Evening star., 1897-03-06


this year more artists will contribute as
Washington ought to be well represented In
these exhibitions, which are perhaps the
most Important annual art events in the
United States.
There is a very fresh, breezy quality in
the marine which Mr.. Frank Moss has now
upon his easel. The leaden color of the
threatening sky promises storm and the
waves break with ever-increasing force on
the smooth, hard beach. The sketch for
this picture was made on the Maine coast
where the artist has spent many summers
Mr.. Moss has been working up land
scape, the motive for which was obtained
in the same region. The barberry bushes
struggling down over the edge of a clay
bank give a picturesque Cement 10 the
scene, and the painting is extremely rleas-
ing In tone. He has also been busy with a
study showing the continental! troops COM
ing through Philadelphia on their way 10
Valley Forge. The soldiers are a sorry-look-
ing band, but beneath their tattered coats
beat brave, resolute hearts, and. I'm order
10 make a more gallant appearance they
about the barrels of thciS muskets.
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Miss d. B. King has been at work build
ing up a group, which she calls The Chill
drens Hour There are six figures in the
group, the largest being only a little over
a foot in height. In the center is :he sc ated
hgure of woman, and her little ones are
gathered about her. Miss King is especially
successful in modelling children and this
piece of sculpture gives her splendid cppor-
tunities to exercise her talent in that direc-
ton. The group is very well balanced, sp-
pear1ng to good advantage from any point
OF view, and she plans to sen1 IL &C the ex-
hibition OF the Society of Washington Art
lists. When this piece of work is off her
hands she will commence modelling her
statue Of Jeptha and his daughter.
Mr.. George Gibbs has lately finished sew
eral Inauguration scenes for an illustrated
weekly. One of these is a very large draw
ing showing the Presidents reviewing stand
while the parade was passing, and Mr.
Gibbs has been quite successful in giving a
spirited swing to the moving soldiers. The
whole scene is full Of action. and the draw
ing is treated in a broad, effective way In
a square space in one corner of this same
composition is a larger portrait of the Pres
ident as he appeared reviewing the troops,
and another drawing shows him riding
down the avenue in his carriage. Mr.. Gibbs
has now resumed work upon a gouache
drawing, which is in some sense a sequel
to his Inauguration studies, as ii depicts the
office seeker in search of a government. al
sinecure. The scene is laid in the marble
Nd ol,
the figures are well grouped and carefully
stuG:ed as to gesture and expression.
Mr.. W. H. Chandlee plans to send to the
coming exhibition at the Cosmos Club
New York street scene showing Madison
Square on rainy night. The BLUSH white
glare of the electric lights is contrasted
in an interesting way with the ruddy glow
behind them, and line of trees is slhou-
cited sharply against this blaze of light.
The waiting cabs which are lined up In
the shadow of the trees are reflected in
distinctly in the surface of the wet street.
He has recently made for the London
Sketch a couple of gouache drawings of
ir auguration scenes. Gouache work, while
not exactly new departure for Mr.. Chan
dice, is an excursion into what is for him
a comparatively untried field, but these
! drawings exhibit his usual ready facility
and viyacity OF handling.
While Mr.. H. B. Bradford devo.es HIM
self most assiduorsly 10 illustration. he
gives some attention to portraiture In
black and white. He has lately made sew
eral large heads in pencil, and in spite of
the limitations of this medium, has OBJ
tanned some surprisingly good effects. Pen
ell is SO rarely used for any Important
work that few people realize the rich
blacks and the tender half tones that
skilful draughtsman may command. Mr..
Bradford's most recent drawing in this
medium is a portrait of Thomas Nelson
Page in his study. The author is seated at
his desk, surrounded with books and pa
pers, and 1t Is quite a characteristic like
ness. Mr.. Bradford has also made pen
sketch of Mr.. Pages old home at Oak
lands, Va. In general the drawing shows
the old house as il now is, but the artis,
ha raj N Sr1jf
Page, who wished to have the place ap-
pear as 1t did in his younger days. Mr..
Bradford has been engaged upon a number
| Of pen drawings for the comic weeklies.
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| Mr.. Howard Helmick works slowly and
| carefully, and it is not very often that the
public has a chance to see a new picture
| from his hand, but his work is all the more
worth seeing when the opportunity does
present itself. Work and Leisure" a
painting in Oil which he has recently COM
| pletei. is now on exhibition at Fischer's.
| There is but one figure in the composition,
a buxom serving girl, who has left her
work for a few minutes and is seated in a
chair glancing over a paper. The girls
,rolled-up sleeves. the wash tub standing
near her and the line of drying clothes tell
| the story simply and directly. MIR. Helmick's &
| pictures always tell a story, and even when
| tney portrdy noHely scSueS VI eiiis ciidr-
acter are never trivial The color I'm this
painting is one of the most pleasing fea-
| lures, and the flesh tints are managed
with those peculiar pearly tints which the
| artist uses to such good advantage. There
| is a nice quality also in the white of the
dress and apron.
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The Chesapeake has furnished the sui
ject of Mr.. Edwin Lamasure,s most recent
| work, a moonlit view Of a long stretch of
shore, with many inlets indsnting and run