The Washington times., 1895-04-07
Exhibition of Washington Artists
at the Cosmos Club.
IT WILL OPEN TOMORROW
Oil Paintings, Water Colors, and Sculpture
Will Form the Attraction = Finishing
Touches Put Upon the Arrangements-It
Is Believed That This Years Salon Will
surpass ali Predecessors in Excellence.

The artists OF Washington were engaged
yesterday morning in giving the last re-
finemeHts to many of the beautiful works
which will be exhibited TO the public to-
morrow and several succeeding days at the
Cosmos Club. The reception rooms OF
the club have been transformed into q
gallery for the Fifth annual exhibition
of the Society of Washington Artists.
The pisces TO be exhibited. including
seventy nine. one hundred and sixty-two
OF which are paintings.
The artists appeared yesterday, both in
the capacity OF producers and critics, and
were high in praise or each others work,
being for the nonce a mutual admiration So
ciety. but it is only fair TO say that the
public on Monday will become willing MEM
bers OF that society.
Perhaps the first thing that strikes the
visitor is the absence of classical sketches,
and the next that great majority of tho
artists have treated subjects from this
country-p ortraits, landscapes and do
mestic groups. There are some exCep-
tions, of course.
Mr.. Walter Paris exhibits street from
Olu fOucu, NHlCD Is III COnlIdSJ
with scene from upper broadway by Mr..
Hermank viele: and the entrance 10 the
Grand Canal. Venice, by Lnoien Powell,
may be contr8sted with scene from the
upper Potomac. by w. w. Christmas.
There are two fine works essentially
classic-the Lady at Bath" Pompei.
by a. G. Whea ton. and the Wood
Nymphs." by Aiqsser
BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
The general opinion of the society is that
the exhibition this year will be superior to
any yet held, both in the variety of SUBJ
jects and the excellence OF the treatment.
This opinion, which is also that OF Mr..
Yiele, the secretary, viii be concurred in
generally.
1t is quite a difficult and ungracious
task to make determinations out OF this
array of splendid talent. II is one thing
to be impressed with the first suggestions
of a snowy picture and another TO Judge
tt by the canons of artistic criticism
The artists themselves were quite frank
in this latter department of criticism
yesterday, and while il is admitted THAI
everything in this years salon is far
above the ordinary merit, with nothing
OF the amateur in evidence, yet there are
some OF the pictures which are not per-
fections.
1t was a discussion OF family matters on
which ii would not do to enlighten the
public. II man likes picture, he viii
buy Just the same, no matter If an artist
who is naturally an exacting critic, per-
haps a hypercritic, thinks il does not come
up TO the exact mechanical requirement
Every purchaser does his own impress
sionist work and interprets TO suit himself
PICTURES HIGHLY PRAISED.
Pictures which received high praise
yesterday were those above mentioned, a
Bouquet OF OAK" by Max. Weyl; Little
Helen Margaret" by Miss Mathilda Niue
Gen: Portrait OF a Girl" by A. G.
Heaton; La Mere Babette,'' Mr.. Viele;
Return from the War" tmedaD Dieu-
donne; Gladys Constance HInckl ey,'
Robert Hinckiey; "Moonrise," James Henry
Moser; AT the Dock in East Gloucester
Weller; "'Susan B. Anthony" two portraits.
Uhl and CUTLERY; Return OF the Herring
Fleet Parker Mann; Portrait of Judge
Kelly" Macdonald; "Manon." water colors,
Helwick; "Darning," Miss Hanson; Sum
mer House, France" Miss Bean; "Minia-
lures on China" Schwaz.
Among the sculptures are a bust OF Will
liam Ordway Partridge by Dunbar; 'bas
relief" by Miss Alice Archer Sewall, and
a bust OF Frederick Douglass by W. G.
Hill.