Evening star., 1901-11-02

originality and variety to a degree which
is seldom found in the work of a single
painter.
The Water Color Club has issued it's
blanks for the sixth annual exhibition, for
which preparations have now begun in good
earnest. The dates are the same as pre-
vfously announced in The Star, with the
exception of the private view and reception,
which has been changed from the even
ing of November 80 to that of the 29th.
Only original works not before publicly
shown in this city, in water color, pastel,
sculpture, architectural design, mural dec
Grafton, drawing in black and white, etch-
ing, engraving, burnt wood, wood engrav-
ing and miniatures are eligible, and these
must be presented at the New York ave-
nue. entrance to the gallery on the 18th
and 10th instant The board of trustees
of the Corcoran Gallery has again offered
prizes of 500 and s50 respectively, to be
awarded as the club may see fit, to the
first and second best pictures shown at
this exhibition. The jury for this award
has not yet been selected, but at special
meeting of the club this week it was de-
cided that it should be composed altogether
of outsiders-of persons not holding MEM
bership in the club-and that all save the
winner of the first prize the previous year
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everything argues well for the coming ex-
hibition and it is confidently believed that
IL 1t does not raise the high standard es-
tablished last year, it will certainly not
lower it. Blanks and full particulars can
be obtained from Miss Grace Atwater, the
Iowa.
The water color and sculpture classes of
the Corcoran School will reassemble on No
he iiraofiap of
Mr. James Henry Moser, the latter under
Miss Edith Hope Ogden. The sculpture class
was introduced into the school last year by
Miss Ogden, and was somewhat in the ma
ture of an experiment. 1t proved, how
ever so eminently successful, both IN num-
ber of applicants for tuition and by the
work accomplished, that it has now been
made a permanent part of the school.
A collection of paintings by the late G.
s. Truesdell has been on exhibition in
Woodward & Lothrops gallery during the
past week-the same ones which were ex-
hibited last spring in the Hemicycle of the
Corcoran Gallery, where they were seen to
splendid advantage and attracted more
than usual attention. In the present small
gallery they are painfully crowded and in
adequately lighted-a disappointing sight to
and skill which 1t required to execute them.
Yet it is possible that many will be en-
abled to see and enjoy them there who
failed to do so formerly. Such real works
Of art should not go begging, and probably
would not but for their size, which makes
a number of them almost impossible pos
sessions to all except the owners of gal
leries.
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During the summer some additional i'm
provements have been made in the ert
reading room at the Congressional Library.
Some repainting has been done and two
large new bookcases added. These have
been filed with volumes upon matters d.
rectly pertaining to art, which were for
merly in the stacks and only to be gotten
at in the usual manner of calling for by
title, a method which as a rule makes
public library almost as useless to per-
son exploring new territory as a dictionary
to one who cannot spell. Here, however,
one may now examine and read the desired
volumes with as much ease and pleasure
as in private library, for though they are
behind glass doors, the titles are very legi-
BILE and the books themselves readily ac-
cessible.
The Richardson collection of Illuminated
chorals, etc. and the Turner engravings
stin occupy the cases in the main hall to
the right of the atrium, but these, a well
as the portion of the Hubbard collection
which Is now on view, are to give place in
a couple of weeks to a large and compre-
hensive collection of engravings and etch-
Haden.