Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-20
A RI AND ARTISTS.

Last Saturday Miss Elizabeth Laurence
of this city and Mrs. Aida M. Coleman of
Baltimore held a reception and exhibition
of their work at l2l4 Vermont avenue
Miss Laurence has recently returned from
Paris, and some of the studies which she
made there were shown. well as col
lection of outdoor studies In water color
which she painted on Staten Island. 18th
landscape and marine motives were in evil
dence. but the treatment OF these studies
was rather too sketchy to find favor with
most visitors. and the verdict of approval
was more often placed on such subjects
the decorative mass of carnations. Miss
Laurence is perhaps at her best in paint
ing water color heads upon ivory. Mrs
toismans specimens of china painting
showed an unusual diversity of style and
variety IN the method of handling. Espe-
cIally pleasing effects of color We're to be
found in the decoration of couple of
stems. and two new pieces worthy of men
ton were the Jubilee and Mckinley
Toast cups
From New York comes the information
that the preliminary sketch has been COM
pleted for the equestrian statue of Wash
lngton. which the ladies of the Mount Yer
non Association are to present to the city
of Paris. Daniel c. French and Edward
Z. Potter are the sculptors of this monu-
ment, which is colossal in size and is to
occupy prominent position at the iunc-
ton of the Rue st. Honore with the Rue
Washington.
For some time Mr.. William Fuller Curtis
has been working steadily at his speciality
of burnt wood decoration. and has finished
a good deal of work. which he expects to
include in an exhibition little later in the
season. before he goes abroad His panel
called MY Lady of Sleep shows an ex-
quisite profile. the hair sweeping down
over the cheek that it almost hides the
face i'm its curves. which. like the poppy
held in the delicate fingers, are suggestive
of dreams. A striking subject is a panel
which he has framed in hammered copper.
showing procession of monks going down
hill; and two heads. a bishops and a nuns
are very clever in treatment. Mr.. Curtis
largest work. one of several which may
now be seen at Fischer's is the iife-size
figure of a woman in a loose flowing gown
against background which suggests an
ancient tapestry. 1t is interesting to see
in how many ways this medium adapts it.
self to artistic expression.
Four oils by Charles Morris Young were
placed on exhibition at Veerhoff's prior to
that artists going abroad. All are SUBJ
jects from farm life and show a true and
natural country feeling. One is Of cows
going along willow bordered road just
after rain. In this the purple hues of
sunset are rather crude but the freshness
out-of-doors is well rendered. Another
canvas. which has great deal of sunlight
in it, shows group of cattle standing in
a stream, while a third shows the cows
passing through the pasture bars on their
homeWard way. with the moon rising
through little drift of clouds. In this one
the animals are not drawn with much at
tention to details, but the evening feeling
which pervades the subject is very charm
ing The other picture. full of the spirit of
thanksgiving. appropriately represents a
held OF golden corn shocks. Besides the
OILS Il number of water colors by the same
artist are shown.
A special meeting of the Water Color
Club is to be held this afternoon to discuss
the postponement of the exhibition. which
was to have opened on December 6. The
plan which will doubtless be adopted is to
postpone the opening of the exhibit until
December ID and to set Monday and
Tuesday. the 18th and Both of November,
as the days for receiving pictures. This
change has been rendered imperative by
the date of the loan exhibit. From the
present outlook it does not seem as though
the proportion of outside work would be
unusually large, and local exhibitors may
be pretty sure that works up to the high
standard of merit established will not be
rejected on account of lack of space
There is ample room for large display of
water colorS and paStelS, without hanging
more than two lines of pictures and the
custom of skying works, to the great wrath
of the victims, need no longer be resort
ed to.
There are several new specimens of early
English art at Fischer's, perhaps the most
noticeable among them being a portrait of
Lady Hamilton by Romney. This is an I'M
finished work, in fact, little more than a
sketch, but one which makes strong i'm
preston, partly on account of the striking
attitude of the lady. There is picture by
Lawrence of the Angerstein children at
play in garden, very true and charming
in the expression of the faces. specially in
that of the little girl in the center with
her foot on the spade, upon whom the light
falls with exquisite effect. Among the
other portraits is one by Allan Ramsey of
Lady WymeSs. a straightforward, patri-
cian-looking dame. Mr.. Fischer also has a
picture by Anne Morot which is very strik-
| ing. Although the coloring seems trif1e
crude and some portions of the work ap-
pear to be lacking In finish the painting
instantly commands attention because of
the scene is an Arab carried by a magnifi-
cent black horse. He carries his gun in
his left hand, and in the very act of replac-
ing his pistol in its holster with his right
glances backward over his shoulder to
where his pursuer falls from his horse ap-
parently shot dead. In the background
others are seen, engaged in a fierce skir-
msh. The scene is very sunny and light
and the figures stand out in bold relief
The poster which announces to the pass
ers-by on Connecticut avenue that there
is a loan exhibit at No. 1920 attracts much
attention, and as many pause to look at it
their appetites are whetted for q glance at
the treasures within. The author of this
masterpieces is the versatile Mr.. Spencer
Nichols. One of its chief merits In the ewes
Of his brother artists is that it is quite I'M
like other posters. The figure is graceful
and dignified, and the general effect is
rather classic. Even the children on the
street stop to admire the bully picture"
and surely this is the next best thing to
having the approval Of the birds. like that
Greek painter of old that we read about.