Evening star., 1899-02-04

fined to a single spot in one end Of the
room. Another unique feature is the entire
absence of pictures and sketches from the
walls. Until Mr.. Mosher opens one of his
portfolios there is not picture in sight.
There is some talk in the studios of a
hope to include in the proposed public
library building an exhibition gallery for
the display of transient exhibits. 1t is re-
ported that the artists are going TO urge
Mr.. Carnegie to use his influence in having
this idea adopted. Certainly the plan is
well worth consideration. The Corcoran
gallery supplies the public with an excel
lent permanent collection and some loaned
works of merit, but not with current ex-
hibitions, which show the progress of art
from month to month. The Carnegie Lii
brary in Pittsburg has galleries that are
used for temporary exhibits in exactly the
way which the artists would like to see
here. Many publishing houses would be
glad to loan for exhibition the original
drawings by leading American illustrators.
such collections those of Tissot and
Boutet de Monvel could doubtless be Sc
cured, and it is probable that if Mr. Car
negle would personally interest himself in
the matter a respectable share of the fine
annual displays at the Carnegie Institute
IN Pittsburg could be brought here after
the close of the exhibits.
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Miss Clarke is at present Interesting her
self in forming the decorative workers in
Washington into a society. her immediate
object being the holding OF an exhibition
this spring. Miss Clarke became acquainted
with many Boston decorators during her
period of study there, and she feels conf
dtnt that she could secure at least a hun
dred hrst-class examples of work in this di-
rectIon, and this collection. added to the
contributions that would come from local
studios, would certainly make a strong ex-
hlpltoh. Such a society as is now being
formed must necessarily be small at pres
ent, but the movement is deserving of all
success. Only limited number of r,eonIa
can afford to own really good pictures and
Slatuary, but every one has use fo,- figured
laprlcs, curtains, rugs. wall paper. etc,
ana the important part which artistic de-
signing must play in educating public taste
is very evident.
Miss Clara L. Nevins who counts Ruffa1o
as her home city, but who spends the win
ters in Washington. had three large tapes-
try paintings on exhibition at the Gordon
during the early part Of the week Tho
most important of these was entitled The
First Misunderstanding" and was we'll
arranged figure composition, which the
artist has worked out with a pleasing
quality Of color A figure in white placed
with dramatic effect against a dark back
ground, typtfied Hope in the second tapes-
try, and the third production showed two
Grecian Women saluting Eos the personi-
tication of Dawn.
The collection of oil paintings placed on
view at Neerhoffs at the first of the week
contains number of meritorious works.
Leon Perrault's large figure of a peasant
girl is bound to attract attention. and f. L.
Stoddards picture showing a girl feeding
chickens is delightful in its combination Of
warm sunlight and cool shadow. one Of
Ernst's oriental scenes, executed with his
usual realism, and indicating close ohSerVa-
uon, proves very interesting. and the We
netian scene by Reyna has a pleasing bril-
Hancy of color. though the artist insists
too much On the details