Evening star., 1899-12-02

| thing carried as far as possible and work
eu 10 the frame" as the phrase is: but
@ @soHl senulhe artist Is apt TO allow the bal
80 iS ol ms favor TO tilt a little toward the
slde or work untouched since. M Ias,
neid day. and to the vehemenCe and for-s
t ot prush strokes laid on in the tlrst ardor
oi InsElrauon. So now Mr.. Johnson's rir-
lures have that healthy ana ,t,r. q.
! Ireshness which results from a direct ana
Hteral though not prosaic trapsls+io, -
nature, and which may or may nor re,,,f, =,
Z "a ~ IuTther searching after other Qualities
one OF ms larger pieces is a view 81 bro.j
i,,v9u"M nnS ' iahds covered with grazing sheen.
ahu u SooI under the shadow of a cIouiv
SAS: thouSh a bar of yellow light along ira
horizons : rim relieves the suhdued ouiet -
me leaden cloud. Ii bears the nal ,,,arl, =,
SS.nGIerny, and when the foreground is a
IiItIe more developed will be a worthy ~
%nipIe "nIpr OF hls art A contrast TO this low
coior scheme is furnished in a barn,,rF
scene, IN which lady standing IN -ba F,j
sS,n,ii-e y ttedlng some poultry. which
supplies plenty Of action in its mad srrs,,,
ple lor food. The variety Of st.le in rs
"NiA tutS year Is B0tewnri hN for This NJ
E,, ~ r rehch In spirit. the first mentioned
1-IEHsh. ana a third suggestive Of fbp c.
man school. This last is "A mn. 1,,y'
VI grove OF chestnuts whose g,,arras IA
.Iuhks and branches twist in a hin, ,,',-s-
t - '"IS shade, which is only accoutnai.,1
ny the brilliance of the SIM ea,,l,4 - .l'L
IA ia the foreground. 1t Is in his sba,r nj
eutes' however. that the artist exr.ls a,a
sbaori5 tntss me daintiest is "A flock ~
sneep wandering down New FnrIsr5
Ioad IN the early morning. when tb,P loo,
y sun on the field flowers and tba sbs.l,.
IAN Dlack on the grass.
Inc young SculptreSs, Miss Edith og,1.r
mas recently finished plaster papsI u.bi.b
may now be seen at Neerhoff,s ,-,li.,,..'
a dlgnified figure. presumably persrn,f,.i,,-
s'tep' as design Of poppies would 4yreasf
'''iuS up scroll, which, dropping upr,IIs
40 receive the record Of the DAYS work In
a., VI 'nv ioWer corners Of the panel 4
,''eo mother. with her child al her br.sst
j sleeping beside silent sr,i,,i-,r -
ana IN the other a man hr5,,.-,- =, ~ ''.i'
NS,ooihs of the Muse Of Labor ,r 49,, M
@ - h'idh sings, is resting with tn, -
hin, ;, u.ts @ OF the harvest streNu ahnut
NI Nm. II would be but natural 10 ,.xp,..t -,
nL-SS OSden's work nothInl, beynpd brJrIt,,t -.
4s,uIii.Se sIe but certainly this panel man. ,t,,i
| ,abin,,,,ll On us solid qualities as am acuIII
| Nucieh POWELL. who for many wears b.,
Gh peGh lam'lar in this city by reason -, ~,
| = ~ -inp'esSionlstic water colors is nnvv
| N New York. where he has bear 80, -.
SSeSSLul- 1t IS said that he fpta,,,3 SIe-
''' i"r Paris and the continent sbnr,l,
me American Water Color S,.f.,. 81,
most important water color o,,,,,t,a.,... ''-o
ne .ile II'ted States, will hold its ann,,,l -
!I-"i.l"h at the Waldorf-Astoris in y.
hoFk' Though the quality of wnri sh,,,.',
. n'sher than that Of any society ,r.ra,f,,.,
s nioIis similar lines, il depends IN = -,
-, ne Tor Its lnvariabie business s,7,.,.
W; T3oh 'he patronage of New York sei.',, 1,e'.s'
"Lst ihan Mohammed t5e,,e NJ, ~,
| aI'su TO receive the refusal Of tba r,,,-,,
i'sii 70 come but have gone to II In The rst
NIr, Victor Fischer has lately a5aa.1 ., t,t-
ooHecuon an example Of Sir Edwin T.,,5-
seer 1t Is study Of a red fox b,,,,,,1 =,
over ana covering in the brambIes basi4.
a ntue pool, gasping for breath rr h.
rin.e4 rI;t, with that easy Vet conscientious "a
SsilIly that renders the signature $50. "a
mu9uS IN denottng the master. who so p'..rI
ESiAuetstood the character and strgct,,r" -
MS animal friends 0'"'e OF
AT the Neerhoff galleries there Is on o~-
Hipltloh a collection Of paintings which !.
particularly strong in IN As incIu,7irs,
subjects by Arthur Parton. f. 4 Rr,5o7
nn,ah; n; A f TAFT, George Ii. McCord I,ofIs
-hoeiIer ana Charles Schneyfugel