The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
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The Phsladeiprsa Record states c9sis
several picture, from prominent cof-
lection OF the Academy OF the Fine
Arts and to figure IN tins AErlerfsin sec
ton OF the Paris Exposition They are
| Winslow Homer,s Fox Hunt, Wi!iiam
Nj. Chase's Lady With the Wafte shaw
; George De Forest Brush's Mother and
! Child J. Alden Weir's Midday Rest in
New England and 1.-The Cello Player,
/ by Thomas ,E.alSins. The New York Met
gnpo,ttan AIuseum refused TO lei any
81. their pictures go to Paris, but the
managers Of cur own institution have
been more obligins.
The pictures OF the late Wliliam L.
/ Picknell, which were sold in New York
recently. brought si6,'S. an average OF
about S29l. The highest price was s2,C2,,
paid by Mr.. w. Sherbourne, of Boston,
FOR .sIn California the same buyer CIV
ing $3.50 for ~ Man in q Boat. Among
/ tns other prices realized were Spring
TINE, Antfbes,,' 500: ..Esbbins Tide
500: apple Blossoms" 500; September
Sunshine $3.50; '.Langthenins Saad,ws."
$3.50; Nearing Sunset, $3.50; Spring
time" sle5; ION the Garonue." $3.50; "Au-
t,irnu, St Marguerite" $3.50: Late Au-
tumn,'' $40. and ste Marguerite (Sur
Mer},' $500.
The dea1a az Brussels of Charles
Francois E. Felu, an armless artist, Is
announced. Fe 10 nted with his feet,
and copied hundreds of the best master
pieces Many specimens of his work are
now in America. While working ne held
his palette with his laft great toe, and
manipulated his british with lis right foot
and with great skill
the twenty-second annual exhibition OF
the Society Of American, Artists will open
in New York at the building of the
American Fine Arts Society on March
2,th and close on April 18th. The an
nuaE Webb prize of 500 for the best
landscape submitted 10y an American IN
der 10 years of age. and the Shaw fund
Of 81 SEQ for the purchase OF the hl>S- fig
ure piece without limitation will be COM
peted for as usual y jury - thirty will
pass on the merits of the work submit
ted.
The collection of paintings belonging to
the late Judge Hilton. which was sold
bv auction in New York. brought Sis
us. The highest priced was Meissonjer's
'L'Aumone' at s1S.S0l. The late ~. T.
Stewart paid the arts, $4,000 for this
picture. Other paintings by noted artists
| are Casanova's The Chocolate Party
si,55o: ION the Seine" by Daub;gny, ST.
5s0t, HEAD OF 1oUiS Stiir ~ JdS'tucI,
81, 1G1; The Little Sufferer" by B0ugue-
| reau. Sl,5oo; sheep in the Woods, by
Jacquet, $500. and The Cardinals Re-
ception." by Don Louis Alvarez, $i,S0.
\ very remarkable collection Of
paintings is on exhibition at tho
Art Club collection unique, in
this country at least, and full
of interest TO artists and art-loriHg
people in general. 1t consists of water
cioIors. wood prints and paintings in
lacquer by modern japanese artists and
these Oriental craftsmen have produced
things of beauty replete with the decora-
tive quality for which the art OF that
coutry is famous. These little sketches
or BIRDS and fishes. flowers and trees and
the celebrated Full Yama are full at
dencate drawing. while many OF them
are really gorgeous in color. Those done
In black lacquer have depth of rich
ness shat makes their carrying power
very great. Although the themes are the
same as those we are accustomed 90 see
IN japanese fans and kakenIonos- the
treatment shows the, intluancc of ocel-
dental art Thus there is an appreciation
OF perspective and of chiaroscuro not
found in the works of the older painters
although none of the wftchery OF the an
cent art is Observation-Disclosures Record.
Five busts OF noted newspaper men of
America will be placed in the publishers
buuolng of the United States at the Paris
Exposition. The subjects are Benjamin
Franklin, Horace Greeley. George W.
Cnlds. Charles a. Dana and Joseph
lIedlll.
An important canvas. Rubens' Holy
Family is in the F'ischhof galleries. New
York 1t contains six fsures-the Vir-
gin and the Christchild, st. John. ST.
Elizabeth. ST. Francis and st. Joseph.
The highest light centres on the Mother
and Child. and the whole lighting scheme
is 81 skilfully managed that the eye con-
stantly travels back to the central feature
Of the canvas.
William HoIbrook Beard, the famous
animal painter died in New York city
the. 9uth inst Beard came from PaineS-
VILE, O., and went to Europe to study
He has been in New York since 1851
| and became a member OF the Nauonai
Academy In 1862. His speciality has
been the painting of animals IN hu-
morouS manner.
The winners of the prizes in the re-
cent poster competition at tho Philadei-
pnia Academy of Fine Arts were as fol-
lows:
First prize, H. Lyman Sayen; second
prize, H Davidson: third prize, Ellen
| Macauley ali of Philadelphia Three
prizes of $50, $50 and SIS were offered for
the pest poster advertising charity sale
OF books. The competition was open TO
all students, past and present. OF the
academy.
Eleury. the French artist, has just
completed large painting OF George
Washington, which he will show at the
Paris Exposition. OF this piceure. the ar
list says:
my picture represents Washington at
ter ne said farewell to his troops and
was on his way TO Mount Vernon Ha
sits in the stern OF boat on the Hud-
son, his coat falling loosely about him.
his sword unbucksed and his hat Tying
at his left side His right arm has fallen
by his side, his left supports his chin
have been life
long admirer of the famous general
and I believe have caught his features
correctly 1t is the most satisfactory
worl, have ever done.