The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-06

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The Edmund Stewardson prize of Sluo
will be awarded by the Academy OF Fine
Arts, Philadelphia, May 4ttl. TINS prize
is for the best piece OF sculpture entered
in competition, and has been offered at
the Academy for the first time this year
1t is open alike to present students and
graduates. Since one of the conditions
of its award lies In the fact that no
one can be a juror whose students are
contestants for it, few sculptors in the
vicinity were eligible to serve. The
COMMITTEES Of Award, however, was made
up of the following men: Herbert
Adams, H. K. Bush-Brown and Samuel
Murray.
The usual prospectus of the summer
exhibition of the Worcester Art Museum
contains one unusual feature-namely. an
announcement OF two prizes OF $500 and
500 for the best and second best paint
inss, to be awarded by three judges.
without reference to subject Frank
Duveneck, Frank w. Benson, and Wilton
Lockwood, all competent painters, VIII
act as judges. With such an incentive
a better exhibition than common may be
looked for. Entry blanks must be
returned to John G. Haywood, manager,
before May 5th.
From Venice comes the news that the
paintings by the old masters have been
discovered in that city.
They are Eternal Father Blessing"
by Alvisl vivarini, and Christ Crowned
with Thorns," by Tintoretto.
William M. Chase has just completed
the portrait of Postmaster-General
Charles Emory Smith, which he has been
painting. The canvas shows Il three
quarters length figure. It is to be sent
to the Paris Exposition.
The family of the late Puvis de Cha
vannes has presented to the city of Paris
a most interesting collection of studies
and designs by the much-lanented artist.
says the Collector and Art Critic. They
have been placed in the small but beautt-
bull Musee Balliera, III the Avenue de
Trocadero. The drawings ana water
colors, about forty In number. comprise
the original sketches for some of NJ. de
Chavannes most celebrated works.
A study for IL Hiver,' in the Hotel de
Vile of Paris. a drawing of the artists
wife, for .'L'Enfance de Sainte Gene
We've" in the Pantheon: some figures
for La Literature, Ia Science ct Part.
in the ceiling decoration of the grand
stairway Of the Hote! de Vile, and
several studies of Victor Hugo are
valuable collection.
Congress has on file the usual flock
Of bills intended to purchase works of
art at the expense of the United States
Treasury. measure is Before the
Senate providing for the purchase OF
$500 worth of ljfe-size portraits of the
Chief Justices of the United States
Marshall. fancy. Chase, and White
now the property OF Mrs. S. w. Middle
ton The historical studies and sketches
made by Edwin Forbes, of the Army
of the Potomac, are the subject OF
another bill, proposing the purchase tor
$4,000, from Mrs. Edwin Forbes, his
widow. This purchase covers all the
historical studies and sketches made 10y
Mr.. Forbes, nun berng 251. the original
plates for his etching OF Life in the
Great Army proofs showing the
progress of each plate. and number
of original plates.
A commissioner representing the Amerl-
can art section of a certain exposition
was to arrive in Paris awhile ago 10
arrange with the American painters ana
sculptors resident there for their c0ntri-
buttons. Wishing to be BRISK ana
business-lke. ne wrote ahead TO seFerat
artists, stating that he would be IN PARIS
on a certain day, and at a certain hotel.
each man would call upon him On ms
schedule for the day was the name OIL
Mcneil Whistler and the hour 80
precisely" The note me- received IS
worthy of the author of The Gentle Art
Of Making Enemies:
Dear Sir-I have received; your letter
announcing that you will arrive IN Paris
on the tn 1 congratulate you
have never been able, and never shaii
be able, to be anywhere at 4:Sp preclseiy-
Yours most faithfully, ]. MeN- WINS
tler.'-ATgonaut.
Reference has of late been made 10 the
great advance in prices OF paintings 1t
was noted how men like Wyan5' lnness'
Sisley and others received comparatively
little for works that afterwards prougnG
many thousands.
I might give a few instances from ths
history Of art which show that lhis mas
always been So
One of Michael Angeles first statues
was bought for - ducats. Domenichino
received $50 francs for his .Com1auniofs
of st. Jerome Correggio's SAINT
Jerome, on which he worked for SIX
months, cetted him $50 francs. ana ms
..Eipht', ASH francs THE Marriage OF
Cana" in the Louvre was orislna-!s 500
for 400 francs. Poussin sold his pictures
for s francs when he was young
Rembrandt,s now famous masterpieces
sold at auction for from 80 to 100 guilders.
as I showed last year GericaSit
received only 600 francs for his inyaiua-
BILE ''Shipwreck OF the MsdusaS
Although Claude Lorraine sold two az
his pictures for $500 francs. an fn1mensfs
sum at the time. these same paintinsF
brought atterward, 10000 franco. Ailietf
.arhs Anseius,'' recapttared By n siisiu.
chart for France fsf ssaeo1 tetasss
brought It's author bas mere rtstaacet
The exceedingly rare portraits by Ben
nard van ORGY, one OF whose ptcsurea
was sold at thel King OF Hollands salh
N $50 for ESQ. were originally painted
NV the artist for 80 francs apiece-Ths
sro,1ac,too. a r,E Art Critic. i tIs