ART AND ARTISTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1910, 29 June 1888, Page 35

ART AND ARTISTS.

Madame Bramidi, the 'model of 'the figure of Freedom io fresco^adqrnipg the dome of the capitol, is the proprietor of a boarding house in Washington, and is a handsome and Stately "women. ''•>' * '-1 11 - ■• $ I The Sultan has'given a well-knownpicturei of Lord Nelson, wbjch was in hiß possession; to the London National Gallery.-. _ In 17,98,after the battle 3 of the Nile; Selem 111 sfcnt some very rich gifts, to ; Nelson-, among thjem being the Chelongk,,a diamond plume, only' given to" victorious * Mussulmans. Nelson gave the ;• portrait in- return, painted :by Guzzardi, of Palermo. ' ;• Dresden is disturbed by the scandal of the; ; discovery" of yvarious* f of ged.^'pW ma|tere," in the gallery of which the. ,Saxo^n capital is is so justly'' proud*. ''InHn"e-^ew*catalogue. the director, Dr Woerman', declares that ' several pictures', recently purchased tat high prices are' not " genuine, and that! 12 . out of 18 pictures " bought, in 1874-5 pie " copies, intentional frauds; or' the work] of 'pupils.' •'• '■'<.' ■"■ • «'•'* ■T-.'s j'! Tfco new Art Gallery inMilwaukeej-a, building costing 1 £20,000, containing £1O,0O"(J worth of paintings— donated to that cityjby Fi-ed Lay ton, an old and wealthy resident, v .was. thrown open ( to , the , public , TecentJiyV ' Mr Lay ton. drawing hiis cheque f o,£ an addi- 1 tional. £20,000 as ,an --. endowment fund. Other citizens have contributed art works, making the one of the mbst' valuable in America, „„r >bl In Philadelphia'- there seems to be discon-; j tent in regard to some 1 , statuary, as in ot|ier cities. t A s.tatue. representing -," A lioness carrying a wild boar to her young," designed for a public park, 'has been criticised' as " too* sanguinary," as "likely to baye^a bad effect upon children," and'as 1 inappropriate, One' critic said "he would rather, see. more statues of the early men of the country,- instead, of,, filling the park with men on horseback, fall' dressed in the same uniform." \ ■ ' •> l 2 <r •<■ ». i.7 « X 4i- \ -•■