Evening star., 1900-01-27
A R T NO TIE IS.

The bill providing for an Art Commission,
which has been introduced in both houses
of Congress, is a measure directly In the
line of effort persistent1y followed py
the Public Art League of the United States,
| organization formed several years ago,
with a view to securing better results in
federal, state and municipal architecture,
statuary, decoration, etc, etc, and inciden-
tally for the improvement of public parks,
squares, etc. The bill, 1t is understood. has
the approval of not only the League, but Of
the American Institute of Architects the
National Sculpture Society and the National
Academy of Design, all having the same
general ends in view, and all represented
more or less largely in the membership of
the league. 1t may properly be mentioned
here that the officers and directors Of the
League are: r. w. Glider. editor OF
Century Magazine, president; r. S. Pea
body. president of the American Institute
of Architects first vice president; Augustus
St GaudenS. second vice president, John
La Fargo, third vice president: T. Nj. Clark,
recording secretary: Glenn Brown, secre-
tary; Robert Stead, treasurer. Among the
directors are ]. R. Proctor. president civil
service commission: J. w. Ellsworth. Mont
William r. Harper D. c. Gilman. Edward
Robinson, d. C. French. Mrs. Bellamy
Storer and Joseph jefferson.
Mr.. Lucien Powells exhibition at the So
cieties gallery proved quite success, he
having sold a number OF the pictures
Through the instrumentality of Mrs. Hen
dersou he sold one Of the most important
Venetian scenes. He is making prep
arations to send some of his work to some
of the western cities for exhibition. He has
also several orders to fill, which will keep
him busy for some time.
Mr.. r. L. Johnson returned a few days
ago from trip to New York, where he
spent a very pleasant time, seeing much
to interest him in the work of foreign and
native artists in the galleries of the shops
and the societies where exhibitions are now
being held. He not only made his visit
profitable in the pleasure of seeing what
others had done, but also disposed of the
entire portfolio of his own water colors
which he carried with him.
Mr.. Edgar Nye during the winter is
forced to drop to certain extent his land
scape work as he is one of those artists
who paint both studies and pictures di-
rectly from nature. He is now looking for
ward to the opening of the early spring to
complete several very good canvases. He
has, however, from time to time, done
many pleasing pencil and charcoal studies
of winter and late fall.
Miss Reading for time at least has
dropped her studies of the lower animals
| and devoted herself to human portraiture.
| She has under way half-length portrait
of Mai. Gen. Roger Jones, sometime ad-
| infant general of the United States army.
! The general is clad in the full uniform of
the early part of the century. Miss Read
ing has had the difficult problem of rem
dering this portrait from sepia drawing
done during the lifetime of the general.
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Mr.. George Parsons has been in New
York, where he made his debut in Life, for
which magazine he made several gouache
drawings during the last two months. He
has recently returned to Washington TO
pay a farewell visit to his home before 60
ing to South Africa for the Golfers Week
ly. 1t will be remembered that he was
photographer of that publication during
the Spanfsh-American war.
The art event in New York next week
will be the sale at auction of the Evans
collection of American paintings, which
takes place under the auspices of the Amer
| lean Art Association, at Chickering Hall,
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
| ings Mr.. Evans has for a long time been
an enthusiastic, liberal and discriminating
art patron. who several years ago parted
with all his foreign paintings and gave
| himself up wholly to the acquisition of
| works by American artists, and it is said
that his coll laction equals in extent and ex-
| cellence that of Mr.. T. B. Clarke, which
brought such satisfactory figures when sold
about year ago. The illustrated and lin