The age-herald., 1898-03-10
Somes Notes About Art
 And Artistic People

Mir St. Gaudens who has decided to leave America is building a residence and studio in Florence, and will divide his time between that city and Paris.
 In taking up his residence abroad MT. St. Gaudens is only following the example of other American artists, like Edwin A. Abbey, Frank B. MiEet and MT. Sargent, who find the foreign art atmosphere more congenal and stimulating than that or America. Contain conditions prevail here which cannot fail to be rasping to sensi- tive artist like MT. St. Gaudens Among these may be mentioned the fact that the award of public monuments is often the result of political wire pulling rather than of artistic merit. While Mir. St. GaudenS may not have suffered individually from this it was nevertheless a cause of indirect annoyance to him. m
 Augustus St. Gaudens' departure will create distinct personal void in art circles here He is not only the foremost Amerl- can sculptor but ds recognized, even III foraipn art circles as one of the leading sculptors of modern times. Such man could not fail to have distinct persohaii- ty. and while somewhat reserver In Indli- ner, especially when any discussion or nls own work was under way, he was never tbeless a figure both in art and social CIT oIes here He was very fond of music, ana he and Mrs St. Gaudens were frequeft.y seen in boxes at the opera ana at cohcetlS and private musicaies. ,roof
 MT St Gaudens' career Is again pfooi +bat art is democratic, for so far as known there was nothing in his ancestry 10 pre- disnose him to art His fauner was Hun the south of France and his motheI .ao,,. was . native of Dublin, where MT St' 1aueS s,
 himself was born, in 1S4S. But ne was oii.s civ ,nonths old when his parents came lo thIs country For many years the eiue st. Gaudens had a small shoe spore ,l Fourth avenue, near the Nauonai Acanei.y ny of Design Part of the Lyceuih ehe .,.., ,,o,, occl,pies its site When he was ehai sean wears old St. Gaudens went 10 woIh ,,,,ta, s cameo cutter. At the same time ne "as rraa,m studying drawing at night. For foo,r years he was a pupil at the Coopi G IInson and them for two years aa n.- 'ie , Aa a,, t;nno1 Academy of Design. In 1s6i ne esl- taraJ the sculpture studio of Jouftroy' II, pars H., remained there three years anu . afterwaryl spent three years in ltaiy. ,.,, In 1sSo his statue of Farragut, when stands in Madison square upon .,ie uea, artistic pedestal designed by MT. o.ah- % aiss white statue and pedestal forming a 1Sonderfully effective combination oi .ne realistic and the imaginative, was eAlip. e1 in nlaster at the Paris salon. ihe ii r,erits of the work were apprecia'eue - @ once and received the hignest praise i
 the French critics. ,o ,+s 'i,r nu Srao+ C,itv of London is to have US ,rt treasures increased this month py d noble bronze statue Of BoaolGea e"e fonr roic British queen who 1ought so Ts. iasslv against the Roman invaders. ,. ms makes the third statue to woman wleiia.e n short time the other two being tnose oi @oraa Eliot and Mrs. Browning ne To,tea States is somewhat behindhand m .ti ,ootter about the only statues s-.o ss'e- men bs.aS one Of Ha crtss beecner Saesse Stom in Hartford Conn.,; another oi Nnai T" Mitchell the astronomer; tnlro ,o e
 +ar of charity in New Orleans, ana leW sei . Albany Chicago and Washington oe I,izaheth Cady Stanton. Susan D. All thonv Clara Barton and Frances N. Wh, WI, ,ard Yet no country has pe'ter heiu for such Work. ro a favorite
 Stained glass portraits are iaxoli.e fad with women who can anoru ia .ne aau d,, ,,ea,, w of italy has a beautiful stained l.,ass nortrait of herself, and 1t IS saio t,'at Alma Tadema is now making use ol .t so,re medium in picture ol .ho ,,ounp Duchess of Marlborougn.
 1t is a significant fact that withih the ,oonth there will be in America .nree oi the greatest living frehcn Po,s,s,i and rTbaobold Chartran, Giovanni boioiIi anu 1n.o,,,sNDnran. Boldini and Chartran nave f.oan Isent busy painting the hkenesses oi c. or,an and children since tnelr arri- ,,aI in New York, several Ioh'hs Doth men have received tnelr iieeu VI nraise. although number or cri'ios ,,o,. pf i,ot fonnd complete satisfaction In thelr performances f.. oo,n;ng to the Y,,;tad States this month to paint the DOT .ynits of American fashionables, IS one of the leading portrait painters oi Eulope ord tbe hest portrait painter Tn france.
 It is believed that M. Duran wi'a aoia,,,, a.a.a .. NIar York for he is not only the prince
 a ,,ortrait painters, but the prince or
 sars as we'll He Is terribly gwen to apteection and has such pecularitles oi