Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-18


part of this week by those who were anx-
ious to have a first glimpse of this note
worthy collection. The pictures will be on
view until January s, and the attendance
is expected to reach it's high-water mark in
the closing days or during the holidays,
when many people will be more at leisure.
In addition to the regular daily hours from
o am. to pm, the gallery will be open on
Monday and Thursday evenings from to
10.
On Tuesday evening the Society of Wash
iEgton Artists met together for the second
time in its new home on Connecticut ave-
nue. Twenty-one members were present
ard the annual election of officers took up
all the time allotted for the meeting. Rich
ard N. Brooke was elected president;
George Gibbs, vice president: Wells NJ.
Sawyer, secretary, and Charles Poor. treas
urer. The following members We're chosen
for the executive committee of the ensuing
year: Edmund Clarence Messer, j. II. Mo-
ser. Parker Mann. Robert Hinckley and
Robert Coleman Child. Several names were
proposed for membership before the adj
Journment of the meeting.
MI bcDfSt StilStIy II lew udSS ago
had on exhibition al Veerhof's a very
carefully studied figure composition. The
artist is young man who has never been
represented in the local exhibitions and is
little known here, but his picture referred
TO has excited no little interest. In col
oring and in the handling his work shows
in noticeable degree the influence of Mr.
Helmick, under whom he has studied, but
individual peculiarities of style are not
lacking.
Lucien Powell expects to have an exhibi-
ton of his work al Veerhoff's shortly after
Christmas, the collection to include a great
variety of subjects. He has already placed
in the gallery a large water color showing
market scene in an Italian town.
j: x
AT the last meeting of the Art Students
League it was decided to make q special
feature of the Saturday morning class for
children. While students of almost any
age nave been admitted to the preparatory
antique class. no special effort has pre-
viously been made to accommodate the lit
tie ones. The services of two extra in
structOrs will be secured for this class and
Saturday morning will be given over to the
> oui4Sti SiuhtHtS- LII lIttTOIl, where tniS
system has been in vogue for good MANY
years. it has proved of benefit to the stu
dents, who started in at an early age, am.
as they glow olCcr their drawing eXce.s that
of the other students The Importance of
beginning any study early cannot be TOO
strongly emphasized. and in dra wing it is
especially valuable, even the youngest
enid can gain something through "a shar-
pcned faculty of observation and in a GER
tain manual dcXterity.
For the holiday entertainment this year
couple of plays have been substituted in
place of the Christmas tree, which was the
source of SO much enjoyment last year.
Carroll Institute Hall has been secured for
the evening of January 3, and the artists
and their friends will take part in the two
plays produced. Alma Tadema's drama.
called THE Silent Voice." will occupy the
first part of the evening, and the remainder
of the time will be given up to a laughable
farce called My Lord and Livery" Music
VIII also add to the enjoyment of the oc-
casiOn.
Miss Lillian Cook has commenced work
on the three large tapestries that she is
painting for a convent in Wilmington Del
All of the pictures are biblical in subject,
blessing little children. 1t contains many
figures, and is the most complex of all the
canN asses in its composition the others
containing only two or three figures. Miss
Cock has not much more than laid in the
cOlors or this tapestry, and will probably
be occupied for many weeks before tine
series is finished.
Among the new pictures at Fischer's
there is an especially attractive canvas by
Sir Thomas Lawrence, showing three
charming cherub heads. The heads are
somewhat similar to Reynolds arrange
ment of five different views of the same
little maid. but the painting lacks little of
the sweetness and grace Of Sir Joshua's ia
nous work. The coloring is not the chief
charm of this group by Lawrence, and it
delights the behoder mainly by the expres.
sion in the faces. Other pictures now at
FiScher's are the portrait by Watson Cor
don and Hiltons interesting imaginative
canvas.
At Tyler's gallery. which has just been
opened on Connecticut avenue, there are
q number of interesting canvases both
in landscape and in figure painting The
collection differs materially from similar
ones that have been shown here in that 1t
is not composed of foreign pot boilers, but
is largely made up of good grade of
American work.
There was placed on exhibition at the
Corcoran Gallery a few days ago a paint
ing by Mr.. Peter Baumgras, formerly of
this city, now Of Chicago, which Is at
tracting considerable attention, and es-
pecially from scientists, both on account
of it's subject and the intelligent and care
full manner in which it Is treated 1t Is en-
titled, beauties from the Ocean," and
represents brilliant collection of sea
Shells the iridescent colors of which are
reproduced with rare fidelity and success.
Mr.. Baumgras' old friends here will be
| pleased to learn that he expects to visit
Washington next spring.
Mr.. F. P. Knott of New York is in the
| city. and will occupy Mr.. UhFs studio. 81
i nth street for some tinla