Evening star., 1896-07-18
ART AND ARTISTS

A very interesting collection Of original
drawings by well-known American artists
was exhibited at the Hotel Regent during
the convention. The drawings were do
mated by the artists for the Illustration of
book called Field Flowers" which con-
tains some Of the choicest poems by the
late Eugene Field. This book is published
In the interest of the fund for erecting q
monument to the memory Of the beloved
poet OF childhood. and Is issued as sort
or certificate showing that the holder has
contributed to the monument fund. In such
high esteem was the poet held among the
members OF the artistic fraternity that the
artists represented in the Illustrations do
nated are many. The attractive title page
IS the work of Stanford White. Some
Time" one of Eugene Fields most beau
tful little poems. is illustrated by a wash
drawing by Alice Barber Stephens, and
Little Mistress Sans-Merci'' by full
page drawing and marginal panel by Or
son Lowell. Mary Haliock Foote. the ar
.;st-author, has a pencil drawing. entitled
water colors. illustrating Profitable
Tales" number OF illustrations by W.
a Rogers and A. B. Frost make the hu-
morous poem Seem Things at Night
still more interesting. Irving r. Wiles, A.
b. Wenzell and Charles Howard johnson
are all represented in the iilustrati ation of the
verses TO a Soubrette" Among other
Well-known illustrators who have contrib
uted toward the pictorial beauty of the
volume are w. Granville Smith, Henry
Sandman. Eric Pape. w. l.. Taylor, Fred
eric bennington. E. w. Kemble. George
Wharton Edwards and C. J. Taylor.
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Mr.. j. H. Moser, who has been spending
the summer in Europe. is at present in
Germany. After staying three or four
days in Berlin to see the pictures at the
International Exhibition, which was In
progress. he Travelled to the little town of
Fr1eburg, where he Is now at work. He
has been painting several heads but oc-
cupies himself principally with landscapes,
and his exhibition In the winter will un-
doubtedly bring before the public here q
ial.
Inough he Is usually represented at the
exhibitions. Washingtonians have seen lit
tie OF Johannes A. Oertel for some years.
He has been at work for nearly a year, In
MS nome, In Bel Air. Md. on an extensive
composition. which he calls "A Synoptical
Commentary Of the Old Testament" An
Idea OF the immense amount of work re-
quired to bring 1t to completion is given by
the fact that there are one hundred and
1orty hgures in the picture, and the larger
OF these are about two-thirds life size The
painting Is one of a series which the artist
mas been planning for long time covering
tne entire plan Of mans redemption Rev
Mr Oertel devotes himself exclusively to
religious subjects. and has several smaller
pictures under way, The Walk 10 Geth-
semane." THE Good Shepherd Giveth His
Life for the Sheep and The Temptation -
Mr.. Robert Coleman Child ha. been diyid.
ing his time between resting and sketching
the interesting places around Ashland, Va.
where he Is now living little later on Mr..
Child plans to commence some iar.e car.
toens In pastel for stained glass windows.
Heinrich Honmann's great painting
Christ in Gethsemane." will probably be
on exhibition at Veerhof's gallery until
next Tuesday. and those who have been
too busy while the Endeavorers were here
will still have chance to see it, Mr. Veer-
hon is going to send large canvas by r.
LIE Grand Johnston to the exhibition of
western Pennsylvania, which is to be held
at Pittsburg before long. Washington will
probably be represented by several other
artists. Mr.. Macdonald. among others ex-
poets to send picture to this exhibit
Miss II. Sophie Loury has been taking a
much-needed rest in Virginia. and may not
return to the city in the fall. but go
straight to New York. where, as her work
Is mostly in the line of illustrations. she
will have more extended field Of labor.
At the new Corcoran Gallery the work.
men are Low applying themselves to the
finishing work. end the interior grows in
beauty every day. The main part of the
N1oSt tor{y hos haa,
and the walls and ceilings are resplendent
with their snowy white coating. In that
part OF the building which is to be used by
the school there is still some plasterine to
be done in the room which is to serve as
an auditorium for lectures. This Is to be
regretted. it had been hoped that the
work would be advanced In this part of the
building even further than in the main gal
lery. In order tnat the pupils might begin
work In their new quarters when the school
opened in the fall. Even if this is not pos
sible they will certainly not have long to
walt before they can occupy their new,
well-lighted rooms The pillars, which on
the second floor surround the closed court
in the center of the building have been
divested of their unEightly wooden castings
ard stand forth in their pristine beauty
The wooden projections are also being re-
moved from the stone work on the grand
stairway and the joining places between
the StOHeS SInOOlneQ ana It tS begin
ming to assume very much the look it will
have when entirely completed The wood
work Of the building is also in evidence;
the massive rsilirgs have been placed
around the central court and the base
boards around the galleries. In the latter
rooms the walls have not been hung with
the fabric which is to serve as a back
ground for the pictures. and consequently
present an unfinished aspect. The simple
ity of architecture and the lack OF color
in the decora tion of the interior impress
one Immediately, and these are very desir-
able things, since the test of whether a
gallery Is we'll arranged and decorated in
side Is not so much is it highly ornamental
in itself. but does 1t show off the pictures
and statuary to the best advantage?
Miss Alice Archer Sewall. q niece of the
recently nominated democratic candidate
for Vice President is spending the sum-
mer in York village. Maine, where she is
following up her particular artistic bent