Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-13
| N LOCAL STUDIOS

assembled at the home OF Miss Juliet
Thompson last Tuesday evening and for
three hours worked from n model charming
enough 20 arouse the most indolent 20 A
/ state Of enthusiastic energy The club is
composed almost entirely OF young artists,
who are ambitious 10 distinguish them
| selves on the much-contested field Of Illus
tration. All sorts and conditions OF medium
are employed TO further their schemes:
artistic old costumes are dragged from an
cestral chests. and pretty girl friends who
are willing TO sacrifice their personal CONF
| fort In order 20 assist the interests Of art,
are all reruorselessly pressed into service.
So that with the facilities afforded. II sue
cess be not achieved, u Will surely not be
for lack of opportunities.
Mr.. Parker Mann has returned 10 his
! Charming home on Kalorama avenue. and
already has commenced work. using thu
great amount Of material collected during
| his travels abroad this summer. Of which
| he says: "Of course I went 70 Paris inst
| as every one does-and visited both salons.
Inc new one Is much the better. containing
| as IL does the finest and most representa-
tive work OF the worlds most representa-
tive artists the word representative mean
ing In this instance not name or previous
! reputation, but present work. Many OF
| the names on the catalogue have hardly
been heard Of before. and an entirely new
school OF art 10 slowly but surely coming
| up. Most of my summer was spent at
katwyk. on the coast Of Holland In CONF
| pany with MIR. Brooke. There was n most
! delightful little colony Of painters there
American, British and Dutch-and as can
easily be imagined. the scenery. Dutch
fishing boats and artistic people were press
ed into the service Of art
I'VE went all through Holland ana Rel
GUM, studying the collections Of Dutch old
masters. paying particular attention TO
| those In Amsterdam and The Hague. The
studios OF the Dutch masters Of the present
| day also occupied good deal OF Our time:
| among those We visited were Newhlus,
| kever Porgeuhail ami Offermans.
| During nay five months uip there were
probably not twenty days that IL did not
| rain, but in spite Of THIS the weather was
/ rot bad Tor painting many days I worked
| I'm wheeled bathing loN, with the rain
pouring on its rot, and the surf beating on
| its wheels ana threatening my complete
! slihmcrslun. Rich material for study was
| afforded 10y the arrival Of innum"rahle
rusty, Wgathor-slainei fShing boatS. with
! their rel and yellow sails. while crowds of
picturesque peasants gfeetrd their arrival
have accumulated great many studies
| q these subjects and q the nat interior
scenery. the munutony Of which r. broken
| by fantastic wind mills and pollard willows
| reflected I'm the placid canals and with pic
| ture~ine ships hitting along above the level
OF the 'iclis.'
An anecdote which Mr.. Mann relates with
| great enjoyment will give 20 those who are
not familiar With the trials and difficulties
| Under which art Is frequently pursued an
| idea OF the means lay which some OF our
| artists obtain their most successful subjects.
One charming little landscape painted.
! IL must be confessed, in rather slap-
dash fashion. came into existence under
| the following narrowing circumstances.
One bright day the artist started out fully
equipped for conquest and before long dis
covered "a perfectly ideal bit. which was
! fairly crying cut 10 lie painted" Naturally
the canvas umbrella. camp stool and other
paraphernalia came into immediate requisi-
tion as did also a big rain cloud which had
been hanging over the horizon. The picture
grew rapidly. the cloud did also, until,
when the little sketch had barely reached its
critical point. the rain came pouring down;
too deeply Interested TO stop, the artist
worked on, until aroused by a sinking
sensation" and discovered that the camp
stool upon which ne sat was developing a
startling disposition TO imbed itself in what
had become a good oid-fashioned mud pud-
die OF quite Respectable length and entirely
| unknown depJh. Righting il as best he could
the artist went on With his work. and the
rain continued to pour and the stool placid b.
| ~ continued 10 sink. The climax was
reached when the chair seat became inn
bedded i'm the mud. ana Mr.. Mann sat Turk
| fashion on IT, but the picture was finished,
| With several extra nourishes for better luck
next time
This is only one Of the many funny little
Incidents with which both Mr.. Brooke and
Mr.. Mann are just at present entertaining
their friends.
Mr.. c. f. Messer has finally settled down
TO hard work. and Is at present completely
overshedowed by several large canVases-
one Of which f. almost hig as the artist
himself. These are. one and all. being car
red on I'm n luxurious sort Of fashion: one
being dropped as soon as ID commences TO
be iiresome and another taken in its place.
In this way the freshness OF their concep-
ton and composition are efTectually TreserV-
conducted SbtaW Z ~
the slightest sign Of being overworke1. The
subjects vary all the way from a bit Of
| quiet meadow lard 10 storm-tossed pillows
and complicated figure studies. Unlike a
number Of other artists, Mr.. Messer does
not intend 10 employ the tempera colors TO
any extent, that Is. In his serious work.
However, he is still experimenting with
them. and with very successful results.
Mr.. waItmans friends viii be glad to
know that he has returned TO the city, and
will remain until about the LIST Of Novem-
Der; after which time he will establish a
permanent studio I'm New York. During the
past year he has been In Chicago-Wtnning
his way 10 artistic success with unusually
nattering results.
While fn Chicago Mr. Mailman Was q
member Of the Artists Club" a society
closely resembling in general character
cur own Society Of Washington Artists"
with this difference. that il owns a fine
club house. Ii Is to be hoped that within
a few years at the most our WASHINGTON
artists will have rooftree OF their own.
Ii would add very materially 10 their CONF
mon Interests. besides affording 10 in6t-
yiduals facilities for work and exhibition,
otherwise beyond reach.
Mr.. s. Jerome rhl spent his summer at
Chautauqua, where he worked all through
what, under ordinary circumstances, would
| have been his vacation. He returned 10
the city short time ago and is now I'm his
old studio In Vernon row, busy with what
promises TO be an unusually fine portrait
of Gen. Payne. He has several others "on
the way" and expects TO finish a number
more before going to New York, where, as
usual, he VIII spend part Of the winter.
Canvas umbrellas like overgrown mush-
rooms. dot the shores and Immediate vicinity
Of Rock creek during these lovely fall DAYS,
Under the umbrellas are found enthusiastic
art students. intent upon transferring the
beauties OF the scenery 20 their canvases.
The class, numbering some fifteen young
ladies' aud gentlemen. under the guardian
ship Of Mr.. Edwin l.amasure. has been
making little sketching excursions TO every
accessible nook and corner OF the District
during the past two months; so that the ex-
hibtion which Mr. Iamasure eyppcts TO