The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-20
Art Students
Exhibit.
MUSEUM CLASSES.
Mrs. Chatfee's Studio-The
Hunt Memorial.


The annual fall exhibition Of the
Art Students Club, which ended Sat
urday evening, while hardly up to the
standard in point of numbers and ex-
hibtors was fully abreast with re-
cent exhibitions given by the club
Fiftyfour pictures We're shown by Is
exhibitors. The balance of the work
was in oil, landscape motifs predomin-
ating. In addition there We're shown
an unusual number of portraits and
several novelties such as Miss South
wick's monotypes and Miss Sargent 5
wash drawings. Mrs. A. c. Freeland
was represented by several pictures,
the first she has shown for some time,
and w. T. Hunt, an old-time exhibit
or, sent pictures; but there were no
new names, and several who have usu-
ally sent canvases were not in the cat
alog. Mrs. H. B. Merr1man's portraits,
| in pastel, were nicely done and very
dainty in color. Mr.. Bemis and Mr.,
Kinney sent good heads in oil. Miss
Jeanne Lea SouthwCk's monotypes
were artistic, interesting, and water
color. wild Flowers in France" 'tas
handled very skilfully Miss Mary w.
Sargeants wash drawings made a
pleasing addition to the collection.
Among the landscapes were several
pleasing wood interiors by F. j. Oar
rah and some shore scenes from Mrs.
Anne w. Munger
The catalogue, with cover design by
Sumner a. Kinsley, was one OF the
daintiest the club has ever issued. The
attendance during the opening days
was unusually good, and the exhibition
as a whole will be pleasantly remem-
bered.
Interest in the course Of instruction
to be furnished at the Art
Museum is good, and already a
dozen applications have been sent in.
Mr.. Hale, the instructor, proposes TO
meet the personal needs of each appli-
cant as far as possible, and the instruc-
full in consequence.
Mrs. A. B. Chaffee's new studio is a
very delightful place, which one leaves
after a visit, with regret. 1t is not like
the artists atelier, for there are no
unfinished sketches upon the walls. no
easel with the --latest" picture and
| paint-laden palette close by, no jug full
of brushes of all sizes and shapes, and
| there are few of the odd curiOs that
| the artist loves so well, but still there
! is much within the walls of the pic
| turesque little building to charm the
( person of artistic tastes. The walls are
| harmonious in their Complementary
| tones of red and green, the chairs in
! Viting, the Fireplace coZy and the
many, many Photographic reproduc-
| lions of famous paintings which rest
| upon the walls, will furnish entertain
ment and instruction.
The studio is in two parts The first
room is in the nature of a reception
room and the furnishings carry out
the effect. The walls are covered with
crimson burlap, over which Is frieze
in the natural color rests. The rear
room fiavors more of work with its
| desk covered with papers, the open fire
| place and the comfortable pillow laden
window seat. The walls are III green
with frieze of photographs framed
in the natural wood. reproductions of
Raphael's Hours" The floors and cell
| ings in both rooms are of polished
wood All and all. the place could
| hardly be better suited for its work,
| and the members of Mrs. Chaffee's lee
| ture classes will spend many pleasant
| hours there this winter.
MIR. Chaffee is an amateur photogra-
| pher of unusual skill and upstairs he
has a little world all to himself where
he spends many happy and profitable
| hours preparing photographs and Ian
| tern slides for his wife's classes and
| lectures. Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee will be
n llNr AT 10 in
Saturday evenings during the winter
and the evenings promise much pleas
ure for a large circle of friends
Everybody in Worcester ought to be
glad that the old Front Street Musee"
was considerate enough to burn down
for it never could have been disposed OF
| in any other way-now that the beauti-
| full Park Theatre" is completed. The
one was homely and repu,sive, the other
| dignihed and beautiful, and the same
| might be said in comparing the inter-
| Tor of the houses. One will hunt "a long
time before discovering a dalntier OF
prettier facade than that presented by
| the new Park Theatre. 1t is not KY a
credit, but an ornament to the city.
Frank J. Darrah has two pictures in
the exhibition of the New York Water
Color Club now open. One, "Midwinter,' -
was seen at the opening exhibit of the
local Art Museum The other is from a
Quebec sketch.
The memorial monument to the late
Richard NJ. Hunt, the eminent architect
who was selected as consulting archi-
tect at the time competitive designs
for Worcester's city hall were called
for, unveiled recently with appropriate
ceremony at New York, adds greatly to
the beauty of that part Of Fifth avenue
in which it is situated. Recessed in the
Central Park wall. between Seventeen
and Seventy-first streets it stands di-
rectly opposite the Lenox library build
ing, one of Mr. Hunts architectural
works. The sculptor Of the bust of Mr..
Hunt, which forms the central feature
of the memorial, was Daniel G.. French.
and Mr.. French chose as the architect
VINO should cooperate with him in de-
signing the stenework setting, Bruce
Price, president of the Architectural
League of New York
The monument, which is of white
marble, fis scmi-ellipse, rising three
steps above the sidewalk 1t has a tes-
sellated floor and a seat. In the center
| upon pedestal, standing out strongly
| against the white marble background
| is the bronze bust of Mr. Hunt Or
| lesser pedestals, against the piers a.
| the ends of the memorial there will be
| ms SeiVa bronza carVafidac ono ,.a,o,.o