The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

demands and into the nature ~ the
materials that go To make up the COM
pi.N work
II Ia amusing. also Instructive IL you
viii stop TO think about IL. TO b. reminded
through IN" new Turner awakening
IN England that Turner made a fortune
Of s7uoWn without prejudice 10 his
artistic reputation II seems 10 be- fairly
widely held that not To make money
thes" days j. To .be behind The times
but II appears 10 be less generally real
lled that IA this country now artists
ar" abreast 81 the times even by thu
measurement. 80 people are finding out
who let older Ijea- keep too tight "A hold
on them or OH their wallets. After all
since the hest artists work primarily
not for money but for art il IL only anoth her
way of saying evidently. that the people
are caring more for ART IA an expression
o! th- time ~ IL IL they who pay the
bilE.
Some of the curious ones abroad who
, have been tracing the highest priced
paintings sold at the Yerkes sale last
spring find that the Halls. III. seated
woman in the black dress with white
ruiz, was exhibited AZ a loan from ID. p.
Sellar at the Royal Academy in 1855.
was soI hy Durand-Ruel for sI2 uDU.
and until 1898 belonged TO Charles Schifr
of Paris With ir- sale at Mendslssohn
Hall for sl27.ouO il made the worlds
record pric" for = painting AZ auction.
which prior Ia .hat WAS $4,000 paid
al tn. ScCratan sale AT Paris in Iss9 for
Nillet's -LAng"lus. The real pur-
cna sc-4 name was not announced at In.
time. the Halls was bought through
agents. b,f II belongs TO MIR. Prick The
Turner. which was bought in the name
.: gents for sI2S.OoO and belongs la
benjamin Altman. the Rockets and
Academy in $40 sold in 1886 for about
90 625. and ~ 1853 for about $500. The
Louvre refused later 80 purchase II at
s:5.on and in 1891 /, brought 500.
,rrOt'~ The Fisherman which was
bought by a firm # dealers for $50 500
and H. presumably -,ill in their hands.
had been twiC" sold by Durand- Ruel
once FOR e. ~ and again for tGOToo
But while increased prices are oft on
studied nowaday-. decreases are less
often noted and there were some marked
depr-ciations at last summers London
auct ions Sliilais's -Jephtha- which in
1875 had brought SIC. 40. went for sG. I1n
I.andsaer's -Snsnh sri's Home" thai in
1873 sold for Sj.iIO. went down "a 81 80
Sir Hubert Won HsTkomeTs Gods
shrine 3 by : feet ncrrner price not
RlNrh', Splb I'E sllE.
The burial IF Holman Hunt IN Artists.
Corner Of ~ PuIl'- Cathedral has re-
called that the corner" had ifs origin IN
ne burial Of Van Dyck in old 1T Paul'-
Among the other painters who lie there
are Mllai-. Leighton. Lawrence" Rev
nold-. Turner. LandScrr and Gcur 90
Richmond,
Bostor'- architectural monthly. the
B-irkbuidsr says: w. commend the
course ~ action taken 10y the newly
select ed committee ~ architects NIe--rs.
tarrrre. Kendall and Drummer who were
appointed To- conserve and increase the
architectural harmony and beauty of
Fifth avsnue, New York city
III" King 81 Denmark has Great ed
President Karl MarhiasAn Of the New
Jersey Terra Gotta Company 81 this lily
. KniEht of banrbrpg in recognition 81
his work IN the Danish American as~ocia-
ton.
Seattle ~ planning "a 500 ,OOo art museum
with the aim Of rzhibiting there works
If art which Il hop"s Ia procure by loan
not only from American collections but
from foreign countries The museum.
II j. Slii, Will n" the finest building Of the
sort on n" Pacific coast
In "A criticism ~ thu Pennsylvania sta
ton irrhii'CiIr' 81 this city observes IN y
-fh" mos I'nrr'-Sryr demonstration II
the awakened public interest in beauty
for i'- own sax" has been IN the case Of the
Now terminals and stations erected h.
III" great american railroads Wh-r,.
Formerly only utility was considered
irpr'---l y.ur-- and architectural correct
u, ~ have come to be a. essential a. CON
V,ui"b,,.. and tn" I.Ickawanm RaIlroah.
magnificent Hoijpk"u terminal. tn" new
terminal for IN Municipal Ferry. both
a. Staten Island and south Ferry New
York and th.. new Union stations at Wash
.ngfnu. pIi'-Durg New Orleans and
Cl-.Y.harr. and IN" ferrvhouSns at the
foot ~ West Tw"n'v- third street. New
YORK. aliN" display cpu-picuIoUzlv JIsaarch
not only for good hut ~ fiin.-A To m"
purpIs"
Architects arr now required 20 pass
an examination to receive LICENSES in Colo