The record-union., 1897-04-04

tN1u4Ou VI h1pl1llS > W VI No,
published by the Scribners, was calcu-
hated to whet the appetite Of the reader,
there. is more than satisfaction in the
second. 1T is devoted to Part l. of Sol
Oilers Three and Military Tales and it
assemblies together the stories which
belong irrevocably in one collection, the
tales in which Mulvaney and his COM
rades recite irresistibly their sublime
exploits. Here are The Three Musket-
eers''. and THE Taking of Lungtung-
pen, My Lord the Elephant" and the
rest of those masterpieces-no other
word will suffice-in which Kipling has
wrapped three brilliant characters in
prose of ineXtinguishable humor. The
volume before us is one of the richest
in the whole set now appearing. 1t also
has lthe distinction of containing the
first satisfactory portrait of Mulvaney
and his companions. Lockwood Kip
ling has modelled the former in a panel
by himself as Krishina, in his immortal
adventure, making picture full of an
imation and individuality. He has
grouped Mulvaney with Ortheris and
Learoyd in a frontispiece which realizes
TO the full that conception of the trio
which has sprung from the text. If the
advisability of modelling these illustra-
tiOns in relief instead of drawing or
painting them has been questioned, this
plate ought to silence the DIRECTORS. 1t
is true, and it is an admirable work of
art 1t may be repeated in this place
that for beauty of presswork, for abso-
lutte clearness of print and luxury of
paper, this edition is one of the finest
ever published in America.
Belgium boasts a painter of real tai
ent born without arms, who has at
tanned skill and dexterity solely by the
use of his feet in manipulating brush
and colOrs. He is Charles Francois
Felu. He was born in Waermaerde, in
West Flanders, June % 1880, and lives
at present in Antwerp with his mother.
His father, who died in 1870, was an
employee of the Treasury Department,
who took up his residence in that city
TO enable the son to continue his ar
tistdc studies, which he had previously
carried on at Ostend and Bruges.
Beside being a talented artist, NJ.
Felu has been graduated in liberal
studies and has translated several
works of Horace into French verse. His
handwriting, +" if that term can be used
of writing that is done without hands,
is firm and Iegible At one time he
intended to become a teacher, but gave
up the idea for art To-day he makes
remarkable copies, and paints portraits
said TO be of real merit.
Sitting in front of his canvas on an
ordinary stool. he holds his palette with
his left foot and paints with his right
easily and firmly. He opens his color
box. squeezes the tubes and sets his
palettes as easily as an artist with the
usual equipment of arms and hands. He
wears a sort of mittens on his feet and
puts his boots on himself without as
ststance, 1t is said that he even shaves
himself
NJ. lF'elu has had commissions from
the Archduke and Archduhess Charles
Louis of Austria. who visited his studio
in Antwerp, as did the Infanta Isabel of
Spain, in 1880. The latter sent him the
cross of the royal order of Isabella the
Catholic in recognition of his talent.
New York Post: William L. Picknell,
one of the best of the colony Of Ameri
can artists painting in France, has just
sent over three good-siZed canvases,
two of which are at the Avery galleries,
and the third. his Salon picture. has
been entered for the spring exhibition
of the Academy of Design, which opens
at the end of the present month. The
two at the Avery galleries are called
respectively, AT Moray and Harvest
Time" They are in his characteristic
style, with plenty of light, a high key
OF color, and a good deal of sentiment
Mr.. PicknelFs skill in composition and
his powers as a draughtsman go far
toward giving his paintings their I'M
doubted value. Mr.. Picknell has gone
down to Italy.
cart Of Decoration is the name of a
monthly review of modern art which
has made its appearance in Paris, the
first number being dated January, 1897
1t is edited by Thiebalt- Sisson, the
well-known art critic of lie Temps"
with the following committee of di-
rection: Pierre PuVis de Chavannes
decorator; f. Vaudremcr, archi-
tect: f.. Grasset, artst-designcr; Jean
Paul Laurens, historical painter; J. C.
Cain. landscape painter; L. o. Merson,
historical painter; f. Fremiet. sculptor:
o. Roty, medalist, and Lucien Magne.
writer and critic
In an interesting predatory article, NJ.
ThiebaultS isson states the purpose and
scope of the new magazine. He says
that decorative art, so long neglected,
Is finding favor again and that its man
ifestations are becoming less scatter
ed and casual and more compact and
continuous. Imagination" he writes,
sis the only guide for fashion. but these
illnesses of expression would have re-
manned without influence upon the pro-
gress of decorative art if they had not
piqued the emulation of the crafts
man" The encouraging results which
have followed efforts on the part of the
artisans and practical men have not
been final. They have merely set the
ban rolling.
NO one" he writes, has yet discov-
cred the formula according to which
the art of tomorrow will be construct
ed; no one sees it. We have. for the
construction of the edifice, materials of
the best sort at hand-the plan of the
whole the ensemble on which all de-
ponds. remains TO be made. This plan
of the whole we have no ambition of
forming. One does not create a new art
out of its components- Tt is essen
TALLY an anonymous work toward
which the whole world colaborates,
and which is never signed by a single
name. We shall encourage this common
task; we shall record with impartiality
every effort which, in whatever meas
ure, will aid it, and we shall record
the source whence it comes.
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