Evening star., 1896-12-05
ART AND ARTISTS

present In stucco, though all these figures
may eventually be replaced by duplicates
executed in more enduring material. Mr.
Bartlett's statue is an entirely draped fig
ure, with one hand resting upon the tab
let's of the law. and the attitude is ex-
ceedingly dignified. The ether statues now
IN position are Art. by Augustus st. Gau-
dens; History, by Daniel Chester French:
Science. by John Donoghue; Commerce, by
John Flanagan: Religion, by Theodore
rBaur, and Philosophy, by Bella L. Pratt.
Philosophy Is the finest of those now in
place, and unless j. @. A. Wards figure
of Poetry. which alone remains to be nut
. IN position, proves to be remarkably strik-
Ing, Mr.. Pratt will continue to hold the
honors.
The most important painting of the series
which Henry Oliver Walker has been maxi
! ing for the library is now upon the walls
OF the corridor on the main floor south
OF the grand stair hail. The decoration is
g large 1unette, containing sever figures
Lyric Poetry. clad in rose-colored draperies
and playing upon a Tyre. is in the center
and on her right are Mirth, Passion aid
Beauty, while upon the other side are
Pathos, Truth and Devotion. The paint
ing Is especially pleasing in color. the tones
being clear and delicate. Mr.. Walker is
also very successful in the attitudes OF his
figures, which are always easy and grace
full.
The collection of miniatures which Mr..
Keeling sent to Philadelphia is now on
exhibition at Earles galleries. There are
about twenty-five of them, and they rake
a very attractive display.
The work shown at Mr.. Lamasure,s ex-
hibtion, which closes today at Veerhoffs s,
certainly is decidedly in advance of his
exhibitions in former Yeas. He devo,es
himself entirely to aquarelles, and has
acquired great facility in the handling of
water color, facility which is almost
dangerous, as it meraces the seriousness
of MS work His painting this summer has
been along the line of closer study, and
there are many very truthful sketches in
his exhibition. His most important water
color is study of the surf at Virginia
Beach. in which he has rendered the effect
OF the waves in an excellent manner. and
has caught the transparent coloring Of
the water "A Windy Day in Virginia"
Is another good sketch, and Approach Of
Evening possesses quite a charm of color
Miss Susan w. Kelly has recently finish
ed oil study of a bunch of cosmos flow
ers in vase of Venetian glass The cos
mos flowers are always effective, and Miss
kelly's study is very realistic color study.
She has sent some water colors 10 the ex
hibit Of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine
Arts.
Spencer B. Nichols has returned from
New York city, having successfully accom-
plished his mission. The Century Company
purchased his gouache drawing, showing
an elderly gentleman holding in his hand
an eXtravagant bill for college expenses
and making things unpleasant for mis- son.
They have promised Mr.. Nichols some
commissions for magazine illustration for
I'm Lighter Vein.''
Mr.. Carl Gutherz has now placed on view
at Veerhoffs d number of the figure
studies which he made In Paris and else
where He Is most successful In his ef
fects of light and color, is seen in the
sketch of a little girl with bird nesting
between her palms. Among the most in
ieresting of his studies in Oil are the Span
ish figures with their picturesque, gaily
colored costumes.
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Evening" a landscape in oil, by Mr. Ho-
bart Nichols, is now exhibited a Fischer's.
1t is excellent in composition and in color
and the cloud forms drifting across the
sky are drawn with truth to nature. The
trees in the middle distance are painted
with vague indefinite manner, suggestive
of late evening, and the whole picture ts
full of feeling.
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1t is always pleasant to note the progress
of young artists, and especially of those
who commenced their career in Washing
ton. Hence readers of The Star will read
with interest what the New York Evening
Post says of Mr.. H. F. Waltman's contri-
button to the fall exhibition Of the Acad-
emy of Design, now open in that city. 1t
is follows:
"The last room is the west gallery, and
the chances Of finding a masterpiece grow
less as one enters 1t. But Mr.. Waltman I'm
his portrait (No. 27S) came very near paint
ing it. His picture Is a small seated figure
Of man, quite complete In it's drawing.
easy in its pose, nice in color, and capital
in its atmospheric envelope. There is
little fault to be found with it, and it is
perhaps the soundest constructed picture
in the galleries. The visitor should make
the most of it, for he will see nothing bet
ter here
Mr.. Waltman, 1t will be remembered, was
a. pupil of Mr.. Uhl the well-known por-
trait painter of this city, who recognized
and aided in the development of the young
mans talent when he first came here q
woods and fields Of rural home in Ohio.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
has been enriched by the gift of a statue,
in Carrara marble, representing Christ the
size of the colossal figure of our Savior
by the famous Danish sculptor Thorvald-
sen, which stands in the Frue Kirke, or
Church of Our Lady, in Copenhagen. 1t
represents Christ with arms extended in
benevolent attitude, and head bent for
ward in loving, sympathetic pose. On the
pedestal which has been purposely made
low. that the facial expression of the figure
may be plainly seen. is the Inscription:
Come unto me, ell We that are weary and
heavy laden, and l will give you rest"
Mr.. William Wallace Spence, the donor, a
| native of Scotland, has long been identified
with the railroad and mercantile interests of
Baltimore. Three years ago he presented
the city with a colossal bronze replica of a
famous statue of Sir William Wallace the
champion of Scottish liberty.
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Taking notice of the enormous sums Of
money carried back to Europe by titled
ncnentities and adventurers who come here
10 marry American heiresses. certain por-
trait painters, mostly of the French school
though there are others-are coming
across the Atlantic. in larger numbers
every year, to see what fortunes they can
gather in the same field, that is, from that
self-advertising foolish set who furnish
wives with large marriage settlements for
impecunious foreigners. One Of these, who
is to open studio in New York this sea-
son, furnishes in advance a price list. like
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