The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
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hei1t Il, New York. the art critic ,ot' pEe
New York Times says:
with memories of last years suFsl, =.
exhibition in mind, and particularly y.
pictures, notably Alcerl tiel ". 49,
cbarmfnSly decorative work ne er.
.of's Roses. the present display is decid-
etIly disappointing. Il is represe1ts tes.Lie
exhit,ition. in that the best known Paint
scrs IN, IRE fighter medium for the MOST
M TT have CHARACTERISTIC and SATISFACTORY
examples. but none. even OF the lu NJ
able sends this year any one wv. n ~.
s.saS,d- n,It from its fellows There IS no
.nict,,re, which may be called sensational
or which deserves even the title OF
..star', example. The old term of "a dead
1eye. of excellence best applies to the
work of the stronger artist WhHe OF
the lesser painters one or two mere ana
there send q promising eSamP,e. ssios MOSS. y.
the work shown is honest and good, and
there is refreshing absence OF any
tricks of technique and the overuse OF
body color, etc There seems to have
been a disposition 20 contribute welt-con-
ceived and honestly painted canyases
A a recent meeting OF the Fairmount
Park Association In Philadelphia the
treasurer stated that Philadelphia.
VINO desires his name to be Kept private.
mas expressed his intention of contrbuti g
s5,cc0 towards a furd for the erection OF
:, memorial of Capt. John Ericsson. the
inventor c. the Monitor. The board adopted
resolutions approving the idea, and stat
ed their intention to place the matter be-
ioee the community.
Brooklyn expects to obtain possession
Tissot's Illustrations of the life OF
Christ. Tire board CT trustees OF the In
ssitute of Arts and Sciences has decided
20 buy the collection, the price OF which
is said to be $4,000, and sI31GV has been
subscribed already. The rest of the pur-
chase money is to be raised by general
contribution. and Brooklyn's churches
are expected to help swell the fund ma
terially.
Miss Cecilia Beaux has received tho
gold medal OF the Pennsylvania Acade
my of Fine Arts a. the current exhibit
ton for her portrait of Mother and
Daughter which, it will be remember
ed, was d prize-winner at the rcent show
at Pittsburg. The Walter Lippincott
prize for the best figure work has been
awarded to Henry o. Tanner for his
..Nicodernus,' and the Mary Smith prize
has gone to Mary E. L. Clay for a por-
trait There have been a number of
sales.
The announcement that Sir Benjamin
Vests great picture, The Raising OF
Lazarus which has formed such n con-
spicuous feature of the magnificent
screen of Winchester Cathedral for more
than 4 hundred years, has been sold to
an American firm. has caused great re-
greet rot unminsled with some indigna-
ton. in Winchester. and in the diocese
generally. according to the London
Chronicle. The painting first found 4
place in the choir OF the Cathedral in
ISL. and there it remained until q year
or two ago, when it was removed from
the position it had so long occupied, and
hung in the south transspt Here it was
thought it would remain for all time.
but it has been sold and removed. the
price being. so it is stated, one thousand
five hundred pounds. Replying to criti-
cisrns. Dean Stephens states that the
picture was not presented to the Cathe-
tlral, as generally supposed. but was pUr-
chased in 11S!. The picture, he states. is
intended for the new Cathedral church
in New York, "a much more fitting home
for it than our own Cathedral, where it
was out OF harmony with all its ur-
roundings."
Since the Dudley sale of 1892
no really choice collection of old
masters has come under the ham
rner N this country, and tho
prices paid for the few isoIa ted examples
which have been offered for sale would
seem to indicate that the taste for tai5
class OF composition is not what it once
was. This IS, perhaps. inconciusive evil
dence as to a decline in taste. for an in
different specimen gains as largely by
being sold in such collection as the
Dudley, as it loses by being sandwlched
between a medley of the old and the new.
Very few of the old masters have during
1893 reached four figures. The most inn
portant of all was the splendid REM
brandt portrait of Nicholas Huts, which
in the Rustson sale brought $500 guineas,
or 3.000 suineas more than were realized
at the Adrian Hope sale four years be-
fore. a Rubens '.Repose OF the Holy
Family on June .. sold for Leo gum
cas-. Sir John M;llais' roet.cal example
of Van Dyk. Thine Clipping the Wings
of Love-" sold for SO sui1eas, or nearly
four times the price at which it was
acquired at the BIenhe;m sale in 1856: but
the fact that it was great favorite OF
the late P. Il. A, and that ii was accom-
panied by sort of written guarantees
from his hand gave interest and I'M
portance which it might not otherwise
have had. The ,Ruston sale included an
example of Van Dyck, also from the
Blenheim collection, a Virgin Child.
which sold for LOCO guineas, or just dou-
BILE the amount it fetched in 1856. There
were also two Van Dycks in the highly
interesting series of family portraits
from Elton Hall sold June 25), formerly
the residence of Joseph Addison and his
wife, the Counties of Warwick These
portraits are said to have beer brought
to Billion Hall from Holland House, and
these were whole lengths of Prince Ru-
pert and Prince Maurice. his younger
brother. and they realized 720 guineas and
$50 suineas, respectively.-London Maya.
zine of Art.