Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
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At the nrst open meeting of the Paint Club. at Nj.
Huppert's studio Tuesday evening. compositions on
Solitude were shown by the members. There were
three by Mr.. Sass, two by Mr.. Huppert. three by
MIS-. Dulaney. one by Miss Flo Campbell. one BY Mr.
Tho work was creditable. and was one Of the features
Of the pleasant evening entertainment.
Miss Flo Campbell. whose finely painted portraits
will be remembered as interesting exhibits at the last
the spring. She wishes to attend to the preparation
Of Illustrations that she is now at work upon for a
gift boob. In the metropolis she expects to ind the
feld Of her future artistic labora
At the current Water Color Society exhibition in
ture by Albert Herter called Sorrow" This. how
iysr that nai's 81 i bei Ens Of pai shs s0 In Amsri called So for = . Isms;
choice was necessary. The ~Ieeompense has now
, .rats ,, 70 T. i,n aasIs Eaton IA s1m ,%r .g Trs.n Brook" q mod 10,
deity painted. with much breadth and considerable
knowledge Of the medium.
Prince Pierre Trobetzkoy. who is the husband Of
Amelie Rives. the novelist. is fitting up a studio in
a portrait painter. and in this branch of art he has
gained considerable distinction. but he is also known
as a painter Of street scenes.
Frederick S. Lamb has recently completed a larr.
women at Memphis. for which he has had a models
many prominent women of the South. including
Craddock. who. in the central panel, allexorically
represents Literature.
Farman. the artist, lost his exhibition painting.
, Rescue u the s,, rss,shI5g." in ,hs Sig fire. i had
stored until the season opened again.
been sinsularly honored in Holland. He has been
elected a member Of the Dutch Artists Associa-
ton the young Queen wilhelmina bought his pIe-
ture. which has given him a great standing In that
country.
John s. Sargent has made q sketch OF Nine.
Eleanor1 Duse, the actress, with which she Is de-
lighted. She has now agreed to sit to Mr.. Sargent
.r a portrait.
Miss Virginia Montgomery. who is we'll known IN
the art world Of the South. has had her design for
. Confederate memorial at San Antonio accepted,
and will be the first Southern woman to have her
name on a monument as the designer.
Owing to the death OF DIN Warner. the sculptor.
Herbert Adams was selected to design one of the
two doors for the library of congress at Washington
first door. Tradition" was finished by Mr.. Warner
semp;., he died; ,h The s second !p Uniting, Mr. d. Aaams
by MacMonnies.
Mr. Elliot Dangerheld has been showing In . New
York gallery his Child OF Mary" that charming
reproduced such a countless number Of times during
the past year or two. The picture is one Of Mr..
executed and thoroughly agreeable. and its present
popularity, while somewhat Of a surprise. is none the
less deserving.
The furry over the seizure OF the Baldwin pictures
| IT Y 1OTh laSt Y z al uleaSlne3a
In the minds Of the artists and students now living
abroad.
The art season is at full tide in the metropolis, and
Almost. every gallery in that city Pe1sents a new col
have given zest to the whole market. and the GAL
ieries are tsening with ,iEhtssers; At the new inner
plays twenty portraits OF life size. The only full
length is that hat, Ct 1, Archbishop n a b co,tisaa In his ehurehly
the portrait OF the pope exhibited last year. Other
male portraits, says a critic. have been endowed with
| divuify NJ eyDrESSiDn- in these the Ernita nj
bland fem.ninity being omitted. In his pictures Of
women N. Chartran has worked in his more natural
vein and in many cases has produced charming re-
suits. albeit thre is very little to hold the spectator
after the first inpressi9n Is made; one sees the feet
Of her everyday character. Each subject seems TO
have been reduced to a formula and all bear the
Chartran evidently pleases his patrons.
Aitchinson. A. r. A, architect. have just been eject
ed members o. the English Royal Academy: Lionel
p. Smy.he and H. II. La Thangue. painters, icing
studied first under Mr.. Herkomer, and later at South
an A. R, a. ten years later Mr. Aitehinson is pres
and professor OF architecture at the Royal Academy.
Mr.. La Thangue belongs to the French school of
aGuarelltst.
with his fatal illness he was about to begin a large
picture entitled The Last Trek" The design for
falling q victim to the poisonous climate of the
African spring. He Is seen dying In a lonely
"Thirstland," attended to the last by his faithful
Zulus. -
A collection of twenty-seven water colors by Wins
low Homer will be exhibited for the nrst time In the
Carnegie galleries. in Pittsburg, this month. The
works deal largely with Canadian subjects. fishing
scenes. Indian camps, guides shooting the rapids.
trout fishing scenes. etc.
@. F. Watts has presented to the British nation his
equestrian statue. Energy" a work on which he
has been engaged for many years. The gift has been
accepted, and the treasury has volunteered TO bear
the cost OF casting the statue In bronze. The site
selected IS, II Is understood, in Hyde park at the
end Of the Serpentine.
At the forthcoming exhibition Of the National
Sculpture Society, which opens at the American Fine