Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
IN LOCAL ST UDlO S

Mr.. E. H. Miller has been recently divid-
ing his attention between a number of por-
traits and a water color of children watch
ing train. He expects to hold an exhibit
ton later in the season, where many of the
water colors made last season in the Cats
kills and at Manchester-by-the-Sea will be
brought to light.
Edward Siebert will send to the Cosmos
Club the portrait on which he Is now at
work IL 1t be finished in time; failing of
this, he will exhibit In its place some OF his
broadly handled outdoor studies.
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The statue of Pere Marquette, which the
state OF Wisconsin obtained permission TO
place in Statuary Hall. is being cut in Italy,
and is expected here before long. Some
time ago Congress passed the necessary
resolution granting Pere Marquette place
in Statuary Hall, for though each state is
allowed by law to place two statues OF
eminent citizens in the Capitol, Pere Mar
quette, swhile closely connected with the
history of Wisconsin. was a French sub
ject. statue Of the late Senator Kenna
will before long be placed in the Capitol by
the state Of West Virginia.
The full-length portrait OF Senator ,yoor-
hees. which Mr.. E. F. Andrews has just
finished. will be exhibited in the Corceran
Gallery for a short time until a place is
ready for 1t in the new Congressional Ii
brary. where 1t is destined to hang. Sena-
tor Voorhees, is shown standing in an easy
attitude at the head Of the Senate steps.
with the new Library building. which he
SO zealously championed. rising in the
background. Mr.. Andrews has completed
the portrait of Senator Blackburn, and
that of DIR. William B. Bodine. painted for
Kenyon College Ohio. of which DR.. Bodine
was formerly president He is now at work
on strong Rembrandtesque portrait of
Mrs. Charles klotz. Mrs. Andrews has
been occupied with portraits of Mrs Phil.
Kearney and Duncan McKim and has been
doing some still life work in water color.
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The Corcoran Art School has been quite
crowded during the winter. and the STU
dents are working industriously. A still
life class in oil was started about month
ago. under Miss Cooks able direction. and
has been satisfying long standing need.
~
Miss katherine Chapman has just re-
turned from a pleasant sotourn in Provi-
dence, where she found very strong in
terest in art During her stay there she
among whom are Miss rosetta Rhodes and
the son of Col. S. p. Colt. both well known
to Washingtonians
Miss Alice Archer Sewall has sent to the
| exhibition Of the New York Architectural
| League a pastel design for spandril, rep
resenting Tragedy as a leaning female fig
| ure supported by children. The freze of
cherubs shown at the Cosmos last year has
| also been sent Miss Sewall has recently
moved her studio from 18th street to 1881
| n street, Georgetown.
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| Mr.. L. s. Brumidi is now busy On a por>
| trait Of Miss Mona Coleman. which. even
| at an early stage of the work, gives prom
| Use of the freshness and delicacy of color
| ing which characterize his portrait work.
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| Miss Bertha Perrie has sent several
| charming water colors to the exhibit OF the
| American Water Color Society, which opens
in New York this weak, and plans TO be
represented here at the Cosmos Club by
| subjects in both water color and oil.
| So
| Messrs. Walter Keene ard George Par.
| son are now installed in one Of the Barbio
ION studios. where they are working along
| their individual lines.
| SO
Mrs. Frank G. Doubleday has been work
| ing on g number of flower studies and still
life subjects. in which she is very success
| full in giving look of solid reality by a
careful modelling Of form and close imita-
| ton of color.
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THE kindergarten" the most recent
| work from Emil II. Meyers brush, is one
| of those German interiors in which Mr..
| Meyer is most fortunate, but. though pleas
| ing in color, it falls far short in interest of
| such picture as his Critical School Re-
| port" with which many are familiar.
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Lucien W. Powell is planning to hold an
exhibition little later on, and to this end
is busy with a number OF street scenes and
landscapes. He will show many pictures
taken near Paxon during the summer, also
| Venetian scenes, for which studies were
made while abroad. Mr.. Powell is thinking
of sending to the Cosmos exhibition a large
water color of a Bavarian cowherd hurrying
his cattle home before the storm. which
the driving clouds betoken, bursts upon