Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

home, and in both of these water colors he
has well indicated the peculiar formation
or the hill in the middle distance, suggest
ing IT'S actual structure very forcibiy. One
sketcn was painted at a time when daisies
whitened the broad acres, but the flowers
have vanished from the fields in the second
study. and the landscape has the effect seen
just after a rain. In the line of portraiture
Mr.. Miller is busying himself with a water
| color head of sweet-faced old lady.
The much improved health that Mr..
| Robert Hinckley has been enjoying has
| GRABBED him to apply himself more indus
tr1ously to his painting, and his studio con-
| tafns many canvases in various stages Of
completion. Mr.. C. c. Glover, who has
been the subject of several portraits by
| Mr.. Hinckley. is again sitting, and the
portrait promises to be a characteristic
| likeness when it has received the finishing
touches. 1t is a three-quarter-length fie-
ure, and the pose is easy and unconven-
tonal, Mr.. Glover being seated close to a
tacle, upon which he has Just laid the
paper that he has been reading The artist
is also engaged upon figure of Mr. Geo.
Hehen IN hunting costume. strong color
Eote is sounded In the scarlet coat which,
with the white riding breeches, gives an
interesting effect of color. With a thought
70 restoring 1t. Mr.. Hinckley has recently
taken mold OF portrait that he painted
Oh Chief Justice Fuller a good many years
ago. 1t has changed considerable even
IN the comparatively short time since it
was painted, but there may be two opinions
as TO whether the hand of time has not
improved rather than marred it. While
the picture as whole has suffered in gen.
eral harmony, the head itself has taken on
a mellow richness of color that is wonder
fully fine.
tuesday, the 2Sth. is the date set for the
masquerade ball that the pupils of the Art
Students League are getting up a holi-
day merrymaking. There will be dancing
in the main class rooms, and the water
color room will be fitted up for fortune
telling of various kinds. These gatherings
are always jolly and informal, and there
Is every reason to suppose that this affair
Will prove no exception to the rule.
Now that the pictures generously donated
to the Corcoran Art Gallery by the lega-
tees OF the Lemon estate have nearly all
been hung, a more detailed mention than
has heretofore been given of them may not
be amiss. The pictures are grouped to-
gether in the southwest corner ROOM and
the little collection is a notable addition
to the art treasures of the gallery. One of
the first canvases that strikes the eye is
Edouard Detaille's General of the First
Empire" a powerfully realistic painting.
Every fold and wrinkle in the uniforms CT
the officers and men, and every glistening
BIT of metal in the harness of their horses
is set down with the most faithful pre-
cison, and yet the artist has not lost sight
OF the spirit and action of the < n
whole. Van Marcke's Cows in the Mea-
dow" and Rosa Bonhcur's study of bull.
a huge animal outwardly placid. but with
rather belligerent CLEAN in his eye, will
find favor with lovers of cattle subjects
Chialiva has painted better things than
the picture showing a shepherd with his
children and flock, but it is full of sun
nght, and Is quite pleasing withal. The
Cain, n delicate transcript from nature
opens window right out upon the Sep
TENDER fields with their gathered grain and
fasclnates one with its elusive but genuine
charm. The collection also contains two
typical marines by William T. Richards
and richly colored Cairo street scene by
Zem.
Since the magnificent tapestries loaned
by Mr. Ffoulke of this city were placed
on the walls of the gallery a little booklet
has been printed that sheds light upon
their history and meaning. According to
this catalogue five of them issued from the
studios that Cardinal Francois Barberini
established in Rome after his return from
France, and one was woven in the Gobelin
looms, in the reign of Louis Kill It was
with great difficulty that Mr.. Ffoulke OBJ
tanned permission from the Italian govern
ment to bring the tapestries out of the
country. All of the designs represent scenes
in the life of Constantine the Great and
ha cp11fh off 4 ,av
stairway, where the tapestries are placed
the frst design represents the battle in the
BoSphoruS between the fleets of the en-
peror and Linicius. In the second design
Constantine is burning the creed of the
Arians at Nicea. and in the third he is
shown in the act of Staying lion in gladi-
atorial combat. Reubens made the cartoon
for the fourth design, representing Con-
stantlne experimenting the construction of
ConstantinOple. The fifth of these yalu-
able seventeenth century tapestries shows
the emperor contemplating the Flaming
Cross in the sky and in the sixth he is de-
stroying idols and replacing them with
Christian statues.
Mr.. G. s. Truesdell will leave France
shortly, and expects to come to this coun-
try to live permanently. He will probably
reach New York about the first of the new
year, and after short stay there he will
pay washington visit. Mr.. TrueSdell
plans to make Colorado his home for few
years, hoping that the climate will do much
to recruit his health. He will be represent
ed in the exhibition of the PENNSYLVANIA
Academy Of Fine Arts by ploughing
scene in Normandy.
At Fishers there is a fine painting by
Tiepolo, one of those mastery pieces of ar
rangement in which every turn of the hand
and every fold in the drapery has def
lite place in the composition and carry the
eye from one figure to another The pic
ture is handled with great simplicity of
style, and is marked by a fine quality
of color. Another picture of interest is
the landscape by Hobbema, with its won
GeIful attention to the most minute details
In the basement gallery are several at
tractlve pictures, among which one may
mention the well-painted genre subject by
dEntraygues, the landscape by Frank
Boggs and the typical canvas from Percy
Moran'S easel.
Mr.. Rudolph Evans left last week for