The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-06
WOMEN WHO PAINT.
THEY MAKE A GOOD SHOWING IN
THE ARTISTS EXHIBITION
'Twenty-six Whose Pictures Were Ao-
cepted, and Will Be on View To-
Morrow-Many Good Pictures by the
Best Known Artists of the City.

The general public hears little of the Wash
ington women artists, of whom there are
several whose talents undoubted There are
six young women connected with the Art
Students League, beside Mrs. E. M. Gal
laudet, second vce-president, and Mrs. Her
bert r. Hessaler, secretary. These are Miss
A. E. Solomous Miss Margaret Tones, Miss
Bertha E. Perrie, Miss Mathilda Meuden, Miss
Elizabeth Wipship, and Miss Anna NJ. Sands.
All of these ladies do good work, and devote
themselves at much sacrifice Of personal ease,
and without hope of further reward than the
success OF the league, to the enterprises that
tend to give it permanency and efficiency
Before speaking Of these and others whose
fame is growing, it will be best to mention
those ladies counted worthy to appear as ex-
hibitors in the Society Of Washington Artists
in the exhibition to open tomorrow in the
Woodward & Lothrop gallery.
There are twepty-siX women artists who will
be represented in this exhibition. The work
displayed is mostly in water colors, embracing
every subject from an ideal head to dainty
bunch OF violets In glass of clear water. All
of these pictures had to run the gauntlet of
a technical committee, hence 1t is to be seen
these younger women are ambitiously push
ing to the front with good deal of promise
for the future. There is much to commend
in all their pictures as specimens of serious
work, but some of the collection are worthy
of special mention. Miss Bertha Perrie is
represented by nine subjects, mostly studies
made In Gloucester Mass, all of merit. Miss
Mary Tiers has two fine heads and some i'm
portant still-life pieces. Mrs Anna E.
Hoyle has pastels and portrait. Mrs 9.
Adele Fassett reappears, after long retire.
ment, with several specimens of portrature in
her well-known style. Miss Grace Sinsabough
has several very fine specimens Of flower
painting; while Mrs. Smith, Miss Chapman,
Miss Walter, Miss Bartle, Mrs. Parsons, Miss
Chase are represented by very good work,
calculated to help sustain the growing repu-
tation of women in art. Miss Perrie, it will
be remembered, took the prize for the best
water color in the Washington Society exhibit
last year. She is tiny little woman, scarce
larger than a child of twelve summers, but
one who draws and paints with a strong,
masterful touch.
Miss Mary Tiers is young woman OF means,
an industrious worker, and good colorist.
Her still-life studies are considered by good
judges to be very superior. Miss Tiers is tall
and distinguished in appearance. She has
pretty little studio of her own at the top of
her residence on Rhode Island avenue, but
she does not spend all her time at her easel
She can ride across country with the best, and
is very popular in society.
Miss Mary Irwin Wright is a Washingtonian
by birth, who has already made considerable
on Capitol Hill. She etches, or draws In black
and white, head and tail pieces for the Gen.
tury, ST. Nicholas and other magazines; has
even found market in London with Ernest
Wister while abroad. She also works in pas
tells and water colors. She commenced to
study art in the Academy of Design in Cincin-
natl, taking the four years. course-being the
youngest pupil who ever took a diploma in
that school. When quite a young girl, her
health having failed her friends took her out
nf md ynt1f hnr IN fhn 10
"amuse her" 1t proved to be just what she
needed. She liked the work, and was so
happy doing it that she got we'll without
other prescription. She on coming here,
readily found work to do in the Ethnologicai
Bureau, connected with the Smithsonian In
.stitution. Her work was drawing Indian i'm
plements and tools. She prepared some of
the drawings sent from the Smithsonian to
the Centennial in Cincinnati a few years ago.
They were fine as steel engravings and illus
trated various objects in the institution. She
has been student in the Art League of
Washington and New York with Mr.. Kenyon
Cox and Mr.. e. II. Blashfeld. Miss Wright
lives with her people in the pretty suburb Of
Brooklyn, ID. G.
Miss Winship was born in Philadelphia.
Her father was a paymaster in the regular
army. She was a pupil of the Messer Art
School, of the Art League, and of Mr.. Gill,
water colorlst. Miss Winship has already
made numerous pictures that are credit to
her artistic skill. She has also, though quite
young, been called upon, professionally, to
select furniture for and furnish artistically
several fine residences in Washington. She
does fine pen and ink drawing, and has work
to do for some Of the departments of the
Smithsonian on order. Her modest little
home on Riggs street is vine wreathed, and
her studio is on the second floor facing north.
1t is very cosy and artistically inviting, and
its mistress is charming young woman.
Miss Helen Nicolay, daughter of Mr. Nco-
lay, one of the Lincoln historians, is an only
child, but by no means spoiled. She inherits
genius from her gifted father. Her studio is
on the north side of her fathers house. Many
evidences OF this talented young woman's
handiwork adorn the walls. She is especially
happy In marine views. She studied first In
Mr.. Messer's Art School, and on going to New
York with J. w. Champney.
Miss l.. H. NJ. Palmer is conceded by all the
artists In Washington to be one of the most
gifted of studentsin delineating animal life with
Yigor and expression. She is not only pictur-
esque in portraiture, but anatomically cor
rect Miss Palmer's family and friends all
say that from early girlhood she manifested
an unusual admiration for animals. Yir-
ginian by birth, living in the country town of
Vienna when child, she would often be
missed, and would usually be found in field
watching the gambols OF calves, sheep, or