Evening star., 1899-03-11
ART AN D ART S

At the annual meeting of the Water Color
Club, held last Saturday evening, the elec-
ton of officers occupied the greater part of
the time, but later on when the business
had been disposed of the members devoted
themselves to the light and enjoyable task
of having good time Mr.. Moser enter
tanned the company with a couple Of dia-
lect pieces, and We'd with the refreshment
committee in making the social end of the
evening pass pleasantly. The list of officers
who were elected to serve through the COM
ing year is follows: President, Mr.. J. II.
Moser; vice president, Mrs. Andrews; sec
retary, Miss Grace Atwater; treasurer, Mr.
Carl Weller. The new board of managers
is composed of the above mentioned officers
and Mr.. w. H. Holmes. Miss Bertha Perrie
and MIR. w. F. Curtis.
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Mr.. Parker Mann, who has been spending
the winter in Warwick, England, has been
dividing his time between painting and the
exploration of the picturesque neighbor-
mood In a late letter he says that owing
to the mildness of the weather, which has
permitted outdoor work a great deal of the
time, and to the fact that he has good
studio, he has been able to accomplish a
satisfactory amount of work. The town of
Warwick, with its historic castle and many
quaint old dwellings, half timbered, with
overhanging upper stories, and tiled roofs
has afforded him an neXhauStible supply of
good material, and when he has fora time
tired of this there has been no difficulty in
hnding equally interesting landscape mo-
tives IN the country roundabout. He and
Mrs. Mann have explored Stratford-on-
Avon, kenilworth and other nearby towns
on their tandem bicycle, and about the last
OF March they expect to leave Warwick and
start on two months wheeling tour in
cludins in their itinerary most of the En-.
gllsh cathedral towns. Mr.. Mann expects
to return to this country in June and will
as usual. spend the summer in his cottage
at East Gloucester Mass
The Vigee LIE Brun, which Is now at
Fischer's, but which has not as yet been
placed on public exhibition, is superb ex-
ample of pastel portraiture, and when its
size is considered, it's fine state of preserva-
ton is remarkable. The belief that pastels
are perishable, even when properly cared
for, is widespread, but nothing could be
more erroneous, and the condition of such
a picture as this ought to be convincing
The delicacy of coloring has not been i'm
paired by time, and when the protecting
case which inclosed ii on it's journey from
Paris was removed there was no trace of
fine powder to show that any of the color
had shaken off. After the passage of many
years oil paintings almost invariably dark
en- in perceptibe manner, and water col
ors have a tendency to fade and lose their
pristine brilliancy. Long exposure to the
effects of light and air has, on the other
hand. very little effect on the hues of a
pastel, and if the picture is not damaged
by careless or ignorant handling it will
freshness "
of coloring for centuries, is attested by
a number of examples in the Louvre The
portrait at Fischer's is full-length seated
figure of Marie Antoinette, dignified, queen
iy and full of easy grace. The refinement
and harmony of the color scheme are
charming, and the various notes of red
skiiifuily introduced in the accessories save
it from the charge of mOnotony and give a
quiet richness to the general effect.
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Mr.. Glenn Madison Brown has left the
Rarhi5on building and is now working in a
pleasant atelier in the historic Octagon
House. He occupies the circular room on
the upper floor, and he has managed to fit
up this odd-shaped studio in very artistic
fashion. Just at present he has allowed his
illustration in black and white oil to slip
into the background, and is devoting his
energies to composition in color. iIustrat-
H.
where Dick Swiveller plays cards with the
little marchioness. The figure of the joval
Dick, with his feet up on the hob is very
nearly finished, and if Mr.. Brown succeeds
in maintaining the same high level through
out the entire picture, it will certainly be a
striking work. The face is full of character
and expression, and the effect of candlelight
on the figure is studied with realistic accu-
racy.
A good deal of interest has been aroused
by the announcement that "a new art or
ganization, the Society of Landscape Paint
ers, will open its first exhibition about
March pa at the American Art Galleries in
New York. The association consists of
twelve well-known artists and the list of
members is as follows: George Fl. Bogert,
Walter Clark, William A. Coffin Bruce
Crane Charles II. Davis, r. Swain clifford,
Frederick kost, Robert G. Minor j. Francis
Murphy, Leonard Ochtman, Walter Palmer
and Carleton Virgins. The society Is in no
sense antagonisttc to the older organZa-
tions, but is simply the outcome of a desire
to gain a more adequate representation
than is possible elsewhere. There is no
jury, and each painter will be allowed to
hang twelve of his works in space as
signed him by lot. The method of con-
dncting the exhibition is very similar to
that followed by the ten artists who broke
away from the Society OF American Artists
and formed the association which gained
the sobriquet of The Holy Seceders' Last
winter, when this organization held it's first
show. 1t was generally understood that the
| members would exhibit annually. but moth
ing has been heard from this body up to the
present.
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The Lazarus scholarship, which provides
$1,000 to be expended by the successful
candidate in pursuing the study of mural
painting in Europe. will soon become avail
able for a second time, and the Metropoli-
tan Museum of New York has recently is
sued a circular naming the conditions of
the competition. Any unmarried male citi-
Zen of the United States may compete. and
candidates must notify F. B. Clarke o15
West 57th street, New York before October
,. Preliminary examinations of perspec-
tive, artistic anatomy and painting from
the nude viii be held in New York during
the week beginning October %, and exar-
nations of wider scope will be held shortly
afterward.
| The Rinehart scholarship, which is at
! tached to the American Academy in Rome
| and entities the holder to rooms in its