The record-union., 1899-01-15


A Continental view of England is al
ways interesting, if for no other reason
than for its detachment. M. de Ia
Sizerane in his recent book is true to
the traditionSsof his country in his an
alytic method and reduction of pecu-
HaritieS to formula His respectful at
titude toward English art has a cos
moppiitan finish, but in the end 1t is
found that English art has not for MN
qualities that lead toward great arts
tic accomplishment; it interests, but
does not allure. a
The seven masters who "force them
selves" he says, upon him as repre-
sentative, are Watts, Hunt, Leighton,
Alma-Tadema, Millais, Herkomer ana
Byrne-Jones. These men give him the
different aspects of the English school
of painting. and England, he thinks, is
the only country. barring France,
which can lay claim to a school OF
painting The others, ''even the United
States and Scandinavia" reproduce
the influence of the Partisan atelier.
Winslow Homer has become some
thing of a misanthrope. He rarely
leaves his New England home, and re-
fuses to see even his nearest friends
without a preliminary appointment
New York Post: The casting into
bronze of Paul w. Bartlett's statue OF
Michael Angelo has been successfully
accomplished by the Henry-Bonnard
Bronze Company. The bronze mas
rich dark green patina, which Well ac-
cords with the robust nobility OF the
figure. The statue has been forwarded
to the Congressional Library at .Bos-
ton At the same foundry are peinS
cast replicas of two statuettes by Fred
eric Remington, 1.-THE Wicked Pony
and 1.-THE Triumph each about
eighteen inches high. The former rep
resents q rider flung to the ground, but
still clinging to the ear of. pony,
which is viciously kicking 1t is a dar-
ing bit of realism, executed with ex-
traordinary fidelity 'The Triumph
has much finer artistic qualities. An
Indian is refining his horse and rising
in his seat as he holds aloft a scalp
The composition is strong and digni-
fed.
Thetold idea of balance in furnishing
q reom-each article having its coun-
terpart in a corresponding position
still. fingers in the neighborhood of
Kiel. A certain peasant proprietor, 1T
is related. lately bought pianoforte,
which was duly delivered and installed
in the best parior. In a day or two
the good man revisited the warehouse,
asking for another instrument of the
same make. and explaining to the as
ho+ hi insisted
upon a second piano, to preserve the
symmetry of the apartment!
1t issa simple question of supply and
demand, and France ships cargoes OF
paintings French art is 1.-The article
wanted down there Qabas), and
whether there is or is not a boycott,
the labas country is sure to get this
art. NJ Alexandra admits that these
labas people are not always poor
i11dees of pictures "Undeceive your
selves, my French compatriots," re-
marks the critic Those down country
chumps-and would that NJ Alexandra
could understand chumps.'-set to
work early buying Theodore Rous-
seaus. Corots, Millets, Daumier and
Manets. IF France wants them now,
without them or to pay an American
price for them, and We ought to be
proud.'' adds NJ. Alexandra, that these
Americans delight in these pictures
That is proper homage, though the
Frenchmen looked at the work of these
artists at first with Indifference
Every time a new town is founded in
the West it is bound to have its mu-
scum of fine arts, says NJ. Alexandra,
and French pictures will be hung on
the walls. Every time a fortune is
made It means picture gallery, which
in the country of labas, is considered
a necessary part of the furnishings OF
the house Though little patronIz-
ing NJ. AIexandre in the main IS
amusingly good-tempered about those
who hve in the country of 'labas.'
Strange to say, Mr.. Gladstone never
had the inclination or perhaps the time
to sit for a sculptor. a bust of the
great Englishrnan has, however, been
executed by b. H. c. Fehr, and has
been prepared for the Art Memorial
Company, It represents Mr.. Gladstone
as he appeared in 1880. and is replete.
the critics say. with strength and char
acter. The bust is larger than life and
fitted for large hall
At a recent meeting of the New, York
Architectural League, the subject for
discussion was the exterior color for
buildings, with special reference to the
designing. of a shop front, several
members presenting sketches for the So
luton of the problem. Professor Ham
lin of Columbia University reviewed the
various methods by which facades have
been given a color value, and in the
course of his speech regretted the spas
n1odic variety in the treatment of New
York streets, contrasted with the har-
monious effect produced in foreign cit
les by the cooperation of different