Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08


Max Weyl is again in the city after a
brief stay at Warm Springs. Va, but he
expects to return in a week or so to the
picturesque locality in which he has been
sketching- While he was only away for q
very short time, he made quite a number of
studies, few of which he brought home
with him and has now in his studio One
of the most striking subjects is an evening
motive showing a panoramic view of The
Warm Springs valley, with the digni;sed
and majestic chain of hills seen il the left
OF the composition. The gently uuduIating
valley is dotted with dwellings which ap-
pear in sharp contrast % the lark tree
| masses with which they are surrourded,
and the effect of distance in the handsome
mas been well rendered. Some of the other
studies that he made are not so pictorial
| just as they stand. but contain material
| that may be adapted for use in more lei
surely planned compositions and such
consclennousiy painted studies as the can
| vas showing line of sturdy trees will
| doubtless furnish data fer more important
| pictures.
| Prof. L. F. Andrews celebrated the
| Fourth by leaving Washington for his an
| nual trip abroad For many years he has
| not missed his voyage across the water, and
every summer finds him in Europe. visiting
| with old friends and enjoying an entire re
| Taxation from his studio labors.
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| Late in the season though it is, the ex-
| hibition of water colors that has been on
| view at Veerhons this week proves that
| there is still some life in the picture mart
| While in many of the pictures in this ex-
| tremely varied collection the effort to gain
| popular approval is a little too evident,
| there are quite a number which will find
| favor with the cultivated minority. Few
| of the artists represented enjoy any wide
| reputation, but there is no lack of pictures
! revealing seriousness of aim and a large
| degree of technical skill Several Dutch
! subjects treated in the Dutch manner will
make an especially strong appeal to persons
| of artistic taste, and the two water colors
| by Walter c. Harrison are sure to find
| favor. The vaporous, atmospheric quality
| of a gray cloudy sky is well rendered in
| both. and though the artists treatment of
| fairgrounds leaves something to be desired
| his work has many sterling points of merit
Another Dutch picture which attracts at
| tention through its agreeable color quality
| Is a large picture by W. c. Rip-a view in
Rotterdam George Stein is represented by
| a crisply treated view of Partisan park
| and there are water colors by +. F. English
K. Ernst and w. Weldon which should not
| be overlooked. In a collection of SO much
| variety people of widely differing tastes
| can find subjects that appeal to them, and
large number will take delight in Mainel-
| la Venetian scenes, which are clever pic
| lures of their kind
|
| On his deathbed Lord Leighton expressed
| a wish that his sisters should give f100Oo
! to the Royal Academy free of conditions
| governing its use. His request was full
I ia i
| the academicians have decided to use this
| generous gift in manner which is calcu-
lated to commemorate in a fitting way the
| late president of the Royal Academy The
| money received is to be invested in securi-
| ties as a separate trust fund to be called
| the Leighton bequest, and the income de-
| rived from it is to be expended in acquiring
| or commissioning works of decora tive
| painting, sculpture and architecture. The
| mural paintings thus secured are to be
placed in public institutions, and the sculp-
| ture In or on public buildings and in the
parks or other suitable public places. The
architecture alone in combination with
| sculpture is to be in the form of fountains
| seats IN stone or bronze. lamp posts and
| other OBJECTS for the adornment of streets
! and parks. The income from the fund in
| stead of being spent annually, can, if it is
| deemed advisable. be reserved for a period
| not exceeding five years, and can thus he
| applied to Undertakings of great import
| ance and considerable expense Works NAV
| be specially commissioned by the admins
traitors of the fund, and in this provision
/ the academicians have avoided the dificul-
| ties OF the Chantrey bequest.
If the plan that is now afoot is success
| fully carried through the United States
| building at the Paris exposition will be dec
| Grated by means of popular subscription
| IT originally bo+
artists should contribute works that they
had made for other purposes. but this was
| soon found to be impracticaDle and the
| expenditure of all the money that has been
| appropriated by Congress is provided for
| The latest plan is to raise fund by ask
| ing private contributions from individuals
J. b, caldwell, the director of the Ameri-
| can nne arts department of the exposi-
| ton, has expressed his approval of the
scheme, and he feels confident of its real
| ization In his opinion the art of mural
i decoration has attained great Importance
| IN this country, and great deal of dis
| tfnguished and representative art would re-
| ceive no representation at the exposition
| unless some arrangement is made for deco
| rating the walls of the United States build
| iEg.
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Among all the artists who are still in
| town there is no more interchangeable work
\
dustry has remained uniagging in all
| kinds of weather. For a month or so most
| of her time has been spent upon flower
| studies, and they are studies In the most
| literal sense, as they are painted not to
please other people, but simply for what
| she can learn from them. Works execut-
| ed, in this spirit. though of inestimable
4 value to the artist in future productions
/ are apt to be unsatisfactory from a pic
] torial standpoint. Perhaps the artist gets
\ so much out of them that there is very
| little left. In Miss Mueden's canvases the
close search for accuracy of forms, colors
I and values often gives a sense of hardness
4 to the flowers, hut 1t is surprising how
| pleasing some of the studies are through
| the vividness and force of the impression
1 conveyed. Both the hollyhocks and the
| roses that she has painted seem to stand
before the eye in all reality. In the small
share of her time that she has been Civ
| ing lately to portraiture she has produced
/ one charming thing, a pastel head of a