Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18

and dark 1t is enc of the most original
as well as the most striking things that
have come from his brush.
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Miss 8. w. Kelly has recently finished
and placed on view at VeerhoT's three
Quarter-length portrait of Cardinel Satolli.
which is a highly satisfactory likeness.
Miss Kelly had many difficulties to over
come, not the least of which was the prob.
lem Of how to give the flesh dnts their
proper warmth and color when placed in
contrast to the intense red which Is the
dominant color note in the costume. She
sas. however. surmountec. all these OBJ
stacles with a very fair measure of success,
and while one might wish for stronger
drawing in the hands and in some minor
details. the general effect is decidedly gouo.
The expression of the face is well rendered
and the portrait contains good bits of cos
tune painting.
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Among the other new canvases at Veer-
hoH's are two large marines by George
Bum, which show a radical departure
from his old manner and departure that
some may not think is for the better. In
these marines he has worked very largely
with the palette knife, and while he has
gained by this means an added sense of
movement in his skies, a certain crudeness
goes hand in hand with the new force that
his work acquires. A well-painted head
of young girl by William Sartain and
the strong head of an old man by L. C
Earle complete the number of new pic
lures. The head by Earle is painted after
the manner of the Munich school, and is
carried forward to the farthest possible
point of finish.
Mr.. Emil II. Meyer has now in his studio
at GIG F street, a portrait of Mr.. b. H.
Warner, which lacks only the final touches
1t is quite 4 characteristic likeness, and
the artist has lavished upon it the great
est care for even the smallest details. He
has allowed nothing that goes to make
up the expression to escape him. and the
pc rtrait bears the mark of careful study
throughout. though it may not please
lovers OF breadth and freedom as much as
some Of Mr.. Meyers other canvases. He
expects to commence before long a large
portrait of DR.. Charles E. Monroe presi-
dent of the American Chemical Society,
and professor Of chemistry at Columbian
University.
During the height Of the rose season Mr..
Paul Putzki has been endeavoring to add
to his collection of flower studies new
sketches of his favorite blossoms, and he
Aho JuSt tWO very dltTdCtlNe
les in water color. The petals are drawn
with a sympathetic delicacy, and his color
ing has 4 subtle charm as eyasive as the
very perfume of the flowers. Mr.. Putzki
has done very little in the decoration of
china lately, and has only completed one
piece of any Importance tall tankard
adorned with an artistic design of grape
clusters.
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AS race the colored people have made
so little progress in the direction of art
that few people give thought to the part
they may in future play in the artistic
world. However. of the many significant
echoes from the Paris Salons this year
there are few more !ull of meaning than
those which concern the work of the young
American negro. Mr.. Tanner. His father,
who was a colored minister. was anxious
that his son should follow in his footsteps
but the young man felt himself best fitted
for painters career, and told his father
that he would do as much for Christianity
with his brush as he ever could preaching
the Gospel. Up to the present time his
subjects have always been religious, the
Annunciation being the theme of his latest
Sale n picture. This work has received
high praise from many quarters and one
critic has gone SO far as to say that in
The whole of the Two Salons only one pic
ture came nearer to the greatest in art.
Mr.. Tanner has already had the signal
honor of seeing one of his pictures placed
in the Luxembourg Surely there is food
for thought in his success, and it tends to
confirm the prediction of one of the best
know local artists who believes that the
cclored people are by temperament I'M
usually we'll endowed for artistic work, and
prophesies that it will only be a question
of time and education before they step into
an important place.