Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-07
ART.

Robert Hilton, an English designer
who was entrusted with tl4 task OF de-
signing something novel ahl approprl-
ate as a prize for the wiutr NJ the fa-
nous EIsteddfod the yearly meeting Of
the Welsh bards produced for
this years event q chair OF
dun OAK which has been much
praised by art writer's. The pam
els ae inlald with translucent enamel
ana the finals capped with copper an
the carving being symbolic of Druid
rites. The yictors crown ia of Celtic
design sas
Philip Martiny, the sculppr has been
awarded the prize in the competition
for the best design for q Monument to
commemorate the landing nj Newport,
ln l5ii of Admiral de TerbaS with
force of 5000 French troops
\ model for monument 20 COM
meMorate the three sieges Of Paris
has just been completed boy Bartholdi
The sculptor and submitted TO the mu-
nicipal authorities Of that city
The twenty-hfth annual exhibition
of he Society of American Artists win
be- held In the galleries o. the Fine
Arts building, In New York, March IS
To- May & Iho hanging committee viii
consist Of William A Colin, William
Thurnc ana H. Bolton Jnes, and the
committee on selection. OF Herbert
Adams John w. Alexander George r.
Rarse, Jr Edwin H. Elashlald VII
liam NJ Chase, Waiter Clark Kenyon
Cox Charles &. Curran. Henry g.
I.f
Daniel c. French, Birge Harrison. Sam
uel lsham Francis G, Jones. w. Ser
gCant Kendall, Frederick W Kost, John
ia Fargo Louis Loeb George w. May
nard, Francis d. Mlllet Leonard Ocht-
man Henry Prellwitz, William r.
Smedley Dwight W. Tyron, Douglas
Nolk and Irving r. Wlles,
The plan has been originated IN Paris
to present piece Of sculpture TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt in recognition of his
services to the cause of international
arbitration The idea of making this
Kilt to the president Is an Outgr0wth
OF the Venezuelan affair ana his atti-
ilde on that issue. The fglds for the
purpose probably win be raised by pri-
vatc subscription among European adj
''N'E'9 W. p"o'N'
VI. 4. MacNeil. Of New York. has
been selected as the artist 90 design
the Mckinley Memorial Arch which
at a cost Of soon Is 10 be constructed
as an entrance to The Capitol building
grounds in Columbus o,
At a recent sale Of yiolins at Putuck
In q %. q 90. 1.ts
Nuiliaume Paris. 1870 brought S5.2i0
and a Stradivarus, l120, sold for $3.50
An interesting discovery was made
q short time ago while restoring the
tower Of the principal church i'm Wit
tenberg. a copy of the famous portrait
of Luther, by Cranach. was found,
which passes as thf best likeness Of the
great reformer now existing The orig
inal was painted Ia 1913. and was OK
hibited in the Wittenberg Court Chapel
until 1860 when II was destroyed by
fire. Thirteen years before its destruc.
ton copies were made by the Leipzig
engraver Bernigeroth. As far back as
1854 there were cOues OF this portrait
known to eyist when the worlSmon
dislodged the globe on the municipal
an excellent state OF preservation Ii
shows Luther at the age of 40,
Rodin has made bronze bust Of
Arthur Jerome Eddy. author OF DE
light. the Soul Of Art" The bust wac
exhibited I'm Robins special exhibition
al the Paris Exposition I'm 1900. Mr..
Eddy has given his recOlleCtiOns Of the
great sculptor in his talk called Hours
with Rodin."
The late Eugene Muntz bequeathed
his manuscripts ana literary corre-
spondeuce 10 the BibliotheQue Nation
ale, and these COMPRISE about 70 card
board boxes Of note OF an sorts They
deal with such subjects as Leonardo da
Ninci Ruhens. Rembrandt. Durer, and
Holbeln. the artistic history OF Avignon
under the Popes painting on glass. and
SO forth. Several OF the boxes are oc-
cupied with the m9terlal for a very
comprehensive work on mosalcs the
outcome of a prouusa made by NJ.
Mute himself AZ the Assemble Inter
rationale dos Academies IN 1900 The
Muntz paners are now being placed IN
order hy N Dory but they will not be-
available for public consultation for
at least six months.
The model for the statue Of Phnirs
Brooks the late Bishop Of Massachu-
sotts on which Augustus ST Gaudens
has been at work, is completed. The
statue viii be mounted on an architcc-
tural base. which has been designed BY
Stanford white, and win be placed iu
the triangular space between the north