The times., 1899-11-05

Charge of His CIHss-Pfctures for
the Exposition to BE Held at Paris.
The Coming Local Exhibition.
When the new instructor Of water color
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art came into
the water color studio at the gallery last
Monday afternoon and found nearly forty
young ladies gathered there, he exclaimed
Great Scott" A wave of hearty laughter
greeted this undignifed and most unbe-
coming exclamation. Things have changed
since the old days, when Goldsmith's vii
lage schoolmaster,
Beside Won fence that skirts the way
With blossoming furzc unprohtably gay
taught his little school Today there is
spirit of camaradere in all good schools,
and particularly is this true of art schools.
In the end this feeling produces enthusi-
asm and results in better work and is that
not after all. what the pupils are there
for?
The instructor has some misgivings that
not all of these pupils realize that this
particular class is not organized TO teach
pupils how to learn to draw, but how to
learn to paint in water color. However,
! they need not lose courage, If they ind
| themselves deficient in drawing, for in the
! studios downstairs may be found class
rooms open to them, where every opportu-
! nifty from cast" to life class for per
fecting themselves in this all-important
preparatory branch is afforded.
Drawing, il must always be remembered,
is the very foundation of all good art 1t
is the one thing that must be first mastered
/ before ones work in color can have any
| possible interest or value. 1t is believed
that the pupils will appreciate this fact
and realize in their first experiments that
the difficulties of water-color technique
| make it the last method TO be used with
| the hope Of learning TO draw. To those
who draw sufficiently we'll not to be ham
pered in that regard, there opens vista Of
joyful days in that vast and grandly lighted
studio with its picturesque bare brick
| walls. For them. each new day will bring
its revelation of the charm and fascina-
tion of this caprcous method. Instructor
and pupils are enthusiastic and ambitious
and industry will not be lacking
Hope for Good Work
The year is begun with high hopes of
showing Of water color work next June
which viii be gratifying and satisfactory
to the school and its friends.
In the absence Of a professional model,
| one Of the pupils posed for those Of the
other pupils who were ready to begin on
the figure, while the larger part of the
| class set 10 work a still life compost
! ton which the instructor had arranged
a simple affair, just an Indian basket
bit of silk drapery against which was
! placed a slender venetian vase Of green
| glass. Near by was a plate Of brilliant
! crimson snow apples from Cornwall.
/ These apples of extraordinary richness
| gave to the composition the fine accent
! necessary to such an arrangement 1t was
! interesting to see the earnestuess with
which the students began work after the
| instructor had delivered his little lecture
on how such subject should Be painted.
/ The efforts were of varying success, but
on the whole were most encouraging. This
studio is remarkably large and well light
ed Altogether il is a question II a more
satisfactory studio for water eo,oT painters
could be found anywhere and the stu
dents are to be congratulated upon having
so inviting a place in which 10 work.
With no less enthusiasm have the an
tioue. portrait and life classes started in
work this year under the supervision Of
Director Andrews who has had such dis
tinguished success, with this school which
he organized and brought 10 its present in
fuentiaI position. Prof. Andrews is most
untiring in his devotion TO the branch,
keeping so close an eye on both the night
and day classes that one may be sure the
winters work of the students viii add new
honors to the fine reputation Of the Cor
, coran Art School.
The students range from the merest be-
ginners of twelve years, who are working
in the primary antique classes, to mature
men and women, who with Michael Angelo,
repeat earnestly, Il am still learning
In the Life Class.
The gentlemen Of the mems life class work
every night excepting Saturday from to Il
and are very much interested The model
last week was a young woman, a profes-
sional model whose attractive figure. clear
] cut features and mass Of black hair made
her especially pictorial and attractive. One
has only to see the intense eaTnestness OF
q these students and the excellent work they
are doing to realize the inestimable value
OF life study as the most valuable and nee
! essary feature of art school work.
The school is entirely free and is com
posed OF the following classes with granC
total of over 100 students enrolled this ye ar
about four-ffths of whom are women.
a The womans life class daily from a. m
to 1915 p. m. Mems life class daily, eX-
Z cept Saturday. from p. m. Till 10 p m.
. Portrait class daily from p m. to 4. p. m
StlI-life class
Womans antique class and water color
class meets daily from 9 till I. Models aft
T ernoons only in this latter class and criti
4 cisms Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
afternoons. Pupils under fifteen years o
age are not admitted to the school.
The Paris Fair.
9 Blanks are out for the great Paris Ex-
position of 1900 and that same old scram.
,, bic for place is on which every interna
= tional exhibition develops. The American
jury. as usual, is d strong and representa-
i tive one, and the result will be a fail
= showing OF the best this country can dc
3 in art directions. Every little proyincia
J. town has its obscure man who Is busy owe
some masterpiece which he will frame ex
u pensively and submit confidently to tht
Il jury. Then there are lot of back mum
bers who imagine there is a powerful riEI
Il "a clique Of New York artists who hav
u ing gotten control, will only pass favora.
u bly, upon the work of those artists in thu
% ring, or al least influential with the jury
e There viii also be some OF those geniuse
q who carve wonderful things in butter ant
II imagine that sort of thing is acceptabl,
: 20 international juries, as well as
: host of mediocre painters and SCULPTOR
who will logToll and exhaust every mean
TO get an example of their work past th
jury, just for the glory Of being repre-
sented at the Paris fair. II is to be hopeC
a. that the jury Will not encourage this sor
OF thing. II is not necessary that ever,