Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19
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this week TO the permanent COiiecl1on III
the Corcoran Gallery of Art. One, by Loir
Luigi, was purchased in new York: the
other by William Sartain. was the gift of
Mr. John Elderkin of New York. They
are both street scenes, but in all else are
dissimilar. The Luigi shows an uncom-
monty spacious thoroughfare, on which
pedestrians and vehicles are seen hurrying
here and there. The ground is thickly COW
cred with snow and the atmosphere is full
of winter. A billboard to the right gives
touch of color with Its tattered posters.
The Sartain is a much smaller canvas,
showing a very narrow foreign street The
solemn somber dwellings that line lis
either side project in successive stories.
leaving but strip OF SKY ,i nhe visible over
The latter creepS in at the crossing, how
ever. and lies like streak of gold on The
dull gray pavement. both pictures belong
ra her TO the old school than the new, but
are valuable additions to the gallery.
A marine painting by James Hamilton,
will shortly be seen in the loan collec ion
al the gallery. 1t is a large forceful pic
ture dark and rich in lone, representing
an angry and rocky jut. ing headand
beneath black and sullen sky.
X X
The eleventh annual exhibition of the So
ciety of Washing .on Artists will be held in
the Hemcyce of the Corcoran Gallery
from Thursday. March 25 to Saturday.
April Ii. March 81 is designated as var
nishing day and the priva,e view and re-
ception will take place that evening. This
exhibition will consist Of original pictures.
not previously exhibited in Washington. in
oils and pastels, as well as burn wood de-
signs, miniatures and sculpture. Exhibits
will be received March 10 and 16 No pic
ture measuring more than forty square
feet will he eligible.
The members of the executive commIttee,
in whose hands are all the arrangements
for the eXhlpi ION, are very earnest In their
endeavor to make il in every way worthy
ana expressive of a high order of artistic
excellence, in the hope that it may become
an affair of national rather than merely
local interest. To this end forty or fifty
prominent out-of-town artists will be spe-
ciany invited 10 con -ribute, freight charges,
etc, on their exhibits being paid by he
society. This is doubtless a good move
ment. and one with which all who are de-
sirous of seeing Washing ION become an
art center should be in sympathy, for it
will not only draw the attention of the out.
side world 10 local .aent, but will tend to
raise the standard here. and thereby quick
en- local painters to greater effort.
With this same object in view the trus-
tees of the Corcoran Gallery last year Of
fered prizes of 500, 500 and $50. respec-
lively, to be awarded to he three best
paintings shown at this exhibition.
The privilege of holding, the exhibition
In the Hemlcycle at the Corcoran Gallery
Is also to be reckoned among the suspicious
circumS tanceS, for there is dignity to his
gallery well as an air of permanence
that no makeshift exhibition hall could
possess.
NJ
The TWO exhibitions which for long years
have been accounted the great midwinter
events in the Americanrart world are now
in progress, the Academy of Design in
New York and the Academy of the Fine
Arts In Philadelphia. AS the old home of
the Academy of Design has been sold and
the erection of the new one not yet be-
gun. this exhibition is being held in the
galleries Of the Society of American Ar
lists. The wall space Is therefore some
what limited, which fact has made pos
sible the curtailing of old privileges of ad-
mission and been conducive of the making
of better all-round exhibition than usual
Howbeit as 1t may. the showing is I'M
Commonly good.
The Fine Arts Academy's Seventeen An
nnal has not had the benefit of this re-
strictlon, and presents over 800 catalogued
exhibits. Most of these paintings are by
american artists residing III America,
though a few Paris addresses are given
ana some foreign names. One picture comes
from sweden and one from Japan. The
work OF many, If not all, the first Ameri-
can painters is included in both these ex-
hibitions, therefore Washington should feel
no small amount Of pride in the knowledge
that soodly number of her local painters
are not only represented in each. but that
their works have in several cases been
given positions in the line.
Mrs Florence Russell Lyon will give a
lecture on the PHILOSOPHY of Expression
In the school Of the Corcoran Gallery of
Art on Wednesday evening. January q,
at o'clock. This will be the first of a
course OF lectures given under the auspices
OF the students Of the sculpture class and
VIII be Tree to all who are interested The
purpose or this lecture Is to demonstrate
the power or expression in the human body,
OF thought and feeling and the rhythm and
poetry of motion. 1t must needs be of very
special interest to art students. and of
very great profit, as Mrs. Lyon knows her
subject thoroughly and Is herself vitality
interested In art.
ME- James Henry Moser has just been ap-
pointed instructor Of water-color painting
In the architectural classes OF the scien-
tific school at the Columbian University.
pictures since the winter began. and has
now on his easel a small canvas showing
an attractive bit Of Loudoun county seen
cry. an old worn wagon track with a
scrap of water and some old trees near by,
very simple but forceful, with shadowed
foreground and sharply demarked sun
shine, almost daZzl-n g in it's naturalness
and brill:ancy. Another partly finished pic
ture Is or sunset among the Virginia hills
which is very interesting and full of strong
rich color.
Miss Alice c. Forster has lately finished |
a miniature of Mrs. Joseph Stanley Brown,
which is daintily done and nicely mode ed.
She Is now working onrone of little girl
just out of babyhood. -.
Miss Daisy Brown is painting a picture
Of a Grecian flower girl The subject Is
very attractive and the color scheme good. |
She Is also doing a mnral painting repre- |
senting the dawn Of day. which is a pretty |
and fanciful conception, expressed in the |
opal t.nts of early morning.
A unique collection has lately been made |
oy the Salamagundi Art Club of New York |