Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
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| The department of graphic arts at the
| Congressional Library, becomes more and
mora valuable from week to week as new
| exhibits are placed in the cases The most
! recent addition is the display of engravngs
of the French school, this section lacking
only the specimens of modern work to
make 1t complete. The collection does not
or course, give a comprehensive exposition
| OF French engraving from its infancy down
| to the present day, but it does include ex-
ampies OF 50 many styles and from so many
periods as to give fair idea of the prog
resS of the art. 1t has also a special his
| torical value from the fact that about two
| thirds of the prints .are portraits and show
us the lineaments of many people more or
less celebrated. In the first of the cases
| one panel is filled with group of miscel-
laneous subjects engraved by Jean and
| Gerard Audran and the other is given over
| to an extremely interesting collection of
portraits by Antoine Mason, Robert Nan
| teuil and Nicolas Pitan. Passing on to the
work of Edelinck, one cannot fail to notice
how well he suggests the modelling of the
| form by the direction of his lines how
Skillfully he suits the different cuttings of
] Inc UuTlH 10 me variety Oh surfaces Which
| he wishes to represent, and, above all, how
much depth and color quality he introduces
| into black and white simply by an intell-
gent observation of the delicate Gradations
of tone. THE Tribute Money by
Stephen Baudet compels attention by
| its fine dignity and simplicity, and
the examples by Jean Georges Willie
should not be overlooked. Several
of the works by Willie are engravings after
| pictures by Dutch masters, and in such
| subjects as Gerard Douws portrait of his
mother he shows a true appreciation of the
| spirit of Dutch art, and his prints have an
admirable richness of light and shade and
| a fine repose and breadth in the shadows.
His portraits of the great folks of his day
| are quite successful, but in this particular
direction Georges Frederic Schmidt whose
| work is displayed side by side. must be ac-
| knowledged to be superior to his Schmidt
| has quite a name for his unusual skill in
rendering the varying textures of silk vel
| vet, fur, lace and drapery of every de-
| scription, but his reputation does not rest
| on any such superficial qualities as any one
| can see who examines his portrait of the
| painter Mignard-a remark able head with
character in every line.
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Mr.. Richard \. Brooke was to have OPEN
ed his exhibition at the gallery of the s. w
| A. next Monday, hut has postponed the
! opening one week, and will not place the
pictures on view until January % Some
the collection, and will remain on exhibit
| ton for one week.
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John La Fargo. who enjoys the enviable
reputation of being the, foremost designer
of stained glass in America, and whose
mural paintings are equally well known and
appreciated, will he in Washington about
January 90. He expects to hold an exhibit
ton of his water coIors at Fischer's, and
the display will probably be placed on view
during the latter part of the coming week.
Bancel La Fargo! who has elaborated
with him on many important works, will
accompany him on his visit to the city
At meeting of the Society of Washing
ton Artists, held ats1020 Connecticut avenue
on Tuesday evening, one important matter
was settled-the date of the spring exhibit
ton. The display will open on Monday
April 3, and will continue for four weeks.
The details of the show have not been ar
ranged. but it is likely that contributions
VIII have to be. sentEin at least two weeks
before the date fixed for opening, and pro-
spective exhibitors can tell approximately
what time their works should be ready.
X !.
Picture buyers everywhere will be inter-
ested in the approaching sales of the large
private collections Of Thomas b. Clarke of
NV IcEh ana lHe late paflItI w POWERS
of Rochester, N Y The pictures, antique
porcelaines. Hispano- Mauresque pottery and
metals Greek vases, terra Gotta statuettes
and other art objects belonging to Nh. Clarke
will be placed on exhibition at the Ameri-
can art galleries in New York about Febru-
airy /, and the sale will take place in
Chickering Hall on February "A, II, l6 and
II. He was a connoisseur of taste, as well
as generous patron of the best American
art, and his gallery contains probably the
finest existing collection of pictures by the
painters of our own country. The masters
OF American undergraduates, Wyant and
Martin-are very fully represented, and
while collectors are always eager for
sale which affords them opportunities for
gathering choice plums. those who have
personal interest in the matter will be
sorry to see one Of the few collections with
a distinctively national character come
der the hammer. The Powers collection
which is also to be sold in New York very
seen, is said to contain pictures by more
than 200 different artists.
The annual exhibition of the Pennsylva-
MIA Academy of Fine Arts opened in Phila-
delphia today with a private view, and the
show Will remain open until February %
This display and the exhibit at the Car
nes!a Institute in Pittsburg are perhaps
the least ''insular" of all the annual Ameri-
can exhibitions, as both Institutions de-
fray the entire expenses of bringing works
OF art from other cities and from abroad.
Among the sculpture exhibits is cast of
Paul w. Bartletts figure of Michael An
gelo, which was placed in position in the
| Congressional Library on the first of the
new year. This bronze figure completes
the number of statues which adorn the
balcony of the rotunda.
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on view at Fischer's there are a number of
canvases by old English masters, the
largest and most important of these being
the portrait of a boy by Hoppner. How
ever, many may find 1t less to their taste
than some of the others, there is a kind
OF uncertainty IN the handling which
makes it in many respects less agreeable
than the small head OF little girl in a
mob cap which the same artist has exc