Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09

SALE which will be held in New York dur
ing the last week in May for the benefit
of the Cuban cause. It is understood that
William Ordway Partridge, the sculptor, is
active in promoting the affair, and paint
ings have been solicited from all quarters
The artists have been asked to loan pic
lures. and II SO inclined, to donate them,
and SO great is the sympathy which the
Cuban insurgents have excited everywhere
that large number of paintings will prob
ably be given outright
Miss Juliet Thompson has received from
the Atlanta exposition a certificate of hon.
orable mention and the bronze medal which
accompanies 1t. The medal was awarded
to her on the pastel called '1774," of
handsome young lady dressed in what was
the height of fashion of that time. Its
beauty Of color attracted considerable at
tention. and the picture was sold at the
cicSe OF the exposition. Through some sin
gular acknowledgement, which should re-
ceiVe investigation, the money for Ii has
never been sent to the artist and those in
charge seem TO be deaf to all inquiries
Miss Thompson is now busy with quite a
plumber Of portraits in pastel. In the like
ness Of the little son of Mr.. Blair Lee and
the portrait of Mrs. Mackay-Smiths little
girl she shows her aptitude in drawing
childrens faces. She has commenced por-
trait of Mrs. Mackay-Smith, and also one
i
Miss Jane Brigham Curtis has also re-
ceived bronze medal from Atlanta for her
work in pastel. The pictures which she
sent were exceedingly clever study OF
light called 'Diablerie," and "A Study of a
Spaniard." The latter was exhibited at the
Cosmos two years ago. and the easy pose
of the figure and the charm Of color in the
Tho collection of water colors that has
been on the walls of Veerhoff's gallery dur
Ing the week includes some very widely
differing themes and methods of treatment.
Thus, side by side with those typical quiet
colored English landscapes of Albert Bow
ers and Thos. Pyne. one sees such pictures
as the Italian pastoral scene by Gabani,
end the southern scenes with more vivid
coloring by De FranceschL One % the
most notable of these brilliantly colored
pictures is Spanish scene by Jimoni.
showing a group of villagers standing IN
one of those rough stone stairways which
do duty as streets in some of the hilly VII
lagos. The white houses with the purple
shadows and the glossy green of the cac-
tus which has caught root in the crannies
of the stone walls form a striking color
scheme. This exhibition will probably re-
main for some time longer. as there is
nothing else in view at present.
Those who visited the Art Loan exhibit
at the Wimodaughsis this week were amply
repaid by the interesting display both of
pictures and art curios The picture hold
ing the place of honor was the large paint
ing loaned by Mrs. Hearst-Isa5ey's La
Peche Royale" The rich garments of the
courtiers and of the fair ladies on the royal
ha piv he
exercise of the artists Incompatible skill
in coloring. and the same warm color is
carried out through the rest of the picture.
The action of the fishermen laboring with
the net they have just drawn ashore is
good, and the excellent grouping of such a
large number of figures shows the master
hand. Mrs. Hearst. has loaned two other
pictures from her fine collection-.'Le Che
min de fEcole." by Harpigny, and a paint
ing on mahogany panel by Franz Gras-
Sci, in which he has drawn and colored
with great delcacy several ducks sur
rounded by flock of fluffy little ducklings.
Among the pictures loaned by the artists
themselves the signatures of many of the
best-known men in the city were to be
found. Of the paintings by Parker Mann
his "Rynsburg, Holland" received the most
attention, and another scene from the
Netherlands was an excellent marine by
Mr.. r. N. Brooke, who showed also a pas
tel. Several good specimens of Max Weyrs
work in landscape were shown, and Mr.. f.
c. Messers widely different style ex-
emplifed in small, quiet landscape called
September" Mr.. Robert Hinckeys work
in portraiture found favor with all, and Mr..
l.. S. Brumidi's two portraits were also
well spoken of. In addition to these Mr..
Brumidi exhibited a number Of sketches,
in which one finds refreshing outdoor
feeling. Mr.. S. Jerome Uhrs Watermelon
Thief" is the sort of picture that touches
the popular fancy, and together with his
other work in landscape and figure paint
ing came in for its due share of praise
Both Hobart Nichols and Spencer Nichols
showed some of the delightful landscapes
for which they are we'll known. A sketch
in gouache by Spencer Nichols of the old
canal in Georgetown is sucn an exquisite
bit of color that though one feels hat he
has idealized the spot considerably. one
cannot help wishing that the place really
was as charming. r. LIE Grand Johnston
shows his gift for animal painting in his
sheep Pasture" and The Twins The
two specimens of sculpture exhibited
bust of Justice Strong and the head of an
old book peddler, were the work Of the tai
ented young artist Rudolph Evans. Mrs.
F. G. Doubleday exhibited several flower
and still-life pieces: Lucien Powell a num-
Der of his strongly handled landscapes;
Miss Juliet Thompson portrait: and Alice
Archer Sewall, William H. Collin, Carl
Rakeman, Hattie E.Burdette, Paul Grippe,
Wilhelmina Nichols and many others were
also we'll represented. A number of artists
showed miniatures. and in china painting
Miss Sue Buckingham and Mr.. A. l.. Jor-
dan exhibited some very good examples of :
their work. Indian curios. tapestries and
old laces were also in evidence, and the
rare Italian cabinet and the Copenhagen
jar placed upon it, both loaned by Mrs
Hearst, attracted considerable attention
Mrs. Sherman. Mrs. A H. Thompson and
Mrs. Harvey Kohr also loaned articles of
interest, which contributed to The success
Of the affair
Feminine Sprfnters.
From the New York Journal