Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1890 — The Art Amateur for April- [ARTICLE]

The Art Amateur for April-

The Art Amateur for April gives evidence, in abundance, of the liberal policy which characterizes its management The proprietor evidently is determined to maintain its position as the first authority in this country in art matters, and spares no expense to attain that end. Its beautiful typography, the number aud excellence its illustrations, and the practical articles it contains each month make it a delight to every person of taste" and invaluable to the amateur Avorker ia art Water-color, oil and china painting, brass-hammering, wood-carv-ing, pen-drawing for book-illust-rating, crayon and charcoal drawing, and art-needlework are taught in it in the most lucid manner, illustrated with designs both in QOjtor and black-and-white. Certainly no woman who wants to make her house beautiful by artistic decoration and arrangement can afford to do without it. Indeed, all interested in art, whether as learners or connoisseurs, will find something in The Art Amateur suited to their needs. In the present number a new series of illustrated articles entitled “Art ai Home,” by the Rev. W. F. Lottie, is begun and will run through the year. The two color plates which accompany every number, and are worth much more than the price of the magazine, are, for April, “A Cottage Garden”—a charming little landscape —and a stack of “Easter Lilies” of exquisite delicacy. Price, 35 cents; $4 a year. MONTAGUE MARKS, Publisher, 23 Union Square, New York.