Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
ART NOTES.

Taking advantage of her present engage
ment in this city. Rhea, the popular actress. has
been sitting during the week for bust in terra
Gotta by Mr.. Uric Dunbar, the talented young
Washington sculptor, whose work in that line
| is beginning to attract the attention its merits
deserve. Mr.. Dunbar has lately made heads in
that material of his brother artists Wey and
Uhl that are marves OF artistic spirit Joined
to faithful portraiture; and not the least surprs-
ing part of the achievement lies in the fact that
the two busts last named were each the result
of a single sitting only. 1t ia extremely rare
that an artist is capable of doing much in so
short time. but where one Possesses that
faculty he is doubly fortunate. the best eff
forts in art are always secured in the white heat
OF first inspiration, when the supreme point can
be reached without interruption.
- To meet an often expressed desire in that
direction, arrangements are now in progress to
establish evening classes for drawing in the
Corcoran School Of Art, and the several rooms
! will be opened for that purpose as soon as tine
necessary appliances can be procured and put
In place. Already some twenty five pupils are
registered for evening instruction, and this
number will doubtless be augmented consider
ably in a short time after the opening, as the
facilities thus provided will accommodate quite
| a number, especially of young men, who are not
| able to avail themselves of the privileges af-
forded by the day classes.
- Miss Tiers, De Lancy Gill, Moser, and
possibly two or three other Washington artists
who paint in water colors have sent drawings to
tho exhibition of the New York Water Color
Club, which opens to the public next week
Miss Tiers has been quite an invalid for some
time past, and it is only lately that she has
been able to work. Her contributions are por-
trait OF German peasant boy and charming
little bit of still life
Finding that some real estate interests in
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Heaton has closed his studio here for the time
being, and will spend the next three or four
months in the Rocky mountain region. Al
| though Mr.. Heatons special work has been
portrait and figure painting, it is to be hoped
that the grand scenery surrounding his tenn
| porary home will 30 impress him that he may
bring back portfolio Of sketches and studies
portraylng at least portion Of Its available
material. Most of the scenery there is. how
ever, on such stupendous scale as to deter
| the efforts OF artists less ambitious than Bier
stadt or Hill.
! - The ninth autumn exhibition Of the Ma
tional Academy Of Design commences on Mon
| day, November a. and closes Saturday. Deem
Der 20. Pictures will be received at the acad-
envy up to November /, and the vanishing
days will be on Thursday and Friday, Novem-
Der 20 and 81.
Mr. J. @. Ward, who executed the Thomas
statue in this city, has received the commission
for an equestrian statue of Sheridan, upon
which he will at once commence work. Mr.
Wards latest statue is a sitting figure in bronze
| of Horace Greeley, lately (and unfortunately
| placed in the office doorway Of the New York
| Tribune.
Among the many new and attractive
| things to be seen at Fischer's art store is a
study-sketch in pastel colors, by Michetti, of
portion Of his famous painting 1.-The Process
| sion OF Corpus Christi" now owned by the
/ Italian government Although fragmentary in
| character, viewed with respec: TO the artist
| purpose in its execution, it is nevertheless an
| entirely satisfactory composition, including as
it does, the central figure in the procession and
| appropriate accessories. That it is remarkably
| vigorous in drawing and strong and rich In
color need not be said to those familiar with
! Michettl's work.
| y Max Weyl spent part Of August on the
Atlantic side of the eastern shore of Maryland,
and the month OF September-which is far the
pleasantest season of the year for that locality
in the more picturesque parts of the Adiron-
dacs. Each field proved strongly attractive.
| and from both he brought back considerable
material to be wrought into finished pictures
| during the winter. Already he has received
| orders for two of his Adirondac landscapes, and
| he is now engaged on bit of marshy seashore,
near Ocean City, that will probably be added
| to the collection of gentleman in Boston, to
which city it is to be sent when completed
I In commercial point Of view, the art
event Of the coming winter will doubtless be
the sale Of Mr. George l. Seney's collection OF
paintings, which is to take place in New York
some time in February. Mr.. Seney is liberal
and industrious gatherer of pictures. and as
his present collection is said to stand him
something like million dollars, its dispersion
will be pretty sure to bring together the prin-
cipai buyers Of the country. This is Mr..
Seney's second clearing out Of his galleries.
tho first taking place,-in consequence of finan-
cal reverses,-several years ago. and from ii
the COrcoran Gallery obtained The Helping
Hand" one of the most popular paintings in
its collection. What leads Mr.. Seney to this
step at the present time is not understood, but
the financial outcome of the first sale was so
successful that the experiment may be tried
again from purely speculative or commercial
motive. 1t may be, however, that it comes
from desire to form new collection, possibly
on somewhat different basis, which affords an
exhilaration both pleasant and profitable to u
connosseur who is able to select wisely and
buy to advantage. The sale is to be made by
the American Art Association, and large-paper
illustrated catalOg, to be sold for forty dollars
or Whereabouts, Is now in course OF prepara-
ton.