The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-19
OUR CHEZ D'OEUYRE.
aLoRIHs AND TEE VALUE OF
- uvR fELFAIa ART ACADEMY.

urR fELFAIs ART ACADEMY.
institution That Makes Her the
sou,n's Art Center-scmethlng to
q. Fosrered aud PRICED.
By Col. ]. W. AVERY.
-. ,5s Baltimore Manufacturers Record,
ltrry-..Trtef 10 French By Mr.. L. Charter, Bel.
~ Consul and to GerssGn By Mr.. frno
| Kaorr.l
savannah has tie finest art academy and
..iIsrv in the south. and the equal of any.
= merit, in the entire country.
Mis- Telfair. wealthy and cultured lady,
A.. daughter OF one Of the distinguished
Wv governors of the state, left her his
,--i: home and large sum Of money to
,,nnd this academy. Gen. Henry r. Jack
~ kinsman of another famous early
Georgia governor. james Jackson, himself
:, digdnotion and connoisssur N art, car
,sa out uasterfully the bequsst, selecting
!, Mr. Carl L. Brandt aconsummste erecu-
.or Of the design.
Every step in the establishment Of this
rrerb institution has besn the work Of this
,anuine artist and mastery creator. and
he result stands IS q monument to his
vsuiug and fidelity.
Ii has been fortunate that the academy
has had as its director such an artist as Mr..
Brandt, who has wide experience in art
matters not simply in one, but in all
branches of the fne arts. He has visited
many times all European art csnters,
museums aud galleries, public and private,
and studied and mastered all the different
schools, old and modern. giving him broader
views than artists generally possess. A
sculptor as we'll as painter, be has chosen
with Judgment the best of the gloria of
Greek art. He hes been able to secure a
collection of casts made by formatories
privately employed by him. and who worked
under his direction, where others have to
trust to bankers and agents to give their
orders. In this way he obtained permeso
from the director Of the Vatican museum at
Rome to have certain mods exhibited
when others were refused. Again no one
but himself touched the collection in repair
ing damages done by transit and their Anel
setting up. @c
These pictures are principally by Ger
man and Polish masters. French art had
IN this country been ascendant, and there
vas ignorauce of the merit OF German
and other art genius, largely due to the New
York dealers importing cheap German
jill ana 10 SSSn9u QlII-
cult TO obtain works from the best German
artists.
This enabled Mr. Brandt to buy master
pieces at much lower prices than were paid
tor French works. And the artists them
selves helped the collection OF q representa-
tive display OF German art by donating a
part of the price to this young gallery. OF
these valuab bic paintings at such dispropor.
Tomato prices may be mentioned the fine
picture 'Gefecht," by Joseph Won Brandt,
Who received the great gold medal, highest
honor TO obtain, in the Berlin Grand ex-
position OF fine arts, 1891. The good points
If this picture are found in a resension 10
the catalogue from European journal.
Wilhelm Won Kaulbacts is 50 celebrated
hat he will always be counted among the
ew greatest mon in spite Of the modern
sndency TO realism in art. HIS picture in
his collection, Peter Arbues," will always
ank as one of his very best, and it is the
,nly large cartoon. besides one other, THE
Reformation, also in nonockrom colors,
which Is in Hartford, in this country. kaul
OacEs' important works are placed all of
denl in public museums and galleries in
Europe.
The painting by T. Zymanoswki, young
'ole, pupiI Of Joseph Won Brandt, him
elf Pole, THE Dispute of Russian Mount
ipesrs, bought from the Paris exposition,
500, will in time become as famous as the
'ReIjcs of the Brave" by Arthur
Hacker. -descFfhsdin the catalogue. Hacker
8 rapidly becoming one OF the first painters
n England. Mr. Brandt bought, this pict-
ire when Hacker was entirely unknown.
Julian Story's " fhs Black Prince at the
3attle Field OF Crecy" from the Paris expo
ition, 1889, is another strong painting, de-
cribed in the catalogue. Bfaith. Brutt,
Iugel, DECKER. Hugo, Kaufman, Maffei,
Luben and Pesteriey, artists of the Telfair
pictures, ere all household names in Ger
many, oil have received many medals, and
i've of these masters have received the
great gold medal.
The beautiful decorations in the frisze Ct
he large gallery Of the Telfair academy,
which are the admiration OF every body.
and which were justly and warmly extoiled
BY DR.. Frederick Won Pecht, when in the
Munich exposition. where Director Brandt
bought them, in 1883, were painted by Di-
rector Schrandolph OF the Stuttgart AGA
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These peerless works of art certainly rep
resent a magnificent array OF names, that
give luster to the Felfair academy. which
they adorn, and their value is Heightened
by the fact that the pictures are among the
best produced by these masters. and oil
large important canvases. Among the
Inosb attractive ana VlNlu paintings IN UDc
gallery are the productions of the gifted
director, Mr.. Carl L. Brandt, whose contri-
buttons to the remarkable collection have
been striking, varied and meritorous. His
his exquisite panels and his head
of Christ are marked by genius, and are
among the gems of the group.
The Japanese bronzes are rs tne speci-
mems as can anywhere be found in the
world. They were purchased by Mr.. Brandt
In the first great exhibition of Japanese art
at the Cni ersal exposition at Amsterdam
in 1888. The exhibit came from kioto,
Japau, and the bronzes are unsurpassed
The same may be said of the wood carvings
from the celebrated sculptor in wood. Cop
pede in Florence. 1..
The dlstin gushing feature of this Telfair
art academy collection is the unusual pro-
portion of MASTERPIECES The excellence Is
uniform. and artistic superiority marks the
entire mass. The gallery is an aggregation
OF chef d'9uures. and in this supreme
feature ahead OF, other groups every there.
Savannah should be proud of her Telfair
art, academy, and foster it with loyal
asal.