The record-union., 1899-07-16

triumph before the throne Of Christ
Is expressed. In this picture Christ is
represented as seated in the midst Of
the vast throne of heaven in all His
majesty and glory
To the right and left Of the altar on
the lateral confines Of the sanctuary, in
large panels, are paintings of eight of
Foland's saints, with the ninth, st.
Stanislaus Kostka, the patron Of the
church, in the center receiving Christ
as child from the holy mother. In
the domes of the side altars are paint
ings of the sacred heart of Jesus and
Of the annunciation to the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary.
The work of painting the church was
begun when the late Father Vincents
Barzynski was rector. That the in
terror OF the church might be made
monument of artistic church painting
in this city he engaged the services of
the distinguished Polish artist, Thad-
deus Zukotynski, who spent two years
in the study of his theme. The work
has cost about $4,000.
New York Post: There will be no fall
exhibition of the National Academy
of Design this year. 1t has been ar
ranged to hold the annual exhibition of
1900 in the Fine Arts building, No. 215
West Fifty-seventh street, commencing
Monday, January 1st. 1t will remain
open until the galleries are required for
the Architectural League exhibition,
following which, as usual. will be the
exhibition of the Society Of American
Artists, and probably the biennial ex
hibition of the National Sculpture So
ciety. Thus the four most important
societies will all hold their displays uu-
der this one roof; a most suggestive
circumstance.
In view of the widespread dissatis-
faction aroused by Sir William Rich
mond's mosaics in st. Pauls Cathedral,
London, as we'll as by the unfortunate
design for the new Vauxhall Bridge,
and by the unsuitable site for the
Boadica monument, Londoners ale
waking UP to the fact that they need
some form of expert control to "rescue
the public from the inartistic enormi-
ties of irresponsible bodies and the art
lessness of the County Council" The
first suggestion was parliamentary con-
troll, to which, however. there was
prompt and justifable objection. An
other proposal is to have Minister
of Fine Arts, but this proposal is met
with the rejoinder that such an official
would ''fall like blight upon the land. :"
They do not seem to have yet hit upon
an art commission, doubtless waiting
to see how it works in New York and
other American cities.
New Book Notes: At the joint an
nual dinner Of the National Sculptural
Society and the National Society of
Mural Painters in this city, Brooks
Adams delivered remarkable speech
upon art in America, and the progress
shown especially in architecture. His
words were forcible and to the point;
the brief extract following giving some
idea of his vigor of conception and eX-
preston:
"How fashionable has it been to copy
to their meaning, simply as toy.
Sometimes we have found a model in
a Hindoo temple, sometimes in Gothic
shrine, and what has taken our fancy
we have adapted to strange uses, as
a savage adapts a white mans clothes.
Our chief preoccupation seems to have
been to produce the effect Of wealth,
to exalt in gold, and marble, and elab-
crate carving, only for display. Doubt
less in the Library of Congress there
are individual works Of merit, but the
whole lacks gravity and unity, and
smacks of ostentation. If we have
nothing more than this to say, no tale