Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

| X
AT the Invitation of the Baltimore Water
Color Club Mr.. ]. H. Moser and Miss Ber-
tina Perrie gave joint exhibition of their
| water colors in that city during the early
| part of the week. The twenty charming
studies which Miss Perrie selected from
| her more recent work and Mr.. Mosers con-
trlbution of half that number, united in
making most interesting display. and the
| eAhlblt received very favorable comments
| from the Baltimore press. Certainly the
| washington water colorists could wish for
| no better representatives to show Balti-
moreans what kind of work is being done
| mere IN that meuium.'
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| Both of these artists are pretty regular
! contributors to out-of-town exhibitions, and
| both are represented in the exhibit of the
| American Water Color Society, which is
now in progress in New York Mr. Moser
has an especially strong showing this year,
| and is represented by ten pictures of the
| miniature size, with which he frequently
| attains his most artistic results. These
water colors are well hung and have re-
| ceived gratifying mention from the critics.
Inc artists will understand that this means
a good deal. for they know how hard it is
Tor an outsider to win recognition in New
YORK, except by contributions which stand
| out from the general mass by striking
: points of merit. The New York Times af-
ter placing Mr.. Moser's little pictures in the
| first rank, says of them: They have much
| originality, and in feeling, treatment and
! atmosphere are the most charming tram
| scrlpuons Imaginable of simple country
scenes. The Evans prize of $500, which is
| given annually in the exhibit of the So
| ciety, went this year to Albert Herter for
his picture called THE Gift of Roses
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The personal, intimate quality that Paul
Helleu puts into his creations is almost the
first thing that impresses one who ex-
! amines the collection of dry points, litho-
graphs and drawings in red and black
crayon, which has been placed on exhibit
ton at F1schers. Without a single excep-
ton the artists subjects are women and
children, and his point of view is essential
iy Partisan. He knows how to express a
great deal with q very few strokes, and,
While his drawing is sometimes faulty, he
makes faces and figures live for us on pa
per with sweeping lines that fix the all-im-
portant facts. Not that his synthetic meth
cd of handling robs his work of delicacy;
on the contrary, he understands better than
most men the value of q graceful turn of
the wrist and no detail which is necessary
TO expression does he hold to be insigniti-
cant. In speaking of his work one writer
has borrowed the words of Edmond de Con
court, who styled Helleu's dry points
would be hard to find a description of his
art that is at once so perfect and so con-
else.
Next Monday afternoon is the date set
for the second of the series of illustrated
lectures on THE Renaissance of Art in
yrb Il.
giving during Lent. AS was the case last
year, the talks are given under the pat
ronage Of many well-known ladies of So
ciety.
Miss G. E. McKinstry. who has recently
come to the city from St. Paul, is now at
work on a portrait of Mrs. Senator Davis.
She has had the benefit of technical train
ing in the Paris schools, and her work
shows ability and seriousness of aim. Miss
McKinstry will probably locate in Wash
ington permanently, and will certainly be
desirable addition to the strong band of
women workers here in the city.
The collection of flower studies by Paul
de Longpre will be the attraction at Veer-
hoff's next week, and his daintily handled
water colors will doubtless prove a draw
ing card, as usual. He has chosen linz
tied field that he may make himself master
of that, and his works appeal to flower
lovers everywhere.
Mr.. Lucien Powell has placed on view in
the Arlington galleries collection of about
a dozen pictures, including works in both
oil and water color There is nothing that
may be called an entirely new departure
from his old methods. and he has not es-
sayed any novel motives, but nevertheless
his work shows a gratifying advance. He
is naturally a brilliant colorist and has
always worked in a bold, dashing style, but
lack of restraint has frequently married
productions that would otherwise have been
satisfying. It is the absence of this very
defect that makes some of his Venetian
scenes recently executed in oil much
superior to former pictures of similar sub
jects. His coloring has the same richness,
with an added refinement. and one large
canvas treated much in the style of Thos.
Moran is charming in its effect of color
and atmosphere. Mr.. Powell has a keen
appreciation of the dramatic effect of a
brilliant sunset. and there number
Of striking subjects of this kind.
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Mr. S. Jerome Uhl will give a talk to the
members of the Salmagu Club tonight
on the lie anu ART OIL MuIhdCSy, anu DIS
he knew the great painter personally he
will doubtless be able to give specially in
teresting account of his life. He was to
have given this lecture week ago, but
on account of the small attendance. due to
bad weather. he decided to postpone the
talk on Munkacsy, and gave instead an in
formal talk on art in general.
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At the exhibition of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, which closes today,
the Temple gold medals were awarded to
Joseph De Camp and Childe Hassam. The
Walter Lippincott prize of $500 was award
ed to John w. Alexander for his painting,
"a Ray of Sunlight and the Mary Smith
prize of 500 went to Miss Carol Beck.
Very few Washingtonians were represented
in the exhibition, but there were several
who have been associate with the art life
here in past years. Helen C. Hovenden
was represented by portrait, and Eliza
beth Curtis exhibited a picture, entitled
Sargent Mountain" George Gibbs was
represented by ION the Banks" fine pas
tel that he showed here last year, and
Cadwallader Washburn, a deaf and dumb