The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-03

I is a sort of hail of honor-a small hall
opening from the main gallery. Here
every picture is a masterpiece In the
place of honor hangs the, most famous
of all Velasquez.s pictures, the maids
of Honor. = Everybody who knows
anything about art has been singing
the praises of this wonderful picture
for half a century. but Of late artists
have been laying their laurels at the
feet of the Tapestry Weavers," which
also hangs in the Sala Isabel, and say
ing it is the finest piece of workman
ship of its class that ever was seen;
and this in spite of the general modern
following of its own example.-From
''Velasquez and His Works = Godey's
Magazine for April.
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New York Mail and Express: George
Inness' place in American art as the
head of the lyric school of landscapists,
| if the phrase be allowable has been
pretty generally conceded. Equally
sure does Winslow Homer's position
seem as the American dramatic painter.
par excellence, of marine views and
their adjuncts. In his class he stands
supreme. The present exhibition by the
New York Union Lacquer Club demon
strates the truth of these assumptions
more forcibly than anything one. could
write of the men or their pictures. 1t
contains the siftings from largesnum-
Der of worksfthat hayes been accessible
to Mr.. CLARKE, and it is free from ex-
periments or half expressed thoughts.
The pictures are dated, and. present a
chronological record Of the advance
ment of the artists ideas, and the
broadening of their styles. Every pic
| ture, however no matter how early,
is the frank and. unerling statement of
the condition Of its painters develop
ment, and stands for his artistic creed
and his technical equipment at the time
! of its execution. Looking back to 1919
in the Inness collection, and 1865 in
| the Homer pictures, one sees that al
| though the latter artist changed his
subjects from genre painting to ma,
rihes, there was fixed and set pur-
pose behind whatever either accom-
plished. -'1
The last work executed by the late
| Sir ]. E. Millais, Bart, P. r. A, has
just been published. 1t is called 1.-The
! Last Trek" and the original is a black
and white. 1t is considered one of
Sir Johns masterpieces and complete
evidence of his genius, for in its simple
lines is everything that goes to make
up sublime pathos and consummate art.
The story. is a common one among the
7 pioneers Of South Africa. A white
hunter who has braved the blasts of
the desert and the perils of the hunt
ing veldt for many a season at last
falls victim to the poisonous climate
of the African spring, and is seen dy
ing in a lonely 'Thirstland tended to
the last by his faithful Zulus, whose
love for their master is that of chill
dren toward a father. The scene is,
laid far away, where the foot of white
man never trod Before, and one sees
the game even pause to gaze at the,
strange figures and their Surroundings.
The drawing was originally taken
from a sketch by the artists son, J. G..
Millais, who had witnessed and describ-
ed the scene to his father. Sir John
Millais always intended to embody this
subject in a large picture. The can
vas was, in fact in his studio, and
he was about to begin work on the
I very day on which his fatal illness
/ compelled him to cease work forever