Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-17
A RI AN D ART IST


The director of fine arts for the United
States commission at the Paris exposition,
Mr.. John B. Caldwell has announced that
the cimaIse or line-space, which has been
assigned to the fine art section of this
country amounts to about 5Jh running feet
for oil paintings. water coiors. pastels. illus
trations. architectural drawings, engravings
and the like. taken all together. This is
| less than was allowed to the United States
at the exposition of 1889. but the same is
true of the fine art sections allotted to all
the countries. the idea being to secure a
high quality in the exhibit rather than a
great amount. The work of selecting ma
terial to I'LL this limited space will DO in
trusted TO two juries in this country. one
meeting in New York city and the other in
Chicago. Eastern and western men will be
| represented on each. and to some extent
the same persons will serve on both A
jury WILL also be created in Paris. The
space for sculpture has not yet been ar
ranged. There VIII be two juries to judge
this work. one in the United States and the
other in Paris
A portrait of Miss Cassini. the niece of
the Russian ambassador is Just receiving
the final touches from the brush of Prince
Troubetzkoy. 1t is a full-length portrait,
and is said to be an excellent likeness in all
respects.
Franz J. Schwartz. the china decorator,
will sail for Europe in about months
time. He will spend most Of the summer
in Vienna, returning to Washington after
visit Of some three months. Mr.. Schwarz
has been doing a large amount of very
attractive china work during the spring. all
of which is of merit, and some Of a quite
high order of excellence While abroad Mr..
Schwartz will make a careful study OF the
latest methods In the ceramic art on the
continent, from both its artistic and me-
chanical sides, and will doubtless return TO
this city with many new ideas and an in
creased equipment for work.
Daniel c. French the sculptor OF ''The
Minute Man." Death and the sculptor"
and other notable works, has been elected
a member Of the famous Academia dI San
Luca OF Rome. Mr.. French is the first
American to have this distinction conferred
upon him.
A centenary celebration in memory OF
Velasquez took place the list of this month
in Madrid. including the unyeiling OF a
statue of the great painter, and the in
auguratlon of a VelasQuez section In the
National Gallery. Some of the artists
finest works are retained in Spain. among
them the great historic piece, The Sur
render of Breda."
Portrait work is. as usual occupying the
attention of Mr.. F. J. Fisher this summer,
and he has just finished number of ex-
cellent canvases. One of the most import
Of ;s Al
trait of Mrs. John w. Carroll of Lynch
burg, Va. Mr.. Fisher has also just finished
pastels of Mrs. Craddock, Mr.. Bigby and
Mr.. Christian. all of Lynchburg. while he is
about to begin portraits of the father and
mother of Mrs. William Banigan OF ProvI-
dence R. l. OF no less interest is the work
upon which Mrs. Fisher is engaged She is
now doing a small oil portrait Of her
mother. Mrs. W. NJ. Brewer, into which she
has succeeded in putting a remarkable
amount of expression and life. A study in
still life which Mrs. Fisher has lately fin
ished is also meritorious work In IT she
has caught with great truth the difficult
tones of bunch of Earl of Dufferin roses.
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A bronze bust of Edgar Allen Poe will be
unveiled at the University of Virginia next
fall, where the author was once student.
Poe died on October 4, fifty years ago, and
exercises will take place next autumn in
his memory.
At a recent sale in London THE Holy
Family" by Rubens, fetched over $4,000.
while THE Conversion of Saul" and The
Woman Taken In Adultery" by the same
painter. brought about $4,000 each The
Athenaeum recalls the fact that fifteen
years ago the prices quoted for these three
pictures were respectively $4,000. $4,000
and $1,000, and manifcsts surprise that in
this day anybody can be found to give such
sums for pictures which are not auto
graphic.
The best work of Mr.. W. H. Machen lies
in the direction of his studies Of game,
where long practice and close observation
have made it possible for him to portray
with good results the animals and birds
which are known to most people only after
they are killed. Mr.. Machen has a canvas
In his studio now showing convey of par
tridges in their haunt on the edge of the
forest. These birds are painted in a life
Ike way that shows care and knowledge
of detail. Behind them is an immense fall
len tree, while still further back the au-
tumn colors in the woods and a glimpse
of river on one side contribute toward
The naturalness of the scene. Another
game picture just completed is that of A
couple of wild ducks in which the wonder
full greens, reds and browns of these birds
make a striking piece of color: The ar
list has also been at work lately upon n
pasture view where q group of cows and
sheep are grazing on the hills, behind which
bit Of woods and river are seen, while a
study in oil of the Potomac river below the
Great Falls reveals some of the plctur-
esque features Of that most picturesque
waterway in that vicinity.
portrait of Miss Marion Gallaudet, the
daughter of President Gallaudet of the
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb, has been undertaken by Henry
Floyd, which shows great promise. The
figure stands at full length. and both in
composition and execution the portrait pos
sesses many admirable qualities.
Alas, Poor Yorick.
From Stray Stories.
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