Evening star., 1901-10-05
A r T N o T E S

The Corcoran Gallery of Art reopened on
the 1st of this month, after having been
closed for three months, during which
time many needful repairs and improve
ments were made. All the pictures were
taken down and rehung and the casts and
sculpture rearranged. Several valuable ad-
dltions have been made to the latter collec-
ton, and a few paintings by celebrated
artists have been put on exhibition.
During this week the pupils Of the school
nave been reassembling. The antique class
mas been reorganized, the life class will
begin work on Monday next, and the water
color class on the I'd of November. The
total enrolment Is already uncommonIy
large and everything points to a busy win
ter for Mr.. Andrews, the instructor-in-
charge who has the interests of the school
deeply at heart, and to whom it's past sue
cess is largely due.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews spent the greater
part of the summer at Ragatz, Switzer-
land, charming little town set in the lap
of the Alps and abounding in quaintness
as well as rich in beauty of SURROUNDINGS.
Judging from the attractive water colors
Mrs. Andrews did while there Several OF
these are of the picturesque homes of the
pedsdhtiy,, one is or a splendid old nut
tree, standing just back from the village
ROAD, and another gives a glimpse of the
rocky mountain side and the distant pur-
pie peaks. All are fresh in color and ex
ceedlngly spirited, being done with that
sureness of touch, force and simplicity that
always characterizes Mrs. Andrews work.
The Art Students League began it's eigh-
teenth year on October l under the hest Of
q nP
reorganized, and the same corps of efficient
instructors will be in charge.
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MISS Humphreys, under whose direction
much excellent work was produced by the
league design class, has brought back from,
her summer trip not only renewed enthus-
iasm' but some most artistic and decorative
designs for wall papers and the like. the
Ihotlis LOT which she found in the fields and
country byways. Thus one of the most
eHect1ve Is conventionalization of the
scotch thistle; another, less bold but more
DAINTY, was taken from the arbutus, and
sun another represents a field of daisies
against background of timothy For this
the frieze is made of poppies and cbickorv
blossoms, and over the ceiling fit white
ana yellow butterflies. The whole is very
harmonious, effective and practical.
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VI all our busy workers, Mr.. Walter King
Stone has perhaps accomplished the great
est amount during his vacation trim for
he has brought back from England, whence
he went in June with Mr. knight, no less
than 100 finished sketches. The majority
OF these were made in the neighborhood of
Oxford, and many one has for it's subject
some place made famous either by romance
or history. They are done both in charcoal
and in water colors and possess an fndi-
viduality that is very attractive. Seventy
five are now on exhibition in the Pratt In
,stltute of Brooklyn. Later, Mr.. Stone homes
to arrange to have the entire. collection ex-
hibited here. He has taken studio for
the winter in the Lehman building and has
already considerable illustrative and deco
rative work on hand.
Mr.. Bull, who was last year connecte ed
with the National Museum, and whose
drawings of animals called forth so much
well-merited commendation is working
now for the Frank Leslie Magazine Com
pany and also making illustrations for an
encyclopedia of natural history which a
prominent publishing house is getting out
Mr.. Max Weyl, too. has spent most Of
his summer in or near Washington, and
has added several excellent canvases TO
those which testify to the picturesqueness
of our nearby country. One is of little
side road on the way to Cabin John bridge;
another is of an afterglow on the Potomac
flats, and still another is a little corner
of Virginia seen beneath partly clouded
summer sky. There is pleasant famil-
iarity about Mr.. Weyls pictures which.
aside from their honest merit and artistic
worth, should insure their appreciation by
all Washingtonians, At present he is work.
ing on a small sketch of some old oaks in
autumn dress.
One of the few town studios which have
not been closed this summer is that of Mr.
Carl Gutherz; for though he has made his
home during the hot months in the pictur-
esque country near Rockville, there have