George Wishart : Art Notes

%Veiling on the subject of Mr. John Longetati'm " Eepedition of Jktrke and Wills," recently boas in the Melbourne gallery, he win t-"This picture is the re- sult of the bequest of the late Dr, (Whey. who left a sum of money which, with in- )erect. amounted to about glOue, fur the painting of two Aluitralian ltietorical pic- tiece :. end doubting Om ability of uny Atistralian weird, stipulated that tIwy slietild be painted in England. Airordirigly Mr. John Langstaff and Mr. Philip Fox were commissioned to execute the wetk, end- ihrepatelted to the olft country for that purpose. hir Couplers ' Expiulition' is one Of the largest :Mauna in the gal - bay, and le likely to be one of Um mutt poplar.' Of course the suldect is or great interest to Aiatrallans. but indeperidinCy n/lint the artist has risen to the tient. n .and given ne a Biting representation of a Wehrle enteleot lull of dramatic power and masterly technique. On the left 'be- fore a gigantic eum tree) stands Burke, ha ragged travelateinet1 gm - eets bettor - log the hardship' lie lute endured, while hiswanted features and despairing eyes indicate a fend whore last boys ham de- Tarteti. 101g-who alone woe to survive -- worn to a living skeleton, isseen seated on hi, swag, hie bowed heaand arm/ leak:leg listImely down, eloquent of un- utteraide deepen. In the background Willa Is seen. extended at loll length on the *relied, arcing the itnerrsAOrs of one l"m hooe and quite meowed for the end. flie partent camel,' meow exhausted on the jowl, and the rising moon !died!' its pole i.litpd ghastly light over the tragic scene." NI'. Dapbn'a conimenta on .imported gin:three are w ll worth repeuting, fur they ',Mar that atieetai done not always wait pen, thew who play the part of tut pins ,Ireyoia on the other aide of the world. j)flat to present the brighter aide of the >shield : "Of the ninny pictured bought in Europe," he woe, "none eel my estimatien Val. compare with l'orot.'s "The Rent Tie's," ninth is without doubt a little .watoterpievu. iVery simply painted, with difethieg to eaten the -rya of the orditery 'cheerier, 't is a veritable pour in paint, hgvlog for minted a huninoue , ening sky, noted in a riYereteldeli Inlet below a niter of trees, and of which leaning for rat gives the work its title. 1/iinly seen flute myeteriptia deptle of the trees are ittheraeteristie nigiiree with a bout. 'Ilia 'work, go full of delicate colour !eel ;Hotta fancy, boll been the eubject of aetell ilia- fi :conteen, umuy contending that tie pees, t -I. -,14:701.11.1, toas.out of all proPuetion to ,it, which they failed to perceive. The rrain of pictume fa an elieci%e 'pulite, de. gientling en many things . . but it inlay be belt dawn an au fixatiu that you esettot lob much for a good thing. I ant our! Otpietute in question will be me exeep. Pen to the ruler end sheave be worth the *oui.y it cat. The opportunity fur pee .1:hexing a Wae of true Mara does not mem, Seery trey, and iliontld be thank fully taken advantege ofwhen it loan, okehamptbn Castle' is a Paull wafer. oblate 1.y the great Turner, hut bodily re- -precoott hint In At light 'favourable to lily great and deserved reputation. The acme may lie said of the smell oil, 'The impel"- ittitiate Neighbour,' by Batman blunt, Neither is Nr.. ileorue Clatinen's 'The Ploughman's Ilrealfitti' likely to ermito ItIllth enthitsidant. "Die Boulevard, Mont- inartre.' by C. l'isecavi, one of the early -he re...tennis, fins merit, bu somehow0,:rfai n ta render the vicar/lee. of atoms - 'there and brislitpews end sulnistion elim. oetero.t1, of Paris: but next to It, is heat- ing a little picture by Meinconier entitled t'1,..kienticiee a pretreat grin of this drawing *MI eeloor." - . , '4 The reverse of the matter, is that since LOOD but few piatirmi by Royal Acids. iciane love been 'cent out, While the Majority bt the picturee are the work of "artists whose names are hardly known Natalie a very limited enrol*. Thetis works lira Ilene together on one aide,.f the Weil Gallery. and area to bold out it telletute for pidgment as a whole, which tint -likely to he in their favour." Alte isettilling several ofthe ',tenures!, Mr. pplyn pithily prononneee jeidentient in use teens:-" Thee colleel'ein, ptirehamed t the ' expense of teeny thaumids of med., may represent the aelictio imam alr. Creme Clausen, but certainly not t of the g neral body f art lovers. The lettorof ienrks of art. for p national gal. Iran ti, mere important duly than that liel ilia titing artiets, however nieritorh le,, his peivilege. to Other together !instruction of the public, tint 'the tit, ger,. ea6,,, ,e4t.il experiments of ng.stgicaly;lift here , aitalitted a tem- . Lawrence lea applied the Roman and picture collector at a handtiomi Greek styles to Ins residence, end he wait Ilemtre., roIndeed. the ntl:nb, er of 011 paint. greatly interested in all that Ma host had amts. o.w. Creonne. anwe -omens of old to show lino; For three-quarter.,, of an armour, is legion, and ingerootie wortmin Iloilo the Emporor disclosed with, Sir are k pt limy eupplying the demand. Lawrence and with Lady Alme-Tattenia and Mies Alma-Tadeuta various wspecta of art. Thirteen beers ago, with the best tlf end ,,Mike of Ms °Wu recomtructien of the Intentions, sir Wm. htolburne bequeathed Boman Cord,' in Saallatog and of the to the ity of Bath a collation of inueenni of Rumen aullquitie4 be has eumably prieeleiim old masters. Titian, formed thenr. Sir Lawrence had to ex- Ruben., Vandyck, Lely. Reynolds, Tenders. press his regret the' lie had not had n Eneller, Velasquer. and Ilaphttel were all opportunity of secim, it, and his Majesty represented by picture.% which were ac - highly recommended him to repair this cooled and reverenced as genuine. Re- mission. eently the collection has been eubjeettel to criticism, aud, with few exceptions, 550011 Journal. " is ofDuteh birth, and his n,e frauds. Sir Win, went to his rest fig origin ailow. ivieg detail of many believing that he had made Path the rte re this pieturts end in the distinctive pository of pieturea which were the envy beauty ofhis tome. Ile to Mitt in !rave of thin world. As a matter of fact, he ells tidiest /Myth° of any painter in _."°11- had been a veritable target for unscrupu- tui, where the plaint-urewiew are nottioow- lie shoat. and nate), al low' dealer,' to sheet rat, and innine in- tM t fleece seen on that beautiful 11 Aled stances out of ten they nrought him down. I floor bearing hie Initials oe the design. do not calm even to have teemed him with the candour of the dealer who ' Hard Work anti plenty of it' is his motto _one %hag would tc, the tint,e,.._ peefered for' an " Old Maeter" of more anti foto- or live .,hick in thu monmet Bunn ordinary size, said. Well, air, if you nuarninga finds him athie easel. 'Rut Air want a notticelli that oizes hare Lamm'. would not be artistic if he wens to have it made for you;' not a trate superetitioite. Ma lucky nate- bee it 17, for Ili. wife was at that age I do not know whether marble and when lie met ler, 17 work_ee n_uVieen.u.i?f bronze have limn in price (mars Mine. Chet? first ass's°. ttn" Protein Keyser " Ilystainks"), but their preaent house was begun on Atipm 17, and lie and'his family ' moved in onII 'would ,rais 'b° aurPriac'd if 01" were the November 17, about twenty/me years ago." 4t'st,..111:..sessis that sleiml tin pajama ,nn ad _trainee. There Is not a Villagc to trinket in that country elat tines not to great Man whose effigy the natives 'viand to cite. ahliough that et. enn may 12yebble- n mmthenau who hers 1.: -ee.ted his fellow - townsman with a new :'n -amine or a chest -protector for Cho .loca, policeman. graphic and interestiangt the Kaiser arrived u"11111r11 .11eralTht:dCiti;utinirthillitivran'rnarYnt eil)ek'fit NitiwY 171.oal" pus- within a quartet. of a mile of Sir Law- in painting of a couple of Maori chiefs who repco's, the Chevalier had it little surprise England 'half a century ogo. Their in Attire fur him. In the grounds of Inv ova.% were liengi rind Waikati. The pie - studio, remiddigg him of hie days in the taco conundrum to ,the rat gear in resdpiend to be run on the mast mem by General 'Reply. an obi New Zee - ware the British Admiralty and; the 3atai ann. caani, who coadniad the Italian flags. nd will, the Emperors per- tilt mission,. up theY went and °sated propel 'a Servant Chrietjan and British /Cyclist on high w ilst the Royal 'most remaine ' inhale in diktgland, reified a native rebellion Ilia alujoily took trout inherent Inc aerie., N. Zealand, and the of eight mintin a which, adorning two Lon with,' of t etit to, integrate the:dente in the life ed Neleon, ethe battle." of Tra- falgar. fit. Vincent, and the Nile. Won- derfully vivid pictures they are of ship+ in action and of seas spouting tip from the effects of &hot and shell. 1,10m:tent testi- mony woe paid in the r mark of his Ma - 'eats, to the power of the picture which Rustratea lie bat expedition towards the ekvertsvw 'nun 'rho 'Kidder 'teem, to have been par- ticularly inteneew,4 with the (leveller On Martino's work. but in honouring him with a visit be wail honouring a fissional friend. The King ilmnbert of Italy intro- duced Martino to him 1888. and they have been friends ever since, Concerning 'hid visit the '' Pall Mall Gazette', Flees a The itni to, in ceder to well him a spurious "Old d' I * a hoe" which he h" purchased for thia tnely to " disoovered," and anti' to --1.--- - - . porary notoriety, but the finest work oil All is. not gold that glitters, neither originality of subject, style, or tieatinent', date. There are few antiquitiee whieh. 10 W11°. hylls ell that purports to be old of ancient painters of undisputed inert, have achieved a foreman place iu the hlw;therie dare,i cannot be mauulactured to tory of art." During ]beaters," es to which dealers are known the icei'er'" stay la 1.744ehd he to be deceitful ndesperately wicked. v hat ed the bolo, of Sir lawreras anti Lady Alma-Taderna, mud the ',Main The unscrupulone art dealer me. the tuna - chevalier de merlin., the ...doe painter and dr ccounrinoteaurre from aLvariaiofif ,iarietdr.rn, . .curt.ir in ordinarot l?. to King Edward. order, at in eporially true of "Old the " Pall Mali Gazette." 'WU partly eta n Maolt,_,...,erantltiatioras..matter eommon know to bin desire to anemic in antique fadlien Ity "fug " ,pictures ate sent to obactree eontinent omens purpose. lie waned tee brow Via "Si! /Anytime Alnin-Tademe," @aye the the "Old 3ftuders" have been d oune navy, area chart room and a meet, and catiiyn tin...eciety,. officials it fts. of his Lngliali admirers helped to *WI him with the military stores. Some rare and beautiful examples of fourteenth and ftfteeoth century French manila:um painting and decoration Mt ap- plied to MSS. were sold at Sotheby's quits recently. Sonic of the Books f tours were especially interesting from the Ninth Pole f the Mike of the Abruzzi, entente treatment of the subjects, in 1 Paz Win picture which Is being pretentecl to the hie one St. John in !satinets is shown, with Italian Navel AeadamY* rehre"ufh.ieruenlem over the een, in the dietance, Itnyul abip, the Polar Star, the Arotio regions. with great iveberge eft; a.mnd. u peacock witl lipreading feathers he- " .Luke ;ending in a. study" has around. and At military polar. bear wand'. sun miming h a glass window. ing -with a enrieus intered the otecontieg a,"e The Anntmciationthroug" ba small niiniatures ytewel, with its rigging ofsnow aiol ire in margins of the Deity, supported by Ae the mirtain wee drawn ands, his Ma. 117+20_6.11' and the creation of Eve out of jrety AltiVetttl, and axelaimed, fed "'lint offerings of the ;Magi" is the cold, 'alartino.' lie else rate the, n painting of it very rich interior, with painting of the Review of the anti , triangular tluttelied and tinkered. roof, French fleet.. by the King and Queen in and procession of the Wine Men with the Solent in Allred, tilos, and then he their servants onhoruidback. Amongst %idled, with the (lovelier and his twit..., other subjects is " The Crucifixion." Chest the little chart room, nod sow dill nround with Mary and John nly. a crucified thief the walls autograph portraita of half the crowned betide of Eiirope, puny of in etch top corner, and in the lower corners the High Priest and a crowd ex - inscribed, "To lay dear Martine,' incite!. claiming. ing two or alive Nieves! by hie Majesty's own hand. "Why." his illolestY mid' No public gallery it too rive -misty "it fir, like being on the sea to be itere." wmtehmi for Some ninetieth+ work to find " Yes," the (11a1Ali". " am entrance. The National Portrait Gallery fond of this sea. and I foal co tick on of ,1,Ing),d i, on exotoption to the rule. chore that T do everything f eau to make Than, hntac,, there a iittia picture of myself t it T em afloat." 'rho chart- Chnelotte lironte, whitni purports to have room contains thy little .clo. that was hean painted by,M. Peel Heger. lwr much presented by the King, and the Empemr caccaa friend the j,,,,attnene., et %an netted that the silver wheel in wheel it is stela It Ic now surto& that at. Paulse i reProductiau in miniature, of nett Eiger neither paintml nor drew. Iurtwi, a .1 . The autumn (says the a' Pall 'Wall caeet.t.e"i i wrung thin-year inmemorial exhibitions. But there is floe more patio. - tic thee the reel. leve.eirtat! whertgees-a have noticed least won to fame in their liftetimie Hit i at the Peterson TialierY. In ll,trl-ett ,*. -sus be seen today the cull", t, .1 poet f them all : yet even to us vittieil folk, who sip the eueleavour ofmen of whom the world never hears, the name ofEvelyn Geborti was almost unknown- to come wholly unknown. He lived and wrought his exquisite art in and about pietureeime Ludlow, and the world knew mm not. faun the subtle pastry of his life far froun the truniregye blast of advertisement, and eglect waa his daily tare. Sleepiest -twee fell upon him. And just as hie skill of hand reached to per- fection, lie took an overdose of a drui that brought hum the long sleep at last from which there is no waking. r "In and about Iola eonsunimate crafts- manship," euntintios the writer, " ue woven the very note of tragedy that bad dogged hie life and cent it limns into the note orrice in his thirties.. LI tbrallIfli- nut everything he did a seam of t'he sombre outlook upon the world that tells of the Tiadur to whom none win 1i/tea, To Lim the blazing lights of Regamtestmet by night are pude and ookawiess and Plie duy will come when his Ilnely-eottneivert and as flnely-painted ' Hyde Park Garner' will be sought after by collectors tostof it is but the joy o the art lover, and going for next to a aong. If this exhibition lie a fair veer - Mu of this man's artistry, then du- nation baa been robbed of ion artist who is a loss (list it is difficult for pen to esti- mate. And the pity of it he that a rt.& net' lung robbed ILA of a poet who had only to exhibit such work ea Mr. Paterson here tedithini in order to leap at once into the reputation, which was hound to come to him. Ili. widow, who isno manepainter ITZ5r. neat Iowa been deeply -touched at the frank and freely re/raved wonder and admiration that was uttered by every critic of repute elm entered the room Where Evelyn Ose licirn'n work hung on the may that WWI reorved fur the l'rest. In one thing' wily did the artist filmy weeklies-tits few pictures of the sea in its ruder moods lack the sense ofwater. But is every otter mood of nature. whether of sea,. or land., or sky, oriver, his art oelnerts1 a perfection anti we can only liken to Wordenvorth's tonnet.s. To think that finis is 'written halLway through the hook of this young life I The pity of it." Rembrandt, the greet historical said portrait painter, was born in 15J18, and died in 1e74. The Moth anniversary of his birth was narked at the line Art Society's Exhibition in the English autumn by a display of moven.* and etch- ings from his work. The vaccines dennon- slotted !driftingly the superiority of the, camera as a means of reproducing the qualities' of the painting Retell. They were exceedingly fine, tranuerring tot it were to the paper the Very brainwork and the glowinn tones which constitute the glory of the master's work. The etching,' on the other band preejnely miesed these splen- dours. Three at tenet of thew gravure,, it wear maid, gave everything that Rembrandt sought to produce by skill of hand, except colour, and these were " Study of It Young Woman," " Itembrandt's Lind er with Helmet," and "The Artist's Son Titus." The criticism of the tchings, on course, applied to etchings after Rembrandt. Rene hmndt's own aching, were exceedingly afitnired in his own day. He had the elute whit in every stroke of the graver, as In the markings of his pencil ; there was not ci eingle totIell that did not produce expreu. eion and life. There were some real Rem- brandt etchings in this collection, notably two landerapere which a critic said alone were enough to make it matter's reputation even bad he never touched a paint brush. The Royal Victorian Order has been conferred on the Comte Preepor d'Epinay, a distinguished French sculptor, and it is said iii owes the honour To the fact that be has sculptured eight, excellent beets of Queen etlexandni. The first executed in 180.1. was exhibited in the ballroom rat Lord Carrington's house in leandon, where it was seen and admire( ley the then Prinoe midPrincess of Wales. The eculptor subsequently ecame known to the King, and woe honoured with his friendship. The Count comae of one of the oldest families in Fenner Four d'Epinaeet fought at the battle of liattinge. A peculiarity about their die- tingaished descendant's pla of work in that his subjects do net sit to him. He works from Tommy and not from poem. In addition to being n fine teulptur, he is in clever utricaturist Ixith n terra-cotta and in black and white. e :