Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
A RI AND ARTS rs.

A new art movement that is bound to at
tract a good deal of attention has now
taken definite shape with the founding of
an advanced art school in this city for col
ored students. The school is probably
unique, no institution based on these
| lines comes to mind at this moment, except
those connected with college courses While
| 1t is true that the fondness for art is not
very widespread among the colored people,
the taste for the artistic is more general
than is often supposed as is evinced by
the organization of this band of workers
Heretofore all of the instruction available
outside of that given to the children In the
public schools. has been of the most trifiiag
and superficial nature. Now, classes where
| serious work is to be done have been estab-
| lished under the leadership of Mr.. William
Hill, colored sculptor, VINO has shown
work of good deal of promise at the OK
hibitions of the S. w. A, and who is
thoroughly competent to give them the LEES
advanced instruction that most of the stu
dents need at present. The school is in
stalled in temporary studio at 1873 l.
street, and though starting with a small
equipment of casts, etc, the members hope
that an increase in numerical strength will
render possible better facilities for study
One evening last week Mr.. L. :. J. Dunbar
gave the members short talk on the study
Doubtless a number of others among the
local~artists will show the same conmea-
dable spirit in encouraging this movement
when it comes to more general notice.
Even ii the school does not turn out fin
ished artists, its educational influence VIII
doubtless be far-reaching and beneficial
and the progress of the school Will be
watched with interest.
At Mr.. Fischer's there is Felix Zcm
which has all the richness in color usual IN
that artists work. but without the slightest
crudeness. The scene is in Venice, and The
| motive one of those which make the place
SO popular with artists, stretch of water
lit up by the sun. which is low on the
horizon, and on the right two brilliantly
cclored sails set off by the dark masses of
several boats. The water, lit up by the
sunset, has a very luminous quality. and
produces an almost Turneresque effect.
Mr.. Max Weyl's studio is just now given
up to the exhibition of his fall work. which
will continue till Wednesday next There
are to be seen there number and variety
of subjects which ably represent the char
acteristic features of the artists work; his
thoroughly artistic feeling and mis- super
iority over merely conventional methods of
tire atment. A number of the pictures shown
are the results of his work near Keswick
Va. where he spent some time this last
summer, but he has also found many good
bits of landscape close to the city. He has
some good wood interiors and sky and
cloud effects, and displays his fondness for
sunset effects in several of the most pleas
ing things in the collection One of these
is view across the Potomac flats, very
interesting in composition and glowing with
color. 1t shows an eXpanse of marsh grass
broken by a narrow stretch of water Oh the
left. and on the right masses of trees stand
out against a brilliant sunset sky. A SINH
lar motive has been treated by Mr.. Weyl
in a lower tone, the coloring being as deli
cate as that In the first is rich making a
very exquisite little picture. Still another
canvas gives really dramatic impression,
the sky being painted strongly, with the
sunlight coming through the light and dark
masses of the Clouds and with bold
streak of color near the horizon. In the
middle distance are some trees with fine
effect of sunset light shining through them,
ard near pool in the foreground are some
cattle. In his wood interiors one sees fresh
demonstrations of Mr.. Weyrs ability to
draw trees One odd bit of landscape, quite
in contrast to his usual richness of color,
gives rather an impression of bleakness and
baroness. In the center are a number of
small trees of irregular shapes. spreading
their crooked branches out over the scene.
Mr. Frank j. Schwartz exercises his skill
and artistic feeling in painting upon china
in much the same manner as other artists
use other mediums, not combining himself
to mere decorative painting. A number of
small tiles in china are among his recent
work One of them, representing a nymph
and fisherman, is very charming piece
of work. The figure of the maiden who is
rising out of the sea with arms outstrerch-
cd aaf,, nj md Il
delicate head being especially good. In
another there is a suggestion of Alma Ia
dema in the classic figure of girl in Greek
gown and filleted hair sitting against the
background of a marble wall. the marble
being very cleverly painted. Two little fig
ures adapted from a painting by Bougle-
reau are on q third tile, and show very
dainty workmanship Mr.. Schwartz has
also been PARTING several miniature por-
Traits on ivory recently.
The largest picture Mr.. w. III. Machen
has been working on of late is interest
ing subject showing a couple of pointers
out in the field. intently examining a pile OF
brushwood. The setting for this scene is
n pleasing landscape in warm autumn coll
ors. with tall grass and trees in the dis
tance. He has lately done several game
subjects. one of the best being a study of
some ducks, and he has also been re.ouch-
ing a number of other pictures.
Mr.. Henry Floyd, who is now installed
in studio at ITO G street, has many in
teresting canvases that he painted abroad
during the past summer though much of
his time was occupied in portraiture, and
such work has of course passed out of his
hands. Among the outdoor subjects there
are two street scenes, painted In France
showing the picturesque fifteenth century
houses with their quaint irregular roofs
and softly tinted gray walls. Both can
vases are executed almost entirely with the |
palette knife, method which gives great |
strength and solidity, and yet Mr.. Floyd |
has retained a certain delicacy that is sell |
dem found in work of this style. Another |
French motive is simple sweep of hillside |
with the yellow gorse in the foreground |
and flaming western sky casting a re- |
Elected glow over the scene. The light |
sireaks of cloud converge toward the SUM-
set giving the Sky yery odd effect that L