The times., 1897-12-12
WORKS OF MANY ARTISTS
Second Annual Exhibition of the
Water Color Club.
CARD RECEPTION LAST NIGHT
Large Crowd of Members and Their
FrieEds View the Art Treasures
on the Walls Remarkably Large
Numbers of Paintings and Sketches
Sh, wn-Foreign Contributions.

The final arrangements Were made yes
terday for the annual exhibition of the
works OF the Water Color Club Of the
Society Of Washington Artists, which VIII
be- opened tomorrow morning at . o'el ok
in the new and beautiful home OF the So
eiet7 at No. O2O Connecticut avenue. To-
morrow's event will be the second of the
kirl under the auspices OF tn" Washington
! Artists.
| The halls were open yesterday to the
artists and friends. and last evening there
was q reception by card to the members
of the club, the active and sociate mem
bers OF The Society of Washington Artists
and 10 other exhibitors. As in the ca sc
| Of the grand housew arnling Of the society
when il took possession Of its new gallery
! a month ago, there was quite crowd i'll
attendance last evening, the reception
| lasting from s =. IN. 10 II p. III. There
We're no formalities all OF the tiIne being
well occupied in an eXamina ton OF the
treasures on the walls and in comparing
notes on the works.
| Tie number Of works is remarkably large
| and considering the auspices, none hut
those Of merit have been admitted among
the exhibits. In addition to the contr-
butIons from home, there are Tcpce
seutrtiyc pictures from New York Boston,
aud Baltimore.
| There are three great divisions Of the
| exhibition. In the ante room are the
sketches in black and white; the rain
| hal is reserved for colors, and the west
room is devoted to decorative subjects.
| In the ante-room are, for example,
George GIBBS A Congressional Diver
sion Tie Friar" of William Fuller Cur
it's, head hy Robert Child, and The Day
Dream hy Hattie E. Burdette. Pleas
| ing sketches are by A B. Frost, illustrat
| ing Mark Twain's Diary, and Others by
| c. h. LinSonn Ernest Blunenheim, George
Parson, A. e. Randall, w. II. Chanlee Q.i
| Hung Chang, Harry Bradford, Catherine
| Critcher Daisy King. and May Malone. In
| this room are also miniatures loaned by
| Emily u. Taylor, OF Philadelphia, and the
work by Sadie n. Bartle, Rachel Taylor
| Elizabeth Lawrence, and s. NJ. Fassett.
| In the gallery proper there are nn eXhi-
bition, among other striking works. R. n.
Brooks Dutch Inn,' his Moonlight
| Scene" and Typical Dutch Women, =
| Parker ManD's particle, Afternoon on the
Marshes" !" and ''Moonrise;;" Edmund
Clarence Messer's, Scenes In Gloucester
| a study in sunshine; George Gibbs, ''On thc
| Banks" (water Scenel; five sketches By
| Neuhuys, yalkenberg's Mother and Child;''
Kever's ''Child Pairing Potatoes.''
| THE Cleaners by Hamel,
street scene, by Len Cate; F. Hopkinson
Smiths Venetian Fishing Boats;'' Hobart
Nichols November Twilight and three.
others; Edward l.. Morse's Jack ana
| Clara Alice Barney's 'Red-haired Girl
| Juliet Thompson's Madonna Head" An
ma Sands" Young Lady, Marie Mattingly's
sketch on the same subject; Bertha E. Per
ries' ''IuXbury'7 sketches, and "A Field
| Patch
Other contributors OF work of artistic
| finish and design are X. LeGrand John
son, Spencer Nichols, Robert Coleman, F.
r. Lane, Carl Weller, Marietta NJ /. a ndrews,
James Henry Moser, whose excellent work
/ is familiar, and whose moonlight scene
is one Of the gems of The exhibition;
Lillian Cook, Lucien Powell, Olive Solo
mons, Jane Bridgam Curtis, Grace At
| water, Emma ] Smith, Mrs. Elwell, A lice
Wnloughby, Mira Dodge, Edith Ward, B. X.
Hanson and Mary L. Suer.
! In tie department. of decorators are to
! be found contributions by Alice Archer
| Sewalls Victor Mirdeleff, Tina Clag glSe, a
loan from the secretary of the Korean
legation.
Contributors other than from Washing
| ton are Walter L. Dean, VIII S. Robinson.
| E. NJ. Bicknen George II. SmilHe, F. K.
| NJ. RelrI, ind R. NJ. Shurtieff, all of New
| York, and Lucy Cannon nd s. H. Beaeham
| of Baltimore. Walter Paris and Richard
! b. Gruelfe close UP with popular names
a b. Dc means complete list
/ Tomorrow and on Thursday the ex
hibirion will be open from a. m, to 8
p. III. and from p. IN. to 0 p. M, on
other days from d. m. 60 6 p. m. The
tickets are 20 cents for single admissions
| but sets of five may be had for 10 cents.