The morning times., 1896-10-25
Art Notes..

| Art Notes.
field of art, exclusively her own, SO
| Tar as local coupetitionis concerned, is that
| OF applied designs, in which Miss Grace
| Lincoln Temple mas been singularly sue
| cessful. Her studio in the Cairo is a work
| Of art in Itself and the quaint old ma hogany
| chests are piled full of rich and beautiful
| fabrics from the elaborate hand-embroid-
! cred Chinese and Last Indian stuffs of u
| century ago to the modern products Of ma
Chiuery.
! Her best success comes from the ability
| TO produce artistic and h h:trmunious effects
| i'll The combinations Of color, and these
effects may he obtained by the use OF the
| modern Coarse hurlaps and linens, as We'll
as The SILK and tinsel OF antique Workman
ship.
| washington she Considers an excellent
| field for her work, having planned more
| than twenty ROOMS in two months, which
have kept her very busy directing their
! decoration. Several designs for stained
| glass windows which she executed some
| tine since. have been reproduced with very
! satisfactory results.
An exhibition of her work will be given at
| her studio some time next month.
On account of number Of orders Miss
| Juliet Thompson VIII defer her visit To
New York until later in the season. She
has recently finished portraits in pastel Of
| little Louis CLAWS. hr CLAWS little son. AMI
| Of Mrs. Howell, the wife of Admiral How
| ell. AT Present she Is engag ged on a por-
| trait OF Mrs. Hammond.
Miss Sailie T. HUMPHREYS of RoS.on. who
will lave Charge Of The class of decorative
and industrial design at the League this
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| in the League building on Seventeenth stBeet
/ the first week in November. This is 1; new
| departure in local art study and will prob
| ably prove Of great interest To students Of
mural decoration.
Mr. Edmund c. Messer has returned from
VIRGINIA very much improved in health and
! spirits, and has resumed his instruction Of
| the afternoon life class at the Lea que.
He made several very delightful sketches
in the summer, which will he finished some
| time during the winter for local exhibition.
Mrs. F. F. Andrews has been quite bus
| lily enga eed on number of water colors re-
| Gently, that will he seen at the coming cX-
hibitinn OF the water color club. One, en-
titled "a Pcnitent." shows a three-auar-
ter length figure of a woman kncelng on a
| pre- eDieu in renitential devotion. In her
han,iS she holds Il rosary. while over her
disheveled confusion. The sorrowful and
| rcpentent expression OF the face is es-
pecially well drawn.
"Old-fashioned Flowers is the title of
another. which is very bright and clean
A little tot in sunhcnnet stands beside
| bench on which are pots of growing
I flowers-all old-fasbioned posies-done in
effect that is quite pleasing
| study Of single peonies in pink and
| a full-length study which the artist
painted from her own reflection in
! mirror are equally worthy of mention.
Mr.. Robert Hinckley, who has been in
New York for some time, will not return
until late in December.
Mr.. Mills Thompson expects to go to
New York soon as the designs for
| corridor decoration at the Congressional
Library are finished. He has been en-
Eage,t in reproducing from The original
! drawings made by the designer in charge,
| and it is anticipated that these will be
completed in month.
| Mr. Lucien Powell has returned from his
| summer home, at PaXson, Va, and is now
| located in lie Droit Park During his stay
| i'll the country he built a studio and filled
several orders for pictures for New York
| purchasers. He viii have studio some
| the Park
A very attractive catalogue has been is
| sued by the art department of the st. Louis
| exposition, when contains beautiful naIr-
] tone Illustrations from original pictures
| on exhibition.
Each successive year the department has
added some especial feature, so as TO keep
the student thoroughly Informed of the
| many phases of contemporary art develop
| mcnt. THIS year pictures representing the
| new German school, known as 'The Seces-
| soniSts," constitute the feature. which
| includes Canvases from such men as Fried
rich Won Uhdc, Ludwig Herr erich, Franz
| Stuck Albert Keller Friedrich Fehr. Paul
wilhelm Keller -Reutlinger, Hugo Hater-
mann, Angelo Jank, Ludwig Dill, and Ii.
Zugel.
THIS collection has the unique distinction
| of being the first organized exhibit of such
| a group of painters in this country. The
| London Magazine of Art says Of tie school
| Of Secession:
| "ImpreSSionistic naturalsn, treated in a
! poetic style, forms great part of the m ove'
| ment. Among the younger men we often
| find an apparent desire to mark their work
| ,IlE etaGuc, OF sUGaiis sciir>s wb!cn CUIieS
| from modern treatment OF legendary. Pib-
| lical. mystic or symbolic subjects. The
| movement which the succession illustrates
/ Is Hot inc WORN oi d CHtlie. Hof uoeS IL ain
| tn advance only one form of painting. It's
| object is rather TO develop the individuality
| Of it's adherentS."
The Bible scenes of Won Uhde have made
| a decided Impression i'll their uni suaI ''.,
mrrt. In Ion the Way To the Tomb the
| figures are treated in the modern spirit
as men of today. The artist contends that
he is entitled to translate the characters
into types of people of the present era, with
the same freedom that We translate from
the original tongues OF the Scriptures.
The canvas pictures the removal of the
body of Christ to the tomb, as taking place
| in the darkness. The light upon the figure
| comes from torches in the hands Of attend
ants, and gives weird treatment of the
scene that is unusually effective.
"Crucifixion," hy Albert .Herter, is re-
! garded as strongly realistic, though alarm
| ingiy unconventional.
REST in the Flight into Egypt" by Ernst
Zimmerman, represents the Holy Family
resting by the roadside, while Joseph holds