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enjoyable o. an artist. That tht- dei-
cacF may b. abtaiucd by hlgh dnish is
also true. for one has oriy t. look 1T No.
lz7 and No. -. b. Mr.. Mindslen. Pc
tunias- and "Fleur De Lis" These are
patiently wrought out watercolors. In the
purest. transparent color-and are With
out doubt two of the most carefully eN-
ecuted pictures ever shown in local
watercolor exhibition. They show water
color in all its intricate possibilities. This
method of MIR. Mindeler's lends itself to
pictures hint of japanese alteration of
ones subject. c. c. Colman has made
fame and fortune by this sort of work
in Rome. and they are the sort of thing
Alma Tadema. would say is right. This
method applied to landscape or figures
presents such mighty difficulties that it
is seldom undertaken. Meissonier and
Sange Perriez have few imltators and nc
equals.
There is a little lone tree on hillside.
| a strip of blue mountain and IL blue and
white sky whose flaltering technique al
most prevented 1t being hung in this ex-
| hib:tion of professional work; but with
| all Its shortcomings II finds very many
| friends. 1t is a bit of nature so familiar,
| so unpicturesque as pictures go that IL is
| the frog with the jewel In his head"
| No one but very great artist or be-
| ginner would pick 1t out for a picture
The student should note the simplicity of
this little work and learn to go to nature
in the same spirit their chances of disap-
/ pointment over results will be much less
! NO. III, by Grace Atwater, is a charm
| ing bit of nature of this simple unpicto-
! rial sort-a subject like the other out of
which only very great painter could
| make a picture of Importance. This wa
| ter color should be carefully noted by the
student. for it shows simple drectness of
manner, ability and training under good
master. There is an open-eye6 frank en-
! joyment of fresh air and cut of doors in
| 1t that makes one breathe deep before It.
| The most finished example of the Eng
| lish transparent method is the marine,
No. 50. ''om Cape May" by Z. NJ Bick-
nell, of New York. This picture is a
| transparent wash drawing OF the sea.
I This Is what was Familiarity known as
''aquarelle.' having no opaque color in il.
| One rarely hears of aquarelle nowadays,
| the Dutch method of using white with the
| color has become so general that the
| term aquarelle is almost obsolete. This
| picture of Mr.. Bicknell's should interest
| advanced students and people who would
| like to note the difference between this
and other methods.
Among the transparent wash drawings
Nos. 50, rs, 50 and 81, of Carl Weller, are
skillful No. 81, of Miss Willoughby. some
what faltering In technique. but lovely
in color and charmingly treated, is worth
studying. No. SIS and 80. by +. Lamasure,
( show a perfect mastery of the transpar-
| ent method and most discriminating
taste as to choice of subject. There Is no
better example here than No. u. of Ho-
| bart Nichols. of that sparkling method.
where the patches of colors are placed on
! the paper and left at a stroke, leaving
bits of white paper showing through all
over the picture. AIR. Nichols is most
| skillful in more methods than this. his
No. u is very Dutch in manner This
picture possesses fine poetic quality.
there is shadow and mystery in the
edges which-bring it into fine harmony
painted on gray paper that imparts a GER
tain tone to it-it is one of the most in
teresting things in the exhibition.
OF the combination methods which are
an adaptation of Dutch methods. No. IS
is a good example, by Robert Coleman
Child. a big forceful subject, dramatic
and full of fine subdued color, this pie
ture is so strong il might easily be mis-
taken for an oil.
Totally unlike Dutch picture. and YET
painted IN that method, is Bertha Per
ries' 'Haystacks," No. los. 1t is a conspic
uous example of what America, with il:
eclectic tendencies, has accomplished ii
the art of water-color painting. Note tbs
extraordinary purity of the color anC
sense of out of doors there is about 1t
Next to this picture hang two pictures
Nos. 100 and 10. by that able amateur
DIR. Lane. They have fine color and ar,
well drawn and composed. They have
professional look which would surprise on,
anywhere else but here in Washing ton
where so much of the ablest art work /!
done by men who are not occupied witt
art work a profession. There ar,
many other pictures that might be men
toned, if space permitted. TO prove how
progressive and interesting is the thirC
annual exhibition OF the local painter
in water colors now open at the 5. w \
galleries.
JAMES HENRY MoSER.
| President W w q