Evening star., 1896-07-04
ART AND TiST S

The work at the Corcoran Art School
closed with the end Of last month, Many
of the students had dropped their study
there soon after the exhibition. outdoor
work possessing q greater charm for them
than drawing from cast. The life class
has been kept up. however, though with
diminished numbers. and has accomplished
considerable. At present it does not look
as If the school would be able to occupy
the quarters In the new gallery when work
Is commenced in the fall. But If the build
ing is pushed rapidly. it will not be long
before the students can be installed in the
new rooms. and continue work under the
more advantageous circumstances which
the better lighting and greater capacity of
the place will insure.
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Miss Lillian Cook. who Is the instructor
in the antique and water color classes at
the Corcoran School, sails for Europe to-
day. She goes first to Paris, but will, in
all probability. go to Holland or Venice
later on. and do some sketching in oil and
water color. Miss Cook expects to remain
abroad for the entire summer, returning in
| the fall to her work in the school.
Miss Nellie Stafford has been occupied
principally with still-life subjects, a branch
of painting to which she has devoted much
of her attention. She cares very little for
flowers as subjects for painting, but sees
the picturesque qualities of quaint old
Kitchen utensils, greenish-copper vessels
odd-shaped bottles, and the like, and Is
fcnd of grouping these objects with vege-
tables for he, still-life studies. She is not
confined to this range Of subjects. however,
ana mas done equally good work in por-
q nd 10 A&Ak
In oil. her favorite medium. Miss Stafford
may go, before long, to Boyd's station Va,
FOR short season Of sketching.
Mr.. W. II. Holmes whose work here ia
remembered by many, has FOR some years
occupied the position Of curator Of anthro-
pology at the Field Columbian Museum in
chicago. In this capacity he took a trip
down into Mexico, making a special study
OF the ancient architecture of the country,
anu mas recently written the subject q
very interesting book which he has illus
trated with many Of his clever sketches
Several portraits have been occupying
Mrs. Annie w. Hoyle's attention. a pastel
OF young lady being particularly pleas
Ing. She was at work during the winter on
some pen and ink Illustration, and she has
oohe also number of landscapes in Oil
among which view Of the city from Ben
ning is noteworthy. She hopes to follow up
tEiS Klnd or outdoor work on the Hudson
this summer, or In some picturesque place
nearer home. o-
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Nichols have hoo,
spending the week UP at Paxton, Va. and
Will not return until some time next week
The place Is the sort where pleasant recrea-
ton can be combined with serious study
and Mr.. Nichols will no doubt bring back a
number Of interesting sketches
Mr.. Wells M. Sawyer returned a short
time ago from his wedding trip, which took
him out west. He stopped for a while in
chicago, and as he was once a member of
the society OF Artists in that city he found
Keen enjoyment in talking over old times
with the boys" Mr. Sawyer is now ont
at the old Calvert manson, Riverdale, and
mas been painting some of the picturesque
spots around there. He plans to make his
work this summer more along the line of
close painstaking study than hasty sketch
ing.
Mr. H. B. Bradford sticks very CLOSELY
to black and white, and does almost no
work in color, his bent being in the direc-
tlon of illustration. OF late he has been
drawing for several Of the comic weeklies
for the most part in pen and ink in which
he has very independent technique He
has no gift for caricature, and the figures
for his illustrations are done carefully and
accurately from life. He lays great stress
on the drawing of the outline and on a
paihstaking blocking out of the main
shadows. believing that the form should
never be sacrificed to gain freedom Of
handling.
Miss Jane Brigham Curtis has left for
Buckland. Va, where she plans to spend
month In resting and sketching. She will
then 80 to East Gloucester. which seems to
be the Mecca of Washington artists.
Spencer Nichols returned about a week
ago from short stay in Portsmouth, Me-,
and he not only had a jolly time, but
brought back a number Of very good
studies. There are great many interesting
motifs to be found along the water front.
and he got hold of several quaint bits that
can be developed into good pictures Mr..
Nichols Is now at work on a landscape
which promises to be excellent, though 1t
will take a number of trips into the coun-
try to finish it. The composition is quite
a simple one, showing a couple of stan.h
trees on the crest of hill. and there is op-
portunity for delicate treatment Of light
and shade in the sunlit foliage. Mr.
Nichols has also under way small figure
study in gouache and a portrait of Dr.
Muncaster. which he is executing in oil.
He is spending the Fourth with mis- brother
up in Paxton, Va
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Mr.. Carl Weller Is also avoiding the noise
to which the day is given over in the same
spot and there is quite party of artists
up In the Blue Ridge. Mr.. Weller has of late
been quite busy sketching, and has done
a number Of good things, one of the best of
which Is view of yellow, tree-bordered
roadway, which stretches up to the crest Of
a hill and disappears over the other side.
In winter scene which he has commenced
Mr.. Weller has the foundation for very
Impressive picture. The scheme of color
Is based on the gray and russet hues seen
in the trees and in the bare ground in the
late fall and early winter. and there is a
subtle harmony of tone that Is very pleas
ing.
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