The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-11

sustains Mr. Brush's reputation. Perhaps
this is the most enduring figure picture
vet painted in America and solemn re-
buke to the foreigners who would presume
10 patronize American painters
There are five canvases by Tarbel, Ben
son. Chase. Davis. Vonah. and many 9TH
ers. Tanners "Nicodemus" is a solemn
mysterious. moonlit scene from the lie oil
Christ which makes Tissot things seem
theatrical This is as poetic as the songs
of David: realistic and sincere as Guide
II is the most inspiring religious picture
th. writer ever looked upon. Technically,
il is simnly the most consummate and fin
ished thing according to the highest
standards. which one may hope TO see
anywhere.
I, MIR Tanner is a negro. His achieve
ment points again to the fact that the
greatest art is confined to no race or na-
tionaIity. Tanner is one Of the world $
leaders in the field OF art. That he was
educated and lives in Paris merely means
that he has had every possible educational
advantage.
Wasbington artists are well represented
in the Philadelphia Academy. First IS an
important pastel. the work Of Mrs. Jane
Bridgeman Child. When Spring Comes
and Daffodils." Visitors TO the last annual
of the Society o. Washington Artists will
remember this spirituellc full-leneth fig
ure with her back to the light, favorite
! effect with Mrs. child II was a very largo
/ nicture in our local exhibition. but in
Philadelphia, in that large gallery and
among 90 many big salon canvascs. it ap-
| p.ared a comfortable and very Hkahle size.
none too large for the hcme or private gal
lery where most pictures go at last.
Mr. Robert Coleman Child exhibited two
ono nj which
was tIcteted sold" an agreeable decora-
ton for any picture in public gallery and
a decoration far too rare in this aud other
4 exhibitions of American work. There were
also excellent watercolors and pastelS IN
tho philadelphia Academy by Miss Bertha
EyersReId Perrie and Everett J.. Warner.
! both Washington painters, whose work Is
| highly regarded away from home. Indeed.
| no CITY outside of New York makes 50 large
| and fine a showing as Washington in the
present much taIked-Of exhibition OF the
| American Water Color Society. now being
| held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
There are more pictures shown from here
| than from either Philadelphia or New
| York. and the Washington watercolors are
all Of conspicuous excellence. while. since
Ross Turner is not there 10 represent Bos-
| ton. none Of those cities shows work Of the
frs, rank. Mr. Holmes has three. Mr..
| Paris one. Mr.. Warner two. and Miss Per
| RE two. and the writer, recently elected
member Of the society, is represented by six
| landscapes at the exhibition.
! The transparent watercolor OF Mr..
| Holmes is always conspicuous and in
| diyidual. His picture of Washington from
above the Aquednct Bridge is one of the
| most skiilful and admired pictures In the
| exhibition. His two scenes from Cali
fornia are. though equally skillful, not so
| well liked because OF he unfamiliar char
acter of the material. These are all prom-
| nently placed. Mr.. Paris IS represented by
a small but very truthful picture Of a
| snowstnrm effect as observed from back
window overlooking roofs. chimneys and
| brick walls Though a homeiy and uain-
| terestiug theme, he has handled IL well
| This picture deserved q more prominent
Mace than the corner where 1t hangs.
| MIR warmers work is excellent and we'll
placed. His beginning OF Broadway" eX-
| hibited at thu, Water Color Club here last
| December. enjoys the distinction Of being
the most completely local OF any picture in
the exhibition. Its prominence on the wall
is proof enough that, when painted With
| sympathy and artistic appreciation. New
York street scenes are welcome to the
great annual exhibitions.
There is nothing more painter-like,
| foreefuI and artistic in the whole exhibit
| lion than Miss Ferries Fisherman" with
| folded arms smoking his pipe. This pie
iure Is the last one in the exhibition which
a casual visitor would select as the work