Evening star., 1901-10-26

easel canvas portraying early evening,
upon which he has been painting for some
time past. A few oddly shaped trees are
seen in it against the family rosy sky,
dark, yet almost fading into it with the
lndistinctness of the twilight hour.
Mr. .. S. j. Dunbar has accomplished an
amazing amount of work in the last few
months and is looking forward to very
busy winter. He has modelled and cast in
bronze strikingly fine bas-relief portrait
OF the late Gardiner Hubbard; he has
finished and cast in plaster the bust of the
late DR.. Sunderland, upon which he was
working at the time of the venerable
clergyman's death, and has designed and
well-nigh completed a large@% fountain
which is to be erected at one of the nearby
pleasure resorts. The fountain is a group,
composed of female seated figure and
two little children, a boy and a girl. The
baby boy stands the womans right
knee, pouring the water from a shell held
In his outstretched hand to one in the
hand of the little girl standing below, to
the left. The woman has an arm about
each, but is looking up toward the lad,
Whlle the drapery falls in soft folds from
over her head and about her shoulders
and unifies the three-taking on somewhat
the shape of shell and the character Of
background. The faces are both express
s1Ve and ideal, the figures strongly mod
eled. 1t has been cast in kind OF plaster
cement called by some "marbleline,"
which, it is believed, will withstand the ele-
ments for number Of seasons, after which
it is hoped to have 1t put in bronze. Mr..
Dunbar has done this casting entirely him.
self and has found the combining of sculp-
ture and hydraulics light task. At pres
ent he Is working upon an ideal compost
ton representing the parting of Winter ard
Sflriy, to- al hoo, dad
of powerful build, seen in relief against his
great snow mantle, which he is in the act
of throwing off as Spring-a youthful
female figure laden with sweet early
blossoms-wafts him farewell kiss.
Mr.. Walter King Stpne has just finished
three magazine cover designs in color.
They are all landscapes, semi-convention-
allied, with floral borders, peach blossoms.
pond lilies and autumn leaves forming re-
spectively the background for the familiar
lettering Of the ma gazine's title. The de-
signs are quite unusual, we'll composed and
individual, and their tout ensemble very
tistic.
The Ali Baba Club, local art students
organization, is holding regular meetings on
Tuesday and Friday evenings, at which
accomplished AT present preparations are
being made for the annual exhibition,
which will probably be held next month.
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Miss Burdette has finished the little head
in pastels upon which she has been work
ing, and will shortly place it on exhibition.
At present she is designing poster, using
as her theme a Greek maiden resting upon
a marble settee, with the ocean and sky
for background. The whole Is in a high
key, and is simply handled and very ef-
fective.
A plan for a cooperative exhibition gall
lery las been lately suggested by an erst-
while art student and young business man.
The scheme is for large, well-lighted gal
lery in which there can be kept a perma-
nent local exhibition. 1t is put on purely
business basis, and the purpose is to make
it a paying investment. It's projectors vir-
tually says in his circular sent to the ar
lists, though not in SO many words: You
paint the pictures and 1 will do the rest
Your exhibitions in the past have been
failures financially because they have not
been properly managed. The plan is good,
the gallery is needed and were it possible
to divorce completely art and commercial
ism it would be we'll, but it is very doubt
full whether the best way to obtain the
cooperation of the artists is by Informing
them that they have not known and do
not know the best way to conduct their
own affairs.