Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
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ing their summer In Europe sketching. studying and
visiting the art galleries OF Italy and France.
The art critic Of the New York Herald says. re-
garding the award Of the Shaw fund prize to Mr.:
Barse. formerly OF this city: The Shaw fund Of
.s;,SS sG >, TINS tss y .eei., 70 ss for his h' sxmec,i It'' p saa nss.
Night and Day NO.. 500. 1t is we'll conceived. and
carried out in Just the right SPIRIT. That the fund
has been well awarded few will dispute"
The art critic Of the New York Tribune. in writing
now on in New York. says: The transition yester-
day from the open air and sunlight to the atmosphere
Artists was easy and pleasant. The walls have rarely
been more attractive than they are now. Over 300
paintings have been hung. and not only IL the aver.
age Of excellence inspiriting. but the note throughout
is fresh and animated. Light II everywhere visible.
in the landscapes and marines. and in the figure
Of q vivacious, decorative character. There Il 4 graft
flying lack of sensational pictures. no fads Of any con-
sequence are represented. and the broad impression
conveyed In one Of mingled energy and sobriety."
carolus Duran, the distinguished French portrait
painter, has arrived in this country. He expects to
remain two or three months, and besides New York
he expects to visit Boston and Chicago. The New
ing impression. He IL courteous. When he talks he
is serious and forceful. At the same time he has .
Keen APPRECIATION Oh Ino HUMOROUS. Iu0 btrlklnB
quality Of his nature is. however. his earnestness.
which Immediately, fills you with confidence in him.
His hair and beard are nearly gray. which impresse.
one with his dignity more than with the Idea Of ages
for he Ia virile in every respect"
When questioned regarding his opinion Of American
art and artists. the French master said: In art your
country has made very great progress in recent years.
! H. sei am.,, there IL 10 "a q d Ss,aS tu .1lIs;,o I in:,, 1 : ybs 2,
are serious and energetic.
sglg. rpgpgon - ArDspfcSn ar$fgf0 4 am nr4yAntnd
from discussing. Some Of them have been my pupils
I may be prejudiced, for I am much attached to Sar-
must forbear from expressing my opinion Of American
artists. Besides. to speak more plainly. I have not
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Mr.. Duran is 4 great admirsr Of American types Of
men and women. When this point was preached to
him his face was lighted with an expression of In.
tense reflective admiration. Your American women"
have aiS e ever .p seen. Men and Women ., your country srs
very elegant types. They are distingue. They are
brave and kind: They appeal to me- Ny admiration
carolus Duran was born at Lille In 1883. He stud
led in the municipal art school Of that town. and
then came TO Paris with 4 view to embracing the
%P prof s.S n Of . .,s PAINTER res Ds,m.aen ans :, No w.. sP ps unt Il
he won a prize established by II. Vicar. a citizen Of
Lille, that he was in a position to go to Italy. In
Rome he devoted himself to compositions OF some I'M
por,ance and sent them to the Salon. but before long
he Travelled from Italy into Spain. and at Madrid fell
at the IeeI Oh Nel26QueZ. D u u no GluAhe W
Paris from his long months Of copying in the Museum
Of the Prado he was, on the whole, a portrait paintsr.
and. In spite Of i INC nao r. into etne sx. seia sin 81 ar IN, =
studies In genre have been interesting. but not i'm
portant- His mural decorations. also take an obscure
position. But in portraiturs he has ranked high.
Perhaps It has been because he brought back from
Spain something Of the simplicity and breadth of
velasque1 and used 1t for . time. but We believe tho
true secret Of Duran's great success has been the Pc
culiar quality Of his taste. His earlier works. and
especially the noble equestrian portrait Of Mile. croi-
setts, appeal to the amateur through purity Of tone.
refinement Of execution and distinction Of style. The
portraits which have made the name Of carolus Du-
ran famous on two continents have exchanged these
precious qualities for . certain ample but arid gor-
geousness.
The less important annual art exhibitions are In
progress: in Paris. and. while there are come nns
is on the whole. inferior. The event OF the year. and
Of this year in particular. is the salons united under
taken place In the past are demolished to make room
for the buildings for the exposition Of 1900.
Al there was but ono available building large
enoueh-ths machinery hall Of the last worlds fair
!. vas "a decided $4,000 that n. '. aSo.,S q s the Clamps han. LIZ Ely, e:
]. and probably Close June %. The public viii thus
have q chance To Judge Of the sxesllenes Of these
great exhibition side BY side.
There is now being held At the Union League Club
In New York an exhibition OF pictures BY two Of the
strongest and most original painterI that America has
ever produced. George Inness and Winslov Homer.
r.. Hall Mccormick Ia. generously consented to
lend his entire collection Of pictures Of the early En-
The Works ssiu', viii Be- placed on s1sisiuon next month.
ISOLATION will be held in the Art institute. Chicago.
from May . To May s Inclusive. The artists festival
will take place Thursday evening. May 8.
Tho Italian portrait painter. Boldini. who has been
In New York during the WINTER may make an exhi-
bition Of his work in Chicago.
Mr.. Aubrey Beardsley. the well known d~raushts-
man. who died Of consumption At Mentone. was only
"a years old. and had made . unique reputation In
two hemispheres. His art was eccentric. but it was
clever. being modelled on that Of the French carica-
turist, Caran cache. and the japanese. He was a
master Of line drawing. and might have made q seh-
Gus and lasting reputation II he had not been led
he was encouraged by the little circle that basked in
the glow Of The yellow Book. It 10 said that Mr..
Beardsley was a accomplished In music - In art
W. n. Drant. . New York art dealer and art con-
noisseur, In an interview In the Minneapolis Times.
says: Americans may we'll feel proud of their great
names Of Illness. wy.nts and Picknsil. Their fame
has spread all over the world. OF Americas great
living artists. We can point with pride to schurtlew,
AcCord. Murphy. Gay. Ranger and Walter Palmer.
"An artist, you know. must live in an atmosphere
Of art to achieve the best results and develop the
painter Of Paris. LEFT America unknown, and he would
probably have remained no II he had not gone abroad.
1t is q fact that the leading American artists md the
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example. are to be found such celebrated artists az
Bridgman. Weeks. Whistler. Sargent, Alex Harrison,
St. Gaudens and Dannat, all American painters"
The famous Krum's collection will be sold 1t aue-
ton next month in Antwerp. It is especially rich IN
pictures OF the Dutch, Flemish and French schools.
The Rembrandt in the collection. which represents an
Armenian In q rich velvet gown with many Jewels,
has been frequently engraved. and the splendid Mem
ling. the "CrucihHion.'' is also q well known picture.
Among the modern French works are rare examples Of
Corot, Meissonier. Troyon, Decamps and Millet.
-
Robert C. Minor has been elected president Of sAs
salmaXundi Club, Of New York.
An alleged Perugino. which. according to the cata-
logue, was disposed Of At the sale Of Graf Zampien
for 20. 900 liras. or almost 5000. was sold at auction
in Chicago the other day for SITS. The frame II said
to have been admirable.
A prix de Paris has been established In Hungary on
similar lines to ths pnx de Rome in France. The
budget OF the Fine Arts was being discussed. when
the Able Hook made 4 speech. in which he contracted