Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
ART AND ARTIST rs


Winners two cnildrcn. and is executed
with the artists usual feeling for delicate
color. He has devoted the same care to
the composition and the choice of attitude
that he would have bestowed upon 4 strict
ly pictorial theme. and has thus dignified
his subject and elevated The portrait into
picture in the fullest sense Of the word
Mr. GutherZ Is busy evolving some designs
Tor ceiling decoration, his style Of work
In mural painting being well known here
through his designs in the special reading
room for the House of Representatives at
the new Congressional Library. In a few
weeks he plans to go abroad for the sum-
mer, going to Minneapolis for several days
before sailing.
X
Miss Bertha e Perrie has taken up min
fature painting, and IN her Initial ror-
traits has achieved results SO signaIly for
| tunate as to augur we'll for her future sue
cess in the execution of likenesses upon
ivory Mrs. Josepha Whitney is the sub
1ect of the most recent of the tiny portraits
that she has commence and even in its
present state :he likeness is telling and
the color extremely pleasing. The river
| front has furnished the motives for all the
outdoor sketches that Miss Perrie has done
| lately, and she has transferred to paper
| all manner of vessels from the four-mssted
! NC SShooHSiS IRON Maine 10 the little
punges loaded down to the waters edge
with their carsoes of cord wood She is
| at present busy with a scene inside a mic
| turesque boat house. in which the hale old
| hauling the Sadie with the practtced
| hand of long experience. The colorinR of
| the interior is rich and pleasing ard the
erect OF light is managed in a very salts
| factory manner.
| The portrait of Mrs. Lothrop Bradley.
| which Mrs. Mindeleff painted a short time
| ago, was SO emfnently satisfying, both in
| the likeness and in the handling that she
is now at work upon replica of it, 1t
| Is water color portrait, executed with
the skill that the artist always displays in
| That medium, and is especially good in its
nesh tints In miniature work the most
recent thing that she has done is a por-
trait or Dr. Lincoln. Mrs. Mindeleff con-
| Zines herself pretty closely to portraiture
| during the winter months, but with the
| advent of warm weather she branches out
! into the painting of figures. flower sub
| Jects and other themes that she handles
with facility. If nothing interferes with
| her plans she will go to Virginia Beach
| little later in the summer and after that
she expects to make a brief stay at Berke-
| ley Springs.
Mr.. A. B. Griffith has been devoting him
| self almost entirely to pen work lately, and
| in his rambles awheel he caught many
| quaint little sketches Among these one
| is at once attracted by comic little trio
| that he found by the roadside and jotted
| down. Two bowlegged little pickaninnies
| are shrinking back against fence with
| the liveliest expression CT fright painted
| upon their faces, and the ragged little. dog
| beside them seems to be in a state of
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a very expressive way and the drawing is
| excellent as a character study.
Just at present one of the busiest of the
local sculptors is Mr.. Ferdinand C. Leimer.
and quite a number of busts in various
| stages of completion are ranged about his
| studio. Among the fartEest advanced are
| the Mkenesses OF Senator Mason, Senator
| Mantle and Commissioner Butterworth.
| The portrait of Senator Stewart has been
| modelled in the rough and the sculptor will
commence work in short time upon busts
| of Senator White, Senator Tillman, DIR.
Sunderland and a number of other prom
inent people. Mr.. Liner has to a great
| degree that faculty necessary for sue
| cess in portraiture the faculty of Selling
| at once the salient points in the likeness
| aud In those bustS which approach COM
| pietion the expression is thoroughly char
| acteriStic. In view Of the fact that Mon
| day is independence day it is especially
| fitting that this week should see the close
| OF his iabors upon the colossal eagle that
he has designed for the post office in Buff
| falo. This patriotic emblem to which he
| is putting the finishing touches is to be
| be cut in granite, and as it has a bold dig
| nifty of handling will make very effective
piece of stone carving.
| x
Today is the day set for Mr.. E. F. An
| drews' departure fer Europe. According to
his usual custom, he will let his brush re-
| main idle during the summer months and
will spend his vacation in visiting his many
| artist friends abroad rather than in paint
| ing. On the other hand Mrs Andrews
who will spend the heated term at Lake
George, plans to do as much work as is
| consistent with an enjoyable and restful
time Miss Atwater, who is to OCCUPY Mr.
Andrews house with her father and
mother this summer, will be installed there
| in day or SO and enjoying the advantages
| that the large, well-lighted studio offers
| for her work.
Miss Anna Sands left on Thursday for
| Buena Vista and will enjoy the mountain
| air for the entire summer, dividing her
| time between work and recreation, as her
fancy may dictate. One of the best things
| that she did before her departure was a
| portrait of her brother, which was regard
| ed by all as an excellent likeness. She
commenced work upon head of her sister
| also, but did not have time to carry it to
completion.
X X
Since the close of the Corcoran Art
School week ago Miss Lillian Cook has
been able to call her time her own and
has MADE plans for the execution of some
| work that will occupy her during the
earlier part of the summer. The first that
she will undertake is an altar piece, which
| Is to be executed in such a manner as to
have the effect Of tapestry. 1t is for a
convent in Wilmington and is ore CT Sc
ries of decorative designs Illustrating the
life Of Christ In September she plans to
go out Of the city for a time. and she will
then devote herself to outdoor sketching.
In the canveses which he has painted
during the past spring Mr.. Edgar Nye
shows his ability to cope with some of
the most difficult problems Of Landscape
work. Some of the most successful of his
studies are those made early In the year.
when the purplish-gray of the leafless
branches had not given way to the green
Of foliage. Mr.. Nye finds an especial pleas
uTe in the effects to be seen on hazy DAYS
and his studies ALWAYS full nj aty,oc.