Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-28

simple garb Of a poor Galilean Soon I,
the full glare of the electric lights the MIC
ture is not impressive; in fact Il 10 r.,ba.
commonplace, and would not invite par
.tcuiar attention. 1t is not until the room
IS reduced to a condition of Egyntian
piackness that it exhibits any nnnsIIa1
characteristics At first nothing can be
seen, but as the eye becomes accustor,nS
to the gloom the figure of Christ saanon =.
accumulate and finally stands apparently n,
a moonlit field Overhead fioaf the uncsr
taih mccoy masses OF clouds, while behind
the inquire which seems to he sunnortinCr
II; Is the black mass of an immense cross
The effect is unusual and striking and In
connection with the subject IN n sense i'm,
p5essve. Inc artist disclaims any knowl-
eose OF the how or why of his picture
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MI W. w. Christmas contributes four
landscapes to the artists exhibition. which
opens IN the Corcoran Gallery next week.
Inc scenes are of the Shenandoah Valley
region. the most important being larga
canvas, showing the winding river roIun1
stretches of country and the surrounding
mountains.
MI. IL Hobart Nichols, editor OF the Off.
clal catalogue of the American fine arts ST
me faris exposition. has been spending a
Few days at his home in this civ. Mr.
Nichols recently returned to this countrv
on matters relating to his work. He %
greatly pleased with the showing made NV
the American painters, and SAYS the United
states exhibit is as we'll located as that
OF any other country. The walls are deco
rated In sage green; a distinct contrast to
the usual red of the other nations. As
the visitor enters the first art object coo,
is the SHAW Memorial by st. Gaudens The
trieze along the walls has been especially
designed for the United States 1t consists
OF laurel and oak leaves. with the mono
gram u 5. in the wrcathing.
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The ninth annual exhibition of the So
ciety of American Fakirs opened at the
rooms Of the Art Students League in New
York on Wednesday OF this week. The
SHAW prize of $50 was awarded by a com.
mittee consisting of Messrs. Bruce Crane,
j. Francis Murphy and l.. c. Earle. first,
TO Samuel ]. Woolf for his fake on Louis
Loeb's portrait of Zangwill. The second
prize goes to Joseph Jones, jr for a fake
on THE Yellow Rose" by Irving R. wiIes.
and the third prize to Messrs. Everett
Warner and Arthur Spear. for their traves-
ty on John La Farge's THE Goddess Of
Divine Contemplation" The two last
named gentlemen are graduates from Inc
Art Students League of Washington and
it is predicted that they will not be salts
he'd with winning prizes for fakes The
SHAW lunc Is 500 in pennies, and Is de-
voted to the purchase of the three hest
fake pictures exhibited
A concours will be held at the Art SIN.
dents League during the week of Nav =. in
which students desiring to compete for the
prizes offered will enter and work un-
aided by criticism or instruction. In addi-
ton each student will be required to suh-
init hve drawings made during the year
inc works of each competitor are to be
signed with an assumed name. The prizes
are: For the life class, S25; portrait class,
Sl3; antique, SO, and preparatory antique,
$40.
Mr.. James Henry Moser on Thursday and
Friday of this week gave an interesting ex-
hibtion of some of his latest water colors
at his studio on T street. They were
shown In two well-llghted rooms, and were
viewed by an appreciative tkrong of art
lovers. The pictures covered wide range of
subjects. and varied in treatment from
strong guache in the Dutch method TO the
purest and most delicate of wash In the
English manner.