Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-06
A r T AND ARTS is

A n I A N D A r IT'S 7 S.
An important meeting of the Washington
Water Color Club is scheduled for this
afternoon at half-past 4. All the matters
touching the coming exhibition, which
orens December G. will be discussed, as
this is the first time that the members have
| come together since the early summer. The
| meeting will he held in Miss Bertha Per-
| ne's new studio, a room which she has
just fitted up in a coy way on the upper
floor of the Art Students League building.
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Miss Sara Bartle is resting temporarily
from her work, but will take 1t up again
| in short time. Her stay in Newport dur
ing the summer was decidedly successful,
| and she found her time pretty well occu-
pied. Among the miniatures which she
made there may be mentioned the likeness
es of Mrs. Benjamin Thaw and her daugh-
ter Henrietta Of Pittsburg and the portrait
| of Miss Barnes. If Miss Bartle's present
plans are carried out she will go to that
| city about Christmas time to execute some
| orders. and later to New York. She has
| nCw under way miniature of little boz
| with golden hair, which. even in the unfin-
| fshed state, gives promise Of becoming
perfect gem. That she is unusually sue
cessful in her portrayal Of children no one
| can doubt who has seen the charming min
iature of her nephew which she made some
| time ago. Miss Bartle spent the early part
/ OF the summer in East Gloucester and
| aside from her work in portraiture, she
| made couple of nice outdoor subjects,
which show the same delicacy of handling
| that characterizes her miniatures. Both of
| these water colors, which are executed on
tinted paper. are moorland scenes, one of
| them presenting corner of the great boul-
| der that every visitor to Gloucester knows
by the rame of Sunset Rock. While she
| vas away she experimental with mono
| tyres a little, and from a successful motive
| showing a bit of Rocky Neck one would
hardly guess that all the requisites for the
practice of this interesting art are zinc
plate. mixture of printers ink and bicycle
| oil. and a clothes wringer in lieu of press.
| press.
Mr.. H. B. Bradford employed most OF the
| time which he spent at Bristol, r. L. in
making portraits in black and white, and
has number of these to show for his sum-
| mer's trip, though, of course. many have
| already passed into other hands. Since his
| return he has been engaged mainly on pen
work for illustration, and has been busy
| With number of bicycle subjects. One OF
| nan and a girl out for ride, and two
spirited in action, and drawn with much
accuracy. Another pen drawing pictures
| rather awkward young man dancing with
| sweet. graceful girl. In his pen tech
niQue Mr.. Bradford is surrounding a good
many obstacles. and is fairly successful in
| the difficult undertaking of catching like
| ness in a portrait executed in ink.
| Mr.. Carl Weller Is one of nurnber of
| Washington artists who were at Gloucester
| this summer, and he has brought back a
| number of good things by which to re-
member his stay in the old fishing town.
Among these are the usual sketches so
typical of the place, studies of fishing
| schooners moored to old gray wharves
One of the best of these. was painted when
the tide was out, leaving a long stretch of
| mud about the bases of the moss-covered
piles. Annisquam, town a few miles from
Gloucester, furnished him with a motive
| or two. the old church being the most pleas
ing OF these. In the early part of his sum-
mer trip Mr.. Weller visited York Me-
where he made a few sketches of the
characteristic scenes on land and water
All the work which he did while he was
away Is in water color. and he has num-
Der Of excellent subjects from which to
selec. his contribution to the coming ex-
hibit.
Old English masters, of which so many
| fine specimens were shown at Fischer's
last season, again hold sway there OF Sir
Joshua Reynolds there are several ex-
amples, the most important as to subject
being the large canvas entitled Cupid Dis
armed" Less pretentious but really more
satisfying is the portrait of little girl
glancing up with a roguish look in her
a a o. in fha LOT, e,
centrated on the face and the lightly folded
arms. and this effect of chiaroscuro results
in very unusual composition. Another
painting represents the artist Hamilton
showing Sir Joshua's sketch for the Tragic
Muse. Close by it hangs a striking portrait
OF John Mason, by Gain sborough, and two
small landscapes by Constable, an ad-
mirable oil and an Indifferent water color.
One of the most fascinating portraits in the
exhibition Is the half-length figure of Lord
Butte by Allan Ramsay There Is nothing
striking about the figure. for 1t Is painted
in reserved manner, but there is subtle
charm of color and line that compels ad-
miration. In tie face. which Is expressive
of the greatest refinement, the flesh tints
are all that one could wish, and an es-
pecially pleasing color note Is sounded in
the soft rose-colored coat trimmed with
creamy lace. Another beautiful piece Of
colcring Is Sir Thomas Lawrence's head of
a lady with hair OF reddish gold. The like
ness of DR.. Walker by Raeburn is rather
hard in its modelling. but 1t is one of these
intimate portraits which express character
with so much sincerity and truth. Among
the other canvases are portraits by Godfrey
kneller. Lely and zoffany and nude figure
by William Etty. as well as the head of a
little girl. Then also one should not over
look the semi-architectural subject by Bon
nington and the landscape by Barker.
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There II an interesting invention at
Fischer's which. IL 1t does not print actual
color photographs. does the next thing
to 1t. In that It shows objects In their nat
ural colors. series OF positive plates
are made from any given negative. all
these being in black and white only. Then
by an ingenious arrangement these plates
are placed over three pieces of glass COL
ored with the primary hues red, yellow