Evening star., 1896-02-29
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ART AND AR IT S S

to see the original drawings of weil-known
illustrators. and in the course of this last
week William T. Smedley's drawings have
been attracting a good many people to
Fischer's gallery. His work, familiar to all
magazine readers. shows that quality go
necessary to an ail-around illustrator. YER
sathitys an old country darkey being rem
dered as aptly as the belle of a seaside re-
sort Very few of the drawings are entire
ly in black and white. the larger majority
having some touches of cclor, and quite a
number being in full color In some Of the
latter and in particular the scenes by the
seashore, an effect of sunlight is given
which is almost entirely lost in the repro
duction. Mr.. Smedley has not, like Gibson,
created a type of man or woman. but, TAX
ing people just as he finds them in the diff
ferent walks of life. adapts them to his pur-
poses and makes them his own.
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The large full length painting of Dolly
Madison. perhaps the best-known piece Of
work that Mr.. E. F. Andrews has ever done.
was exhibited for a couple Of days this week
at Veerhoffs gallery. Following that, the
fine painting by Carl Gutherz, called LUX
Incarnationis." WAS placed on exhibition.
ana will remain a week. A private view
was held On Friday evening. and today the
gallery was thrown open to the public.
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very fine engraving Of that consum-
mate masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.
'"The Last Supper" was recently presented
to Georgetown College by Admiral Weaver.
Good reproductions Of the painting are the
more valuable as they will soon be all that
remains to us Of that great picture. SO
rapidly is It disappearing from the walls
of the MiiaDese convent. The college Is
now fortunate in the possession Of one Of
Gilbert Stuart's best paintings. portrait
OF Archbishop Carroll, the founder Of the
Institution. The portrait does not impress
one strongly at the first glance, as the
canvas is not large and the coloring is quiet
and harmonious. but on more critical eX-
animation its merit is more apparent. The
kindly face of the archbishop is handled
firmly yet delicately, aid the color is still
clear and unfaded after more than ninety
1885, when the Rev. John Carroll was sew
enty years old, and after Mr.. Barry's
death was sold with the rest Of his effects.
After some wanderings it came into the
whom it was purchased by Judge Ord and
presented a short time ago to the college.
Among the many other art treasures there,
st Joseph by Guercino, and q large
painting. '"The Calling Of st. Matthew"
are perhaps the most notable. An inter-
esting bit Of history Is attached to the
painting Of st. Sebastian. During the Mexi-
can war a soldier in our army with his
saber cut the picture from it's frame in a
Mexican church. and. carrying it with him
on the march. he eventually brought the
canvas to this country. The "Annuncia-
tion." painting on wood. donated to the
college by Mrs. Coleman in her will, is
slowly perishing. and the paint while re-
tanning its original color, is taking of in
many places. Another curious old paint
ing on wood has large pictures on both
sents some difficulties in hanging, and the
reason for it is not very clear, unless it
was from motives of economy, which may
have had weight in those days, as they have
sometimes with the artists of our times
Carl Gutherzs famous LUX Incarnatio-
MIS-" which was his Salon picture of 1883, is
to be seen this week at Veerhoff's. This
Incarnation, in conception and composition,
takes high rank. 1t aims to represent the
reflex heavenward of the light of the world
at the birth Of the Savior. The angels in
the radiant empyrean are rejoicing over
the light that beams upward from the pur-
pie hills and plains of Judea. and every
possible note of color blends in the grand
unison of Joy that vibrates throughout the
scene. Mr. Gutherz himself says of the ef-
fort: Il took for my scheme of color the
opal. The thought is this: Up to the mo-
ment of the birth of Christ, the light Of
God came from heaven to earth-but, God
here. the light glows back from earth to
heaven, increasing in glory throughout the
ages. Beholding this, the heavenly Host
unite in rejoicing over the world redeemed.
The clouds upon which the angels are
poised represent the incarnation of per
fume. The angels are robed in symbolic
dress, with emblematic flowers; incense.
bird and butterflies symbolic the Christly
creed. and the dark group Of the picture is
the foreshadowing of Christ. The crown
of thorns is side by side with the crown of
kingly rank. The motion of all the groups
Is cyclfcal.''
The portrait of Gen. Baird in uniform, ty
Robert Hinckley, will be on view at veer-
hoffs next week. 1t was much admired at
the Atlanta exposition, and was awarded
an honorable mention by the jury. Mr..
Hinckley is now at work on a portrait Of
c. G. Glover.
One of the best things that Mrs. ]. Min
deleff has done for some time is the group
in water color Of the three younger Of
Gen. Greely's children. and over and above
its value as portraiture 1t makes a most
attractive picture. Mrs. Mindeleff has pre-
viously painted the oldsr children in a SINH
lar group. She has finished a portrait in
water color of Mrs. Bio INT, and is now about
to start one Of Col. Franklin. A email portrait
Of considerable interest, which she did not
long ago. is the one of Paderewski In ad-
dition to her work i'll water color, she paints
very dainty miniatures on ivory, and in
this line OF work she has completed a like
ness of Mrs. Lambert, on which she has
been busy. and is now occupied with one
OF Mrs. James Pilling. Victor Mindeleff
mas been making collection of his best
still life and flower subjects, preparatory
to sending them to Kansas City.
Cards Of admission to the sixth annual
exhibition of the Society of Washington
Artists. which opens next week at the Co.'S
mos Club. may be obtained at three of the
art stores-Fischer's, Veerhoff's and Heit-
muller's.
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