

FIXK. AKTS IN 1897. 



Pi;. ivannes was r*-ele i--nt. 



ami the foil. .win- as hea 



tin. Hull. Ii*iiiinl. Montenard, 



Math.-y. InjaiU'rt.Ik- Baudot, Courtoia, and Fiiant. 



Ain-'.tu' the l.i- i.iu-d was 



I de Villr. entitled 



,1, l;,ui . .-anlr. It represent* Ihe 



lake of the Bob de Boulogne in the -ilnu hours, 



I a Miliiinle mlncned nl\ by tin- great 



I ,v more across its water-, tin- tran- 



|il Mirfaoe of which reflects the sweetness of the 

 skv am! the number green of I he leaves about to 

 fail. 



< Tuilcrie-" is another d 

 oanva same building, by M< ut.-nanl. a lit 



mtr> in the Mm. The same arti-t exhibited 



* Bade de Marseille," for the palace of UM French 



:iiuiiii.|ile. representing the rwad- 



'! nii: with na\al lift>. 



. aiiiither deco rat ive panel is tin- Autumn*- " 



.' Meuard. a beautiful quiet landscape, with 



- of the setting sun 



abore distant hills, r : u r r-.-u ami i^-id rc- 



fleeted in the amp! ndim; throu-h the 



(lain. The ]oa fui - vue is enliven, d l.y figures 

 in (I; ,:i 1. 



i Fin ! la Journee." by I/IIermitte. is one of 

 the Strongest efforts of this artist, a picture likely 

 to grow as it is studied. [ t b a dmpie oompodtion, 

 representing a young woman standing in the mad. 

 leaning upon a long staff and turning to speak to 

 ui hs who are reclining <n the grass. In the 

 background is a chateau with a square gateway. 

 through which the cows she has driven home are 

 atmut to pass. 



The largest picture in the exhibit i<m wa 

 M Ia Di-tribuiion d-s Kccompens. -s an Palais de 

 I'lndustrie <Fxpo-ition rniver-ellei." A- th 

 position took place in 1889, it must have been a long 



ti painting. It was, of course, ordered by the 

 Government. 



Another large canvas, by Dubufe. intruded for 

 the library of the BorbODBO, is entitled " Kt Scicii- 

 tiaqi -.serit!" It is an attempt at alle- 



il decoration and has the u-ual figures seated 

 on clouds, but is unintelligible without a descrip- 



fcOC IVouv.". l.i Via," for the staircase of the 

 Mairie at Issy-les-Moulineatix. is a lmg landscape 

 with a group of lovers and dancing peasant ^irl> on 

 -ry continued through the family 

 group in the center to that where the lovers appear 

 as grandparents on the left. The picture, ti. 

 decorative, has a human interest and is warmly < ol- 

 00 i. 



.lus-Dur.in was r.-plend-iit. as usual, with 

 several portr.ut of Parisian ladies j M rich cost urn* -. 

 II \hiliited also some small but pleasing land- 

 scapes and several pictures of still life. 



Cawn sent seven landscapes and F. Thaulow, an 

 artist who is rapidly coining to the front, as many. 



ParU: UatellaneoBft. At the sale of the 

 Lagarde collection, in January, 141.000 f: 

 was realized. The best prices obtained were: 

 Oofot, - I/fcun- d- V.He.,i l ..\ 

 bigny. \A* Uveusee," 29,100; trovon, -Chi.-ns 

 Eooaiais.' I 



The sale nry Vever collection, in Janu- 



ary, brought a total francs. AIIIOM- the 



best prices obtained were: Corot, " Furydicc |,|, ... 

 ee>r 88.900; - I. \ ' - . 82,000; rhemin 



': "Vjmphe conchce an bnnl de 

 la Mer.".TO.M: " Ix> La/-." ir,.CKK : Ville-:' 

 ray." 85.00 I Dnbignj, " Les bords de roise." 78,- 



"iuj;ht for Am.-ri.-a-. tli- h:_'hi-.t pri<-,- 

 obtained for a Daubicny. Millet. "Female au 

 Poito," pastel, 27,000 ; " Les Puiseuses d'Eau," cray- 



IOJMMX Meissonier. " I.e P.-jeum-r." 

 i'Ktat-major en ( H.-.-rvat ion. 



TllTaum-.' 



500. Claude MOIII-I. "r..nt d'Aru'cntcuil." ^l.-'UKI 

 in 18^ e," rj.ndii; 



JIM- de Veri.on." rJ,(MM>. luvi> de I lia- 

 . Ludu ." rt -din-lion of the . 



ajwo. 



f the collection of drawinirs. watei- 

 OW, and pa-i. N ! -Ion -mi: to t he late brothci> ( i<>n 

 court, in Fcliruai . 



The sale of the collection .f M. van i. n Kyndc 

 brought several good prices: Daubigny, !.< 



rot, Paysage," !;.- 

 500; I.-.-amp-. " Mar- hands Annrni.-n 



I Colivul-; 



200: " I. ion ct Caiman." IS.IKMI; Th. 

 lagnes d'A.n. 



Jooei 



I. Ion : i;o\.il \,.i.l. n,\. , .oimcil ,,f the 



IIo\al A-a'lem\ !>! l^'.'I is male ii|> a-> follows; 

 Alma-Tadeina. Stone, Luke Fild- >. J. W, 



rhoUSe, <>i,vl,,w l-'..nl. ||am Thoriiycralt. .1. 

 . II. II. Arm^lcad. (i. II. I ioiii:hli>n. and 

 \\ . P.. liichmond. The la>t li\ n.-w mem- 



bers of the council, Messr-. I'.ou-liton and Ki h- 

 niond being newly elected academicians. .1. S. 

 :it a No wa^ elected an academician and Al- 

 fred Parson^ ami J. .1. Shannon associate-. 

 The twenty-eighth annual winter exhibition was 



devoted to the Works of the late president. ! 

 Leiu'htoi). covering a period of nearly half a < -eii- 

 tury. Mo-t noticed among them w'-re tin- 

 "Cimabue's Madonna carried through Flop 

 painted in is.Vl. no\\ owned by the (Jnccii ; the 

 * lloim-o ami .hiliet," painted in 1*"> S : tin- " I>aph- 

 nephoria." in ix?(>; and of his other picture 

 tween isTOaiid IMSO. |,js |,,M i.eHod. th,- Summer 

 .Moon." " Ku'.vptian Slinger." M Mntio 

 tique Juggling (Jirl," " Windinu' the skein." 



and portrait of Sir Kichard Hurton. 

 His later works, excepting, perhaps, the Flaming 

 June" and the "Clylie." his last work, are marked 

 by an OTerelaboratk>o which grew upon him yearly. 



The one hundred and twenty-ninth BUmmei 

 hibitioti was particularly noticeal'le by the absence 

 of works by the late presidents, Lord L. iuliton ami 

 Sir John MillaN. who-e picture- wen- 

 marked a feature. The present president. Sir .1. L 

 I'oynter. sent two pictures. "The Message" and 

 "Phyllis." The former n-pn-ents two Ki.man 

 maid'ens leaning on a balcony overlooking a |iiay. 

 alongside of which i- a boat, of which only t lie 

 ma-t and cordage is seen, from which a \ 

 mariner is leaning to hand one of them a l< 

 The liackgronnd shows a range of bla'-k marble 

 columns leading up to a temple. The other | i<-t urc 

 i- the Phyllis of Horace, whom the poet invn 

 come and spend the day with him in honor : 

 cenas. The nymph is nylj crowning herself with 



ivy under an ovcr-preadin'g live and admirii. 



in a hand mirror. 

 G. II. Koiiu'htoir> "After Midnight Ma-s. Fif- 



ll- tPops of Wol-llipers 



otn-aming out' of chur<-li after midni^lit ma 



Snow is n the ground, and torch 



is li^'ht the way fora noble lady in pink and 



ermir rain is borne by pages. On the left 



people have drawn to on. e tin- train pass 



by. This picture sold for 'Jl.. 



"In Time of Peril." by F. lilair Li-ighton. is a 



from mcdia-val times, showing fugitives from 



danger seeking n-futre in a monastery. A boat. 



-talwart oarsmen and containing u 



knight in chain armor, a lady, two children, and 



household treasures, has stopped alongside of 



