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has been quite good ever since the opening.
and general interest in the collection has
oeen manifested. Up to the time OF this
writing there had been fsw sales and in
this one respect the exhibit has been rather
disappointing to the Water Color Club.
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| The oil portrait OF Admiral Fmnklin
upon which Miss Anna Sands is now at
work is one of her most seriously studied
paintings, and promises 20 show her SIKH
| IN this direction to good advantage. She
mas chosen a strong effect of light for her
| sitter and has constructed the head care
| fully, modelling the features In a simple.
Vigorous manner. Miss Sands hopes to de-
vote large share of her time To oil paint
ing in the future. but she Is no less serious
ana conscientious when she essays the more
facile medium pastel and heretofore much
OF her most successful work has been done
with these bits Of colored chalk She has
now on her easel very interesting sketch
IN pastel, likeness OF Miss Marie Mat
ungly. Miss Matiingly's approaching mar
rage has led her To discontinue her active
studio work. and Miss HATTIE T. Rurdette
who shared a joint studio with her last
winter, is going TO share Miss Sands ataher
this season.
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Mr.. Dunbar is occupying this winter a
pleasant and well-located studio in thu
Bliss building, on street opposite the
northwest corner OF the Capitol grounds
DIR. f. p. Mclean. who was one OF the
ablest chemists in the country is the sub
Ject OF the sculPtor's last bust, striklnRy
litelike piece of work. The pose of tn,
head is easy and natural, without a trace
of stiffness, and not only is the likeness In
llgatpl i'm ha nj mo- ~.
ture, but the face as whole expresses the
character and personality OF the man IN A
very forcible way. A small medallion
which promises to be even more artistic
than the large bust shows a front view OF
Dr. Mclean with his head resting on his
hand. Mr.. Dunbar is putting some strong
vigorous modelling on partly finished
WORK which is to represent the God Of
Winter. The face is rugged and command
ing, with the hair and beard baown back as
though by the icy blast OF the north wind.
A truly choice group Of water colors has
just reached Fischers. IA collection com
posed OF works by modern Dutch masters
with the single exception of crisply han
died landscape by Paul Leconte. certainly
less sympathetic than the pictures among
which it is placed. but executed with a pre-
cision that argues thorough knowledge and
immense skill The four Mauves are nm
doubtedly the gems OF the collection. and
one does not often have a chance to see
better examples of his work In water color.
The picture showing a pair of woodcutters
at thelf task Is a rare bit of tone and color
and the same subtle and delicate beauty
marks the ploughng subject. Welssen-
bruch is also represented in this collection
ny many charming landscapes and marines
If 1t were possible IL would be pleasant in
connection with this modern work TO sneak
at some length of superb genre subject
by Jan Molenaer, one of the old Dutch
masters.
Miss Bertha Perrie has very nearly fin
ished daintily handled miniature Of Mrs.
Gctthold, an artist now living in New York.
In this portrait both the texture and tie
color of the flesh are well rendered and
Miss Perrie has given just as much cdie
to the construction of the head as she
would In a life-sized painting She is one
of the few local artists who are pretty reg
ularly represented in out-of-town exhlh!-
items. and for a number of years she las
not missed an exhibition of the New York
Water Color Club. This fall she shovel
three artistic landscapes In that display,
and she plans 10 contribute TO the exhirt-
ton of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts opening on January Ia. and probably
10 the display of the American Water Coinr
Society which opens in New York on Feb
ruary 13.
In recent letter Miss Juliet Thompson
stated her Intention of leaving Paris on tie
LIST of December and so. unless she has
made some radical change In her plans. she
is already on her homeward journey For
a time she talked seriously OF remaining
through the winter to study in Paris, and
her many friends in the city will hail Tins
earlier date set for her return with pleas
ure.
Miss Alice Reading has placed on view
at Neerhofrs a charming portrait of a
sweet-faced little girl. The drawing leaves
something stiIl to be desired. but there is a
very pleasing quality of color. and. taken
as Il whole. the portrait is winning and at
tractive.
Even portrait painters have felt the 81
fects of the hard times. from which almost
all lines of business have suffered for IN.
last several years. but not in the same de-
g1ee as artists who paint landscapes, ideaI
subjects, stil life, etc. Mr.. F. J. Fisher OF
this city has no ground for complaint,
however. He has been kept busy all SUM
mer, and now has no less than twenty-five
commissions entered on his books, seN eral
of which 1t is hoped he may have finished
in time to serve Christmas holiday pur-
poses. Mr.. Fisher was BY the way laid
a most fattering but thoroughly sincere
compliment in connection with the like
ness he painted of the late Mr. Carroll II
Lynchburg not long ago. The almost life
size portrait was leaning against the bar
lor wall, when a little three-year-old girl
entered the room. The moment she saw
the painting she ran up to 1t, and as she
felt 1t with both hands, exclaimed. This is
my pappie addressing the portrait with
the affectionate and familiar term which
she had been accustomed to use. After
several moments evidently spent in trying
to understand the situation. she turned to
those who were standing near, and IN a
plaintive little voice said: But he won't
speak to me-"