Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-22
ART AND ARTISTS,

At the enjoyable reception which Mr. J.
Edward Barclay held at his studio in the
| Corcoran building IL Saturday afternoon
| the many visitors had an opportunity of
seeing some of the portraits he has painted
since he established himself in the city
The most striking OF these canvases is the
likeness of DR.. Elliot Coues half length
| portrait, showing the man at his desk. The
artist has seized upon a characteristic at
tftude. and so life-like and full of express
sion Is the face that DIR. Coues seems to
| Sit before one in reality. In another can
vas that attracted much attention at the
reception Mr. Barclays daughter. dressed
IN street costume, IS portrayed. The face.
which smiles out from under the large
plGmed hat. is deiicately modelled and
subtle in EXPIRE ssion.
Miss Alice Archer Sewa1l is spending the
winter in hard study, and expects to give
very little time to the production of finish
ed pictures. In her studio in Georgetown
she is comparatively free from Interrupt
ton, and she has opportunity to devote
herself earnestly to, serious work. Occa-
| sionally she throws aside her regular study
| in order to execute one of those fanciful
decorative subjects by which she is so well
known. and she has recently sent pastel
another pastel panel she has worked out
musical theme, sonnet thing similar to that in
previous decoration. Miss Sewall has in
| her studio two unfinished oil portraits, one
| of which Is an ekcellently started likeness
| of her father. Portraits Of her two sisters
appear in the other canvas, which is we'll
arranged composition, showing that origin
| ality which stamps ALI the artists work.
II. III
Among the many new canvaSes on exhi-
! bition at Fischer's gallery the large paint
| ing by A. de Neuxiile IS especially striking.
| 1t represents a scene in the Franco-Prus-
sian wer, ard the figures are painted in
| broad. synthetic way which. differs radical
| ly from the analytic Meissonier-like style
which he often enp1oyedin small canvases.
| Another striking work Is canvas by Troy
on, in which he has painted a white COW
| under the play Of sunshine. The move
| ment of the animal is superb and the
| strong modelling of every bone and muscle
| is accented by the bright sunlight. Horses
in action have been the inspiration for
many a canvas by Schreyer, and in the one
| exhibited at Fiscner's he has shown
surging mass of frightened animals trying
| to get through break in the fence There
! is one new PORTRAIT that deserves special
attention. and that is Sir Thomas Law
| rence's splendid head Of George " as the
Prince Of Wales. Among the other new
pictures are the field scene by Ridgeway
Knight; glowing landscape. by Dupre;
| a Gerome with most impossible colOring.
and canvases by Ruysdael, Casin Gaiser
and Alvarez. go
Prince Pierre Trobetzkoy, who is the hus-
| band Of the novelist, Amelia Rfves is now
in the city and is fitting up a studio in the
Corcoran building. He is primarily por-
trait painter. and in this branch of art he
| haS ,o1 1nra 10
| is also known as a painter of street scenes
number of these little impressions of
| busy thoroughfares, both in sunlight and
| in shadow, may be seen at Fischer's.
| Mr.. Ferdinand c. Leimer has about fin
ished the bust Of Secretary Porter, which
he has been modelling in a studio fitted I'D
| In the basement Of the White House. 1t
| needs but few little touches here and
! there to complete the likeness, for it is al
ready strong in verisimilitude. The face is
| full of life and expression, and in the mod
| cling OF the features the sculptor has seized
upon the subtle lines which give character
| to the face. At his studio in the Corcoran
building Mr. Leimer is busying himself
with the completion of the bust Of the late
Commissioner Butterworth, portrait
| which he started months ago.
| now on exhibition at Tylers gallery. Max
Weyl is represented by several of his best
| canvases: in fact, the scene in the beech
woods Is as fine as any wood interior that
has come from his brush. The ground Is
covered with a thick carpet of dull red
leaves, and the coloring Of the picture,
though not as rich as in some of the art
| lists canvases, has a dellcacy and truth In
| full harmony with the poetic sentiment Of
this scene in late autumn. Another O. Mr.
Weyl's pictures shows an avenue of trees
| glowing with the hues Of autumn, and still
another of his mastery canvases brings
| before the eve a 4sew Of grove of sturdy
| oaks bearing on fheir strong branches the
full foliage Of sut1mer. In several of the
! large sheep pictures that Mr. r. LIE Grand
Johnston exhtbitsg theHefect Of his sum-
| mer's outdoor study is&iearly visible. The
| subjects are more than usually sunny, there
| is greater sense of atmosphere than is
| common in his work. Mr.. Walter Paris is
seen to good adSantage In number of
~ A
Mr. Jules Dieudenne Aas jrst been maxi
| ing a poster for De sketch exhibition. Its
| colors are black AID RED. and the griffin in
| one corner. which5s Its chief feature, has
been adapted to BE psSduction of very
good decorative eHect. Among the things
| in his studio Mr. biend1nne has a nice bit
! of landscape, showing two old scows on the
| Potomac, one Of them sending up slender
| column Of blue curling smoke which indi-
| Gates the presence of life on board. This Is
| especially good in the handling Of the water
| with its shimmering reflections and makes
one of the truest and most pleasing of his
| out-of-door scenes.
| Although he now claims the west as his
home, Mr.. A. G. Heaton is at present maxi
| ing short visit in the city. The west has
| furnished him with material for many
| ~ pical scenes, some of modern, and some
| of pioneer life. A stage held up on the
prairie by highwayman forms the subject
| of one of these paintings. and a coming
| cyclone Is another This shows family