Evening star., 1900-04-07
A RT AND ART is T S


pend for material aid and moral encourage
ment at the home of Mrs. ]. B. Henderson
one evening last week The occasion was in
way preliminary to the exhibition which is
to be held in the Corcoran Gallery, opening
the 1st of May. The project, which should
mark an epoch in the history of art in
Washington. is now assured, and is in the
hands of the following committee of ladies:
Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Mrs. John Hay, Mrs.
Mcmillan, Mrs. Wetmore. Mrs. Sprague,
Mrs. Hit, Duchess d'Arcos, Mrs. Richard
Townsend. Mrs. John w. Foster. Mrs.
Miles, Countess d'Esterhazy, Mrs. A. L.
Barber, Mrs. Richard Weightman, Mrs.
Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Stilson Hutchins.
Mrs. Stanley Mathews. Mrs. Walsh and
Mrs. Westinghouse. 1t is not the desire of
those having the matter in charge that the
| coming event should be termed a salon.
although they hope that this beginning
may lead to the establishment of such in
the future where may be gathered the
works of the most prominent and promising
| painters of America for annual exhibition.
| Workmen are now busy in the hemicycle
| of the Corcoran Gallery, putting It in con-
dition for the proper exhibition of the pic
| lures of the Washington painters, for the
| first exhibition will be purely local A new
floor is being laid and the apparatus
| for artificial lighting has arrived from New
| York and is rapidly being installed. The
works of each artist will be hung together.
| so that an intelligent idea may be obtained
| of his individual qualities and inc1nations.
| The scheme has been tried with great sue
| cess at the Champs de Mars and at the tri-
ennidl exhibits in Paris, where a separate
room is given to each master represented.
The exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery will
| open on May l with reception and
promenade concert. The pictures will be on
| view TO the public for two weeks.
| Making carcatures and good-natured fun
| of the pictures shown in the exhibitions of
| the Society of Washington Artists, and put
| ting the results of their fooling on public
view is the aim and end of the Society of
Washington FakirS. Their first exhibition,
| held last year. was highly successful. and
| the second annual, which closes today at
| the Art Students League, promises to be a
worthy successor.
| To appreciate the work of the Faktrs
| one should first visit the exhibition at 1920
Connecticut avenue, for then the relevancy
of the work at sos 18th street would be ap-
parent, and a perusal of the catalogue
thereof a wholesome treat. AS the Fakir
poet says:
In order to appreciate
The exhibition rare
Find tentwenty Conn. ave-,
And spend some minutes there,
Where the great s. W. Artists
Display full many gem;
First see their fakes nature
Then see our fakes on them.
AS headpiece to the above effort which
is entitled Directions for Using" there is
on the first page Of the Fakirs' catalogue
a sketch of monkey pointing derisively
at an artist who stands in disdainful at
titude with brush and palette in hand. 1t
is the keynote of the discord which follows
Names Of well-known local painters are
played upon, their works all good-naturedly
travestied. and the victims have no re-
course, for the Fakirs are shielded by ano-
nimity. At the close of the exhibition this
evening the pictures will be sod by auction
and the occasion Will afford an opportunity
for those who attend to secure rare Qor-
tunately) works of art and to add to the al
ways recipient treasury Of the Art Stu
dents League.
1t is stated that the Salon Of the Champ
de Mars has reached an understanding with
authorities of the Salon Champs Elysees.
whereby the former will return to the fold
1t is believed that all differences have been
adjusted and henceforth they will be as one.
The Salon Of the Champ de Mars was orig
inally formed by secessionists from the
parent Institution. but things have not gone
suit is as stated. There will probably be no
exhibition at the Champ de Mars this year.
A step in advance is the decision Of the
older salon to reduce materially the num-
ber of works for which room will be found.
Inc Qeatn is announced OF fdui jean
Clays the eminent Belgian marine painter.
He was born in Bruges in 1s1S, and was
made an officer of the Legion of Honor in
1881. He also received many medals from
the various art institutions of Europe,
where his works largely are although
America has number of his best examples.
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The German marine painter Hermann
Eschke recently died in Berlin at the age
of Seventy-SeVen.
Miss Juliet Thompson, who has been seri-
ously i'll for several weeks at the home of
friends in Pennsylvania, is reported to be
improving rapidly, and hopes soon to return
to Washington
The attendance at the galleries Of the
Society of Washington Artists during the
first week of the exhibition has not been
encouraging The artists have employed
their best efforts to give the people of
Washington an annual exhibition of pic
lures, but the public has not appreciated
the opportunity, and there Is a community