Evening star., 1897-05-01
A RT AND ARTISTS

ART AND ARTISTS
Since the opening Of the new Corcoran
Art Gallery several new pictures have been
placed or the walls from time to time,
most OF these having been loaned for ex-
hibition only. though some Of them have
been presented to the gallery. The picture
by Neubert, a desolate landscape, with the
once formidable walls of a ruined castle
rising In the middle distance, has been pre-
sented to the gallery by Mr.. Ralph Cross
johnson. The other canvases that have
been added to the permanent collection are
the view Of Lake George by John w. CAST
lear, presented by Miss Josephine Harrison,
and Armand Dumaresq's Geneva Confer
ence." which was presented by Mr. Herbert
Dumaresq Of Boston. The latter picture is
very large canvas. and Is more interest
Ing from a historical than from a purely
artistic standpoint. commemorating, as 1t
does. an important event Of history, and
including portraits of a number of we'll
known men. Among the paintings loaned
Tor temporary exhibition there are a num-
G Gather. PORTRAITS ons 81 sr There are two by Carl
other OF Senator Morrill,, and a likeness of
ex-Secretary Herbert by c. Aver Whipple.
tuli-iergth portrait Of the late Mrs. Au-
gust Belmont, painted by Madraxo. and a
study head by Harry Floyd complete the
list Of portraits. A fine landscape BY Will
lam Keith and 1.-The Stock Field" by Alma
G. White. are among the pictures exhibited
Two Of the most recent additions are by To-
cal artists, The Musicians" a pastel. by
Alice Archer Sewall. and 'Karma," strfk-
Ing figure study. by William H. Coffin
One painting which has been recently pre-
sented to the gallery is not hung in any of
hs,f H.
or honor over the mantelpiece in the board
room. 1t was painted and presented BY
Prof E. F. Andrews, and Is a portrait OF
James N. Carlisle, the first president of the
Corccran Gallery. The artist Is In receipt
OF letter Of thanks from the trustees.
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Inc Work OF the students of the Corcoran
School Of Art has been very much inter-
rupted this year. and a good deal Of time
was lost while the school was being NOV
ed into its new quarters. On this account
it Is probable that the exhibition will not
be quite as large this year as formerly,
though there Is every reason to suppose
that In quality the work will show the
same steady advance that has marked the
exhibitions In past years. The students
who are competing for the medals have
also been some what hanpered by the un-
settled state Of affairs this winter, but
they are now working hard enough to
make up for lost time. The award Of
medals will be made aboCt the last week
in May, and will just precede the annual
exhibition. SO that visitors will have an
opportunity to view The prize drawings
Several Of the students have commenced
outdoor sketching in water color, unler
MISS Grace Atwater. and there promises
to be quite class from the Corcoran
school little later on. Miss Atwater has
taken her class out several times and finds
an fnexhaustfble supply Of excellent mo-
tives in the vicinity Of Washington.
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The bust OF Judge Campbell which Mr.
H. j. Ellicott is now working upon, be-
comes a stronger Xix sness with every touch.
1t IL full OF character and force, and Is
Instinct with the personality Of the man.
The third bust of Commodore Melville is
now being cast in Providence, r. l., from
Mr.. Ellicott's model, and it will, when
completed. go to the Commonwealth Club
OF Virginia, in Richmond. 1t is to be pre-
sented by the military order of the Loyal
Legion. which Organization has already
presented one bust TO the library and mu-
scum st Fairmornt Park, PHILADELPHIA,
and has placed another IN grammar school
NO. In New York city. The sculptors
nne statue OF Gen. Spinner will be placed
FOR a time in the Corcoran Gallery where
the public will have an opportunity to
Judge Its merits. Mr.. Elicott has entered
a sketch model in the competition for the
equestrian monument to Maj. Gen. Henry
w. Slocum. to be erected on the battlefield
of Gettysburg. Gen. Sickles. the chairman
OF the New York monument commission
for the battlefields Of Gettysburg and Chat
tanooga, has not fixed the cate upon which
the models are to be judged, but the selec-
tton is to be made in a very short time
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cast nf fha 1aroa opotornfoo1 6o,,r.
which DR.. Noel constructed in Mr.. Ellicott's
studio has been purchased by the Colum-
bian University, and the sculptor has re-
ceived from Prof. Shute a certificate for the
anatomical accuracy of the figure. 1t is
II anything, trifie over life size. and rep
resents man in the act Of drawing a bow,
an attitude which makes 1t possible to show
the muscles extended on one side of the
body and contracted on the other
The exhibition which Max weyl and Rich
ard N. Brooke will hold In their studios in
the Barbizon building will open on Tues
day, continuing for a week or ten days
Mr.. Weyl Is a rapid worker, and the can
vases that he has completed this winter
will make fine display OF color upon the
walls of his studio. Mr.. Brooke works
more slowly. and for this reason his exhi-
smaller, but his work is never hastily exc
cuted, and no canvas is considered finished
until he has bestowed upon it the best
work in his power. The pictures cannot
all have the advantageous lighting that
they would have in a gallery, but there is
something very delightful about these
studio exhibitions. which is an ample COM
pensation for their drawbacks Pictures
never seem possessed of so much indfvidu-
ality as when viewed in the congenial at
mosphere Of the atelier where they were
painted.
Mr.. Emil Meyers portrait Of President
Whitman, which was presented to the Co.
lumbar University last week, is perhaps
the best thing the artist has ever done in
the line Of portraiture. He is better known
to the public through his genre painting
which seems to be his true forte, though
his work in other directions shows no lack
of versatility. DIR. Whitman's portrait
which Is now in his private reception room,
is a three-quarter-length view. He is seated
in a chair and holds a book in one hand,
keeping the place with his thumb, as
though he had just paused in his reading
sor a moment. The small bust of Minerva
which is placed upon the table at his right