Evening star., 1898-05-14
ART AN ARTISTS

Inc CONTRIBUTION which washington
makes to the art exhibit Of the trans
Mississippi and international exposition
was packed at veerhoT's early in the
week and shipped to Omaha. Fiji
teen artists have share in this
contribution. and it gives a pretty fair
idea OF what the local workers can do,
though collection which includes pictures
by so small proportion of the capable
painters of the city cannot be considered
truly representative. All the works sent
are of uniformly high order of merit,
and an equally strong showing is made in
figure paintings and landscapes Among
the latter there is nothing more thoroughly
artistic than the picture which E. C. Mes
ser showed at the recent loan exhibition, a
Paxson motive. which he calls Late At
ternCon in Weyl's Glade" on account of
the fondness which his brother artist
eFlnced for this spot. One of the important
landscapes is Harry Floyd's typical French
scene entitled "Crepuscue" and Hoba rt
NICHOLS J. II. Moser. Carl Weller, Wells
M. Sawyer, Dwight Williams and W. p
Mcdonald contribute skilIful work in this
hne. Alice Barney sends the large boldly
painted portrait Of herself, which was one
OF the attractions at the loan exhibit and
howard Helmick displays his ability in a
characteristic subject William Fuller Cur
us contributes one of his most successful
specimens of burnt-wOod decoration. and
Il. L. Morse, Aline Solomons, Frank Moss
and Lucien Powell are among the other
artists represented,
The Water Color Club held the last reg
ular meeting of the season at Miss Juliet
lhompson's residence last Saturday even
ing, and the members settled the all-im-
portant question. of the date of the next
exhibition AS there was a general senti-
ment in favor of holding the exhibition
earlier in the fall than the last display.
November y was fixed upon as the date of
opening. The members also decided to
make the exhibit of shorter duration. and
1t Will probably close December 3 unless il
snail be found advisable to extend it for a
short time longer. Mr.. Mills Thompson
was elected member of the club. A large
part of the evening was given up to a dis
cussion OF the constitution of the Fine Arts
Association of Washington, the club voting
its approval of the document
The Fine Arts Association of Washing
ton, which is now being organized is q
federation formed to insure the united
action of the local societies in matters af-
fecting the artistic growth of the city. It's
membership is to be composed of three pro-
fessional delegates from each of the fol-
lowing societies: The Society of Washing
ten Artists, the Water Color Club the
aShlngton Chapter of the American In
stitute of Architects and the Washington
Architectural Club. The District Commits
SIC ners ana the superintendent of public
works will be members ex-officio. and new
art organizations which shall hereafter be
formed in the city may elect delegates The
ASSOCIATION is in touch with similar fedora
tons in other cities, and will have their
support in the actions it may take The
primary purpose of this society is to pre-
vent, by effective protest, the erection of
pad monuments, the purchase of worthless
paintings for public buildings and the con-
of unsightly buildings. In so far
as the association will work against every
thlnS that mars the beauty of the city
streets and public buildings, it should have
the confidence of all the citizens, and in its
action should receive their hearty co-opera-
ton. In New York the united art societies
have the support of the law in the pre-
Ferllon OF artistic atrocities, but the fed
GRAFTON in this city will have to rely, for
t he present on the moral influence which
II can exert.
Mr.. Franklin Simmons the sculptor of
the Logan monument, which is to be erect
ed in Iowa circle, left the city this week.
and after short visits In Boston and some
other cities will return to his studio in
Rome to complete the equestrian figure of
Gen. Logan. Mr.. Simmons came to Wash
irgton several weeks ago to superintend
the erection of the massive bronze pedes-
tai, and everything is now ready for the
me united figure, which will be finished
within year and half. The pedestal
which Is entirely of bronze, and is richly
oTnamented with sculpture. is unique in
this country, and has consequently aroused
niuch interest and attracted many visitors
X
Mr.. Robert Hinckley has now upon his
ease! full-length portrait, showing Col.
Tyler dressed in full uniform and standing
in an erect, soldierly attitude The figure
IS life size. and is placed against land
scape background, which Is painted with
Just enough strength to take it's proper
secondary place. The portrait of Mrs.
Tyler, which Mr.. Hinckley also has under
way, Is painted in d lower key and has
eoior scheme of dark rich tones. Mrs. Ty-
er wears black gown with a decolette
waist, and the effect of light and dark in
The portrait is very striking. Mr.. Hinck-
ey's likeness of Mr.. Schuyler Crosby is
hardly more than started but the face is
already full of character and expression
mong the other canvases now in the
artists studio are the portraits of Col. and
Mrs. May.
X
Mr.. Walter Paris has of late been occu-
pyins himself with a series of decorative
designs based on different flowers. and he
displays great deal of skill and knowI-
edge in this kind of work. In adapting the
lowers to his purpose. he does not conven-
ionalize them at all, and the sprays of an
pie blossoms. the creamy white flowers of
The 0ogwood and the beautiful blossoms are
all set down with great truth. The mag
noiia lends itself admirably to decoration
and Mr.. Paris has painted the finely shad-
ed blossoms with exceptional success
Those wEo are fond of a good deal of
breadth In painting " ill doubtless find these
dcwer studies more to their taste than his
landscapes. as Mr.. Paris has handled them
IN larger, freer way.
Miss Juliet Thompson has recently COM
pleted two portraits in pastel, one a we'll
nc deled head of Master Fred Stevens and
the other likeness of Mrs. George c. Fra
ser. In the latter portrait the artist has
ic ne some of her best work, and under the
inspiration of an unusually good subject
has made an extremely artistic pastel. The
background ana the dress which Mrs Fra
ser wears are both light in color and the
read, with its mass of dark hair is brought