Evening star., 1899-12-02
A R T N o T ES.

Mr.. Carl Gutherz, who has been away
since the completion of his decorative
| panels in the Congressional Library. is
again in the city, this time to remain per-
manently. OF late he has been superin-
tending the construction of a new studio
adjoining his residence. I71T Madison street.
Mr. Gutherz now has what few, if any, of
the Washington artists can boast of. a
studio that satisfies him in every respect.
| The room is cOmmodious, and will serve
for the exhibition of large pictures, which
are usually seen here at a disadvantage.
The artist receives that full yet diffused
| northern light which is so desirable. and
| in addition a small apartments rooted with
unground glass opens on the southern ex-
pcSure, where, if necessary, a model may
pe posed With a ''plein air. or outdoor eff
tect. The studio is adorned with several
OF his magnificent salon pictures. One of
the latest things from his brush is Z
charming fancy entitled Spring Song"
Three cherubic little lovers are singing
away as though their full hearts would
break from sheer joy in Natures new
blrth, and treading a measure upon the
mist clouds of the springtime. The COM
position is painted in light key, from a
palelte Oh lemon yellows, soft lavenders
ana fresh greens that express, as far as Ii
Is in the power OF pigments to do so, the
blitheness of the season.
This week the 'AH Baba'' Club makes its
| debut to the public with its first annual
exhibition. The organization of the club
dates, however, from last April, and as the
members meet every Tuesday and Friday
evening for sketching purposes, there has
been sufficient time to accumulate a uuan-
tlty OF good work 1t is composed princt-
| paily OF students at the Corcoran School
though several Independent workers add
materially to the strength of the display,
ana, as Its name would imply the member
snip Is limited TO forty. The president, Mr.
Esterly, shows some small heads In pencil
that nave that pleasing gray stippled quail
lty one expects to find only in a mezZotint
| They display besides feeling for the pic-
turesque, solid foundation in the knovl-
| edge of the bony and muscular formation
of the head. Judging from the work upon
the walls, one of the strongest members is
MISS LoWenStien, whose name is attached
10 a number of excellent figure studies
One, the head and shoulders of a girl with
a large hat tilted over her eyes is quite.
lorceful and dashing. Miss Mckee also
seems TO work very ably from the figure
ana EXHIBITS, moreover, several landscapes
or which an oil study of cabin in the
woods Is of most interest. A good deal of
strong water color work of all kinds, fig
ures, landscape and still life, is in evidence.
notably that by Miss Clements, Miss HaW-
ley and Miss Weide. Miss Faber shows a
cohscienuously worked pastel of nature
mort" and Madame Samson is represantad
by some large heads in oils and a nude
study in color of a gracefully posed female
model.
MI jules DIeudonne has on his easel at
present an almost completed portrait of
VIII Haley, well known in musical circles
IN the full uniform of his organization and
decorated with various medals The can
vas is worked in a thoroughly conservative
manner, with the low tones of the dark
blue coat followed OUT in a lighter azure
hue in the background. and IN it there are
no tricks of handling or bizarre treatment
to detract from the effect of the likeness,
which is, as it should be, the primary mo-
tive OF the portrait. An important figure
piece is Titian-lile composition called
Vanity" A nude female figure, with the
back turned toward the spectator, is gIanc-
ing coQuetishly in gold-framed mirror
which is balanced on the opposite side by
a jar of peacock feathers that carry out
the idea of the subject. The color har-
mony is struck in the high Keyed shell
plnks of the flesh tones, and the bright
green OF a gauzy drapery flung over the
lap The picture Is wrought essentially as
Sc!entiously studied, without a trace of
slap-dash impressionism. During the sum
mer he finished several landscape studies
particularly Il view from the boat landing
al Glen Echo Park. The scene Of graceful,
slender tree stems and shimmering foIaSe
was caught in the strange period of pause
between summer and autumn when jUst-a
Bit Of gold creeps into the green Of ,he
summertide, serving TO break into more in
teresting patches the masses OF the earlier
warmth. In another large canvas he has
useI motive from the region Of Orkney
Springs. ". Va A mountain lake spreads
out smoothly in the foreground with .
typical Virginia snake fence running along
the edge. Farther back rise iorest-cuvered
hills. and finally q soft, Naporons Say. I.
is characterized by its especially weil-reE-
dered aerial perspective, each plane of dis
tance taking its proper place In .he COM
position. Mr. Dicudonno says he docs not
profess to being a water coiorist. hut sov-
eral small sketches testify that his fne.-
ing in the gentler medium IS in no way he
hind that of his work In oils Am1at- tho
best Is little sketch Of the seashore pith
heavy surf rolling III upon the beach and
cumulous clouds heapci into the sky
The many pictures Mr.. Il. J.. Johnson
worked on this summer still remain IN that
sketchy. somewhat unfinished state which
appeals especially to his brothers IN the |
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