The sun., 1910-05-08

Academy das Boaux-Arts for Ghs bspsa,
Of food sufferers IN Paris Claude Mons,,
N answer 10 the appeal oR NJ. DuFand.
Rnal, donated two oR his characteristic
paintings. the sLOndon Bridge and The
abbey Of WeStminatsr.' which win No
dHs bring \ hiE EsEa.
Herr Tschudl purchased at tho recrnt
Pallsrin aals. Paris, Man0t's 'DSieunsr.
dana ratalisr' for the new Pinakothek.
and as Munich b not under the ass,medly
divine CnidanOs in matters artistic Of
Emperor William, the acquisition has
been resolved thMe with every marx
oF public and artistic approval
Touching upon the attribution os tho
Rokeby VelasqueE Venus In the Natlcnal
Gallery Leonard Wllliams. a well known
expert On Spanish arr, wrote recently in
the Daig Ms1 Ontar alia);
"The technical department. Of his work
on which Valaauuoa hvished his most
supreme and sovereign care was that II
rendering the tsnnity Of atmOsphsre. 10
We examins with q powerful lsns one Of
HE sharply alternating light and color
schemes. slcA a. the 'HllandeFaa' or
'Alsninaa.' We Ind him 10 have painted
very rapidly and very thinly. He was
lntuitivsly averse from guparpoaing color
upon color. Even IN hls earliest surviving
canvas, namely, The Investiturs Of San
Ildsfonao By shs Virgin now In the
archlspiaoopal palace at Seville, he
demonstrates shis lndomilahls mastery In
conveying the tFansparencios Of atmos-
phsrs. lie charged his brush with not
much pigmgnt at a times and swept or
nomstimes draGWed Il with an Apparently
spontaneous surensas. tho direction Of
the larger lines being generally somewhat
circular. Even IN tho least Illuminated
parts he unsd the minute ntsrstioes and
sxorascances ok the canvas 90 az 10 maks
~ rumlniscent oe the fact that the ecllpsO
Of light By shads cannot be Othsrwiss
than relative and aocidental. Nor b hs
ever unsuccessful IN hls Application Of thls
fact 10 painting
ThspsEiod towhioh Ire ROksby svsnus'
has basn assigned can algo ahowl sgms
pictures not altogsthsr painted IN he
manner ,truthttlly described BY Mr.
Williams. Velasquaz never laid his piR-
msnts thickly, but on some oanvases
there are svilsnces OF heavisr paint than
may be seen IN 'Las Meninas' gnd staa
Hildsrandas Elsewhere tho Engllah critic
Hpsaks az 'pusillanimOus onloF.s lt ha
delightful and long nesded phrRsg. Instead
oG calling a painter o0wardly OF Oonsti-
pated Ia tho employmsnt Of his ooloGs
We may now simply say 'pGuiIlnRlmOaa'
Msasrs. Kennsdy, SUCCESSORS 70 n.
Wmderlicll a Co. have removed 70 thalr
new art gallery on upper Firm avenue
Yesterday they inAnguTated the estAb.
lishment with an exhibition Of DdrsP
wood engravines. detailed notice Of which
will appear later.
Messrs. KnOadler a Co. have purchased
for H.OOO the portrait order which was
presented by N. Francois FlAmeng. ths
Franoh painter. 70 the Frunoh Hospital
BAZAAR, from Mr.. W. ?. Callahan Oe BFoOk-
lyn. The latter Rsntlsman donated o. .Ooo
TO the French BsnevOlsnt SOciSty. which
will increase the net receipts from the
bagaar 10 s8S.sli.Sa. This fund h for
the purpose Of building an asylum for
the aged poor and home for tho nurses
who care for the patients at the Frsnoh
hospital Water color studies of nowers
by Mrs. =. p. Liquer ars On vses at the
Pratt Institute. BroOklyn. until May "a
The Art Students League is holding an
sxhibitlon u work BY ita former students
On the gallsriss Of the National Arta Cub
AZ the Madison Art Gallegy thofs h AZ
exhlbltion of paintlnm ~ q group sf
American artista. I@onaFd M pavis
"a slowing his scenes IN Alaa4A AZ Tn
IAuterbach ART galleries. The Eliss Ara
Gallery announces an exhibiti1n o. ths
paintings % Frederick Louis Thompson
Arthur Tooth 4 Suna are the publiahsn
of a set OF i've enGragings BY HeFbert
Sedcole after the paintings by FRagonart
entitled Roman d Amour % h Jemesss.'
The prospectus for the thini sEhihitioa
OF contemporary American oil paintings.
December. 1910, 20 January, 1911. &C Wash
ington IL issued. Communicati0ns with
regard 10 entrias. &c.. shoald be addressed
10 y. h. Mcclure. Director. the c0tcOraA
Gallery Il Art. washington. ID. C.