Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09
A r T AND ARTISTS

On Thursday evening the friends Of the
Art Students League gathered at the
league rooms, on 18th street, to view the
exhibition Of work done during the year
by the pupils Of the school. and on Friday
and Saturday the exhibition was thrown
open to the public. The work on the walls
Is an extremely creditable showing for the
years. and indicates very earnest purpose
on the part Of the students. This is seen to
marked degree In the exhibit Of the antique
classes, where the large number of draw
ings of anatomical figures shows that the
pupils are endeavoring to get thorough
grounding in the most essential things. In
the advanced antique quite number of
excellent drawings by Mrs. Muller are ex-
hibited, and among others who have done
good work are Misses Latimer, Wainwright
and Gloetzner. In the life classes, of
course, the drawings upon which John c.
Gay was awarded the scholarship in the
New York League attracted the most at
tention. In addition to these strong draw
1rgs there is admirable work by w. b.
Chiffon, Harry Bradford, and many 9TH
ers In the womens life class the accurate
drawings by Miss Beulah Reeves, who re-
ceived the honorable mention from New
York, were much noticed. Miss Jackson is
represented by large number of fine
drawings, and, among others. Miss Y. De
Mier shows good examples. The work in
OIL IN the portrait class is best represented
by Miss Anna Lee. who has quite a large
number of good canvases hung.
Miss Edwards shows equally large
number of good portraits in charcoal, which
indicate serious study. Miss Alne Solo
mons has one portrait in which her fond
ness for color is illustrated, and Mrs Mar
Bile is also we'll represented. The general
work in color makes an attractive display,
ard Miss Perrie. the instructor Of the wa
ter color class, has enhanced it greatly by
several specimens from her brush. The
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hibits show both a thorough technical
Knowledge and delightful feeling of color
and atmosphere. In her 'Gladiolus" and
other flower subjects Miss M. K. Porter
has clearly found her forte, while Miss Ma
son does her best work on still life SUBJ
jects. Miss Annie w. Ingle has several
little marine. Mrs E. J. Smith and Misses
Sampson. Godding and Thompson have also
good work in water color Mrs. Whitney's
landscapes are not altogether confined to
water color, and some of her oil subjects
are full Of atmosphere. Miss Doolittle also
shows several interesting landscapes in
OIL. The exhibition of sketches is the larg
est and by far the best yet shown. and one
finds in 1t evidence of a great deal of
serious study. Some of the best sketches
are by J. G. Clay, who combines in his pen
ana INK work good technique with
very firm drawing. All of his sketches are
quite large, and there is excellent treat
n ent of the faces in most. A large proper
ton of sketches shown are in pen and ink
all of those by Mr.. Carter being in that
medium, as are also some very fine compo-
s;tions by him.
jerome Uhl. jr, and Mills Thompson both
have share in the pen work exhibited, and
Miss Alma De Mier and Col. Alden are rep
resented by sketches in wash. A. G. Randall
has large number OF sketches in pencil
and wash, which are for the most part land
scapes and scenes about the city. Miss
Clara Hill has several things done in a style
peculiarly her own: Miss Coleman, Miss
Meetze and Messrs. Hills and Luckey have
good work. The compositions being some
what scattered put the rooms. the merit
or this department is perhaps not fully ap-
preciated. Probably the best composition
exhibited is George Parsons black and
white oil Of the subject Dancing Before
Herod His strong point is light and shade,
ana the arrangement of the masses in this
study Is admirable. In Miss Solomons'
daintily colored composition of Spring the
lgures are excell@ntly grouped, and her
other composition in pastel is also good
George r. Gibbs exhibits two illustrations
IN black and white, one of a banquet scene
and the other showing a sailor heaving the
lead on d man-of-war. He shows in color
naval battle, which is full of spirit and ac-
ton. Spencer Nichols contributes an Illus
tration in gouache, from the series he is
making for Poe's Raven" and also several
othI interesting sketches.
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The most recent addition to the Corcoran
Gallery of Art is the picture called THE
Nail Makers" by Oscar Bjorck. a Swedish
artist. 1t shows the workers stripped to the
waist on account of the heat from the
forge, around which they are standing, shap-
ing the narrow strips of metal into iron
spikes. The ruddy light which the fire casts
on the men faces and on their brown arms
is rendered with great skill and the -ela-
ton or values between the freight and the
patches OF sunlight on the walls is carefully
studied. 1t is quite large picture and is
on this account most suitable for exhibition
in gallery. The painting was presented to
the gallery by few Of its friends. who APP
preclated the strong quality OF the work and
recognized its peculiar fitness for public
gallery.
The exhibition of the Corcoran School
hich will be held the 18th, both and
;'Oth of this month, will be somewhat small
er this year than formerly, by reason of
the higher standard of merit which the
judges will require. 1t has been thought
advisable to limit the size of the exhibition
in this way, and to make up in quality
what is lost in quantity. The gold medal
which is awarded yearly to the student
whose three life and three antique draw
lnSs are adjudged the best will be given
upon the day previous to the opening of
the exhibition. The usage of the gallery in
having the committee of award made I'D
Of artists of distiD ction outside of WASH
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is understood that the gentlemen selected
for the delicate duty on this OCCASION are
Messrs. Henry Mosler and William Sar-
tain of New York, and Henry Thouron of
Philadelphia. The night classes of the art
school have been discontinued for the re-
mainder Of this season.
Quite an attractive collection of oil paint
ings and water colors of the modern Dutch
school have been shown at Fischer's gal
lery for the past ten days. OF the different
artists Josef Israels, perhaps the greatest
of them all, is best represented, a round
dozen OF mis- pictures being exhibited. The
most striking example is a large oil, en-
titled THE Workman of the Sea-" contain
ing only one figure, that of sturdy fish
erman, bearing a heavy basket upon his
shoulder, plodding along the seashore. In
the sense of weight in the burden and the
sturdy, patient aspect of the man, is shown
the same sympathetic understanding of the
laboring man which Millet possessed. The
composition has simple grandeur about
it, the figure standing out darkly against
the sea and sky, in which there is a Won
derful effect of atmosphere. The other pic
ISraelS mostly int