Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21

ways. boats. with pieces of sail cloth
spread over them, and the like.
Mr.. j. III. Moser mas returned from En-
rope and will remain in West Cornwall,
Conn, until the LIST of January WHOM ne
expects to open a~etudo here. He work
ed hard all summer, and brought back a
great many water colcrs, most of which
were painted in Germany. After a short
stay at Freiburs, a small town near Bres-
TAU, he pushed on to Bohemian. where he
spent what he considers the busiest six
weeks ne ever Knew. A. this place an old
ruined castle rises from the summit of a
NH ana about 1t nestle the picturesque
reo-roofed houses of the village. He found
the pafntable material well nigh inex-
haustible. and made the best of his time
oy working from morning till night Since
Mr. Moser's return 10 this country Prof
NieDIey er, who has charge of the ART de-
partment at Yale, looked over his portfolio
OF sketches. and. besides commencing the
Gnality and the choice of subjects remark
ed upon the great quantity of good work
which he succeeded in doing in short
time The secret of Mr.. Moser's accom-
pIlshlng so much is In the fact that though
II was his first trip abroad he did lirr1a
sightseeing, and devoted himself more To
MS work. However. he did not neglect his
opportunities for seeing good paintings and
LOOK IN the Paris salons and the interua-
uonal art exposition at Berlin as we'll as
IN galleries in all the larger cities in Ger
many and Holland. Among the old masters
ne was very much struck with the naive
siinpicity or Botticelli, but so far as pure
~ modern work goes he has come TO The
conclusion that our own galleries Tho
metro politan Museum, in New York: Nal
ter s. In Baltimore. and the Corcoran Art
o uaii cry mere, compare very favorably with
all the galleries that he has seen abroad
except the Luxembourg. in Paris
Mr.. Richard y. Brooke has returned 70
the CITY from his home, in Warrcnton.
Va, where he has been for some months.
A very fine Troyon. which was in the
loan collection at the Chicago fair. is now
on exhibition IL the rear gallery AT FIsch-
tr's. 1t is larger than most Of the works
OF the great cattle PAINTER. and contains a
number OF animals. All the interest how
ever, is centered in the white COW browsing
In the foreground, and everything else has
eeen Kept in allegiance. In the dra wing ard
anatomy there is coasummate skill. and
even sach thirPs as the rough texture Of
the animals hide shows the result OF close
observation and mastery te, Unique While
nothing could be further from servile imi-
tation than this painting is. the action is
so natural that the COW seems a living.
breathing reality, and every touch stamps
the painting the work of a master
There is also on exhibition a small paint
ing by W. S. Many, NhiCh is full OF artistic
feeling.
Mr.. Clary Raw. who returned from Paris
in the summer, has been doing little beside
portrait work in the rather limited time
which he has for painting. He is now plan
Ing to execute a large full length portrait.
While studying in Paris he devoted himself
almost entirely to painting in oil. and did
very little work in any other medium. One
of the canvases which he made there was
painted at sunset, looking up the Seine to-
ward the Trocadero. and it is a fine color
study.