The morning times., 1896-12-20
Art Notes.

An interesting exhibition OF water colors
and oils was given Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, this week, at the League Build
Ing, in the front room OF the department of
Industrial design.
The artists and exhibitors were Miss
Bertha Z. Perrie, Miss Aline Solomons,
both well known in local art circles, and
Miss Emily Tyres of New York city. Miss
Tyres and Miss Perrie met at Gloucester
last summer and m ade number of sketches
III that interesting region so familiar to
artists.
There is a noticeable similarity in their
treatment OF landscape subjects, but in
Flower and figure pieces the individuality
is thoroughly in evidence. Miss Perrie con-
tributes the greatest number OF works,
there being some thirty examples of her
skill on the wall.
"On the Potomac and "a Four Masted
Schooner are two exceedingly strong stud
les OF harbor scenery. They are excellent
types of the big schooners that come here
from Maine loaded with ice and lumber
and unload at the picturesque old wharves
along the river. 1t is after they have
been unoaded and their great hulks eX-
posed above the water that Miss Perrie has
studied their interesting structure and rig
sing and copied them SO faithfully.
Curve Street, Anisquam,' is an inter-
esting village scene, In the Road TO the
aim IL Ci
with bright, clean color.
Fresh Water Pond is a nice study of
water and reflections in the foreground,
with glimpse OF Gloucester in the dis
tance. The purple, haZy effect of the dis
tance is very interesting.
landscape with snIfting cloud effect
is entitled "A breezy Day" Rocks by
the Sea- study OF the rocky bank and
glimpse OF blue sea, and The Poultry
Farm showing an old house, clump
of shrubbery, and a few geese, were
other attractive pieces.
'WheeIwright's Shop" is the interior
that attracted attention at the recent
water color clubfexhibitian. Miss Tyres
landscapes w ere sfew in number, but well
selected p
Gray Day on The Marsh was a fine
study of clouds, nicely reflected in the
water, with landscape frightened by
bits OF red shumach in the foreground.
An Old Garden and Poppy
Garden were similar bits in treatment and
subject, broadly handled and bright in
color. Her happiest effects, perhaps, are
in her flower studies, especially in the
arrangement and treatment OF ''Jacque-
minot Roses
The pink roses are also well painted,
but arranged with a little more precision.
Head of Dance Girl is Interesting in
light and shade, and also shows good
much attention to detail.
Another simple little piece was a head
of a little Dutch girl in white hood.
Miss Solomons' works constituted the
numbers in oil, which Were all flower
pieces. Rich coloring has always charac
terized her work, and flowers give her
full scope for its development.
An arrangement Of white and purple
phrVg hem nrph1bly
effective piece, though not so rich in
color a 8 an arrangement OF peonies.
study of roses afforded a varied con-
trast for finer color scheme, as well
as careful drawing.
While water colors never appear to good
advantage when placed with oils, the eff
feet was avoided on this occasion by con-
filming the oils to one wall.
Another ante-Christmas exhibition was
given during the week by R. n. Brooke and
Max Weyl at their studios in the BarbaZon
Building. These artists are too we'll known
TO need introduction. Mr.. Weyls land
Scapes have made place for him in the art
world, and those shown at this exhibition
are not lacking in merit. His paintings
show an influence akin to the Barbazon
period, though not without Il distinctive
individuality. Most Of the numbers are
finished sketches made during the summer
An especially interesting one is of a road
le1ding through Il brook in the foreground
nd on past hedge and wood, losing it
self in the distance. A wood interior
showing through an opening in the center a
hazy blue Ia ndSCape: scene with marshy
foreground, heavy sky and glimpse of
the Capitol in the distance; several meadow
scenes, one with stra W stack and sheep; an
other with shocks Of corn, are notable
works in his exhibition.
Mr.. Brookes happiest effects are in his
pastoral scenes, though he shows a num-
ber of landscapes on this occasion. His
harvest and field scenes, with characters
from peasant life, and his characteristic
studies of Virginia darky subjects, belong.
to a field peculiarly his own. One of the
former, in which a woman is binding shocks
of corn, and another in which a woman
bends tenderly over lame kid, helping it
| toward shelter, huye charming atmos-
pheric effect. ID
A sunset througha grove of trees, sew
eral wooded scenes, meadow with
| bunch of sheep, several marine and boat
! subjects, and withal, his darky compost
| tions, are a few in'this very pleasing ex-
| hibition. f1i
| George Gibbs and A. H. Baldwin moved
| into the studio recently occupied by Wells
| Sawyer this week.
Mr.. Sawyer will continue to have an in
| terest in the studio, and will work there
| whenever lie has occasion.
| Mr.. Gibbs drawings of White House re-
ception were recently accepted by the
Century Company, and that of Crying
| Tommy was purchased by Harper's.
| Mr.. Baldwin is an artist employed in the
| National Museum. His works are on scien-
| tiflc subjects, done in pen-and-ink and
| water color, and are included in the exhibits
| Of the department.
| At the meeting Of the Society of Wash
| ington Artists Tuesday week the location
| OF the coming spring exhibition was the
| principal subject under discussion. 1t WIS
| decided to hold it in the Cosmos Club gal
| leries, and a letter Of request was ad-
| dressed TO the club accordingly.
! Mr.. William Fuller Curtis and Mr. Sam
| uel Hodgkins were elected members.
Mr.. E. 81. Miller has an Interesting and
| amusing composition under way entitled
watching the Game" It's preliminary
| drawing in black and white for q larger
| scheme in color, showing some eighteen
/ or twenty school children watching game
| OF bali. The game is supposed to be going
on in tue place occupied by the observer,