Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
ART AND ARTISTS

Mr.. Carl Gutherz left the city or wednes-
| day for Minnesota whittier he has been
| called in connection with the decoration of
a new library building. The designs he
| has made for the enrichment of the walls
include a number of mural paintings and a
wealth of decorative ornamentation which
! is pleasing in detail and glowing in color
He expects to return from the west in
about month and will then carry out the
! large ceiling decoration for a dining room
which he designed before his departure.
rms painting is TO ill circular space
| about fifteen feet in diameter the principal
color notes of which will be golden yellow
and rose color in its many varying shades
AS the decoration is for the ceiling of a.
| dining room, the artist endeavored to
! choose a subject that would inspire only
! peasant thoughts and add to the cheerful
atmosphere OF the place. He selected Venus
~ her chariot, drawn by swans. with Eros
hoiding The reins and round the chariot
| Wnlch occupies the center of the compost
aioh, are iiyiEg birds, and on the edge is
| an enclrciing border of cherubs dancing and
! playing among masses of roses The hack
ground is the luminous yellow of a sunset
SKY which with the gold ornamental ton of
| the outer border gives very rich effect TO
| the ceiling In portrait which Mr. Gutherz
nnished a short time ago of Dr. Winners
4 Two chiidren there is nice study of subtla
4
| between the color of the boys hair and the
| closely similar hue of his sisters curls "a
Wen Indicated, and the artist has exnrassad
nicely the difference in texture between her
/ SOIL white dress and the boys white blouse.
MISS Nellie Stafford has boon enjoying a
! prief soJourn in Massachusetts. and while
making her headquarters at the hub has
'hade prief visits to a number of the re-
sorts along the coast. Unlike most artists
who visit these places, she did not take a
sketching trap with he-. but went for rec
reatlon alone. AS her taste does not run
IN the direction of landscape, the summer
Is not her time for storing up material. as
~ Is with those who devote themselves TO
OUTDOOR work. Miss Stafford is expected
| back in week so.
Miss Lillian Cook has done little this
summer except desultory sketching, and
Will not take up the series of decorations
which she is to make for a convent in Will
! mington until she has recruited new ener-
| giles by her trip up north The mural de-
| signs which she is to paint are subjects
taken from the life of Christ. Miss Cook
VIII leave in the latter part of August for
PASSPORT, Me. While she goes partiv 70
give herself a good rest, she will take her
| painting materials with her. and it will be
| strange if with the picturesque material
IN order to bring home portfolio of strik-
4 ing sketches.
Mr. wells NJ Sawyer has been busy dur
ing the past week an Indians head,
which he is painting in water color. He
has painted it with great fidelity to color.
and the mans BLUSH black hair and his
bronze-hued skin are both set down with
conscientious exactness. Mr.. Sawyer has
done no outdoor work to speak of this
summer, but plans to get in quite a little
painting when he goes to Holcong, Pa.
He expects to leave the city in about n
week, and will doubtless return with quite
number of good studies.
Miss S. w. Kelly left the city about two
weeks ago for Petersville Frederick coun-
ty. Nd, and she is now busy sketching in
that locality. There are many good mo-
tives to he found in that locality. and they
will probab bly, claim her attention until fall.
The illustrations that he is making for a
new volume of the Naval Record take
about all Mr.. Clary Rays time. and during
the hot weather he has done comparativ
little outside work. Two of the illustra-
lions he has recently made in this series of
gouache drawings show the old vessels
Savannah and Susquehanna, and he is now
busy portraying the Hetzel. His thorough
mastery Of gouache technique enables him
to give life and interest to these rather
conventional subjects. A trip to the north
shore and other rambes in Massachusetts
are among the possibilities Mr.. Ray con-
templates for his summer vacation.
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Mr.. William Fuller Curtis and Miss Jane
Brigham Curtis among the devotees
of East Gloucester who make an annual
pilgrimage thither, and they will probably
be there until the close of the season. Mr..
Curtis finds many subjects suited to his
pen. and his sister also finds the place con-
genial though she is at her best when fol-
lowing up an entirely different vein.
Miss Marie Mattingly is another WASH
ingtonian who has been enjoying the cIi-
mate of the bay state and she has been
since the middle OF last month at Magno-
liza, which is only short distance from
East Gloucester. She did not go there with
the intention of spending her time In
sketching, but planned to do nothing but
black and white work, and that only when
The spirit moved her. Miss Mattingly is
expected back in a very short time.
Too Valuable 10 Lose.