Evening star., 1902-08-16


clever young artists York which makes it
peculiarly adaptable for these purposes and
its appreciation is in hrn & signification of
an era of progress irtconsnercial art.
A statue by st. Gaudens of Roswell P.
Flower, former governor\ of New York.
which has been purchased by his admirers
at Watertown and erectedAon their public
square. VIII be unveiled o. Labor day.
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J. Massey Rhind's bronze statue of the
Indian chief, Tedyussung& has been pur-
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Henry
for $1,000, and presented by them to Fair
mount Park in Philadelphia.
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The Great Elector, the finest equestrian
statue in Berlin, which was executed by
Andreas Schluter in 1903. is hidden from
the gaze of tourists at present by molds
for cast which is being made at the di-
rection of the emperor, for the collection
which his majesty is to present to the Har-
ward Germanic Museum
Now that the exhibition season in Lon
don is over that in the, provinces is about
to begin. Manchester and Liverpool are
both preparing for the opening of impor-
tant exhibitions in their principal galleries
the last of this month.
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The dates of some of our own forthcoming
exhibitions have just been announced. The
Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters
of Philadelphia, which was organized last
May, has issued circular for its first an
nual exhibition, to be held from November
3 to 10, inclusive, and the Art Institute of
Chicago has made known the fact that its
fifteenth annual exhibition of oil paintings
and sculpture will be held from October 20
to December Z.
The Salon des Gobelins" which onened
in the Grand Palais on August 1. is one of
the chief attractions in Paris this summer.
The exhibition illustrates the history and
progress of the Gobein tapestry during the
past 300 years, and among the finest speci-
mems shown are several of the time Of
Louis XIV, designed by Lebrun. Poussin
and Mignard. The immense value of this
collection can be roughly estimated by the
knowledge that four panels with subjects
after Coypel brought no less than $500 at
Christie sale in London last month
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Considerable excitement has been created
by the discovery of an unknown example
of the work Of the Spanish painter Ribera
in little shop in Geneva. 1t is a large
canvas picturng the flight into Egypt, and
is said to rank with this masters best pro-
ductions. Finds Of this kind are so COM
monty reported without truth that one Is
inclined to be skeptical of all, but this
seems to have been well authenticated by
really competent judges.
Russia has lost by the death of Marc
Antokoisky one of her most noted sculp-
tors. He was born at Wilma in 1S42, and
though educated in Paris found his in
spiration for his greatest works in the his
tory of Russia Among his most distin-
guished achievements Were his statues of
Alexander II and Alexander III, Peter the
Great and The Last Moments of Socrates.
Water colors have apparently been popu-
lar in London this season. for out of the
254 shown by the Royal Society ninety-five
were sold, and of the -253 at the Academy
at least seventy changed owners.
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The executors sale of the works of Ben
jamin Constant which just took place in
London was rather disappointing, 500
being the top price paid for any one can
vas, and the majority going for consider
ably less.
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In order to promote the use of artistic
street signs exhibition is to be held in
Paris next October at which prizes of $780,
$500 and 500 are to be given for the three
best original, designs shown. Competitors
are required to make their designs full size
and ready for practical use. collection of
antique signs of high artistic value will
constitute an important feature of the
show.
The statue for the German soldiers mon
ument which Is to be erected in Philadel-
phia by the veterans and soldiers of the
German army in the United States is to be
the work. of Albert Moritz Wolff of Berlin
1t Is an infantryman wearing the Prussan
helmet, with flag in one hand and a mus
ket in the other, and the German emperor
has contributed 1,OO0 pounds of metal to-
ward its casting. If the erection of memo
rial statues Increases in the same ratio in
the next few years that it has in the last
our American cities will soon have to plead
as the French capital just has for more
parks and squares.
The announcement that the Russian gov
ernment is going to erect an archaeological
museum at Sebastopol carries with it con-
siderable interest. The building is to be
fashioned after the plan of the Christian
basiica. and Is to be divided into three
sections, for the Greek, Roman and Byzan-
tine ages. respectively. The Grand Duke
Michaelovich is said to be the chief pro-
moter of the scheme.