FINE ARTS IN 1901. 



-ew-ml Webb of New York, for the best have Norham Castle and the Fountain of Indo- 

 Anierican artist under forty years lence. The Slave-Ship, one of Turner's most im- 



luii<i>cape by an 



ui a'c, was 



awarded to Ben Foster for his Mists portant works, is now in the Boston Museum of 

 A I Fine Arts. 

 The Shaw fund of $1,500, instituted in 1892 by Buffalo: Pan-American Exposition. - The 

 S-unuel T Shaw of New York, to be devoted to exhibition of fine arts (May 1 to Nov. 1) was held 

 nurchase of 'a figure composition in oil by in the Albright Art Gallery, a permanent marble, 

 in American artist, was withdrawn by Mr. Shaw, fire-proof building in the exposition grounds, to 

 who founded in its place the Shaw prize of $300, be occupied after the close of the exhibition by 

 to be awarded annually for the best figure com- the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. It was one of 

 uusition in the exhibition painted in oil by an the most complete and representative exhibitions 

 American citi/en, portraits to be excluded. This of American art during the twenty-five years 

 prize wa< awarded to Sergeant Kendall for his from 1876 to 1901. It comprised four groups. 

 Fairy Tale Group 1: Paintings in oil, water-color, pastel, and 

 ' \ii annual prize of $500, instituted by Andrew other recognized mediums, miniatures, and car- 

 Carnegie for the most meritorious oil-painting in toons. Group 2: Sculpture, including medals and 

 the exhibition by an American artist, portraits cameos. Group 3: Drawings, etchings, engrav- 

 exrepted was first awarded to John W. Alexander ings, black and white or monotint in oil or water- 

 for hi< Autumn. The exhibition comprised 355 color. Group 4: Architecture. The exhibition in- 



numbers. 



New York: Miscellaneous. The collection of 



eluded in all about 1,800 numbers. 



The awards made by the Fine Arts Jury were 



the late George L. Crosby, of Chicago, sold at the as follow: 



Waldorf-Astoria in March, brought in the aggre- GROUP I. Gold Medals: Edwin 



irate $1.8,990 for 72 pictures. Anton Mauve's Cat- John W. Alexander; Cecilia Beaux; 



ate siiS.'MX) for 72 pictures 



tie at the Well brought the highest price, $4,500 



Other sales were: Felix Ziem, Grand Canal Ven 



A. Abbey ; 

 Robert F. 



Blum; G. De F. Brush; William M. Chase; Wil- 

 liam T. Dannat; T. W. Dewing; Thomas Eakins; 



ice, >::.IMH>: Frangois Daubigny, Corbigny on the John McL. Hamilton; Childe Hassam; Winslow 

 Nievre, $2,800; Julien Dupre, Le Regain, $2,525; Homer, water-colors; Eastman Johnson; John 

 Adolph Schreyer, Arabs in the Desert, $3,150; La Farge; Gari Melchers; Frank D. Millet; H. S. 

 Auguste Bonheur, Cattle in the Forest of Fon- Mowbray; John S. Sargent; J. J. Shannon; Ed- 

 tainebleau, $2,400; Corot, Evening, $1,200; Jong- ward Simmons; Abbott H. Thayer; D. W. Tryon; 

 kind, On the Corniche Road, $2,025; Charles Elihu Vedder; Frederick P. Vinton; Horatio 

 Jacque, Sheep in the Moonlight, $2,300; Henri Walker; J. Alden Weir; James McNeill Whistler; 

 Harpignies, Aux Bords du Loing, $2,250; Marie Irving R. Wiles; Albert Lynch, Peru; William 



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Dieterle,C'attle Drinking, $1,025; Edouard Detaille, 

 During the Maneuvers, $1,400; Clay, In the Chan- 

 nel, $1,275; Schenck, Sheep in a Storm, $1,250; 



Brymner, Canada; R. Harris, Canada; Homer 

 Watson, Canada; W. B. Bruce, Canada. Silver 

 Medals: George R. Barse, Jr.; Edward A. Bell; 



Cazin, The Chateau Farm, $1,700; De Neuville, Frank W. Benson; George H. Bogert; Robert B. 



Chasseur d'Afrique, $1,050; George Inness, Ma- 

 rine, $1,000; Jules Dupre, The Farmyard, $1,800; 

 Crome, Norwich River, $850. 



The Metropolitan Museum has acquired, 



Brandegee; F. A. Bridgman; J. G. Brown; W. 

 Gedney Bruce; Bryson Burroughs; Howard R. 

 Butler; Mary Cassatt; F. S. Church; Walter 

 Clark; B. West Clinedinst; Bruce Crane; C. C. 



through the liberality of a public-spirited citizen, Coleman; Louise Cox; Charles C. Curran; Elliott 



a portrait of Columbus usually called the Tal- Daingerfield; Arthur B. Davies; Charles H. 



ley rand portrait, because it has been for a hun- Davis; Henry G. Dearth; Robert C. Minor; 



dred years or more in the possession of that Thomas Moran; J. Francis Murphy; Leonard 



family. It bears a Latin inscription ending with Ochtman; Benjamin C. Porter; Charles S. Pearce; 



the words " Sebastianus Venetus fecit," indicat- Charles A. Platt ; Henry W. Ranger ; Robert Reid ; 



ing that it is the work of Sebastian Luciani, com- Albert P. Ryder; W. Elmer Schofield; R. V. V. 



monly called Sebastiano del Piombo, who was Sewell; Walter Shirlaw; Julian Story; Henry O. 



born at Venice (?) in 1485. As Columbus died in Tanner; C. Y. Turner; John H. Twachtman; R. 



Spain in 1500, and there seems to be no proof that W. Van Boskerck; Robert W. Vonnoh; Douglas 



he visited Venice before Sebastian left that city Volk, Henry O. Walker; Edwin Lord Weeks; 



for Rome, it could not have been painted from life. Louis P. Dessar; Charles M. Dewey; F. V. Du 



r the more than 70 alleged portraits of Columbus, Mond; Frank Duveneck; John J. Enneging; Ben 



not one is certainly traceable to a life sitting. Foster; Walter Gay; B. Swain Gifford; Robert 



ll-length portrait of William de Villiers, Henri; Albert Herter; William H. Howe; George 



mnt (.randison, by Van Dyck, which figured Inness, Jr.; John H. Johnston; Francis C. Jones; 



the Antwerp exhibition of the works of the William S. Kendall; William F. Kline; Wilton 



399, has been purchased by William Lockwood; Louis Loeb; Will H. Low; Dana 



\\ hitney, of New York, for $125,000, the high- Marsh; George W. Mavnard; W. L. Metcalf ; W. 



xrii P *- CC P ai( Y n America for a picture, excepting Whittredge; Walter L. Palmer, water-colors; JI. 



t was originally in the pos- B. Snell, water-colors; A. Sterner, water-colors; 



the Buckingham family, from whom it R. S. Turner, water-colors; L. F. Fuller, minia- 



to Lady Grey and to Jacob Herzog, of tures; L. C. Hills, miniatures; E. Dyonnet, Can- 



\ lenna who exhibited it in 1899. a da; E. Wyly Grier, Canada; J. Hammond, Can- 



noteworthy purchase is that of Tur- ada; Laura Mentz, Canada; J. W. Morrice, Can- 



ner s and Blue Lights, by Charles T. ada; M. R. Correa, Chile; Pedro Lira, Chile; J. E. 



if 1 * r ' POr !r i t0 ha 7 e paid for k 15 '- Harris ' Chile ; M - Pedr A - Keszka, Chile; L. Ro- 



the record price for a Turner manack, Cuba. Bronze Medals: Thomas Allen; 



-V e - rg T 11 P , aid heretofore W. V. Birney; H. S. Bisbing; Max Bohm; Joseph 



j?l ''T g v m i a *; f0 \ lh< Deckers, H. Boston; H. H. Breckenridge ; John B. Bristol: 



* m thc Pender 8 CarltonT. Chapman; Lockwood De Forest ; Maria 



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' Dewin g ' J ' H. Dolph ; Arthur W. Dow ; Edward 

 -Ship, and Dufner; C. Harry Eaton; George W. Edwards; 

 Scen J " W ' Finn ; Fr ^ nk F wler; Kenneth Frazier; 

 Frederick W. Freer; Henry B. Fuller; Gilbert 



