Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
A X ! A N ID ARTISTS

spencer Nichols who Joined tho en,s,oo-
corps IN the capacity of artist, is for tho
present stationed at Jefferson RarracLs g.
Louis, Mo. The army experience will -,
doubtedly be valuable to Mr.. Nichols IN his
future work, as he will have an exce,Iant
opportunity to do a good deal of interest
ing sketching in the way of military scenes
and incidents Of soldier life.
MT. r. D. Fisher has been occupied almost
eh'ireiy win portrait work this summer.
he recently finished an Oil portrait of John
Sarroii' winch has been sent to Lynch
burg, va, to be hung in the chamber of
the common council, of which BODY Mr.
carroll was for many years president In
addition to this Mr.. Fisher has 1atel,, oo,,,
pleted likeness of one of the children of
Mr.. James ]. Mooney of this CITY ana ;s
no" engaged on similar piece of work
for Mr.. Frizzell, also of WASHINGTON AZ,
Flsher expects to leave town shortly tn
spend a week or ten DAYS in Vire;ni. ~
Fisher Is giving the finishing touches m tho
last OF series of four clever oil strd,es
depicting the life of that eyer-pictureso,,a
ana interesting specimen, the omninresent
coiored urchin. One of the best of thee
SHOWS boy with his face buried in a small
Il in Or
watermelon, while a third is a sketch fnfI
OF lie and expression of a typical newshoy
The last of the series is a study Of
roguish-iooklng colored girl plucking the
b bera,S rom large sunfower, which is
happily entitled The Marguerite
AT meeting of the Salmagundi Climb
held on the 10th of last month, it was de.
cided to adjourn until September
Mr.. Mills thompson is now at Deer Park
"nere he finds much interesting sketcbine
IN the picturesque and rugged Allegheny
mountain region in which he is located.
The figure of A. c. Moran which ,,r
LUMBAR lately completed, is now on exhi-
oitlon at Ogram's drug store on the ave-
nue. ana Is attracting unusual attention
Ihls Is partly due, no doubt to the gen.
erai interest which has been awakened
over the Michael-Moran bicycle race. and
the fascination which such subjects have
Tor most people, but in no less a degree
is 1t owing to the excellence of the work.
which cannot fail to win the admiration of
the most discriminating and critical. In
this figure the artist has represented a
typical athlete, bending over his wheel
his head well down and turned slightly to
one side. expressive of alertness and ex-
pectancy. The rider is well deyeloped and
cleanly muscled. and the tension shown in
the arms and hands is especially fine. Mr.
Dunbar has put in some little work lately
on the nude figure of boy which he be-
gan some time ago, and with the excep-
ton Of the arms the likeness is now pretty
well worked up. When completed the little
fellow is to stand holding a hoop in his
hands, which is designed as an umbrella
receiver. A head typifying winter has also
been occupying Mr.. Dunbar somewhat late
ly. His idea is to present a strongly out
lined, rugged face, with the beard blown
back as If by heavy storm, the hair
hanging in rude masses, and the eyes look
ing straight into the north-wind.
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Mr.. Carl Rakemann, who has been in
Germany for the past year, was joined by
his parents this summer, and will be at
Gotesberg until next fall, when he will re-
turn to Dusseldorf to resume his artistic
studies. Gotesberg, situated as it is on
the high hills above the Rhine, has the
reputation of being one of the most beau
tiful spots in Germany ana will unuues-
tionably prove an inspiration for his best
work. He has Just completed a portrait
of his mother. aEa will be busy on other
portrait sna nature work throughout the
summer. ~ Rakeraann spent last year
m GerTsai move as an experiment than
anything %lGa, but his success was syuch
that after seether year at Dusseldorf he
will probably, 80 to MuRich and Paris to
continue lis studies. 1t is possible that he
may return 20 America for a visit next
summer.