The morning times., 1896-05-24
Art and Artists.

Blanks for the first annual exhibition
OF the Washington Water Color Club, to
be given at the Cosmos Club, December
to 2 inclusive, have Eeen printed, and
can be had On application to Miss Lillian
Cook, at the. Cofcoran Schoo! of Art.
1t is the intentipn OF the society TO make
the first exhibition success, and to do
this they wish to have blanks distributed
among the artists before they leave the
city for the summer, so tbatthose wishing
to enter pictures may have plenty OF ume
to prepare them during vacation.
Only original works in water color,
pastel and black and white are eligible.
No collections will be made by the club and
all works must be scnt To Mr.. Dunbar's
studio, southwest corner OF seventeenth and
6 streets, on Friday and Saturday, No
vember 21 and %, from $50 u IN. to q
p. m.
No works will be received after p. m.
Oh Saturday, November 21. All works
| must be framed, and no oval frames VIII
be accepted.
Other rules governing the exhibition are
about the same as usual.
The annual exhibition and awarding of
prizes by the Corcoran School of Art will
| take place Wednesday, May 27. at 4:3O
p. m. Invitations have been issued To the
press and friends or the school only, and
VIII De Dy CdTuf i)bl
ton will be open 10 the public ON Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, at the rooms of
: the school. OIL Seventeenth street
Each competitor is allowed six dra W.
| ings, three from the antique and three from
life. Positions on the line are acquired
by drawing letters from box.
No name or mark OF any kind viii be
on the drawings to identify them, and the
, award will be made i'll a strictly impartial
manner
! Mr.. Henry MoSler aud Mr. william sar-
tain, both of New York, with Mr.. Henry
Thouron, a director OF the Pennsylvania
Academy OF Fine Arts, will compose the
jury of award. The prizes are medals
The first prize is a S1G0 medal with
medallion OF the late w. w Corcurau OF
one side and the name of the receiver and
purpose OF the award inCloSed in a wreath
, OF laurel on the other. The second prize
is a bronze medal of the same die and in
scription. Honorablei menti on will be
! given TO some OF the other drawings.
| Mr.. George Gibbs is engaged on illustra-
! tions for navy stories,'' by Charles Led
: yard Norton, and Above the Range by
! Theodnra r. Jenness, published by Wilde
! * Co. OF Boston. A series OF studies about
! the Capitol and White House for ''Once
d Week are also on the easel.
| NiSo iSiSy u. MING lbN SNhapt'ti buo IL
! Gently fitted up as studio the old church
at the corner OF Nineteenth and II streets
! northwest. The place was once used by
/ Mr.. Ellicott as 4 studio, W hen he made his
! statue OF Gen. Mcclellan. one thing espe.
! cially priced by Miss King is her model
! throne OF rough plankS. which was the
I property OF the late Thomas Hovenden
| when he did some work here a few years
ago.
She has in progress Il heroic statue OF
/ Sampson and a Idear study for a fountain.
/ Other ideal studies, besides several por-
trait busts, Will engage her during the
| summer. /. E. A.
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