Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-01
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| eAhipltloH Oh MONDAY ana TUESDAY OF this
week The walls Of all the lower rooms
We're covered with the work of the various
| classes. each of which made a credtable
| display. A combination of advanced and
| conservative methods was evident, for
| though the work was free and individual
1t was neither careless nor without thought
| and decided feeling for truth with an an
! probation Of artistic effects was observ-
| able to a marked degree
| The drawings made by the antique classes
were wonderfully attractive and showed
| not only clear understanding Of light and
| shade put also considerable technical skill
lhose or the life class We're perhaps freer,
| but no less good-some, indeed, possessing
| quite professional air. Very little work
| IN colors was shown, except that done bv
| the design class and few strong portrait
| studies in oils even this latter class ha g
! quite generally worked with charcoal this
winter. The drawings made in the nipbt
| sketch class were an attractive featmre
and new one in the exhibition An illus,
| tratlve element was introduced in these
which was rather unusual and sItogethar
pleasing. LIZA
The Saturday class, which was made ND
OF school children, many of whom were
under twelve years of age also made an
interesting showing. These drawings were
of flowers and simple still life studies In
charcoal, and were remarkably correct
and clever, especially those by Ruth Moves
Margaret Norton and Jack Morse Miss
Catherine Erney's and Mr.. John U, Per
kfns pencil sketches also deserved special
mention.
The exhibit Of the design class, however.
attracted the greatest amount of atten-
ton, and called forth most well merited
praise. 1t consisted of designs for wall
papers, tiles, ginghams, stained glass win
doWs and book covers, all Of which were
not only beautiful. but also very practical
w ir, hnt
1st1c and conventional patterns very har-
monious in coloring, decorative and at the
same time restful. The Bingham plaids
were dainty and original, and would have
been very applicable to silken textures
Miss Ruth Clements designs for tiles for
nursery mantel were attractive and well
adapted for the purpose, representing
and children of all nations. But among all
this interesting display nothing showed a
more intelligent grasp of the essential ele-
ments of applied design than the book
covers. For one Of these the scholarship
was given, and another received the honor
able mention; and, odd as it may seem, both
were for cover for the same volume
Van Dykes STORY of the Other Wise
Man." One was in blue, the other in red,
very dssimlar, but both quite elaborate
and excellent. Mrs. Summers design for
"Chita" was also quite unnovicelike, and
appeared to even greater advantage upon
the cover Of the volume on which it had
been actively carried out than in the oriei-
nal drawing. Besides these, appropriate
and artistic cover designs were shown for
THE Gentleman From Indiana" "Days
of Aud Lang Syne," SHARP Eyes" and
other editions of popular fiction, each ex-
hibting a comprehensive grasp Of the con-
tents Of the volume as well as commercial
values.
The prizes for the year were awarded as
follows: Life class prize, to Mrs. N. K.
Allender; honorable mention, to Margue-
r;@a frai TO
Gloetzner; preparatory antique, Louise
Donnally honorable mention, Blanche
Noel; design scholarship, Mary King Sum-
ner; honorable mention, Ruth 8. Clements
and the scholarship offered to high school
pupil for one years tuition at the league
to Page Taylor. No mention was given in
the portrait class, as the work of two Of
the members equally merited it.
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- On Wednesday a collection of paintings
and drawings by Mr.. Howard Helmick's
pupils, done in the private class which he
| conducts at his home in Georgetown was
put on exhibition in the Veerhoff gallery
There were fifty-four exhibits in all, rep
resenting less than half that number Of
| students. About a third were drawings
| from casts and life, the remainder being
| elaborate still life compositions and genre
| pictures in oils. In every particular the
| work shown was unusual, and unlike that
generally produced by students. Subjects
style and method were all Of: the old school
| which is seldom seen nowadays. The draw
| ings were quite artistic and apparently
| done with as great precision as engravings
showing at the same time admirable
| draughtsmanship. The paintings were in
every case pictures not studies-a few in
| fact were recognized as having been pre-
| viously exhibited in the Society of Wash
| ington Artists last annual. Among these
We're The Haunted House," by Miss Berta
| Hanson; Miss K. Lewar's "Coreopsis'' and
| Cherry Blossoms and the much-admired
| Music Lesson" by Miss Ruth MCGOWAN.
| This last subject furnished the theme for
| number Of the canvases. One bearing the
same title by Mr.. F. Brewer was identically
| the same composition painted merely from
slightly altered standpoint, and the Mu-
stefan" by Miss Colosimo showed the same
spinet and player without the master, THE
Chemist" typical old man seated at work
at table in a dusty garnet. surrounded by
his retorts. chemicals and scientific books
was also thus variously pictured and more
often and with less alteration. All the eight
paintings. in fact, were SO generally alike
and SO even in merit that 1t was dffacult
to believe they could have been the Vork
| OF as many several students. This lack