Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-17
ART NOTES.


has made bust OF the late Senator Chandler.
The likeness IL said to be excellent
| - ST Louis has new association devoted 10
art and social matters christened .sThe Graphic
Club" OF which there are both male and female
members II starts OF with encouraging Bros
| poets.
| during the evening exhibitions of the Cor
/ coran Gallery, which closed for the season on
| Thursday evening last, the number OF persons
| who visited was 2 221 When it Is understood
| mat an admission fee is charged on these occa-
sions, and thss the Gallery is open TO the public
| free three days ia each week some idea can b.
| formed or the interest which the people OF
| washington are taking In the subject OF art
| No record OF the attendance was kept but
/ 1t Is estimated thst more than seven thousand
persons visited the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine arts on the first Sunday that institution
was THROWN open Tree to the public. As no
I property was destroyed or disturbed by the
crowd present, and as IT had no opportunity
| provoeation or desire to become intoxicated.
profaae, vulgar or noisy, it is hard TO see why
| Tree sunday art exhibitions are not to. be set
| down as good things
The critics seem to agree that Mr.. Sanford
r. Giffords two landscapes In the New York
Academy this spring are by odds the finest pic
| lures In the exhibition. One represents the
| Parthenon, the other the Matterhorn. and both
are strongly marked by the delicacy OF coucep-
ton ana refinement or execution which cnarac-
| ter1Se all the work that comes from his easel
| Indeed. I'm these qualities. and In his capacity
| 1t may be doubted whether Mr.. Clifford has ever
been excelled Next to Mt. Gifford's. Mr.. J. h.
| Brlstol's landscapes appear TO be regarded as
the best.
Mr. E. f. Andrews has received a commits
| SIGN to paint for the White House the portraits
| of the Only two Presidents not now represented
in the collection there-Buchanan and Andrew
Johnson. A Photograph by Brady must give
the artist the like eSs o. the latter, no olher
| picture or him I been found; but for Mr.
| Buchanans port a miniature will be used
| which is owned By mis- niece, MIS-. Harriet Lane
Johnson, of Baltimore, who was the presiding
| lady at the White House when her uncle Lived
| there. This miniature is considered the best
likeness of Mr.. Buchanan. 1t is suggested
| that the portraits OF the ladies who have pre-
sided at the White House ought also to adora
| its walls, but this idea Will probably never be
carried out. Mrs. Tyler's picture is there now,
| also one OF Martha Washington who. how
| ever. never lived In the White House.
The novel enterprise OF erecting a monu-
ment to Adam up In Elmira, seems 10 be pro-
| crossing favoraely, and there is now every rea-
son TO believe that the idea will be carried out
1t has already gone 80 far that Mr.. Bailly. the
| well known sculptor OF Philadelphia has sent
| fOrW ard model for the statue which has been
we'll received and really seems TO be merito,-
ious work OF art. The figure is nude, but its
treatment is said to be so artistic and delicate
that the erect OF nakedness is entirely lost. Our
famous ancestor Is represented as sitting upon
rock, round which vine Is turning. and, as
the muscles OF the legs show, is Just about rS-
ing; the hands are thrown out, themselves ex-
pressing establishment, surprise and animation.
and the head and face are strong. distinct and
| peculiar. NO one, an enthusiastic writer who
has seen II assures us. needs TO be told that the
form is meant for Adam, or that he has just
awakened and Is gazing for the first time on
| Eve"
| While, so far as we know. only three Ameri-
| can artists send pictures TO the Royal Academy
| exhibition now open in London. no less than
| seventy OF our cOuntrymen will be represented
on the walls OF the Paris Salon. Mr.. Gilbert
l MunDpr sends fhrao
paintings one OF which represents Cornwall
coast view, and another a scene In Utah, show
Ing ITS opposite, rich dreamy effect Of color
| and atmosphere Mr. BOughton also sends three
| paintings and Mr.. Ernest Parton TO whom the
| Academy paid the compliment Of buying the
first picture he exhibited there, will likewise be
| represented, but as yet we have not seen the
subjects chosen by these two artists Indicated
Among the more prominent of the American
Bridgman, Edwin Blashfield. Henry Bacon. John
| S. Sargent, Elizabeth Gardner W. p. w Dana
ID. X. Knight, chester Loomis, E. l. Meeks, W.
II. Hiliard. Frank Moss, E II. May, stephen H.
Parker, E. C. Dubois, Katharine Greatorex,
Helen Corson, A. j. Heaton and j. E Gregory
1t does not appear that any of the American
colony Will be represented by work OF import
aHce.
The late Asa Packer is to be honored with
a statue.-a life size figure in bronze, which is
to be erected In Lehigh University grounds at
Bethlehem. Pa. Commenting on this fact an
exchange remarks that such memorial is not
needed, since the educational institution be
| SO royalty endowed will always stand as Mr..
Packers best and sufficient monument. In one
sense this is true. Nothing that art can do can
increase the fame or enhance the glory OF the
real benefactors OF mankind. Nevertheless. the
form and lineamentS OF all such should be faith
fully preserved In imperishable material, as Is
proposed in the case of Mr.. Packer, not alone
as partial expression OF contemporary affection
and gratitude, but In order that poSterity may
Know something OF the mien and port OF the
worlds great nObiemen who have gone before
In the same spirit 1t may be said that Mr.. Cor
, | coran needs no monument in Washington.
Neither he does; but does any body believe that
. many years will be allowed to pass before heI
grateful people will erect his statue on one OF
, her many beautiful ana appropriate sites? And
this when done. VIII be, as Ii should be, not sc
. much a memorial OF him as a lasting testimo
! NAL OF their own deep obligation and and SIN
| Cere regard.
As has already been stated In The STAR.
the reception given by the Art Club last Mon
day evening was most charming aud success
| full affair. whether viewed in a social or al
! | aesthetic sense. III the members OF the Clut
were gratificd, as they had reason to be- with
the number and character of their guests, the
| visitors must have been on the other hand
| equally surprised and delighted by the very
handsome and creditable exhibit displayed on
the walls Of the reception rooms Nearly ii
not quite all the membe'S at present In the city
| were represented there by something. and many
of them bad several works on exhibition. Per-
haps the most important canvas was the almost
rews. Fl Tci t tat artists capacity to portray
the delicate ard refined elements of splituelle
| beauty is well displayed. In form. expression
| and color, 1t seems to be all that could be Ge-
. | sired. Very pleasing, too. in every sense was
his family group, although still needing It's
finishing touches Mr.. Messer, 'tender and
! true exhibited two landscapes, the smaller OF
! which, view in Oxen Run valley,-is
, full OF fine feeling and wonderfully
| faithful to nature. The larger Virginia land
scape is less satisfactory, largely from the fact
| that IL Is yet unf1niShed,-a circumstance
; always sure to put an artist at a dlSadv Antage
} before the public. Two Hover pieces by Miss
Lockwood show her to be not only a faithful
! student but also competent interpreter OF
l | nature In her sweetest moods. Two large land
Scapes and a number OF small studies and
| sketches by Mr.. Hillyer show not only great
industry on the part OF that artist, but decided
l | progress as Well Several Of his smaller pieces
! | especially bit Of coast view on the CheSa-
: | peake-are marked illustrations on the latter
point, and are to our mind the best things We
have yet seen from his easel. Although calling
! himself only an amateur, we believe, Mr.. March
. | shows qualities In his portrait, and especially
effects In color, which would do credit to an old
| professional. In the same direction Mr.. Miller
, | must, we think, have surprised his friends.
They long since knew of hts masterful hand
| with the crayOn, but few OF them we SuS-
| pect, thought him capable OF such results In
| oil as he has produced In the sweet por-
| trait OF his daughter. Mrs. Colburn illustrates