Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17

by F. K NJ. REIN, and small but spirited
Edgar Nye. Miss M1lYer,T Edith Berry
Ward and Miss McMulleni are all more than
creditably represented. =
Mrs. Mindeleff and her son. Victor Minde-
left. show number of exquisite flower and
still life studies. as does Mrs E. j. Smith
'"The Hermit's Home and Old-Fashioned
Garden" by Alice Wiloughby, are good.
and Country Road IN Maine by Mary
K Porter, should not be forgotten.
From Out of Town.
OF the out-of-town exhibitors Sophy De
Butts Gray Of Kentucky makes a most
admirable showing Her mountain view,
with it's hazy cloud effect, is very artistic;
also her picture entitled Anne and her
study of snowballs
Alice Cushman's New England landscape
is full of good, strong color. and Louis
Kronberg's "Dinah' is interesting from an
artistic sense, well as from being from
Boston.
Agnes Leavitt of the same city shows
three excellent studies.
Katherine NJ. Cohen's picture of Goose
Lane is unique in subject and handling,
In fact, Pennsylvania Is uncommonly
well represented, for besides these are Fred
Pitts, Katherine NJ. Schmidt, Ella Du Puy,
with Margaret Redmond and Beatrice Nc
Gill.
Before passing to the "back and white"
exhibit mention should be made of the col
lection of decorative designs and sketches
by Miss Clarke. They are clever and inter-
eSting in the extreme and branch of art
which has heretofore had small following
in Washington Pine trees and Monhegan's
rocky shores figure in most of these but
one, long narrow panel, is of bit of city
block taken from a balcony.
In Black and White.
The monochrome exhibition is small and
possibly less comprehensive than last year,
l,;.r
braces two large pictures by Mr. George
Gibbs, who will be well remembered here
though Philadelphia is now his home One
struggle between two horsemen journeying
at night on an old-time post road The
other is the deck of a man-of-war in 1865
and wildly depicts the horrors of the rig
orous discipline then in force.
Miss Hattie E. Burdette shows a decora-
tive panel and a small landscape done in
charcoal; also a fascinating figure study
in brown, which one need not look at his or
her catalogue to know must be "Refec-
TONS
Six landscape studies in this medium are
shown by Walter King Stone and clever
drawing Of an old man and his little grand
daughter in old-faShioned costumes by G.
S. Paris.
Sharp, Senseney and Bradford all have
good work to represent them, anu Miss
Grace Atwater's pen-an-ink drawing of
Colonial Spire" is most excellent both
from an artistic and architectural stand
point
Among these drawings may be seen two
panels in burnt wood by VIM Fuller Cur
tbs. "The North Wind is very bold and
free, and in it he has used gold leaf, pro-
ducing an interesting and unusual effect
The theme for the other, "A Pitiful Maid"
he found in Dantes' Vita Nuova. Both are
very decorative and well done.
Miniatures.
Miniature naiotino hac Gonna CO T., ,-oo,,,,
and the possession of these dainty ivory
portraits become so much the fashion that
the collection of these shown at this exhi-
bition will be of great interest There is
quite a large case of them by Hugh
Nicolson, all of which are very fine. Another
contains five by Florence L. Tailor Mr.
Edward l.. Morse shows two Child with
a Rose" he calls one and the other is a por-
trait of his distinguished father.
Miss Grace Atwater's are daintily done
and strong. and are interesting both in sub
ject and handling.
Mrs. Robert Colman Chid's three are
nicely modelled and faithful likenesses.
Jean NJ Lucas of Hagerstown, Nd,
shows two that are very attractive-a
portrait of Mrs. MAYHEM Thomas and a
curious one of the Indian chief Thunder
Cloud"
One is not surprised to see Mrs Min
deleff's work in this department, as all her
painting is distinguished for It's exquisite
finish and technique.
Miss Bertha Z. Perrie has an excellent
portrait of Miss Solonons to show and
winsome one of a little girl. There are also
two by Miss Mary r. Porter, taken from
old portraits. and two by Miss Isabel f.
Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, with
charming child's head in pencil by w. A.
Sharp.
Mr.. Walter Paris returned to Washington
Tuesday after having spent the summer
in England and France. For the present
his address is 1414 II street. Mr. Paris ar
rived Just too late to contribute to the
water color exhibition at the Corcoran Art
Gallery.