| Show THE PAINTERS edwin A abbey has received a commission to paint an altar piece for the american church on the avenue de balma la paris denncy Ten ncy the well known portrait painter of portsmouth N II 11 has completed ap exceptionally fine life size oil portrait of commodore bt ephan deca tur the work s considered tho artists masterpiece henry the artist has just returned to this country after a stay of nine months in france and italy and bas gone to his summer home in the catskills where ho Is working hard lie intends to take a studio n new york city for the winter the death Is announced of abo well known landscape painter liana band router who was ft pupil of arnold and was recently awarded a gold medal for a picture purchased by the government of saxony and exhibited at the last dresden exhibition andars zorn the famous swedish artist threatened as be put it to some day present one of his pictures to the st louis museum of fine arts that was when he first visited the city several years ago the other day the picture arrived it Is of a woman and Is valued at oyer |