Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23
ART AND ARTISTS.


modern manner. and every line of the fig
ure is full Of action, even to the backward
toss Of the head and the hair flying in the
wind. With one hand she grasps the name
of the sea horse. who Is ploughing through
the water at great speed. 1t Is interesting
to note that, while the sculptor has taken
an old Greek subject for his group he has
treated 1t in a manner not at all classical,
and the individual figures are so full of life
and action that they lack the repose char
acteristic of Grecian art. The figure of
Neptune in the central grotto and the two
attendant Tritons are indeed open to criti-
cism on the score of suggesting violent
actlon. through the exaggerated modelling
OF the muscles. while in attitudes of COM
parative rest. The nymph. which arrived
recently, occupies the space in front Of the
r1ght-hand grotto and when a similar
bronze: now expected. has been placed On
the left side, the fountain group will be
complete.
There is chance that several Washing
tonians may send pictures to the exhibit of
the Water Color Club in New York which
opens on the 7th of next month. Any who
are intending to contribute and have not
already sent their works should bear in
mind that the 9th and 2Sth of October are
the days named for the receiving of pic-
lures. Both water colors and pastels are
eligible for this exhibit.
The Goodly store of interesting sketch,s
which Miss Bertha E. Perrie brought back
as the result of her summers work has
Won praise from many quarters. The
larger Part of her sketches were from he
neighborhood of Duxbury. Mass. a small
coast town OF many miles south of Ros-
ton. but she can show few effective
sketches made in the White mountain
regions of New Hampshire. In glancing
over the latter one is at once attracted to
a very conscieEtiously painted wood in
terror. which, If it is not as irreproachable
IN technique as the artists water colors
usually are, bears the stamp of truth, and
has an unquestionably fine outdoor quality
The moss-covered boulders and the tall
trees growing close to the margin of a
placid lake present a scene that is quite
t! pical of the locality where she was stay
irg. Amorg the Duxbury subjects the
scenes along the beach are sketches which
ore enjoys lingering over. One of the
most pleasing is a long stretch of ocean
scented beach, with clumps of tall grass
springing out of the sand here and there
and a strip of dried sea weed drifted in
Fantastic curves by the waves. The low
shore ,ia in the distance lies like pale blue
line on the horizon, and while simple and
UHpretentfous the picture is highly inter-
esting in composition. The fields around
the town furnished one very good motive
in which white sandy path running
across the crest of a hill drops suddenly
out of sight where a broken fence and
several bushes mark a steep incline, only
to reap"""r winding across the meadow
most entirely to landscapes and marines
but she brought back one very striking
water color study of an old mans heal.
X
Several days ago Mr.. r. G. Skerrett's
large water color of the U. S. Kearsarge
was exhibited at Vcerhoff's. The artists
main aim was to give faithful picture of
the vessel. and, considering the close el1b-
Grafton of detail which that required. he
succeeded in putting into the study sur
Pr1Slng amount OF breadth and artistic
spirit. The Kearsarse is shown in the
open sea. and the marine effect is we'll
studied. The picture has been sent to New
York ard is to go to the builders of the
VeSsel.
Mrs. Josepha Whitney paid a brief visit
to her mother last week. returning to New
York or Monday. She spent the summer
on Long Island. but gave up more Of her
time to rest al recreation than to sketch
ing.
On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. Walter
Paris held an exhibition of his work in
studio at No. 1924 New York avenue, AMI
those who were prevented from seeing it
On account of the unpleasant weather miss
ed viewing the best cclec ton of water
colors that he has ever shown here His
summers work well illustrates the success
which attends an artist when he is work
ing in his milieu, the French call it.
His forte is in architect ural subjects and
this season he devoted himself largely 10
studies of that class. finding in the old
streets. the ruined churches and quaint
houses of several English towns motives
with which he is in entire sympathy. One
n la for,
coiors is view of St. Nicholas Church
Gloucester. an imposing gray structure
with all the dignity that age brings to a
fine piece of architecture. In thu. green
churchyard dotted with crumbling stones
bert old man and a bright-faced little
girl lend a touch of human interest TO the
picture. number of the best sketches
which the artist made were painted in or
near Gloucester, such as the cathedral, the
old city gateway and a wonderfully pic-
turesque old house which he jotted down;
but Penzance. Cornwall. also afforded him
many exoellC mt motives and St Ives NOT
few. In the last mentioned town he made
a very interesting study of roofs with
their broken lines and leaning chimneys a
scene which is suggestive of Nuremberg
In these subjects and in his street scenes
he shows very good eye for the local col
orlng of the stone walls. roofs, etc, and
in all his subjects he works out the details
with great exactitude. The most attrac-
tive of the PenZance water colors IL n
quaint street communicating with the sen
by narrow alley. The studies made ic
the Isle of Wight are not so satisfying
being mainly landscapes and coast scenes
which he does not handle with as much
success.
There are now at Veerhoff's two marble
bas-reliefs by Herbert Barbee representing
Night and Morning. With such hackneyed
subjects a sculptor could hardly be expect
ed to hit upon anything startlingly original.
and II he has not given us anything yery
new. he has at least done a very clever
piece of modelling in the face typifying
Night. The effect of the yelled profile is
rendered In a manner somewhat simila.. to
that of the Yelled Nun in the Corcoran
Gallery, which many will remember.
Mr.. George Gibbs is busy with black and
white Illustration. and is still at work on
his series of drawings for the Illustrated
American, entitled 1.-The Passing of the
Old Navy A short time ago he finished
the first book cover he ever designed.
which he made for Molly Eliot Sewalrs
book, called Twelve Naval Captains,
He has just sent away to Vogue an inter-
esting drawing portraying the arts of fir
tation. girl seated at piano is lavish
ing her sweetest smiles on an eccentric
looking musician, while in the background