The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07
AMONG OUR ARTISTS.

Mr.. s. Jerome Uhl has taken studio in the
finest new art building Of New York, the Sher-
wood, corner of Fifty-seventh street and Sixth
avenue. He proposes, however, only to divide
his time between this city and New York and
will therefore continue to occupy his studio in
Vernon Row. Mr.. Uhl already has several re-
munerative commissions for portraits in his
New York studio. His splendid coloring and
artistic setting of picture give him an envia-
BILE prestige.
Max Weyl has sold two of his choicest Adj
rondacks pictures, his summers work, to
Sefior Mendonqa, the Brazilian Minister. That
gentleman takes one of these choice works with
him to Brazil as q present to his brother and
the other to place in the Academy of Fine Arts
in his native country. connoisseur of varied
experience says of one of these pictures that he
regards it as quite equal to any OF the best
types of the modern French school. 1t con-
tains all of Weyl's most subtle touches and
most pleasing effects of color, with rare at
mosphere and reach of perspective. Its tone
also appeals to the imagination even where it
is most realistic in poetcal way that is charm
ing. We may as well wake up to the fact that
we have several gentlemen in our midst just
now who possess the artistic sense in high de-
gree, and Max Weyl is not one of the least, hut
rather one of the greatest of these. Some day
we shall all be glad that he left off selling jew
elry some years ago to paint pictures, II we are
not as appreciative now as we might be of his
talents.
One of the best places outside of a church to
spend quiet and profitable Sunday afternoon
is in the art gallery of our enterprising fellow
citizen, Mr.. Thomas Waggaman, at $500 o
street, West End, or (old-style) Georgetown.
His gallery has choice specimens of the modern
French masters on its walls, besides some rare
canVases furnished by our home talent r. n.
Brooke is represented by a characteristic
study of "Quiet Corner,n where a young
''culled pusson' scrapes out the cake pan with
evident satisfaction. 1t is good companion
piece of the "Pastoral Call' in the CorcOran
Gallery by the same pencil, while Max Weyl's
''Twilightn is one of his best specimens of work.
Another home artist, but seldom If ever eXcelled
| in water-color anywhere, Mr.. Holmes, has "Chi-
oggian Freight Boat of Venice" There are also a
half dozen family portraits on the walls painted
by Brooke, each one of which is not only arepre-
sentation of an individual, but an expression of
| ideal artistic work as well. In ceramics the
| gallery is unusually rich. When public as
| well as private art galleries in this city, with
| libraries and museums, open their doors on
! Sundays to those who have no opportunity to
| visit them other days of the week we shall
| have taken an advance step toward good morals
! and noble living, as we'll as affording opportu-
nifty to cultivate the best there is in an earnest
and striving man or woman Mr.. Waggaman
| Is a careful and discriminating collector. He is
most ably assisted in selecting and arranging
his pictures by his friend, Mr. r. N Brooke
Both these gentlemen afford every facility for
| information to those visiting Mr. Waggaman'f
charming home and gallery of which too much
cannot be said In the way of commendation
| From January to April Mr.. Waggaman's gal
lery is open on every Thursday, when tht
small fee of twenty-five cents is charged anC
devoted to deserving charities.