The times., 1897-11-21
IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOME
The Society of Washington Art
ists' House Warming.
A SYMPATHETIC ASSEMBLY
The Distinct Success of the First
Night OF the Loan Exhibition
Words Of Appreciation From
President NICK .nIey Galley
10 BE Open Today.

The Society oe Washington Artists dedi
Gated their gallery at 1920 Connecticut
avenue last hight with bat little formality.
but under circumstances which made the
occasion one or rare interest to the large
assembIage, winch expressed by its pres
ence its appreciation of the important
event. The gallery is regarded as TIL,
artistic home or the society, which has
bee1 entertaining and fnstructing the pub
lie Of Washington for years by their
nuaI exhititons, first in quarters provided
| by RTessrs. Woodward X Lothrop and la
| terIy by the Cosmos Club.
The new gallery has heretofore been
described i'm The Tnies, Tut last night
it presented quite "a different aspect, WIFI
its treasures illuminated by n flood .:
electric light. The walls OF the gallery
are we'll Covered with works OF tie best
ARTISTS. The disposition or the reflectors
| Is admirable SO atthe pictures appeared
| 10 possibly their best advantage
No better expression of the purpose %
the sociesy in this departure could tie writ
ten tnan That 20 be Iound in the neat cata
logue OF the gallery. Speaking OF this, the
society says:
With membership grown from 10 to
| 1l6 ana the need OF more space than
the cosmos coIla afford, the society
/ telt tDaJ something more permanently AMI
| particularly its own must be supplied.
This desire has been met 10y the gen
erosIty ana public spirit OF Mrs. Beluen
| Noble.
1uIs year the society invites the public
| TO a well-cquipped gallery, and receives
its guests IN its own quarters.
To fittingiy mark this true epoch in its
history, a loan collection from the art
| treasures OF our own citizens has been
| formed.
1ne society has endeav vored TO bring to-
| gether a unique collection that is at once
] retrospective and MODERN illustrating in a
] measure the history of painting from the
| days OF the old Italian masters to the
| masters of To-Day, ana embracing d inter
| esting variety of nationalities ana schools.
| Particular attention las been given TO
1 American art and pictures are shown from
! the brushes of Gilbert Stuart. Charles VIII
| son Peal, John Singleton Copley and other
/ pioneers in the art Of America, also by
| that group OF painters termed the inter
| mediate American scnool, whose names
were household words during the early
| fifties, and, finally, the most recent prod
! ucts or American genius.
| With this public ana general expression
| of its gratitude tO those who have 10
| this moment aided and encoura ged the so
| ciety, il submits 20 the general public
its claims To become one Of the service
! able ana esteemed institutions of the cap
ital.
me object OF the society was not 10 al
tract very great crowd to the gallery
| last night, aaC did not expect a large onl,
| considering the price of admission, but in
this they were perhaps agreeably disap
| pDinnteC. The doors We're thrown open ut
| ) p. IN. and by about $50 O'Clock the
| " hol. nf the floor space was occupied. The
| attendants were largely OF the art-loving
class or citizens. AmUng those noted in the
| gathering were Mr.. Mend0nca, the Brazilian
| minister; the Misses Menconca. Mr. Frank
! c. Van Horn, Miss Van Horn, Mr.. Towse,
| Mr. and Mrs. c. n. Poor, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Stilson Hutchius, Mr. S. II. Kaufman ami
| Miss Kaufman, Mr., ana Mrs. Thomas
| Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas VII
| son, Dr. Godding Miss Goddtng, Mrs. and
Miss Deerings pr. and Mrs. Lane, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Clark, c. d. walcot, of the
| Geological Survey, and Mrs. Walcot, Nj
| Eldridge, Postmaster General Gary, At
torney General McKenna, Minister Romero,
First Assistant Secretary OF State Day
Mr.. W. H Michael, chief clerk of tne
State Department.
The President was expected. He had
| sent an appreclative note expressing ms
| desire To- be present, but was unayo1ddbly
| detained
The visitors found delight in the rare
| collection. 1t is dstinctively a loan OK
| hIbitiou an d includes many OF the finest
| works owned in this city and elsew here
! No better place can be found just now n
| Washington to spend few hours than with
| the Society Of washington Artists at their
new home. The promenade last evening
was under additional inspiration of excel
lent music by Haley's Orchestra.
The gallery VIII be open today from
| : p N. 10 p. m, and on days other
than Sundays from $40 a. III. to 1 0 p. M.
The officers of the society are q. c.
Messer, presidents Il. Hobart Nichols vice
president; ". H Chandler, secretary; George
Gibbs, treasurer.
The Committees for the exhibition are:
Committee on solicitation Z. F. Andrews,
E. c. NesseT, Mex Weyl and George Gibbs.
Committee on invitations Charles 4.
Poor, Frank Moss and George Gibbs.
Committee ON catalogue H Hobart Mich
OILS, U. s j. Dunbar and w. b. Chiffon
Reception Committee-E. +. Andrews, e.
c. Messer, Max Weyl, w. H. ChandIe.,.
| George Gibbs, II. Hobart Nichols, Frank
AIosS, chairman: L. s. ]. Dubar, WiIliau
| B. Chiffon, r. N Brooke and V. G. Vister
Tc the committee Of artists i'll tie .,.-
| ception committee were added Messrs.
| Martingly, Woodward, McLauahan, Kauff
man and Thomas 2. Clarke. Mr. Clarke
by the way is The originator of the first
Ameuc,n gallery of art.
The active members Of the society are E.
| r. Andrews, Mrs E. F. Andrews, L Anna
| teis, r. n. Brooke, l.. s. Brumidi, w "
| Christmas, w II. Chandler, W. b. Chiffon,
Jane B. Curtis, Catherine Critcher, Lillian
| Coo6. VIII Fl Coffin, william Fuller Curtis.
| Robert Coleman Child, Jules Dieudonns
| U. S. j. Dunbar, Fl. J. EIlicott. George
Gibbs, Carl Gutherz Robert Hinkley, Anna
| STANDBY HoldbrGoke, Samuel Hodgkins.
DR.. David Kindl dleberger, L. II. Miller, E c.
Aiesser. Parker Mann, Frank Moss James
Henry Moser, H. Hobart Nichols, Spencer
Il. Nichols, Bertha E. Perrie, Lucian Powell.
Charles h. Poor, Clary Ray, Wells AZ
Sawyer, Edward Siebert, Alire SolGinons,
Juliet Thompson, Gaetano Trentanove ).
Jerome UbI, Max WeyI, and Carl Weller
The list of the paintings and OF their
contributors to the gallery has been pub.
liShei in T he Times.
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