The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-13
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Arr Notes.
Inc +. O. Matthiessen, collection, of 142
pictures, sold in New York recently real
lied S334S.7SO Ruben's "Holy Family.
purchased by George p. Blow, of Pitts
purs. brought $50, 1000: Titian's portrait of
the "Doge, Grimani,' $4,000; "Magdalen
at Prayer Murillo, $4,000, Rembrandt's
head of an old man, $1,000; Ruben's por-
trait of a gentleman, 50, 500; the excellent
Guardl Venetian street scene, $500; "Har-
vesting Poppies," Breton, j. f. Sutton,
G,5OO; Landscape and Cattle" Troyon,
+. l.. Loring, $1G5OO. The other pictures
ranged in price from $500 to $4,000. The
lowest price was $50, for Christ and St
Thomas which was painted by an I'M
identified hand
An exhibition of some 5ocd small sculp-
ture, swetches and finished work, chiefly
by American artists, is now upon view at
the National Arts Club New York. Or
especial interest are some OF Rodin's
works, his model for. the Bastien-LepaGe
Monument, his famous mead Of st. John
the Baptist. and his 1--we Lamentinp.
Mr.. Victor Bremen shows some of his
recent medals. The next display at the
club will be one of portraits and pictures
of women, beginning at the end of the
month.
New York Municipal Art Society is wag-
ing war against the unlimited use Of bill
boards and sky signs, certainly as ugly
evidences of utiitarianism as deface our
modern cities The society in question
realizes lla advertising serves a, very
useful purpose but it objects to its rum
ming riot and urges the following restric-
tons:
l. The limitation of the height of bill
boards to ten feet.
. The removal of sky signs. or then
restriction to height of five feet at the
most
2, The requirement that prior to th>
erection Of any billboard or sky sign
permit must be secured from the Depart
ment of Buildings.
Homer Enmens tells a story of very
conscientious artist Of New York. t"hose
decorations are seen in one OF the newer
hotels who takes pains to dlsclpllhe MN.
self whenever, in his opinion. ne SHOWS
signs of getting careless IN ms Molh
A short time ago Emnens walked INTO
his friends studio and upon gianclns
around saw a most extraordinary plt OIL
n,intinc which seemed as though II was
meant for picture, but falled 10 eSpla,l
Itself He went up to examine 1t closeiy
and discovered that it was a picture ol
a pie plant bed ,;,+.a
.'Nhat in the world nave you pati1.e0
this thing for?" he asked. ar
.Ol, ), said the conscientious one,
thought was dropping CT a little SO
wont out to look up the nlcst unlhteres.
;r,. thing could find and sat down anu
nainted it with thorough fidelity. l ieei
better now"
An English artist, Reginald Hail"at ~.
has made two pictures IN grass ~ ,,are;c
1 LIZ Tulham, in a truly heroic
.,ir;, If sincerity for he has prepaieu
the class itself the leading, and the oe
s;an with his own hands. The "lnuo"
is one of sixteen for the Church u -.
F,theldreda One shows the saxon sai..e
attending the sick while st. Wliireu' az. az
companied by two acolytes' Dil1.s -
sacrament. The other side OF the VIII
dow shows the escape of the SAINT IRON.
her husband Tondert, who has pursued
her in order to bring her back by force.
The scene is Tynemouth. inii
Ions flood descends from the chlls ne
hind her and cuts off the pursuing paits
THO library Of the late Philippe Gille,
, Partisan Journalist and a member OF
the institute which will be sold at auc-
tion at the end of April, includes eighty
five caricature drawings by the late Puvis
de Chavannes, writes the Paris CORE
Esnondent Of the New York tribune.
These are the only caricatures the
French master of decorative painting
ever made.
An innovation will mark the coming
paris Salon For the first time in the
history Of this famous exhibition photo
graphs will be seen on the walls Ac-
cording to a cable the photographs re-
sponsible for this departure were sub
mitted by Edward Stechen, a young
New Yorker, and are regarded as great
triumph.
Munkacy, a famous Polish painter, was
= stickler for accuracy, and inclined to
be hard on his models. When painting
his Christ Before Plate he had a full
sized cross erected i'll the open. OF
course, it was out of the question 70
actually cruelty model, but he got as
near the real thing as possible A man
Vas found who was willing to be tied
on the cross, and there hq hung for
hours, while the painter reproduced the
agony which showed in his face. The
pose was so painful that the model
tainted many times.
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