Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
A RI AND ART IST S


Max Weyl. The woods in the glorious col
oring which the month of October brings
to them appeal more strongly to him than
at any other time OF the year. He revels
| in such displays of color those which
| a few weeks ago met the eye everywhere,
| and he has spent much of his time In the
| country liking the glowing hues Upon can
| vas. One of the strongest Of the land
scapes which he has recently made. is
wood interior, painted out near Washington
Heights. The foliage of the trees frames
| a beautiful vista. in which sees Ar
| lington and the Virginia hills lying purple
| in the autumn haze. In another compost
| ton he has shown a long disused drive
| way, lined with trees once stately and
| imposing, but now gnarled and twisted
| through years of neglect. Another small
| canvas which he has just finished is
| strongly suggestive of Diaz, both in treat
! ment and in the motive. In composition IT
| is simple showing. 1t does, a dark
stretch of moorland. broken only by
| couple Of trees, with heavy threatening
clouds passing overhead. The only pro-
rorrced lights in the picture are found
| in the touches In the stormy sky. and IN
their reflection upon the surface of pool
| ir the foreground. 1t is. however, in wood
| interiors that he has done his best autumn
work, as many excellent examples tes-
| tffy.
At meeting OF the Water Color Club
| held last Saturday at the home of Prof.
Andrews the following officers were elect
| ed: Mr.. Parker Mann, president; Mr.. Ed
| nund Clarence Messer, vice president; Mr..
| Carl Weller, treasurer: Miss Lillian Cook
| secretary. Those chosen for the board of
mar ayers were Mr. George Gibbs chair
| man; Miss Bertha L. Perrie and Mr.. Spen-
| Ger Nichols. Pref. Andrews rendered his
studio as permanent headquarters for
the club. and his generous offer was thank
| fully accepted.
Mr.. Harry Bradford has recently finish
| ed a portrait in charcoal of Justice Brew
| er's daughter, and has modelled IL mainly
| with line, expressing the form in a very
| skillful manner by carefully studying the
| directions Of the lines. He is going TO
make another likeness Of Miss Brewer, and
also one Of her mother. and later on he
poets to draw portrait of Thomas Nelson
| Page Mr.. Bradford has been quite busy
| of late with black and white illustrations.
| and has just sent off number of draw
| irgs appropriate to Thanksgiving, Christ
| mas and the holiday season He made
short time ago d pen drawing of the
weather bureau building, taken from the
north side.
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Edward Simmons has practically COM
pleted his frescoes for the new Congress
sional Library, and the small corridor
which he has decorated is one Of the finest
| in the building His work is in the pas
sageway connecting the Pompeiian room
| with the west main entrance hall, and he
has adorned the walls with nine lunettes
representing the MUSES.. The figures are
t1I II,
breadth and simplicity. Mr.. Simmons is
an able colorist. and draughtsman of the
highest rank, but in his delineation Of form
he does not suggest SO much by the use
of line as by a firm handling of light and
| shade. Melpomene, clad in red, is one of
the most impressive of his figures, and &C.
cupies a position over the south doorway.
Above the doorway in. the opposite emf of
the corridor is Calliope, and here the pre-
! dominating color note is blue. The other
panels are ranged along the SIDE wall, and
| next to the Tragic Muse is Clio, holding a
| torch, and wearing a robe OF vivid flame
color. Thalia is in blue and white, and
| Euterpe in yellow. There is a dangerous
| grace in the lines Of the figure represent
ing Euterpe, the type OF which Is distinct
| IL oriental. Terpsichore holding aloft
pair of cymbals. is In a dancing posture,
and there is fine play Of iridescent color
in the floating draperies. The action is
| figure is spirited and lifelike. A beautiful
| nude figure represents Erato. Polyhymnia
holds book Of music and the attributes
| Of Urenia. the Muse of Astronomy, are the
| sextant and the globe Besides these nine
| tyTpara, Mr.. Simmons has painted for
| the ceilirg Of the passageway a series of
little figures. which are exquisite in col
oring and extremely decorative.
| Il X
Mr.. Edward Siebert made several very
careful studies in oil along the Massa-
chusetts coast during the summer. In one
he shows q pair of picturesque old sheds
perched up on the rocky shore. In this
canvas he has studied the effect of sun
light with great truth. Though he has
paid close attention to detail. he has re-
| tanned his customary broad handling He
painted also a sketch In oil of the place
called Folly Point. and in addition to his
work in color he made many pencil draw
ings Of a great variety of subjects. He
does excellent work In this medium, and
picked up many picturesque bits, old door