Evening star., 1896-12-26

On Wednesday. Thursday and Friday OF
last week Max weyl and Richard N.
Brooke held an Informal exhibition of
their work at their studios In the Barbizon
building. In Mr.. weyPs studio there were
a number of pictures painted from sketches
made at Paxson, Va, during the summer,
but they formed only small Part of the
work on view, and some of the very best
things were obtained In the immediate Vi
cinity of Washington. In fact. one of the
most notable canvasses is based on
scene on the Potomac fats.
1t shows broad sweep of marsh, broken
here and there by patches Of open water.
and the distant city is suggested by the
dome Of the Capitol just rising above the
horizon. The foreground Is handled in a
loose, free manner, and instead of the
powerful fmpasto, which usually character
ICES the artists work, the paint is laid on
throughout almost the entire picture in
thin semi-transparent masses. The result
has been wonderful delicacy and purity
Of color and a fine atmospheric quality.
Among Mr. Weyfs pictures his fondness
for the brilliant hues of autumn was
everywhere evident, but Mr.. Brooke though
equally fond of depicting autumn subjects,
finds more pleasure in the later effects. In
his studio the grays and russet browns OF
late October and November were, there
fore. to be seen. Mr.. Brooke made many
excellent sketches at Warrenton during the
summer months, and, in addition to these
outdoor studies, the visitors to his studio
last week had a good opportunity to view
his more important figure compositions.
Mr.. L. 8. Brumidi has practically fin
ished little street scene. in which the
Lafayette monument is the principal OBJ
ject. 1t is executed In pastel and Is ex-
tremely bright and sunny. He Is also at
work on a three-quarter length oil portrait
Of Mrs Coleman. She Is dressed in lilac
scheme on this. repeating the same color In
fainter echoes throughout the entire canvas.
Miss Mary Berri Chapman Is busy with
work in illustration. and expects to illus
trate a series of scientific articles later on.
When in Bristol, R. l., last summer she
gave herself a complete rest. and. save for
a few landscapes and flower subjects, she
did no art work whatever. During this
time her pen was not idle. however, and
she wrote story. entitled "a Fashionable
Hero which has been accepted by Harper's
Magazine. Miss Chapman plans to send
several water colors to the New York water
color exhibition in February. She has not
as yet made any arrangements for studio
down town, but plans to do so in January.
This evening the students of the Art
league building for social time. The
students who have planned the affair have
endeavored to make it enjoyable for all.
and those who do not care for dancing
will have as jolly time as the others.
Good fellowship will reign, and several
former students of the League who are
here for the Christmas holidays will help
to make things merry. The invitations
which have been issued are in themselves
works of art. They are written in verse
upon Michelet charcoal paper, and are
decorated with sprigs of mistletoe and
holly, painted in water color.
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The bronze statues which are now being
placed around the gallery of the rotunda
in the new Congressional Library are an
important feature in the reading room.
Seven of the sixteen bronze figures are al
ready here, and are being placed upon
plinths along the balustrade of the gallery.
The figures are portraits of representative
men in different branches Of thought and
industry. The figures of Plato and Bacon,
by John j. Boyle stand one on either side
Of the large figure of Philosophy, which Is
placed at the head of one of the piers. The
bronze figure of Kent. by George BisseIl,
and the statue of Solon, by F. Wellington
Ruckstuhl. are placed beside the large
figure personifying Law. Mr.. Ruckstuhl
says of his statue that 1t Is intended to
typify the supremacy of Law over Force.
He has represented Solon as standing be-
fore the people, holding in one hand scroll
containing the laws and grasping in the
other a reversed sword. with an olive
branch twined about it, which signifies the
subjected power ready to support the law.
Shakespeare, by Frederick MacMonnies, Is
one of the figures representing Poetry.
Charles Niehaus' two statues, one of Glib
bon, which is to be placed on one side of
the figure typifying History, and the other
figure of Moses. to be placed beside the
figure personifying Religion, complete the
list of the bronze statues which have SO
far arrived.
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One of the two decorations in mosaic
" hich Frederick Dielman has made for the
special reading room for the House of Rep
resentatives has reached the library, but
will not be put in place until the other one
arrives.
Mr.. Lucien Powell has been celebrating
a number Of the sketches which he made
up in Paxson, Va One which is at present
On his easel Is gray day scene handled
with a great deal of breadth He has been
at work on some Venetian scenes, a class
of subjects which has always had a great
fascination for him, and in which he does
perhaps his best work.
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The portrait of Mrs. Julie Closson Kenly
which Mrs. 8. NJ. Fassett has been making
is one of the best portraits that the artist
has done for some time. 1t is in water
color upon rough paper, and the black
dress and hat are handled with consider
able II Ieedom. The face is, however, paint
ed in the same carefully worked manner
which Mrs. Fassett employs in her minia-
lures. This method gives great strength
and brilliancy to water color gives 1t in
fact almost the strength of an oil Mrs.
Fassett has recently finished the portraits
of Mr. ]. d. Sullivans father and mother.
Sir Walter Scott ON Golf
From the Newcastle England) Chronicle.
The following letter was written by the
great novelist on June 8, 1924, to Mr.. John