Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
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very notable addition has recently been
made to the loan collection at the Corcoran
Gallery in portrait of a boy by Mr..
Harold Mcdonald The figure is posed in
fencing costume, and the lines form to-
gether in bold, dashing curve that is car
ried In the full swing of the foil. The face
Of the boy, framed in its long yellow curls,
is delightfully."- fresh and youthfully debon-
air, While the attitude is perfectly easy
and unaffected. The color is magnificent,
and though 1t Is worked in the strongest
contrast. what in other hands would be
mere crudeness Is, under the virile stroke
OF Mr. McDonald's brush, the most harmo-
Nous splendor Of hue An idea of the
bold conception of the thing may be In
duced when it is said that the waist of the
Doy IS a creamy white, the trousers, stock
ihss ana shoes black, the sash, wrapped at
the nlps. burning fearless red, and the
curtain. woven in a big flower pattern, that
forms the background q full rich blue.
Well-"Qui ne rsque, rien ma rien;'' and it
must certainly be admitted that the artist
mas peen eminently successful. The spec
tator goes back to it again and again. for
ne seems to draw from it the inspiration
OF the courtly and cavalier grace of the
Stuart regime.
Mrs. Andrews had g. wide field of mate
between Virginia, Lake George and the
Berkshire hills; but while she brought home
a great deal Of landscape, most of her work
ie from the figure, A large composition IN
water color of mother and child is very
pleasing in color-in the Shy pink Of the
word will be permitted) Of the chid's sun
bonnet and the cool blues merging into
green and violet that breathe through 1t.
A sketch Of lanky old colored man rem
ders with great deal of insight his mix
ture of patient WEAKNESS and comfortable
satisfaction In his stubby clay pipe, and an
other of delightfully."- ugly old fellow
treats an entirely different character with
equal perception. A small sketch, very
cieverly handled, of gentleman seated be-
side table, derives additional interest from
the subject-her husband, Prof. Andrews
Two Of her landscapes are from the Lake
George region. One, an upright compost
ton, shows little stretch Of calm water
beyond some fiat rocks, with a few slender
milkweeds reaching up into the sky in a
most effective way, and the other n full
swing of the lake shore, with the blue hills
rising in the distance, very TRANQUILITY felt
and restfully handled. At present she is
working on a portrait of her little daugh-
ter, Mary Lord. who stands looking out
from the canvas with the coy piquancy of
childhood. The color is laid on in a low key
of blue greens and quiet browns, and with
the dull red Of the wee maidens hood 1t
has somewhat the effect of time-rich-
ened tapestry.
Professor Andrews is still at work on his
great series of portraits of confederate gen
erals. He has already completed the por-
traits of A. P. Hill, Longstreet, Beaure-
gard. Albert Sydney Johnston, Polk and j.
p. B., or, as he was Familiarity called, "Jeb.'
Stuart. and has stiH before him those of
Lee, Jackson, Hampton, Gordon and For
est. Just now he is at work on Joe
Johnson, and, though the canvas Is still in
very unfinished state, it is already evil
dent that he will realize every possibility of
the generals kindly refined face and of the
full regimentals of the imposing confeder-
ate uniform.
Some time ago Prof Andrews came
across two portraits that to all art lovers
and those interested in the history of art,
should prove exceptionally interesting One
Of Prof. Andrews grandfather is by Stein,
forgotten portrait painter. and the other
of Mrs. Crafts j. Wright, a sister of the
preceding, is by Thomas Cole, who might
We'll be called the Richard Wilson of Amer
lea. Those who followed Coles career will
remember that he emigrated in 1870 with
his parents. from Worcestershire to Steu-
benville, Ohio. where for two years he how
cred irresolutely about the thresholds of art
doing commercial engraving, designing
prints and making stencils, until one day
there arrived in town an itinerant artist
named Stein. Young Thomas watched him
at his work. and, becoming thoroughly
fascinated with it, at once determined to
become member of the craft.
He procured materials and Immediately
launched himself upon that career which
brought him so much renown as a land
scape painter and merited every word of
Bryants eulogistic funeral Grafton in 1S4S
The first of the portraits was painted by
"a StnheDV @ oil
ing under his influence. 1t Is a good por-
trait and carefully studied, yet aside from
Its associations is not particularly note
worthy: but that by Cole, painted a short
time later, is intensely interesting, as show
ing his full tentative ventures into the
field of serious work. An instructive COM
parison may be formed between it and
the examples of Cole $ later manner at the
Corcoran Gallery. The Departure" 'sThe
Return" and THE Tornado"
Mr.. Clary Ray, who for quite an extern
sve period has been absent from Wash
ington. has recently returned and is fit
ting up a room at the Barbizon studios
Mr.. Ray spent the last five months of his
sojourn abroad at Concarneau, and along
the Bay of Biscay. SO he has number of
marine sketches which he intends to work
up this winter. He has already prepared
two heads in pastel, which he intends for
the exhibition. Both are of young girls
with their faces turned away. One of rather
a japanese type, is very attractive, with
her thick masses of purple black hair and
In the other very novel and pleasing
effect is produced by placing the girls
head against a background, which is mere
ly the gray-toned pastel paper.
Mr.. Floyd. after summer spent in Eng
land and on the continent, is again hard
at work on portrait of ex-Secretary John
w. Foster. The canvas is almost complete
and is a splendid likeness and a thorough
ly dfgnihed presentment of the sitter. Mr..
Floyd has worked throughout with a care
full searching after truth, as the subtle dis
tnctions of tone color between the whites
Of shirt front, whiskers and hair testify.
Another very successful portrait is one of
Miss Emily New, the color note of which
is struck in the gray dress with its laven-
der front. That Lavender is a very difficult