Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20
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William T: Shepherd. Of Boston. win h.,. :. art
exhibition at Swans gallery beginning March u and
continuing for one week. Mr.. Shepherds collection
consists Of paintings and works OF art BY famous
art workers and copies OF old masters.
Ths art critic Of the New York Sun. writing OF the
city. says: The prize that George r. Barse. Jr.. was
awarded by the Society 81 american Artist, ~ !. an
annual AM s.p purchase as s sSad Of Th ;s9 Inst Instituted e.sl,s IN 1 1ssi G y
the possession Of the picture. and is given to 4
composition containing one Or more figures By an
American artist. There Is no age Limitation. The
exhibition OF the society this year will open to the
public on Saturday morning. March Il. and the prizes
have Just been awarded At final meeting OF the
jury; of artists composing the committee en- selections
andarhe hanging committee. Seventeen votes were
case in the ballouns. and the Shaw prize Vas award
cd on the nrss ballot
The Saturday Reviews attack on the administration
Of ths National gallery under Sir Edward POINTER has
been warmly commended by several correspondents.
one Of whom writes that 1T may truly be said tina.
the possession Of many works that ought 70 nave
found . place In tbs gallery during the last few
years"
Al usual We must turn to France for the successful
day Is its most brilliant exponent Mr.. Mourey states
that n. Delaherche is . potter. and that ne mas no
be Of the highest order. Also that "ons looks in vain
in Delaherche's work for the eccentricities INDUCED
in by others under the Dretsat OF being ISasrn,s NE
| thing that can be done in 1t has already been done.
and everything that can DO said has been said.'
Delaherche is a native Of Beauvis = district where
| pottery has always been. held in honor on account Of
the special soil which is found in the department of
the Disc. He educated himself by studying the nne
| collection owned by an uncle: Tho influence Of eer-
| hood Of Beauvis, where he left several characteristic
traditions in the art OF the place. He made his hrst
| experiments in 1888. but he did not exhibit them un-
| til 1sss. His works shown at the universal exhibition
in that year were greatly admired by All art lovers.
and he was recognized as the greatest living French
NATHAN A. that neFfOd he was working In PARIS In
the Vanguard. but his ovens are now At Beauvih
| where he spends most Of the year working alone.
In speaking OF the art of pottery. ". Delaherche
said: THE art Of pottery is a Jealous art. demand.
| nnd increasingly. and finding is most dimcult Of all.
| for ones discoveries must be made Willingly. with
| chance. We are graphing with a blind power-nre.
Of all the elements. perhaps. the most Nbwerful and
it. Despite all the workers care. and no matter how
deep may be his knowledge Of the processes taught
MIN Sy eipe ~ ,Se moment = Gely H when he e. pa, IS his works
into the oven. what exact result will have been OBJ
tanned when he Srinss them out again, It Sehooyss
oven IL heated there are fresh lessons to be learned.
The danger lies in letting one. self be fascinated By
| q haphazard way Is to bring this admirable art down
to the lowest level" Like all decorative potters. N:
| Delaherche has met with the most astonishing and
| alluring results from firing. which have been sought
for by collectors, but he destroys such pieces and
never lets any production leave his studio that he
does not consider 4 work Of art worthy his signature.
1t seems that tho Madonna and Child recently
sold to Louvre. is the very one that once belonged to
the Duo de Il Tremoille. and for q long time was
ascribed to Piero della Francesca. Last year this
| work was in the hands Of a New York dealer. and 1t
was offered for 5000 francs. There was then. and il
still. some doubt as to ts authorship, for MI. Bern
that II is the work Of Alessfo Baldovlnetti, and this
doubt may possibly explain why It vas 80 hard to dis
changed hands. was put up again for sale and bought
| ,a,,,. eating I'm mn thA Snriafa deA Amga An Ynuvn>
paying the rest. 1t is q circumstance that reflects
| very little credit on the watchiuiness and discrimina-
| tion Of the directors Of the Louvre. and even suppos-
| ing the picture to be worth double the sum that has
been paid for it. the French people have very good
a year ago might have had It at considerably less
than two-thirds o; the price that has Just been paid.
Carolus Duran. the distinguished French portrait
| painter. who was expected to arrive In this country
prominent people hers. including Mrs. John Jacob As.
tor and Miss Morton. daughter Of the sx-vics presi-
dent.
The little group Of ten painters who recently with
drew from the Society Of American Artists viii hold
an exhibition at the galleries Of Durand-Ruel. on
Fifth avenue. New York. from April I to q. The
names Of the seceders are Benson. Tarbell. Simmons.
Weir. Twachtman, Mstcalf. De Camp. Reid. Dewing
and HaSam.
The Carnegie Art gallery in Pittsburg has been for
tunate in securing the entire collection Of pictures Of
the English school belonging to R. Hall Mccormick.
them later in the season. Later some of Mh. Hairs
pictures will be seen At . loan exhibition in wash
ington, D.. C.
vanishing day at the Society q American Artists.
exhibition was last Friday. The public will be ad-
mitted to the show tomorrow At the galleries Of the
American Fine Arts Society.
The University OF Pennsylvania has been pre-
sented with 4 portrait Of the poet Wordsworth.
painted from life by 1nman.
A washington Society Of Fine Arts ID being or
Sanixed in the national capital.