Evening star., 1900-05-19
ART NOTES..

|. Just prior to the formal opening OF the
| exhibition Of the pictires by local artists
| at the Corcoran Art Gallery there appeared
| an article in one of tie New York papers.
which has beeaE more or less widely cir
culated and wi 4t Is Sealcuated to embar-
| rass the ladies whip 4ave given their best
| efforts. and to whose Energy the success of
the enterprise isQargeG due. The article in
| question rurportsd TOP be inside information
as to misunderstandthgs and friction be-
/ tween the artist4and 01e committee of man
| agement: that the eatire scheme was al
most wrecked St tha last moment by a
| number of artists thdrawing their pic
lures and Others threatening to do so on
account of the poor lighting facilities, the
| skying and scattering Of the works of one
painter and favoritism shown to another.
| One of the artists whose was men
! toned states in a private communication
| that he not only did not withdraw any of
his pictures but that, having spent nearly
all OF the past winter in New York he did
| not really know definitely of the exhibition
| until it was open. Or the other artists men
toned it is believed that they without ex-
| ception. for one reason or another, did not
send any pictures. As to the matter of
| lighting the newly equipped hemicycle is
all that could be desired and when so
| many pictures required placing the showing
| that each artist got has been In the main
| most satisfactory. In fine. the trouble was
not fear that works would be withdrawn.
| but that space might not be found for all
that were accepted. The same article also
| refers persistently to the exhibition a
salon, title which has been disclaimed by
| the managers of the enterprise.
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At a special meeting of the Society of
! Washington Artists, held last Wednesday
| night, the question of holding abandon
| ing their galleries at 1920 Connecticut ave-
| nue. was finally decided. 1t will be given
| up. The experience Of the society since
| they have been in possession Of their pres
! ent quarters has not been altogether salts
| factory. The exhibitions held there have
| not been attended as they should have been.
| with a constant drain upon the treasury,
which, in spite of the loyalty of it's hon
orary members was felt to be insupport-
able. The action Of the directors of the
Corcoran Gallery in opening the hemicycle
| for temporary exhibitions occasioned the
decisive step taken by the society. and their
next annual exhibition will in all probable
| ity be held therein about the latter part of
March, 1901.
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The annual award of prizes and scholar
ships by the Art Students League of New
| York was made on the 11th instant. The
artists on the jury. who are also instructors
| in the school. were Robert Blum, George
B. Bridgeman, Bryson Burroughs. Howard
| Chandler Christy, Walter Appleton Clark
J. H. Twachtman. Kenyon Cox. Jos. De-
! Camp Frederick Dielman. Arthur Dow and
c. Y. Harvey. The scholarship, which con-
| sists of a years tuition in the New York
League and is annually allowed to the most
successful contestant in the Art Students
| League of this city, was awarded to Miss
| Sadie Meetze. The other institutions to
which the same scholarships are offered by
the New York League the Art School
| of Norwich. Conn: School of Art. Cleve-
| land. Ohio: Detroit Art Academy, Art Stu
dents League of Buffalo. n. Y. and the
| Art Department of Young WOmens Chris
| tian Association of New York.
Mr. H. Hobart Nichols left for Paris this
week to attend to details of his work on
| the cataloguing of the American section of
the art exhibit. Mr. Nichols spent a few
days in Washington on hurried visit to his
family. He expressed great satisfaction
| with the excellence of the showing made
by the American painters at the Paris ex-
hibition and their very favorable compari-
son with the artists ofrthe older countries.
| The scheme for the decoration of the
| American section suggested and carried
out under Mr.. Nichols direction, was taken
| from the gallery Of the Society of Washing
| ton Artists. The walls are covered with
dark green burlaps, with frieze of wreaths
and torches in black stencil on a gray
| ground. The monogram U. S. in the
wreaths is substituted for the s. w. A. in
| the local gallery.
The decorative effect is distinctive. as
| the other countries have. without exception.
| used the old familiar terra Gotta or some
| other shade of red a background for the
| pictures.
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| Prof Amateis, the Washington sculptor.
| whose monument to the Texas heroes OF
! 1896 was recently unveiled In the city OF
| Galveston, has received a commission for a
| statue of Henry Rosenberg for the library
which was endowed by him and presented
| to the same city. The statue Is to be OF
! marble over life size. and will represent
| the philanhropist standing in an attitude
| of contemplative rcposc. Mr.. RosenberS
| has given over a million dollars to public
| Institutions IN Galveston, including the mon
| ument to the memory of the heroes OF 1885.
/ Prof Amateis has also in hand bronze
bust of Commodore Fowler. c. S. N.
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| The annual prizes given by the Art Stu
| dents League of this city have been award
| ed as follows
| The prize for best work in portrait class.
| to Miss Marguerite Downing; first mention,
| Miss Anna Lee.
| Prize in advanced antique. to Miss Ber-
| tha Noyes; first mention, Miss Elizabeth
| Dcnn.
Prize in preparatory antique, to Mr.. r. i.
| Heiphenstein; first mention, MISS Grace
| Dunlop.
The special exhibition of local art at the
RNACULAR.