Evening star., 1898-06-04
ART AND ARTISTS

Mr.. Parker Mann left the city a few
days ago for his summer home in East
Gloucester Mass, and he will spend the
entire season there in out-of-door work
along the same lines that he followed last
year. There is little probability of his re-
turning to Washington next winter, as he
Is meditating trip abroad which may end
in protracted sojourn across the water
For the time being, at any rate, the local
art fraternity must suffer the loss Of one
OF its most active members, and it is q
loss that will be widely felt, as Mr.. Mann
has been prominently identified with al
most all of the art movements in the city.
He mas been most energetic in his sup
port OF the local organizations, and when
iaboring in their interest has often given
up his entire time for weeks together
much to the detriment of his own work
He has helped the growth of art in WASH
ington in more ways than one, and as a
generous and discriminating patron of the
local painters he has done much to en-
courage and stimulate the artists in the
city. 1t Is hoped that his absence will be
merely temporary, and that he will return
to make his home here again.
Mr.. Carl Gutherz has been quite sick for
two months, and during that time has
done little painting, but now that his
health is improving he is again turning
his attention to his work. The season is
at hand when all the artists are LAYING
plans Tor their summer campaigns and to
d conValescent this is a matter for special
consideration. Mr. Gutherz will probably
accept an invitation for long yachting
cruise with an old friend. this will give
hiih chahce for much needed recupera-
uoh ana at the same time will afford him
opportunities for collecting an interesting
series of sketches. Among the paintings
that he has finished most recently are the
likeness of ex-Governor McCreary Of
kentucky, and two portraits of Sena TOR
pate OF tennessee. One of the heads of
senator Bate shows him in the uniform of
major general, in the confederate army
ana the other portrait, which is strong
| er IN its intimate expression of character.
of Tennessee.
Mr George Senseney, whose picture en-
titled The Old Flag" attracted so much
attention at the spring exhibition of the
D. w. A, Is now installed in a studio on
the corner or 18th street and New York
avenue ana Is Tor the present turning his
energies in the direction of ilustrat ton
His atelier is in the spacious old mansion
on the northeast corner, a building that is
into state of partial dilapidation, and
the halls and rooms of the house furnish
him with almost unlimited variety of
architectural settings for such subjects as
he may choose Mr.. Senseney has closely
STUDIED the negro characteristics, and con-
ssquently is especially skillful in depict
ing the colored people. as several recent
drawings TESTIFY. One Of the best of these
shows an old man seated in full sunlight
on the steps leading up to the fine old CO.
rph 1inl, el,o
trance. Several other studies show his
SKIN in catching the expression of a dar-
keys face. and demonstrate that in the
matter of handling he has about an equal
command over the technique of pen and
ink and pure wash. Charcoal is another
medium which he handles to good advan-
tage, as one can in the delcately mod
eied medallion head of a fair young girl
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Ire Corcoran Gallery of Art closed for
the summer on Tuesday several weeks ear
lfer than the usual time. This early clos
ing was made necessary by the unsatis-
factory condition of the floors and work
men have already begun to remove the
hardwood blocks preparatory to laying
the flooring in improved style. A short
time before the close several pictures
which were contributed by Mr. James NJ
Johnston to the recent loan exhibition
found temporary resting place in the
gallery. and among these The Huguenot"
attracted no less attention than ON the
former occasion upon which it was exhibit
ed. The other pictures were of the early
English school. one being rather aus
tere portrait of a lady by Zoffany and the
other one of Opies most charming presen-
tations of girlish beauty Peter Baum
sras, who exhibited a stil-life study in
the gallery some time ago, recently placed
on view second painting Of the same
sort. He has represented a disordered Ii
brary nook, and has introduced such host
or different objects that the ARRANGEMENT
is more remarkable for variety that appro-
priatenesS. His brush has indicated with
hdelity the dull brown of the old leather
bindings the creamy yellow tint on the
open pages of an illuminated volume the
crystalline transparency of the reading
glass; but he has perhaps allowed imitation
10 play too important role and his work
lacks the distinctive note of style which
at once lifts stil-iife study by Chardin
or Voilon into the highest plane
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The following paragraph from one of the
letters on the Paris Salons which the art
critic Rowland Strong has contributed to
the New York Times, speaks for itself. He
writes: ITO conclude, word of praise is
due to young American sculptor. Mr.
Rudolph Evans-known, 1 believe, as the
boy sculptor of Washington'-whoe exhibits
a strikingiy vivacious bust of the Vicomte
Ahstair dOyley, nephew of the late DIR
Thomas Evans" Mr. Evans has beeo
studying in Paris hardly a year but his
appearance in the Salon of the Champs
Elysees will not come as a surprise to his
friends, as they have expected his success
from the first.
Mr. Frank Lemon, a sculptor formerly
resident in Washington, is again in the
city, and brings with him the statue
which he showed in the recent exhibition
of the National Sculpture Society in New
York 1t is possible that he may place
this work on view at Veerhoff's. or. if IT
Is not too late to add it to the art collec-
ton at the Trans Mississippi and Interna-
uonal Exposition, he may ship it out to
Omaha. Mr.. Lemon selected the subject
for his figure from Faust, and represents
Marguerite musing over the stranger that
she has seen at church in the morning
The sculptor has chosen the moment when
according to Bayard Taylor's translation.
Marguerite says:
I'D something give could / but say
Who was that gentleman today
The head is bent forward in a graceful
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