Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-29
ART NOTES.

The Municipal Art society which has
for IT'S object the beautifyng of Ameri-
can cities, viii hear with interest that
no less an artist than FlHmcng has
painted "a sIgnboard for the Paris news
paper lie MatIn Another Wall-knoWn
artist Wlllette, has glorihed the front
Of Partisan co0kshop with his work
one Of the Paris newspapers suggests
| that an exhibition Of antique sign
boards or pictures Of such slgnboards,
might lead TO an Improvement in mod
en work warning note Is also
sounded as TO the tendency Of shop
signs and numbers 10 become unintelll-
| gible as they become artistic, Some Of
the wruught-ron numbers used Of late
upon the finest houses Of New York are
so very artistic az to become verltable
| puzzles. and thus defeat their chief pur-
| pose,
Several Philadelphia girls who as art
students IN Parts have met with sad eN-
| perlences, were pupils Of the Pennsyl-
vania Academy OF Fine Arts before go
Ing abroad The complaints as 20
ParisiaI hardships and even dangers
are so serious that the academy In It's
recent annual report deyotes much
space to warning young women against
yenturlng to Paris without proper pro-
lection and sufficient money. It Is
pointed out that the art schools Of this
country now offer every necessary adj
vantage to all but advanced students,
that Paris is no longer a cheap city, the
sum of 500 year being the minimum
upon which a girl can live there, and
that every girl who dreams OF Paris
| should first find out all about the
schools, the life, and It's cost from some
woman who has studied there.
The first statue to the late President
| Mckinley has just been delivered In the
| plaster to the foundry Of the Gorham
Company at Providence, Il, IT, where II
will be cast In bronze at once and be
| ready TO be unveiled at Muskegon,
| Mich, on the 3Oth OF Memorial
Day. The little western Michigan city
| Is making great preparations for the
event 1t profits through the generosity
Of Charles II Hackley who gave the
| commission for the statue within two
| weeks after the death OF the late pres-
| dent and the sculptor, Charles Henry
Nlchaus, says he did the quickest work
| that h has ever performed In getting
| IL finished in time Mr.. Niehaus had
made bust of the late president, had
| all necessary measurements, and a
| series Of photographs showing all views
| Of the head Moreover. In talking with
the late president he had noticed and
copied his characteristic attitude and
the last photograph taken Of him, a
| snapshot while he was delivering his
Pan-Amercan address, shows him in
this pose
| A writer In London Truth suggests
that inasmuch as good pictures are so
| much more expensive than good books
| ;he milionaires who are striving to
! place hooks I'm every horne where they
ate welcome might find a further field
! In sending good pictures or copies OF
good pictures upon an endless round
| An institution devoted to the circua-
ton Of pictures might rival many a "
hrary. People could pay small sum TO
| have their pictures changed once a
| month, or ofJener II desired thus vast
| ly Increasing their acquaintance with
art and cultivating catholicity Of taste
For one month q mans walls might
blossom with pre- Raphaelte Madonnag,
! while the next carlcatures OF Phil May
would MI their place Here would be
the opportunity to really live with
host of pictures, instead Of with few,
and, according to some critics, this
| daily intimate association is necessary
to real appreciation. The demand for
new pictures or good copies Of old ones
would bring prosperity TO thousands of
struggling artists who cannot find
many patrons to buy at the high price
| they must necessarily ask.
The edition de luxe catalogue OF the
coming Matthiessen collection sale al
the American Art association Is a
sumptuous affair. The text is on heavy
| paper, giving first brief history OF
| each artist represented, and afterwards,
as the numbers occur, there follows n
| description Of each picture. But what
| makes the volume memorable are the
| handsome process reproductions OF
many OF the important paintings
mounted on creamy vellum paper The
| sale, which promises TO be one Of the
most important Of the season In this
| city, will take place at Mendessohn
| Hall on the evenings Of April l and 2
| Included In the sale, which includes l4j
works. are examples by such ancient
and modern painters as Rubens. Titan,
Murlllo, Turner, Sir Thomas Lawrence
Dow Troyon, Dupre. Daublgnay
| Jacque, Rousseau, Corot, Diaz Mlllet,
| Lenbach, Mauve, Gerome, Jules Bre-
| ton, Schreyer Max, and many others
| only less important.