Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
ART NOTES.

ART NOTES.
mat the artists of Washington are indie
faugabiy plying brushes and palettes is ap-
| parent from letters received from almost
every part OF Europe and the United States
Where temporary quarters have been estab-
lshed by members of the local fraternity.
4. r. Andrews has. during the past
month made an extensive tour of the CON-
tinent, gathering material for future work.
AT present he is in Switzerland, where he
VIII stay until the 18th instant, at which
Time ne Will return to Paris and Join a
little party OF students from the Corcoran
ART school and accompany them in a trip
UP the Rhine. stopping en- route at various
points of historical interest, and reaching
Southampton about September Is, when the
entire party will take passage for the
homeward voyage
Miss Trimble and Miss Helen Smith are
touring through Switzerland, in search of
the picturesque, and their written descrip-
tons of scenes and situations encountered
during their travels are proving a source
OF intense amusement and pleasure to their
home friends and fellow students.
Miss Minnigerode has established herself
In pleasant quarters near Paris, and ID
studying under several of the most cele-
brated French masters of painting.
artistic paraphernalia to Gloucester Mass,
and his studio there Is one of the most
elaborate In the art colony which has made
the little seacoast town famous as a sum-
mer resort for members of the profession.
Contrary to his usual custom. Mr.. Mann is
working almost exclusively in oil colors,
and expects to have enough material for an
exhibition early in the winter. The artist
Abbott Thayer will before long make q
short visit to Gloucester for the purpose of
painting portrait of Miss Balastier, and
during his stay will share Mr.. Mann's
studio.
dents Of the art village are Child Has
sam, De Haas, the famous marine painter,
and Rhen. who has an ideal summer stu
do, which he visits annually, and where
much Of his most valuable material is Sc
cured.
Herman K. Viele is delightfully."- situated
just outside the town, and Miss Sara N.
Bartle is pleasantly located and busily en-
gagged on a number of miniature portraits.
From the eighty canvases submitted to
the committee in charge of arrangem ents
for paintings to be sent to the Atlanta
exposition as representative of Washing
ton art but thirty were accepted, the small
number being due in part to the somewhat
limited space allotted for their accommo-
dation in the section devoted 10 art
An-cng the larger canvases were E. +. An
drews portrait Of Dolly Madison that for
a time occupied place in the east loom
of the White House; a fine life-szed por-
a striking and wholly characteristic study
of sheep, by r. N. Brooke, and several Of
Max Weyrs most effective landscapes.
U. s. ]. Dunbar Is the only sculptor in the
city who will exhibit. His contribution will
be large, and includes several of his recent
and most successful portrait busts and the
life-sized figure Of Grief" which attracted
such favorable notice during the last Co.'S
mos exhibition.
S. Jerome Uhl is spending his summer
In the west where he Is engaged on num-
Der Of large portraits.
Harold Macdonald has recently finished
government commission for portrait to
be placed in the Supreme Court, and Is at
present engaged on several canvases OF
unusual interest and merit, which will be
used next winter by the artist for exnibi-
ton purposes.
In addition to making preparations for
Temporarily closing his studio, MT. Dunbar
has recently modelled number Of lifs-sized
figures that will form a part Of the collec-
ton sent by the bureau of ethnology to
the Atlanta exposition. and has put finish
ing touches to the portrait bust OF Mr. H.
the state house at st. Paul. for which
city Mr.. Dunbar left last Thursday. ex-
pecting to remain until late in October.
Richard B. Gruelle, prominent artist
from Indianapolis, is spending short time
In Washington for the purpose of making
a series of water color studies Of scenery
in and about the city.
Miss katharine Chapman has finished the
portraits upon which she has been en-
gagged of Mrs. r. C. Fellows little daugh-
ter and Mrs. e. NJ. Davis. and will leave
tomorrow with a number Of friends for
an extensive trip north, from which she
will not return until the latter part of o.
tober.
Miss s. w Kelly left the city last Thurs
day for a trip to the mountains for the
purpose of sketching from nature. OF her
recent work life-sized portrait Of Cardi-
nal Gibbons is one Of the most successful.
and before long the canvas will be placed
on exhibition.
Mrs. c. T. Parker is working on an in
teresting series of illustrations. which are
to be used in several new publications, by
popular authors.
The work of renovation is still going on
in the Corcoran Gallery. and when the
building is again thrown open. 1t will plain
ly show the effects of its recent overhaul
ing and freshening up. Each painting has
direction OF DR.. Barbarin. The marble
statues and casts have been cleansed OF
every vestige Of dust and stain. The fur
niture has been oiled and polished. and
examined and placed in perfect condition
for the evening receptions next winter. Al
though the work Is almost completed the
gallery will rem ain closed until the 18th OF
September, after which time II VIII DO
opened usual
In addition to working on several import
ant commissions. LIE Grand Johnston is
engaged on a series OF decorative motives
that are to be used in the government
building at the Atlanta exposition.
Hobart Nichols is devoting much of his
time to figure work, his success In that
line last winter encouraging him to more
serious efforts than ever before, and 1t IL
probable that his next exhibition will con-
tain a greater and more interesting va
rIety of subject matter than any previous
one given by the artist
Why She Didn't Come.
From the Cincinnati Tribune
He" Ny laws, Lucy! where were you?
The babies have been crying for three
hours"