Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22

art has of late years lost it's popularity,
nothing can rob the pictures produced by
Its methods of their real beauty and ar
istic charm; and few have accomplished
such skilful and interesting results as Mr..
Mlller-prObably none in Washington. A
number are quite elaborate genre subjects
others are allegorical and illustrative,
While the majority are simple bits of ma
rlne views and landscapes that seem par
t1cularly adaptable to this mode of inter-
pIetatiOn Some are plain etchings others
have been done with a dry point and few
combine the two methods. One of wood
beyond which the open, sunny fields may
be seen, is exceptionally fine and very
beautiful; another of the pier and small
sailing craft at Ocean City, is peculiarly
attractive. All possess an individuality
and character that many etchers fail to
get IN their productions. Mr. Miller has
likewise done some admirable Autographs,
meZzo-tints and monotypes.
Miss Clara Hill, the sculptor, has been
at her Washington home this week After
returning from Paris last fall she went to
New York, where she has been working all
winter She has given her attention chiefly
to the modelling Of small objects for bronze
casting that were both decorative and use-
ful, such, for instance, as candlesticks. pa
per weights, inkstands etc. All are nude
nSures, chaSte and beautiful each especial-
~ adapted by pose and expression to the
peculiar purpose. Many have been pur-
chased by Tiffany. Starr and Lawrence.
ana lew may still be seen in their New
YORK shops. They are cast in BROOKLYN at
somewhat recently established foundry
by what is known as the lost wax
process, in both a golden and a green
bronze. By this process the design is FIRST
ii''oeieu III Gay, then cast in plaster and
modelled in wax. from which the bronze is
cast Every figure has to be retouched in
the wax by the sculptor before the final
casting, so that each bronze NAV tb,,s VOC
SeSs a real though trifling indtvfduaIitV in
HdHdilh&. IhlS branch of SCULPTURE gives
10 the smallest object the same careful
iirouSht ana finished workmanship that has
heretofore been more generally accorded To
large works of art alone such as statnas
ana important bas reliefs is termed abroad
the new art. 1t is extremely pnpuIar
JUS now put should be considered more
seriously than as mere fad for nv II
new Ieid is opened to artists and tbrorob
II commonplace objects take on a new
ipeauty ana dignity; for after all, it must
of art 'ie Idtt that the bigness of work
vi art does not depend upon its measura
1ieht In square feet. Miss Hill has alec
uoIG c1nslderable of the so-called larger
work. der bust of Lincoln was purcha sed
ny the government for the American navil-
ION at the Paris exposition and &c ro 20 ~
one Oh the best portraits that has ever heann
made Of that great man. 'eeA
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MI hobart Nichols has been c1osely on,
gagged Of late making some scientific dro1,,
IhSs' During the winter and early snri,e,
however, he found time to work IN a n,,n,
"ei vi the interesting sketches which be
hlade while in Paris. Two of those ara 80
street scenes, another is of a o,liet ROOD
up "hlch small flock of sheen ia nass,,,,-
one is IN gouache, the others in q oo,,,i
natlon or charcoal and clear wash ,rbo
idtler is rather an unusual method go
one That is decidedly attractive Thara ~
freshness of color and sureness of IL
ABOUT all of these, as well as a direc+nn
OF handling, that is both pleasant aoI
skillful. pe''''il ana
MISS Sands is painting a portrait of Misc
Burdette which promises to be NOT or1,, a.,
excellent likeness but also an adn,i,.o,,Ia
piece of work e'Aiilii ttple
X
n Hlteen-mlnute portrait sketch nv, po
Jamln Constant, which is now on oxbihi
ton IN the Fischer gallery. shouId ha 90
very special interest to painters and st,,.
uehts' II Is done in brown on q n,ain
canvas, IN the same manner in which al
ms portraits are begun, and is very forcih1a
ana SAD to be striking likeness