The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-11
MIR. wAGGAMAN's ART GA11ERy
Ihc Annual Opening and "a Reception to
the Art Students, Ieapne

INC annual Opening and Reception to
the Art Students League.
The annual opening of Mr. Thomas T.. Wag-
gaman's art gallery, $500 o street, on Tuesday
afternoon, attracted some four hundred visitors,
the occasion being reception to the Art Stu
dents League. Mr.. Waggaman's object in
rendering this handsome entertainment TO the
league was to attest his interest as a public-
spirited citizen in the cause of art instruction.
and to put students and artists in sympathy
with his collection, which is already and destined
to be still more, factor toward that end. He
turned the matter of extending the invitations
over entirely to the league and reception com
mlttee, which was composed of Mrs. Dr. Gal
laudet, Misses Tones, Solomons, Sands, Brooks.
Tiers, and Perrie, and Messrs. Holmes, Messer,
Brooke, Weyl, Macdonald, Uhl, Gill, and Chiffon.
Great surprise was expressed by those who
had not seen the gallery since the opening in
1888 at the improvements, amounting almost
TO transformation, since that time. Many i'm
portant canvases have been added since notably
recent purchase, ''The Close of Day,, by Mil
let: one of the artists best known works
Another new one is ''The Hague,n bv Jacob
Morris, the first of modern Dutch landscape
artlsts. ai space fails to describe all the add-
tions, among which are many fine water colors
in the new gallery in the basement But the
greatest addition to this collection are the cases
containing the studies in water color charcoal
pen and ink, and sanguine by members of the
league Nothing but praise was heard on every
hand by those who hitherto had but vague
idea OF the nature of the league or what it set
out to do.
The Art Students League exhibition, on the
third floor, was an impromptu affair that
did them great credit. There were forty
water colors and twentv-four paintings in oil
in this creditable exhibit Miss Perrie had an
apdmirably true but spirited portrait, ga
Reyerie," with several excellent studies of
heads in oil. Miss Solomon contributed fine
landscape, "From Analostan Causeway.
Several striking landscapes and other studies
IN water color by Miss Tiers, portrait heads in
OIL, testify to this young artists talent There
was very creditable head in black and white
byM1ss Tones; Miss Van Stosch had five heads in
black and white, showing a refined interpre-
tation of character. Miss Hill contributed
chlld's head with great individual charm: Mr.
Chllton, admirable studies of kitchen property
Miss Sands and Miss Chapman, clever studies
In black and white and pen and ink.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs. j.
W. Foster, Mrs. and Miss Bigelow, Mr.. and
Mrs and Miss Blount Mrs. Judge Bennett Mr..
ana Mrs >. W. Powell, Mr.. and Mrs. Moser,
Mr.. Ulke. Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. Bryan, Miss
Cynthia Cleveland, Miss Decca and Mrs. John
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ffoulke, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Wilson, Miss Nicolay, the Misses
Myers, Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. Bryan, Judge and
Mrs. Shellabarger, Mr.. and Mrs Beriah Wilkins.
Professor and Mrs. Newcomb, the Misses Gal
laudet, Bishop Kean, the Misses Window. Mr..
Mendonca, Admiral and Mrs Franklin. Mr..
Nicolay, DIR. S. Burnett, Mrs Hoge. Mrs.
Doubleday, and Miss Walker A collation.
was served in the dining-room.