforded at ordinary social affairs, in an
opportunity to inspect the beautiful works OF
art executed by Miss Nourse, the guest Of
honor Of the occasion. The display included
! quite number OF attractive and truly artistic
finished pictures. studies. and sketches, in both
| oils and water colors. The most Of them are
figure pieces. in which the artist excels. and
manifestly finds most enjoyment Her range
in this field is exceptionally wide. and her SUBJ
jects, which represent several different coun-
| tries. are treated with remarkable vigor. being
firm in drawing. strong in modelling. ard rich
and harmonious in color. Miss Nouree. who
Is a Clncinnatian by birth. has spent several
| wears in close study in Paris and other Euro
pean art centers and the general verdict must
be that the time has been most profitably en-
ployed. BY the way, il may be stated here that
an illustration of Miss Nourse's picture in the
Salon this year appears in Harpers Bazaar for
the current week. Ii represents an interior OF
a Church in Hollshd with group of pictur-
esquey attired peasants engaged in worship,
and, Judging from the engraving, is . remark
ably attractive composition.
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The statement is revived that an American
has purchased and will shortly bring to this
country the colossal equestrian group repre-
senting Charlemsgne, which has occupied .
place for some time past in the grounds in
front Of Notre Dame. in Paris. The name Of
the purchaser Is not given. nor the price paid
Neither in fact. il any other information on
the subject vouchsafed. II has been generally
supposed that this group was acquired by the
city Of Paris. several years ago. to be perma-
nently placed where it is at present IL is now
stated. no Sever. that the authorities considered
the price asked for it-s40 .0o0.- high. and
declined to purchase it. so that it has practi-
cally been in the market ever since.
The group lie the work OF Rochat Brothers.
who, though not recognized ms scuiptors Of
great reputation, have nevertheless executed
some spirited statues Of the same class, notably
that Of William the Conqueror, at Falaise, ais
birth place. ard one OF Dom Pedro I, at Rio
Jsneiro. That OF ChariemAgne, now referred
to. represents the Great Emperor holding alofs
the emblem OF imperial authority, aud seated
on his favorite steed. which lie led BY has
faithful and famous paiadius, Roland aud
Oliver. In general effect IL is quite dicnified
and imposing. but 1t lacks the needed charm OF
originality OF design. In conception il follows