Evening star., 1900-12-15

ing lhc Wih'Si uy pl OiulleHI pEClcSSiOhdt
men on subjects pertaining to art They
are as follows: Artistic Anatomy" THE
Beauty and Harmony of the Human Body
as an Art Of Expression. "..'Great Modern
Painters" Great Modern Sculptors," "Ital-
ian Renaissance in Art Art In Archi-
lecture" and Mural Decoration" These
will be given in the Corcofan School, and
will be free to all who are honestly inter-
ested. The first of the course is to be given
the early part of January by DR.. j. Thos.
Kelley of this city, who has kindly consent
ed to speak upon the subject Of artistic
anatomy, using both the skeleton and liv-
ing model as Illustrations, and following
the method of Prof Cuyer Of the Ecole des
BeauX Arts. n
80. ;
The exhibition of architectural wings
which was held this week in the Octagon
House. under the auspices of the Archi-
tects' Institute, was of very special inter-
est The collection of drawings of public
buildings in charge of private architects
was in a room to the right of the stair, In
which also might have been seen the model
of the new Star building. These drawings
were mostly done in black and white, and
chiefly of interest from an architectural or
individual standpoint. Those of the build
ings for the Pan-Amercan exposition were
almost as generally in colors among which
were several exceptional paintings, notably
of the electric tower, by F. Hopkinson
Smith, and pictures of two designs by
Esemoeni and johnson for the temple of
music, painted in water colors by Hewlett.
The drawing for the Albright Gallery of
Art, which represents a truly dream pal
ace could not fail to interest all art lovers
particularly, as it Is hoped this will be con-
structed for permanent home for pictures
ana sculpture. No more attractive Bat of
painting could be found than Ralph Beck's
deslgn Tor the oihclal seal. 1t uniquely rep
reSentS two beautiful youthful women,
typical of the north and south clasping
hands. the drapery above each forming,
without apparent effort, the tw0 Americas.
In the hallway were paintings SHOW ng the
color scheme Of various parts of these Won
derful buildings, which are to spring up, a
1t were, by magic within the next SIX
months, converting a barren waste into a
city of enchantment.
OF more local, but no less general inter-
est has been the exhibition of Miss Bertha
f.. Perrie's work, which was held the last
three afternoons of this week in her studio
in the Art League building Miss Ferries
work is too well known and sincerely ap-
preciated to need either description or
praise, and this was altogether repre-
sentative showing. The subjects were in
most cases found during her summer vaca-
tons, either at RoWley, Mass, or on the
picturesque Island oS Monhegan, off the
coast of Maine. They We're all sunny and
Iresh, ana showed an appreciation of the
beautiful in what might be considered COM
monplace. 1t would be difficult to single
out one or two for special commendation
for their average of excellence was very
general. The old sea captains found many
aGm1rerS, as their boats have for many
years, the conspicuous absence Of the latter
being the only complaint one might justly
have made.
From December II to % there will be an
exhibition of a collection of interesting In
dian portraits, painted by Mr.. j. H. Sharpe
of Cincinnati, at the Cosmos Club MIR.
Sharpe has spent much time IN Arizona
where the majority of these portraits were
painted.
Mr.. Howard Helmick has resigned his po-
sition at the Art Students League, and re-
sumed his private classes IN his George
town studio.
Mr.. Macdonald has just finished a three
quarter-length portrait of the Rev Dr.
Mackay-Smith,. which is both a
strong painting and an admirable likeness.
Monday on his way to his southern home
for the winter meeting number of his
artistic friends in the Fischer gallery, where
his collection Of paintings Is on exhibition.
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Ihat through some misunderstanding Of
time and difficulty of procuring a suitable
place the talk on art which Mr.. jefferson
had promised to give for the Art League of
cit hoo to hn Ill,
caused no small amount of disappointment
1t Is hoped, however, that this plea sure is
only postponed, not altogether lost.
Two bright posters in the office of the
Art League call attention to the customary
Christmas merrymaking to be held by the
students and their friends on Christmas
eve. This year 1t is to take the form of a
children's party, being of fancy dress
character, to which no one will be admitted
who appears of greater age than twelve
years unless, perchance, they may be
nursery maids in attendance. A Chr stmas
tree and childrens games will be the order
of the evening, constituting an odd and
pretty festival that will doubtless afford
much merriment and give great pleasure
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collection of oil paintings showing the
types of various races by Mr.. Hubert Vos
was placed on exhibition in the Hemicycle
of the Corcoran Gallery today. These paint
ings, which are about thirty in number are of
uncommon merit and interest, giving one a
feeling of human kinship with people from
far off lands All of these pictures were
painted from the living models in their own
home countries, during Mr.. Vos' trip round
the world, and many are of royal person
ages, most difficult to obtain as sitters Two
composite portraits are of special I'M crest
one Of Soudanese chiefs, the other Of
the sons of Chinese mandarrYs The
latter was done from the lads attend
Ing st. Johns College Shanghai, selec-
tions being made of the fifteen most tvpical
from the entire roll of 175, and these being
used collectively as model. The picture
of an "American Lady" which occupies
alone the entire straight wall space will at
tract much attention, being not only a beau
tiful painting of a lovabie old lady but also
a portrait of the Presidents mother. Not
far from this to the left in round frame
is painting of a Hawaiian Lady" which
cannot fail from it's gentle beauty to call
forth much admiration. 1t Is a portrait Of
the artists Wife All the paintings will prove
of interest both to artists and scientists as
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