The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-01

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| The judges at the exhibition at the Wor-
i cester CMassD Art Museum have awarded
| the first prize to Edmund c. TaroeH for
| his picture of The Mirror which was
| seen in this city at the exhibition of the
| Ten American Painters last winter at the
! Durand-RueI gallery. The work is able
| and executed in Mr. Tarbel1s well-known
| manner The second award is for Sargent
! KendaIl's END of Day which, at the
! last exhibition OF the Society of American
! Artists. was a close competitor for the
| Shaw Fund, secured finally by Irving 4.
| WiIes. AT the voting it will be remember
| ed Mr.. kendalrs picture tied on the first
| ballot with the winning canvas Honor
! able mentions We're given to Chi!de Has
! sans Gloucester" also seen at the Ten
| Americans and TO Theodore Wendells
| AN Ipswich River The exhibition is
/ said to be a capital one. and consists OF
! some $50 paintings.
| The fifth international Congress of Arch
! itecture will be held in Paris this summer
! from July 18th to August 18th. and the
] United States will be represented by Al
! bert Kelsey president of the Architectural
{ League of America: Robert S Peabody, of
| Boston, president OF the American lnstt-
| tute OF Architects: Prof. Ware, of Column
! bia University, and Prof T. NJ Clark, OF
! Boston. The questions 10 be discussed are:
/ l. Artistic Property in Architectural
! Works ,. The Teachings of Architecture.
g. The Title of Architect in Different
! Countries l. inexpensive Dwellings in
| All Countries 5 The Preservation OF
/ Monuments 6. The Influence of Official
| Regulations on Contemporary Private
| Architecture. An excursion to Chantilly
! will be made on July 31St: a banquet will
be given on August 4th: there will be an
an excursion to Mont St Michael has been
| arranged for August 5th and 9Th.
Carl Melchers, the well-known American
! artist, who has long resided in Holland.
! and who originally came from Detroit, is
! honored at this years Berlin Art Exhibit
ton with a room for himself, in which
there are no less than thirty-five Of MS
paintings including The Green Fire
place. The Goatherd" and Christ and
the Pilgrims of Emmaus,' Last year Mr..
! Melchers made sensation with his can
vas called The Snowshoe Runners.
Other Americans in the show are Walter
MacEwen and Jules L. Stewart.
The other day. says the New York Eve
ming Post, one of our artists picked up an
old painting in the Venetian style at New
i York art dealers, and bought it for 500.
! He is something of a connoisseur, and
! thinks it is a genuine painting by NJ
! teenth century Venetian. and places its
| value at S6.0Oo. II may be SO. but it takes
, q man of great faith in his d!scrin1native
| abilities to come 10 such a decision in these
| davs OF clever and INSCRIPTIONS imitation
of the old masters. In Paris to-day. it is
| pretty generally believed. there is an ar
| fist who devotes his whole time to Int-
! tating Corot 20 which fakes he signs Co
F: rot's name: and another artist who devotes
| himself in the same mannr to Diaz. Such
! fakes doubtless, are frequently sold to
confiding Americans abroad. and brought
| to this country. Not long ago a case of
this kind was shown up in Florence A
| great art connOisseur there discovered
| {. fine specimen of a famous Florentne
painter OF the Renaissance. and fixed its
! value somewhere in five figures. 1t proved
! 10 be a clever imitation by modern Flor
| entne painter, who signed the ancient
/! name. And yet this art connoisseur IS one
| OF the most famous and searching in Eu
rope. having written great many books
deeply respected in the profession.
Certainly the most interesting, if not the
| most artistic. figure in British art at the
| present moment is the veteran Thomas
! Sidney Cooper. who the somewhat adj
J vaned age of ninety-seveu has four works
: in the present exhibition of the Royal
Academy in London, Mr.. Cooper was
made an associate of that body as far
| back al 1915. and came into full honors in
4, 1861. His first picture was shown IN Lon
don, at the Gallery of British Artists. in
| 1857 He began his artistic career as d
scene painter. Cattle and sheep are Mr.
| Cooper's specaltt, and these ne paints with
great fidelity ed astonishing detail. in a
/ manner not altogether in accord with mod
j erl notions, but still so as 10 attract a GER
tain class OF British purchasers When it
| il remembered that Mr.. Cooper was TWEEN
ty-seven years old when Sir Thomas Law
renee died. in 1850. we get some idea of ths
extraordinary age of the old gentleman
ard his connection with a past generation
He is said TO be healthy: and. 10 an extent
hearty. with eyesisht still good. using
glasses, OF course. as he is at his work
every day in his studio, as fresh many
younger men. His work shows no falling
off. either, for it is just as good Tor bad
as it has ever been, and he still has fol-
lowing Your Euglishman being nothing
II not loyal To the memory OF a man who
! has ever achieved renown- Mr. Cooper
has a farm and studio near Canterbury. and
on this he keeps an extensive stock o;
animals, who serve HIN fer nlodz!s.-New
York Commercial Advertiser
John La Farge's summer residence Is
Newport, r. L, where ne will carry on
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