Evening star., 1898-10-22

cravings of David Wilkes paintings, none
of which are shown but two of Wilkes
subjects appear in this group, engraved by
| RaimbaSh and John Burnett. very beau
uful print is the Death of Oedipus." after
Fuseli. by William Ward. the eminent en-
graVer IN mezzetfnt. and instance of
Samuel iiCousins' fine work is seen in a
| plate after Miilais' Nor charming SUBJ
| Ject. )
craving. about 1870 is marked by fine eN-
amples by Alfred Jones and Charles Burt
both of whom later devoted themselves to
bank note engraving, with the result OF
| bringing that work to the high artistic
| plane it now occupies. Beautiful speci-
mems produced about 1870 by the National
Bank Note Engraving Company are at
| tributed to these artists. OF the earlier
American engravers there is work by John
Sartain, John Cheney, William Humphreys
and others. Coming down to a later date
we find a case of etchings. among them a
landscape by James s. King. and one by
| Peter Moran, after H. w. Robbins hardly
| to be surpassed in the richness of its tex
| ture and tone color. William Sartain has
| two specimens of engraving one being
after H. Siddons Mowhrays Symphony.
Ihen there are two reproductions of J. c.
Browns pictures of street urchins, one en-
graved by II. r. Hall and the other an
etching by Charles A. Walker. while the
| last case conteins fine artist etchings by
| Percy Moran, Edward L. Field and Arthur
| +. Davis, whose Solitude is a veritable
gem; an original mezZotnt engraving by
BENJAMIN Landers. full of deep but subdued
feeling: and plate after Percy Moran's
The WISH by Charles Schlecht who is
probably the most eminent bank note en-
eraver since the retirement of Jones and
Burt, The print room also counts among
| us temporary exhibits an interesting group
| of photographs taken by William Dinwiddie
in Cuba. which attracts considerable no.
'ice. These are of the now historic scenes
about FL Canev and San Juan several of
them showing troops in action.
A number of drawings have been left at
the Corcoran Art School as specimens of
| work by persons desiring admission to its
classes without any name, or at least with
out any legible address. Some of these
drawings are very good. and the school
would be glad to locate their owners
fndoiph Evans, the promising young
Washington sculptor who is now studying
abroad. has resumed his work at Paris
after a vacation spent by the seashore at
St Aubin, France. His bust of Baron
Doiley, which was admitted to the Salon
has received much favorable comment Mr.
Evans studied at the Julian school last
winter, but was undecided whether to con-
tinue there this year not when last heard
from.
The design for the large decoration which
Mr.. S. Jerome Uhl is to do for Mr. How
ell Hinds of Cleveland, has net with the
| latter's approval, and Mr. Uhl is now real,,
10 take up the work. The painting is to be
a large ceiling decoration for a music room
thirteen feet three inches by nineteen fee,
ten inches, rounded at one end to CORES
pond with the room in which it is to be
placed. The design Is open, rather than in
tricate, consisting of figures single and
prOllDS MIA wing
struments and suggesting the idea of
music. The figures are outlined against p
light airy background, the color scheme
of the whole decoration being extremely
delicate. Before underta king the painting
Mr.. Uhl wishes to make a study of some
OF the best decorative work of its kind. and
accordingly left this week for New York
CITY, where he will remain for the rest
OF the month. The size of the decoration
VIII make 1t necessary for Mr.. Uhl to work
on 1t elsewhere than in his present studio
and If adyanta geous ARRANGEMENTS can be
made, 1t Is possible that he may conclude
to do 1t in New York. The most recent
piece of portrait work done by Mr.. Uhl is
a likeness of Marshfield Steele of Spring
field, Ohio. Mr. s. Jerome Jrhl jr accom-
panied his father to New York where he
will resume his studies at the New York
Art League.
Mrs. Annie E. Hoyle succeeded in finding
many interesting subjects for her brush in
the vicinity of Linden, Md, where she
spent the latter portion of the past sum
mer One of the canVases with which she
returned is a sketch of a forest interior
near Linden. The deep greens of the mid
summer foliage are characteristicAly
brought out in this while the sunlight
breaking through behind the trees, and the
Ccioring of the rocks in front relieves the
intensity of the green perVading the rest
of the picture. OF a somewhat similar
sort is an August scene, in which a brook
shaded by the trees along its banks is
the central theme. Quite different from
either of these is the work which Mrs
Hoyle did in King George county, Virginia
of which the most attractive is perhaps
her meadow sketch. where a buncn of
sheep are to be seen in the foreground
with a glimpse of water on the left. The
yellow and sere appearance of the grass
after dry summer and the effect of heat
which the artist has obtained in the sky
and on the fields is excellent. Another
sketch including flock of sheep and an
unfinished canvas OF a typical od-time
Virginia OK team are promising works.
Mr.. Jules DieudoIn has been at work
lately on a large calvas, begun some time
ago and afterward laid aside, which will
probably be entitled VANITY In it is
represented the nude figure Of a girl seat
ed upon divan in the center of the pic
ture, with her back turned toward :he
spectator and her head incired slightly to
one side. On her left is a glass, into which
she is peerinS with interest and admira-
ton, while the space her right is broken
by vase filled with peacccks' feathers
In composition the work is extremely dar-
ing, and its success will naturally depend
on the life and tnima ton which the artist
obtains in the figure. Thus far Mr.. Dieu-
donne has done some excellent work on it
and expects to have the canvas ready for
the spring exhibition.
The Pennsylvania Academy Of the Fine
Arts will hold Its sixty-eighth annual ex-
hibition from January 16 to February %
The architectural section of the exhibition.
which will be in charge of the T-Square
Club of Philadelphia, will close on Febrll-
airy , In variety and extent this exhibi-
ton is one of the most important of the
wear and consists ~ works in oil uaiutine