Evening star., 1898-05-21
ART AN D. ARTIST

The award of medals which is made at
the Corcoran Art School just previous to
the annual exhibition of work done in ach
school year will occur on Wednesday, May
25 and the fifteen students who will COM
pete have already entered their drawings.
Fhe number of contestants is larger this
year than it has ever been. and they are
SO evenly matched. that the task OF the
| Judges will be more than usually oif.icdlt.
The choice of "a jury composed entirely of
women Is decided Innovation, but when
such distinguished artists as Miss Cecilia
! 3eaux, Miss Ros.na Emmett Sherwood and
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nichols serve On a
| committee of award there can be no doubt
about its efficiency. The members of the
Jury will meet at the school en- Wednesday
morning to select the drawings worthy of
| .he gold and bronze medals and the hon
orable mentions. and will leave their de-
cision in sealed envelope. The pupils of
The school and the others who hold CARDS
| CT invitation will ASSEMBLE in the lecture
hall Oh the same afternoon, and the sealed
envelope containing the awards will be
opened in the presence of the trustees. In
order to avoid all suspicion of partiaIity
on the part of the jury none of the draw
| ings will be signed. but will, in accordance
with the usual custom, be designated by
different letters. After the award the eX-
nibition of work done in the other depart
ments of the school will De on view for
the benefit Of the Invited guests, but the
display will not be open to the general
public until the morning of the cay fol-
lowing The rooms OF the school will be
open to all visitors on Thursday and Fri
day from $3.50 am. to pm. and on Sat
urGay until noon The display, which will
include drawings from life and from the
antique, water colcrs, portraits and still
life studies in oil, and large number of
miscellaneous sketches, promises 10 be we'll
worth visit of inspection.
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Sig. Gaetano Trentaneve left on Thurs
day for Marquette, Mich, 10 be present at
the unveing of his memorial for the Peter
White public library, and ne will probably
remain there for about a month. He will
spend the remainder of the summer in
Florence, where he has permanent studio
and he expects to stop in Washington for
few days before going abroad. Two Of
the recent works that have come from the
sculptors hand are the strong portrait-bust
of Senor Gonzalo de. Quesada, charge daft
faires Of the Cuban republic, and the strik-
ing likeness of William Jennings Bryan,
which was modelled during Mr.. Bryan's last
visit to the city. In the vigorous modelling
Of the features and In the animation and
lifelike expression of the face the latter
bust is considered one OF the best things
that Sig. Trentanova has done. The last
hours which the sculptor spent in his studio
here were employed in putting the finishing
touches upon his most recent production,
bust of General Fitzh0gh Lee, dressed in
the uniform of a major general. Sig. Tren-
tanove has been very successful in portray
ing the strong features of his sitter, and
has caught his resolute, self-contained ex-
preston in satisfactory manner. This
bust has been sent to Florence to be cast
In bronze, and when the sculptor returns
to Washington in November it will be
exhibited at Fischer's gallery together
with the two works previously mentioned.
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Mr.. George Gibbs Is in his element in the
depletion of naval scenes. and the present
activity in that direction furnishes him
with innumerable subjects. At present he
is occupied with series Of drawings Illus
trating the life of the naval cadets, SUBJ
ject to which he brings a personal and in
innate knowledge. Among the drawings is
one executed in gouache showing the ca
diets up in the yards furing the sails in
good old-fashioned style. In another in
teresting Illustration the cadets are at gun
practice and are preparing to fire one of
those powerful engines of war.
At the Art Students League the regular
seasons work will come to a close with the
end Of next week. but from June 1 to Sep
tember 30 there will be summer classes in
several departments of study. The circu-
lars which have been printed for distribu-
tion announce classes in five branches Of
work, and while the life classes will, of
course, be discontinued, there will be as
much variety as usual in the courses of
study open to the pupils choice. Those
who have planned the summer classes have
made an effort to select such branches of
study as would interest the teachers and
pupils of the public schools and 1t is
thought that the special rates offered will
act as an extra inducement to those who
are at liberty during the warm months.
Miss Bertha Perrie and Miss Mary Ellen
Sfgsbee will have charge of the morning
antique class, and the students In the morn
ing painting class will be under the instruc-
ton of Miss Aline Solomons. Mr.. Emery
l.. Williams Of New York will have charge
OF the antique and indoor painting classes
IN the afternoon, and from to pm. VIII
have a class in outdoor sketching. The
composition class which Is to be held every
two weeks will be in his hands, and he will
also give instructions In, Illustration. Tech
nical instruction in this branch of art from
practical illustrator will doubtless prove
very valuable to those who are interested
In that work. The scholarship in the de-
signing class of the Art League will be
awarded next week by jury. which will
work done during the season.
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Mr.. Emery L. WflliAms, who came to the
city a week or SO aga p now temporarily
installed in Mr.. Mosx studao. in the Bar
the city all summer. working on a series
OF book illustrations for ! Fhiladelphia pub
fishing firm. The drawings. which he al
ready has under wa ". are far a new edition